Bio
…I crouch between the toes of the earth, swept by the hem of this sky’s skirt…
The horizon draws me to the Yukon. I can almost hear the conversation
going on between these dynamic skies and strong wide mountains. That
conversation is what I try to paint.
For 22 years – since I was 10 – I lived in Peterborough, Ontario. Although I
took a couple of valuable courses at the Ontario College of Art, I chose my
Peterborough collaborations as my art college.
For five years I worked as apprentice and assistant painter to David Bierk –
an intensive education in oil paint, methods and materials, as well as art
history and contemporary art practice. Late at night in the BierkArt Studio I
began my first experiments with encaustic, using the hotplate we used to
make the rabbit skin glue.
Since leaving BierkArt in the spring of 1999 I have pursued my own artistic
visions, educating myself as I go. I’ve designed for theatre, written for
newspapers, told stories and written poems. I’ve undertaken mural projects
with youth. I’ve toured my work through coffee shops, festivals, commercial
and public galleries. I’m currently touring Listening to the Mountain, a show of
paintings and drawings in installation, drawing a bit closer to one of our
Yukon peaks.
Starting in 2001, I painted summers in the Yukon. In 2003 I stuck.
I’ve lived here four years now. I’m still painting that dialogue between the
land and the sky.
…I crouch between the toes of the earth, swept by the hem of this sky’s skirt…
The horizon draws me to the Yukon. I can almost hear the conversation
going on between these dynamic skies and strong wide mountains. That
conversation is what I try to paint.
For 22 years – since I was 10 – I lived in Peterborough, Ontario. Although I
took a couple of valuable courses at the Ontario College of Art, I chose my
Peterborough collaborations as my art college.
For five years I worked as apprentice and assistant painter to David Bierk –
an intensive education in oil paint, methods and materials, as well as art
history and contemporary art practice. Late at night in the BierkArt Studio I
began my first experiments with encaustic, using the hotplate we used to
make the rabbit skin glue.
Since leaving BierkArt in the spring of 1999 I have pursued my own artistic
visions, educating myself as I go. I’ve designed for theatre, written for
newspapers, told stories and written poems. I’ve undertaken mural projects
with youth. I’ve toured my work through coffee shops, festivals, commercial
and public galleries. I’m currently touring Listening to the Mountain, a show of
paintings and drawings in installation, drawing a bit closer to one of our
Yukon peaks.
Starting in 2001, I painted summers in the Yukon. In 2003 I stuck.
I’ve lived here four years now. I’m still painting that dialogue between the
land and the sky.
Introducing
Nicole Bauberger
Nicole Bauberger
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Nicole Bauberger
Curriculum Vitae
Selected Shows
April 2010 Will bring Listening to the Mountain to the Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon
May-July 07 Will bring an installation using Yukon landscape paintings and drawings, Listening to
the Mountain to Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie
May 07 Solo show, Where Sky and Mountain Meet, Image 54 Gallery, Calgary, AB
January 07 Listening to the Mountain, Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie
October 06 First full presentation of Listening to the Mountain, Art Gallery of Grimsby. Catalogue.
September 06 Group show of contemporary Canadian Landscape, Galerie Sandra Goldie, Montreal.
August 02-06 Participant, Yukon Riverside Visual Arts Festival. Group show, with interactive demonstrations
July 06 Winter, Cranberry Bistro, Whitehorse, Yukon
Dec 05 More Dempster Horizons, Chocolate Claim, Whitehorse
Aug 05 Fresh off the Dempster, solo show, 40 Mile Gold Gallery, Dawson
Feb 05 Yukon Smoke, group show, Yukon Art Society. Whitehorse
Jan 05 Listening to the Mountain, Grotto, Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse
Dec 04 Small show at the Innsbruck Institute for Canadian Studies, Austria
July 04 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
June 04 Solo show at Loplops Art Lounge, Sault Ste Marie
May-Sept 04 Listening to the Mountain, Dawson City Museum
Mar-May 04 I listen with my eyes to the dead, and I speak with my body to the living. Paintings and drawings
in installation drawn from the work of Artemesia Gentileschi. Main gallery, Yukon Arts Centre
April 04 Immersions Solo show, Yukon Art Society Gallery, Whitehorse
Jan 04 Overhearing the Horizon, Chocolate Claim, Whitehorse
July 03 Water, group show, Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie
June 03 Engage group show, Artists’ choice award, piece chosen for Yukon Collection
June 03 Up the Dempster solo show, Tombstone Gallery
Mar.-May 03 I listen with my eyes… Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, BC. Ontario Arts Council Exhibition
Assistance Grant, Canada Council Travel Grant
June-Aug 02 Solo show, Yukon landscapes, Parkhill on Hunter, Peterborough ON
Mar.-Apr. 02 A physics of time, solo show of drawings in installation, Pteros Gallery, Toronto, ON;
closing performance of poetry, story and song
Feb.-Mar. 02 I listen with my eyes… as above. Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie. Ontario Arts Council
Exhibition Assistance Grant.
Dec.-Jan, 01-02 Something about indigo, solo show of paintings from the Yukon. Riverview Gallery,
Peterborough
Nov.-Dec. 01 Group shows: Poets’ Paintings Pteros Gallery, Toronto;
Landscape show, 100 Acre Studio Gallery, Grand Valley, ON
Aug.-Oct. 01 I listen with my eyes…, Art Gallery of Peterborough. Catalogue published.
OAC Exhibition Assistance Grant.
Sept. 2000 Group show, Foundations, Peterborough Arts Umbrella, invited as a mainstay of Peterborough
Arts Community
May-June 00 The possibilities of floating and other stories, solo show of figurative work at the Bird Mill Gallery
Bracebridge, ON
Nov. 99 I listen with my eyes…, Common Ground Gallery, Windsor, ON.
OAC Exhibition Assistance Grant.
Residencies
Nov-Dec 05 Studio Residency, Studio 204, Whitehorse, to develop Listening to the Mountain and create
large drawings for that show.
Jan – Mar 05 Ted Harrison Artist’s Retreat
July 02 Artist in Residence, Atlin Artists Centre
June 02, 04, 06 Artist in Park, week long residency, Yukon Art Society, Whitehorse
May 02 Artist in Residence, Klondike Institute of Arts and Culture, Dawson City
Public Talks and Lectures
Jan 07 Artist’s talk, Grande Prairie Regional College. Also walking tour of show at gallery, and slide shows
in Grande Prairie schools about the show.
Sept 06 Panel member on Artistic Responsibility, Performance Creation Canada Conference
Dec 05 Artist’s talk, Listening to the Mountain, Studio 204
Aug 05 Artist`s Talk, Dawson City Museum
Spring 05 Artist’s talk, Ted Harrison Artist’s Retreat
March 04 Artist’s talk, Yukon Arts Centre
March 03 Artist talk at Two Rivers Gallery; also presented at symposium there
July 02 Slide show about my work, Atlin Artists Centre, Atlin BC
May 02 Same, Dawson City, Yukon
Feb 01 Artist talk and walking tour of show at Art Gallery of Algoma
March 00 Slide show, Art Gallery of Peterborough
Nov 99 Detroit Institute of Arts, about the Artemesia Gentileschi project
Selected Publications
Oct. 06 Catalogue, Listening to the Mountain, Grimsby Public Art Gallery
2004 to present Arts Reporter for What’s Up Yukon
2005, 2006 Articles in Artsnet magazine
Sept 05 Guest Curatorial Statement, Yukon Arts Centre, “Elusive Containment”
Dec. 02 Self published artist’s book of poems, ‘Seasoning the body’
Aug 02 Two poems chosen for “Moving Words”, poems on Whitehorse buses.
Sept 01 Catalogue with my writings, “The Artemesia Journal”, Art Gallery of Peterborough
Selected Teaching
January 07 Workshops to complement Listening to the Moutain, Grande Prairie
School year 05/06 Yukon Arts Ed-Ventures
Spring 06 Mural for entrance to Whitehorse Elementary
Fall 03, Spring 05 Whitehorse Youth Centre
Fall 03, 04 Youth Art Enrichment, KIAC, Dawson
Spring 04 Painting 2, Algoma University
Fall 03 Painting 2 and Drawing 1, Algoma University
99-04 Ontario Arts Council Artist in Education Grant to do murals in schools
Education
1994-99 Apprentice and Assistant Painter at David Bierk’s Studio, Peterborough
Fall 96 Drawing and experimental image making at Ontario College of Art, Toronto.
A+ in both courses, returned to apprenticeship full time.
1993 Graduated Trent University, Honours Degree in Math and English,
Dean’s List, Math and English/Drama Awards. NSERC summer research.
1989-91 Concordia University, Creative Writing and Mathematics. Shortlisted,
Irving Layton Poetry Award
1988 Ontario Science Centre School
Curriculum Vitae
Selected Shows
April 2010 Will bring Listening to the Mountain to the Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon
May-July 07 Will bring an installation using Yukon landscape paintings and drawings, Listening to
the Mountain to Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie
May 07 Solo show, Where Sky and Mountain Meet, Image 54 Gallery, Calgary, AB
January 07 Listening to the Mountain, Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie
October 06 First full presentation of Listening to the Mountain, Art Gallery of Grimsby. Catalogue.
September 06 Group show of contemporary Canadian Landscape, Galerie Sandra Goldie, Montreal.
August 02-06 Participant, Yukon Riverside Visual Arts Festival. Group show, with interactive demonstrations
July 06 Winter, Cranberry Bistro, Whitehorse, Yukon
Dec 05 More Dempster Horizons, Chocolate Claim, Whitehorse
Aug 05 Fresh off the Dempster, solo show, 40 Mile Gold Gallery, Dawson
Feb 05 Yukon Smoke, group show, Yukon Art Society. Whitehorse
Jan 05 Listening to the Mountain, Grotto, Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse
Dec 04 Small show at the Innsbruck Institute for Canadian Studies, Austria
July 04 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
June 04 Solo show at Loplops Art Lounge, Sault Ste Marie
May-Sept 04 Listening to the Mountain, Dawson City Museum
Mar-May 04 I listen with my eyes to the dead, and I speak with my body to the living. Paintings and drawings
in installation drawn from the work of Artemesia Gentileschi. Main gallery, Yukon Arts Centre
April 04 Immersions Solo show, Yukon Art Society Gallery, Whitehorse
Jan 04 Overhearing the Horizon, Chocolate Claim, Whitehorse
July 03 Water, group show, Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie
June 03 Engage group show, Artists’ choice award, piece chosen for Yukon Collection
June 03 Up the Dempster solo show, Tombstone Gallery
Mar.-May 03 I listen with my eyes… Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, BC. Ontario Arts Council Exhibition
Assistance Grant, Canada Council Travel Grant
June-Aug 02 Solo show, Yukon landscapes, Parkhill on Hunter, Peterborough ON
Mar.-Apr. 02 A physics of time, solo show of drawings in installation, Pteros Gallery, Toronto, ON;
closing performance of poetry, story and song
Feb.-Mar. 02 I listen with my eyes… as above. Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie. Ontario Arts Council
Exhibition Assistance Grant.
Dec.-Jan, 01-02 Something about indigo, solo show of paintings from the Yukon. Riverview Gallery,
Peterborough
Nov.-Dec. 01 Group shows: Poets’ Paintings Pteros Gallery, Toronto;
Landscape show, 100 Acre Studio Gallery, Grand Valley, ON
Aug.-Oct. 01 I listen with my eyes…, Art Gallery of Peterborough. Catalogue published.
OAC Exhibition Assistance Grant.
Sept. 2000 Group show, Foundations, Peterborough Arts Umbrella, invited as a mainstay of Peterborough
Arts Community
May-June 00 The possibilities of floating and other stories, solo show of figurative work at the Bird Mill Gallery
Bracebridge, ON
Nov. 99 I listen with my eyes…, Common Ground Gallery, Windsor, ON.
OAC Exhibition Assistance Grant.
Residencies
Nov-Dec 05 Studio Residency, Studio 204, Whitehorse, to develop Listening to the Mountain and create
large drawings for that show.
Jan – Mar 05 Ted Harrison Artist’s Retreat
July 02 Artist in Residence, Atlin Artists Centre
June 02, 04, 06 Artist in Park, week long residency, Yukon Art Society, Whitehorse
May 02 Artist in Residence, Klondike Institute of Arts and Culture, Dawson City
Public Talks and Lectures
Jan 07 Artist’s talk, Grande Prairie Regional College. Also walking tour of show at gallery, and slide shows
in Grande Prairie schools about the show.
Sept 06 Panel member on Artistic Responsibility, Performance Creation Canada Conference
Dec 05 Artist’s talk, Listening to the Mountain, Studio 204
Aug 05 Artist`s Talk, Dawson City Museum
Spring 05 Artist’s talk, Ted Harrison Artist’s Retreat
March 04 Artist’s talk, Yukon Arts Centre
March 03 Artist talk at Two Rivers Gallery; also presented at symposium there
July 02 Slide show about my work, Atlin Artists Centre, Atlin BC
May 02 Same, Dawson City, Yukon
Feb 01 Artist talk and walking tour of show at Art Gallery of Algoma
March 00 Slide show, Art Gallery of Peterborough
Nov 99 Detroit Institute of Arts, about the Artemesia Gentileschi project
Selected Publications
Oct. 06 Catalogue, Listening to the Mountain, Grimsby Public Art Gallery
2004 to present Arts Reporter for What’s Up Yukon
2005, 2006 Articles in Artsnet magazine
Sept 05 Guest Curatorial Statement, Yukon Arts Centre, “Elusive Containment”
Dec. 02 Self published artist’s book of poems, ‘Seasoning the body’
Aug 02 Two poems chosen for “Moving Words”, poems on Whitehorse buses.
Sept 01 Catalogue with my writings, “The Artemesia Journal”, Art Gallery of Peterborough
Selected Teaching
January 07 Workshops to complement Listening to the Moutain, Grande Prairie
School year 05/06 Yukon Arts Ed-Ventures
Spring 06 Mural for entrance to Whitehorse Elementary
Fall 03, Spring 05 Whitehorse Youth Centre
Fall 03, 04 Youth Art Enrichment, KIAC, Dawson
Spring 04 Painting 2, Algoma University
Fall 03 Painting 2 and Drawing 1, Algoma University
99-04 Ontario Arts Council Artist in Education Grant to do murals in schools
Education
1994-99 Apprentice and Assistant Painter at David Bierk’s Studio, Peterborough
Fall 96 Drawing and experimental image making at Ontario College of Art, Toronto.
A+ in both courses, returned to apprenticeship full time.
1993 Graduated Trent University, Honours Degree in Math and English,
Dean’s List, Math and English/Drama Awards. NSERC summer research.
1989-91 Concordia University, Creative Writing and Mathematics. Shortlisted,
Irving Layton Poetry Award
1988 Ontario Science Centre School
Nicole painting in the
Tombstones
August 2006
photo: Harreson Tanner
Nicole will be painting in the
Tombstones this coming
summer
Tombstones
August 2006
photo: Harreson Tanner
Nicole will be painting in the
Tombstones this coming
summer
(left) Clothed in Sky #2
from Winter
Oil on canvas
36x36
$1500
available at Galerie Goldie,
Montreal.
from Winter
Oil on canvas
36x36
$1500
available at Galerie Goldie,
Montreal.
(right) Sphinx
from More Dempster Horizons
oil on canvas
48x60
available at Birchwood
Gallery, Yellowknife
from More Dempster Horizons
oil on canvas
48x60
available at Birchwood
Gallery, Yellowknife
I am a member of the Yukon
Artists @ Work Cooperative, the
Yukon Art Society, Studio 204,
and the Dawson City Art Society.
Artists @ Work Cooperative, the
Yukon Art Society, Studio 204,
and the Dawson City Art Society.