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Nick Schleicher 

Nick Schleicher (b. 1988) received his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2011 where he focused on painting and sculpture. Most recently, Schleicher’s practice skews the perfection of minimalism. Using abstraction as a tool to explore human emotion, he pulls layers of paint over shaped canvases which loosely recall tombstones, ghosts, and windows. His process suspends each work in a perpetual state of movement, allowing the wobbly, color-filled forms to assume a bodily presence. Something close to human.

 

For Schleicher, many works serve as personal markers, created during periods of profound loss or significant transition. The imperfections - congealing paint on the edges, canvases slightly askew, the improvisation of the mark-making process - imbue the works with a sense of empathy and are essential components of his practice. It’s through these inconsistencies and nuances that the paintings acknowledge discomfort, but those moments are transformed into something new, more beautiful, and endlessly playful. 

 

Recent solo exhibitions include Gallery JJ, Seoul, Korea; Monaco, St. Louis, MO; Grease 3, St. Louis, MO; and PLAQUE at Granite City Art & Design District, Granite City, IL. Selected group exhibitions at Julius Caesar, Chicago, IL; The Latent Space, Chicago, IL; The Luminary, St. Louis, MO; Aupuni Space, Honolulu, HI; and Gallery JJ, Seoul, Korea. Schleicher’s work has been featured in New American Paintings (No. 143 & 167), Soft Quarterly (Spring 2021), The Pinch (Fall 2020), and Under the Bridge (Concentric Series: Issue 2) among others. 

EDUCATION
2011 - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago – BFA


SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS (2013~)

2024  Gallery JJ, CLOUD WAVE, Seoul, Korea

           Houska Gallery, BAJA BLAST, St. Louis, MO​

2021   Houska Gallery, LIMBOOO, St. Louis, MO​

2020   Monaco, SLIME, Saint Louis, MO

           Houska Gallery, Increasingly All the Time, St. Louis, MO

           Rick Banger Gallery, Boss Skull​

2017   PLAQUE at G-CADD, .skin, Granite City, IL

           Grease 3, 6 paintings 9 sculptures, St. Louis, MO

2015   Hoffman LaChance Contemporary, Synthesizer, St. Louis, MO
           The Millitzer Gallery, Vibration Process, St. Louis, MO​

2014   Third Degree, Clean Lines, St. Louis, MO

2013   Fifty 09 Gallery, Nick Schleicher, St. Louis, MO
           SPACE, Nick Schleicher, St. Louis, MO


SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS (2015~)

2024  Kahilu Theater Gallery, Flowers 4 My Friends: Re/Marks on Color, Waimea, Hawaii 

          Gallery JJ: Booth A53, Kiaf SEOUL, Seoul, Korea

          Gallery JJ: COEX Hall: Booth D26, Galleries Art Fair 2024, Seoul, Korea​

2023   Gallery JJ: Booth A70, Kiaf SEOUL, Seoul, Korea

          Gallery JJ, Seven Keys, Seoul, Korea

          Gallery JJ, Untitled: Plane, Layer, Seoul, Korea

          Monaco, Faithfully Askew Too, St. Louis, MO

​2022   The Latent Space, Faithfully Askew, St. Louis, MO

          Monaco, B Sides -flowers for my friends, St. Louis, MO

          The Latent Space, DECENTER, Chicago, IL​

2021   Plug Gallery, run, run quiet, Kansas City, MO​

2020   Aupuni Space, Hot Spot, Honolulu, HI

           Houska Gallery, Summer Group Show, St. Louis, MO​

2019   Aupuni Space, Flowers For My Friends, Honolulu, HI

          Houska Gallery, Winter Group Show, St. Louis, MO

          Monaco, Royale, St. Louis, MO​

2018   Beverly (redux), G-CASH, St. Louis, MO

          Gallery of Contemporary Art at Forest Park Community College, SSSS, St. Louis, MO

          SHOW SHOW SHOW, Group Pop-up Exhibition, St. Louis, MO

2017   The Luminary, Lot 49, St. Louis, MO

          Grease 3, ACLU Art Auction, St. Louis, MO

2016   The Luminary, Lot 49, St. Louis, MO 

2015   Contemporary Art Museum Saint Louis, Art:314, St. Louis, MO

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OTHER PROJECTS

2019-present

Co-host of cool WIP, a Silver Space STL podcast. Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts

AVAILABLE WORKS

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