Fable
Acrylic, ink on canvas
Art Dimensions: 55" x 54" x 3"
Exhibition - Welcome: New Gallery Artists
Exhibition - Depth: Layers in Translation
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Artist Biography
Nichole Gronvold-Roller is a painter who received a BFA in Art Education from Minnesota State University of Moorhead, an MA in Art Education from Boston University, and an MFA in Painting from Bradley University. Gronvold-Roller received an MFA in Painting from Bradley University in Spring 2023. In addition to being an artist, Nichole is a full-time high school art teacher in Tremont, IL, where she has been teaching for the past twenty-five years. Furthermore, she is a contributor writer for the Inland Art column with Community Word. Nichole lives in Illinois with her husband and three children.
A selection of publications featuring Gronvold-Roller’s paintings includes; Dubuque Museum of Art (Dubuque, IA), Artforum (New York, NY), Wall Street International (Budya, Montenegro), Peoria Journal Star, (Peoria, IL), GRAFIX® (Maple Heights, OH), Inside Publications (Sacramento, CA), and Kolaj Magazine.
Artist Statement
My geometric shaped paintings embrace contemporary art practices of relevant pluralism. My artwork is an intersection of fine art, architecture, and design, referencing underlying themes in art history, mixing and merging concepts. Admiring past practices of 20th-century geometric abstraction, I recognize and challenge the movement for its reductive strains and return to the initial discourse that led to the investigation.
My paintings include symbolic colors and the illusion of space that otherwise would be excluded from the movement. The edges of my artwork define a rotation of deep and shallow areas, navigated by an atmospheric apparition creating the impression of space. Incorporating ornate motifs and flat planes of color, I invite the viewer to pause—to linger, accompanying the rhythm of my daily happenings.
