Education
2016 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Philadelphia, PA. Masters of Fine Art
2014 Seton Hill University. Greensburg, PA. Bachelor of Fine Art.
2010 Westmoreland County Community College. Youngwood, PA.
Associates of Fine Art, Associates in Commercial Art
Current Teaching Appointments
University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. Since 2019
Seton Hill University. Since 2016
Westmoreland County Community College. Since 2016
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts and Media. Summer 2022.
Course History
Drawing 1 & 2 (In person/online)
Painting 1 & 2 (In person/online)
2D Design (In person/online)
Intro to Art History (In person / blended / online)
Intro to Contemporary Art (In person/online)
The History of Cinema (In person/online)
Experimental Film (In person/online)
TA Experience
2016 Teaching Assistant, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Zlatan Gruborovic,
Intro to Art History. Spring
2016 Teaching Assistant, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Jill Rupinski,
Basic Color. Spring
2015 Teaching Assistant, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Renee Foulks,
Portrait Painting. Spring
2014 Teaching Assistant. Westmoreland County Community College. Jeffrey Donato
Painting 1. Summer
Solo and Group Exhibitions:
2023 UnSmoke Systems Artspace. Wet Squelching on the Dancefloor. Solo Exhibition. Braddock, PA.
2023. Stopwatch Gallery. Fleshy Limb-Filled Rectangles. Solo Exhibition. Greesnburg, PA.
2022 The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences. Unmasked. Group Exhibition. Loveladies, NJ.
2022 Cerulean Arts. 10th Annual Juried Exhibition. Philadelphia, PA
2022 Folx Gallery. Open Call. Louisville, KY
2021 Vestige Concept Gallery. Primal Disposition. Pittsburgh, PA.
2019 Manifest Gallery. Void. Group Exhibition. Cincinnati, OH.
2019 Harlan Gallery, Seton Hill University. Faculty Exhibition. Greensburg, PA.
2018 Westmoreland Museum of American Art. Artists Who Teach. Group Exhibition. Greensburg, PA.
2018 Tomayko Gallery. I See You. Group Exhibition. Pittsburgh, PA
2018 Greensburg Art Center. Contemporaries. Group Exhibition. Greensburg, PA.
2017 The Westmoreland Museum of American Art.
Dark Matter: Paintings by Kenneth Nicholson. Solo Exhibition. Greensburg, PA
2017 Framehouse and Jask Gallery. Speak for Yourself. Group Exhibition. Pittsburgh, PA
2016 33 Orchard Gallery. Persistence of Memory. Group Exhibition. New York, NY.
2016 Westmoreland County Community College Gallery. Spring Visiting Artist Exhibition. Youngwood, PA.
2016 American University’s Katzen Art Center. College Art Association’s Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, Read Between The Lines. Washington, D.C.
2015 SuRGe Gallery/ Moore College. Merge. Juried Exhibition. Philadelphia, PA
2014 Gallery 8/Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Convergence. Juried Exhibition. Philadelphia, PA
2014 Frank Melega Museum of Art, Annual Juried Exhibition. Brownsville, PA
2014 28 West Second Gallery. Theses Restless Crosses. Solo Senior Exhibition. Greensburg, Pennsylvania
2013 Pierro Gallery. Captivating Cosmos. Group Exhibition. South Orange, New Jersey
2013 Westmoreland Museum of American Art. Regional Popup Exhibition: Kenneth Nicholson / Miranda Kuchera. Greensburg, Pennsylvania
2012 Westmoreland Art Nationals Group Exhibition. Greensburg, PA
2012 Frank Melega Museum of Art, Juried Exhibition. Brownsville, PA
2012 Westmoreland Museum of American Art. Juried Biennial. Greensburg, PA
2011 The Headkeeper. Solo Exhibition Kenneth Nicholson: Brouhaha. Greensburg, PA
2011 Pittsburgh Filmmakers Film Kitchen Exhibition. Horizons On Fire. Short Film
2011 The Headkeeper. Five Hour Live Painting For Cystic Fibrosis. Greensburg, PA
2010 Westmoreland County Community College. Solo Exhibition, In a Constant State of Flux. Youngwood, PA
Professional Experience (Juror/Advisor/Guest Speaker/etc)
2023 Juror for Pittsburgh Watercolor Society’s Waterworks Exhibition. Sweetwater Center for the Arts. Pittsburgh. June.
2022 Guest on Fake Ritual Podcast Ep. “Crimes of the Future + Kenneth Nicholson”. June
2022 Visiting Artist for Youth Arts Council. The Andy Warhol Museum. March
2022 Guest on Fake Ritual Podcast Ep 33. “Cronenberg/Kenneth Nicholson”.
2020 Online Curators’ Discussion Panel. You Are Here 406 Gallery. Jeanette PA. November
2020 Discussion Panel for film series associated with African American Art in the 20th Century. Westmoreland Museum of American Art. February. November
2019 Juror for University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg’s Annual Juried Art Exhibition. October
2019 Juror for Valley Art Club’s Annual Art Show. Monessen Public Library. September
2018 Juror for Latrobe Art Center’s Mister Fred Rogers Fine Art Exhibition. September
2018 Juror for Latrobe Art Center’s Annual Open Show. June 7
2018 Juror for Allied Artists of Johnstown, Spring Exhibition. Ameriserv Financial.
2018 Advisor for National Council for Undergraduate Research, Art Student: Mallory Biller. Westmoreland County Community College (Presentation: April 4th University of Central Oklahoma)
2017 Juror for Hempfield Area School District’s Art Expo at Westmoreland Museum of American Art. Spring
2017 Juror for West Allegheny School District Annual Art Show. Spring
2017 Advisor for National Council for Undergraduate Research, Art Student: Maria Coughanour, who was accompanied to present at Memphis University. Westmoreland County Community College. Spring
2016 Visiting Artist, Westmoreland County Community College. Youngwood, PA. March
2013 Internship with Collections Manager, Doug Evans. Westmoreland Museum of American Art. July
Professional Writing Experience
2015 Art review “Pillow Talk: Justin Adian’s “Fort Worth” at Skarstedt Gallery” published in Two Coats of Paint. October
http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2015/10/pillow-talk-justin-adian-at-skarsted.html
2015 Art review “Concrete Stitches: Sinéad Cahill and Sarah Thompson Moores’ “By The By” published in The St. Claire. August
2015 Art review “Vicious Elegance. Julia Klein: Partial Figures and Fragments” published as Finalist in The St. Claire and Art Blog’s New Art Writing Challenge. June
http://the-st-claire.com/reviews/2015/05/vicious-elegance-julia-klein-at-vox-populi/
Press and Reviews
2020 Tribune Review “The Westmoreland’s film series celebrates African American movie pioneers”. https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/the-westmorelands-film-series-celebrates-african-american-movie-pioneers/. November
2018 Fine Art Connoisseur. Painting “This Corrosion” featured in Off The Walls section alongside Kehinde Wiley & Titus Kaphar. November issue.
2018 American Art Collector. Painting “Apparitions (Coitus Interrupts Us)” and Solo Exhibition “Dark Matter” featured in Art News Section
2018 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “12 People To Meet in 2018”
https://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/12peopletomeet2018/
2017 Tribune Review “A Great American Art Success Story”
https://triblive.com/lifestyles/outabout/13016768-74/out-about-a-great-american-art-success-story
2017 Fine Art Connoisseur. “Shadows Matter Too”
https://fineartconnoisseur.com/2017/11/shadows-matter-too/
2016 PAFA. “Persistence of Memory”: An Exhibition in New York of Recent MFA Graduates.
https://www.pafa.org/pafa-perspectives/persistence-memory-exhibition-new-york-recent-mfa-graduates
2014 Tribune Review “Norvelt man's art on display at Seton Hill University's gallery”
http://triblive.com/news/westmoreland/5973002-74/nicholson-gallery- art - axzz3bqREX8Sq
2014 Artwork used in publication for Seton Hill University’s Art Program Expansion
2012 Painting Featured in Tribune Review’s Article on Eden in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2012 Tribune Review 'Westmoreland Juried Biennial' again gathers range of talent