Nicole Steacy (b. 1989, Pocono Mountains, PA) is an artist and designer based in Brooklyn, NY.
ABOUT NICOLE
Nicole received a BA in Design Art and Social Psychology from Lehigh University (2012). This led to her working in fashion with a celebrity stylist in New York City and a fair trade company in Ghana, before earning a MA in Art Education from New York University (2015). Nicole then taught Visual Art at a public high school in Brooklyn for 8 years. During this time she established Art of Steacy and completed a degree in Interior Design from University of California Los Angeles Extension (2023, Earned with Distinction).
With frequent stints to the Pocono Mountains, Princeton, NJ, Martha’s Vineyard, MA, and road trips all about the Northeast — Nicole is continuously collecting candid experiences to use within her work.
ABOUT THE WORK
Painting to express harmonious moments of human connection. Nicole’s pieces are part impressionist exploration, part abstract puzzle. She begins her paintings with layered dashes of color intuitively arranged over a pencil sketch. These dashes then evolve into edge-defined forms. Oscillating between meditative brush strokes and purposeful study, Nicole uses a flattened color-blocking technique to refine these forms until she feels the resolve of balanced color and weight. Brushstroke by brushstroke, human connection - to land, to self, to one other - becomes a distillate of shades and shapes.
|STAY-SEE| is a station wagon concept, backward-looking while forward-moving. It makes space for analog experiences in an increasingly digital world. It applies the wisdom of nostalgic reverie to right now. Recent collections stand to document the hopefulness of honest work and the simple pleasures it provides. The aim of Art of Steacy is to offer a different narrative about what deserves our attention and what we stand to lose if we no longer invest time in contemplation and camaraderie.
EXHIBITIONS + HONORS
FEATURE | Princeton Magazine - Princeton, NJ | October 2022 - Present
INTERVIEW | Spaces - Viola Chip | February 2021 - Present
COLLABORATION | Allégorie Design | April 2022 - April 2023
MEMBER SHOW | BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition | Brooklyn, NY | June 2022 - July 2022
GROUP SHOW | Atelier Canal - Gowanus Brooklyn, NY | May 2022 - July 2022
GROUP SHOW | Greenwich Art Society - Greenwich, CT | April 2022 - May 2022
SOLO SHOW | Sara June Salon - Brooklyn, NY | April 2019 - March 2022
MARKET | Artist & Fleas - Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY | December 2021
GROUP SHOW | RAW Urban Winery & Hard Cidery - Stroudsburg, PA | May 2021 - October 2021
GROUP SHOW | Eastern Monroe Public Library - Stroudsburg, PA | June 2021 - September 2021
MARKET | Park Slope Art Stroll - Park Slope Brooklyn, NY | September 2021
AWARD | 1st Place Acrylic Painting in P.A.C. Member’s Show - Stroudsburg, PA | June 2021
GROUP SHOW | Pocono Arts Council - Stroudsburg, PA | April 2021 - June 2021
SOLO SHOW | Pocono Eye Association - East Stroudsburg, PA | December 2020 - April 2021
GALLERY | Brooklyn Collective - Brooklyn, NY | February 2020 - January 2021
GROUP SHOW | Pocono Arts Council - Stroudsburg, PA | August 2020 - October 2020
SOLO SHOW | Kahve Cafe - New York, NY | October 2019 - May 2020
MARKET | Denizen - Brooklyn, NY | December 2019
SOLO SHOW | Three Hammers Winery - Hawley, PA | August 2019
SOLO SHOW | Sweet Creams Cafe - Stroudsburg, PA | April - May 2019
GROUP SHOW | Renegade Winery - Stroudsburg, PA | February 2019
FEATURE | Saatchi Arts - “New This Week” selected by Chief Curator | January 2019
GROUP SHOW | 440 Gallery - Brooklyn, NY | December 2018
GROUP SHOW | COTA Jazz Festival - Delaware Water Gap, PA | September 2018
AWARD | 3rd Place COTA Jazz Festival - Delaware Water Gap, PA | September 2018
GROUP SHOW | Interrobang NYU - New York University, NY | May 2015