Nicole Colombo

Monza, 1991

Nicole Colombo

Monza, 1991

Nicole Colombo’s practice, often presented as domestic and large-scale sculptures and installations, creates a tension in the space and in the observer as it possesses a sort of living energy, while the chosen materials and their combination result to be at the same time libidinal and repulsive. An anthropological approach stands at the core of her research: the artist observes the dichotomies that often characterize the individual and the difficulty of the human being to accept their co-existence. Leveraging our common imaginary, her attempt gives back to the observer artworks that represent the duality of things, creating abstract characters that portrait each of us.

Leather, aluminum, synthetic hair, chains, plexiglass, latex and hooks give birth to an impeccable and highly aestheticized vision in order to attract the viewers and introduce them to a wider range of possibilities as a lens to approach reality.

In the border zone between discomfort and comfort, between power dynamics and the power of fragility, between love and lust, pain and vulnerability, libido and repulsion, body and narrative, the artist opens up spaces of freedom and resistance.

Solo exhibitions

2025

Seeds of presence // Seeds of absence, Triangolo, Cremona
2022

Shifting Balance, OneRoom Gallery, London
2021

Ultravioletto, art residency at Nord Resine, curated by Ultravioletto, Susegana
2020

Sam, BitCorp for Art, Milano

Selected group exhibitions

2024

MAYDAY EVERYDAY, Triangolo, Cremona
2023

Cremona Art Week (curated by Rossella Farinotti), Museo Diocesano Cremona.
2022

Spettinate, at Luogo_e, Bergamo

Towards the Pillars of Hercules, presented by Boscolo Collection Art Programme
Curated by BeAdvisors Art Department & Atipografia with the collaboration of Mattia Pozzoni Art Advisory

The paradise is exactly like where you are right now only much, much better, Palazzo
Franzone Spinola di Luccoli, Genova
2021

Fluid Shapes, curated by YetArt Agency in collaboration with Espressoh, Tube Culture Hall, Milano

Avalanche, curated by Regatta, at Regatta, Dusseldorf

Over and Above, curated by Natasa Radojevic and Jelena Dakonovic, in collaboration with Aria Art Gallery (Florence) and Federico Luger Gallery (Milan), at Drina Gallery, Belgrade

KRU, collective exhibition curated by Chiara Guidi and Gloria Amorena, at Palazzo del Medico, Carrara

Leftlovers, curated by Luca Poncetta and Localedue, at Localedue, Bologna

Alla mattina appena alzata, Canale Milva curated by Giada Olivotto and Camilla Paolino, hosted on Lumpen Station, Geneve
2020

Do you think this is the best way to start, at MASSIMO, Milano
2019

The Oranges of the Sunrise, editorial contribution made with Alberta Romano, Media Naranja, Marseille

Residencies and prize

2022

MMAT Aquisition Prize 2022, residency hosted by Kupfer Project, London
2021

Ultravioletto, art residency at Nord Resine, curated by Ultravioletto, Susegana