Nicole Wittenberg

This inaugural monograph surveys the work of American painter Nicole Wittenberg across two decades. The artist is recognized for vibrant and energetic mark making, creating compositions that synthesize studies and life drawings into larger canvas works. Her subject matter spans landscapes, portraits, and erotic imagery. The publication features essays by Suzanne Hudson (art historian), Devon Zimmerman (curator), David Salle (contemporary painter), and Jarrett Earnest (writer, in extended conversation with the artist). Presented in cloth case with floral composition details, this book coincides with solo exhibitions at Ogunquit Museum of American Art and Center for Maine Contemporary Art. Features 250 illustrations. Nicole Wittenberg was born in San Francisco, CA, and received her BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2003. She received the American Academy of Arts and Letters' coveted John Koch Award for Best Young Figurative Painter in 2012. From 2011–14 she served as a teacher at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture, and the Bruce High Quality Foundation University, and in 2017 she was a professor in the Critical Theory Department at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Wittenberg's works are included in prominent collections, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York The Albertina, Vienna the Museum of Fine Arts Boston Aishti Foundation, Beirut and others. She has enjoyed recent solo exhibitions at Massimo de Carlo, Milan (2024) Fernberger Gallery, Los Angeles (2024) Journal Gallery, New York (2023) Nina Johnson Gallery, Miami (2023) and Acquavella Galleries, Palm Beach (2022). She is based in New York and Maine.