NAME: Nicole Fournier
BIRTH PLACE: usa
BIRTH DATE: 2.12.0
BIOGRAPHY
Nicole Fournier received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from William Paterson University with a major in Graphic Design and a minor in Photography. She has been recognized by WPU for her achievements in art and photography, for she was published twice in their annual magazine "Artery", pieces were chosen for display in their annual "Women’s History Show" and "Profiles of the Future Show", plus she was awarded the "Foundations Day Award of Excellence".
Having moved to Los Angeles in Dec. 2005 from Jersey City NJ, Nicole has been involved in several group exhibitions in Los Angeles including: Cannibal Flower, 2nd St. Cigars & Art Gallery and LACDA. East coast and other gallery locations include: the Rahway Arts Guild, The NJ Center for Visual Arts, The Chrystie Street Gallery, Diesel Gallery, Alfred Lowenherz Gallery, Ceres Gallery, Marcella Geltman Gallery, Montgomery Center for the Arts, 450 Broadway Gallery, City Without Walls Gallery, Eastern New Mexico University, Westminster Art Gallery, The Whipple Museum of the History of Science (UK) and The Sixth Street Gallery (Oregon). Solo shows include: the Studio, club Twirl and Joe's Pub. Nicole was also involved in a 20 minute "gorilla art" collaborative installation at the Whitney Museum in NY. Her charitable events include: fundraisers at the
ART Gallery Verde (Hollywood), Cathedral Arts Festival Champagne Gala, art auction at the Cultural Center at Victory Hall, Jersey City Museum's Benefit Art Raffle, Artists Space's "Night of 1,000 Drawings" and Postcards from the Edge Benefits Visual AIDS.
In addition, Nicole's bio was published in the 59th edition of Marquis "Who's Who in America" (2005), two photographs published in "Exploring Color Photography from the Darkroom to the Digital Studio" (Robert Hirsch, Fourth Edition - McGrall Hill, 2005), has had a photograph published in "The NOWW Book" (a book of up and coming photographers, produced by Michael Cirelli, 2004) and feature written by Richard Leach in his section entitled, "Richard's Picks" in Shutterbug Magazine (October 2003). Organizations include: the Downtown LA's Artist Project (http://www.downtownartistproject.org), EP (http://www.editorialphoto.com), member of the preferred artists file at the Jersey City Museum, slide registry at the City Without Walls Gallery, member of the NURTUREart registry and is a member of The Irving Sandler Artists File (a digitized image database created by Artists Space).
In addition, Nicole enjoys working as a freelance photographer and has had some of her photographs published in several science magazines published by Nature America. Currently residing in Los Angeles, Nicole Fournier continues to pursue her photographic career in art and commercial photography.
