Nico Whittaker Art | Montrose Art Society

Nico Whittaker

BIO

I am a graphic artist born in Argentina and living in Houston, Texas.

Somewhere between 1990 and 2000 I studied Arts in the “Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes” in Buenos Aires , Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Computer Graphics, Animation, Caricature and Comics drawing and other stuff that I don’t remember right now. I spent time at different universities and after 6 years of academic training , I quit everything. I guess at that time I preferred to get a job and make some money and try to figure out what I was supposed to do with my life. As of today, August 31, 2011, I realize that I still haven’t found the answer, but I'm getting closer.

In the meantime, I got married, had a son and a daughter . I am 38 years old. I make a living doing graphic design, and I run a giclee printing small business catered to fine artists. I keep studying and learning on my own. I read a lot of books, mostly computers, graphic design, art, photography and a lot of geeky stuff. I live in a rented house and drive a $1,500 car. I have a wonderful family and a couple of good friends. I play soccer every Sunday morning.

I guess that’s all.

Nico.

STATEMENT

There's two different aspects on my body of work in which I employ different techniques. The first one is the "traditional" one where I work mainly from whatever goes through inside my head. Most of it is symbolic-figurative- some might be dark or grotesque. I use dry and wet media. Some collage too.

The second one is more about landscapes though I have a series of portraits where I experimented with digital collage. The landscape technique is based on my photography and painted over using a digital board and an optical pen.

I guess that all I try to do in my art is in some way show who I am, who I used to be, what happened to me and what the future could look like through my eyes. Past, present, future. What I am afraid of, what do I love, how I see the world and everything in it, what things affect me more, my suffering and my happiness as well.

SHOWS/EXHIBITIONS

Contemporary Montrose Art Soiree – April 3, 2010

Montrose Art Society – Grand Opening – May 15, 2010

Montrose Art Society – The Black & White Show – July 9, 2010

Montrose Art Society – Invitational Art Show – August 21, 2010

ArtCrawl 2010 at East End Studio Gallery – November 10, 2010

Montrose Art Society - Artist Dozen - November 12 & 13, 2010

Artist SPEAKeasy with Classical Theatre Company and Montrose Art Society at Spacetaker - January 19, 2011

MAIN STREET BLOCK PARTY – January 22, 2011

Montrose Art Society – The Eye Pollution Show – February 26, 2011

Fridays at Skyline presents the Montrose Art Society - April 8, 2011

TAID - Annual Art Gala at Skyline - Thursday May 19, 2011