JESSE NICKELL

Classical Painter

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Statement

My work grapples with the human condition and experience. Based around the premise of a broken world, my paintings capture the quiet interiors of raw human nature. Visualizing a world on the verge of falling apart, the subjects are left in uniquely pivotal instances. Focusing on events leading up to and in the wake of tragic circumstances, the work contemplates the necessity of perseverance and hope in the midst of tragedy.

Bio

Jesse Nickell (b. 1994) is a figurative oil painter based in Denver. He trained at the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design (BFA 2017) and the New York Academy of Art, and in 2018 apprenticed with Odd Nerdrum in Norway. He paints from life, working in the classical tradition but in service of contemporary psychological subjects — figures in the ordinary aftermath of loss, fatigue, and reckoning. His paintings have been shown in solo exhibitions in Colorado and in group shows in the US and Norway.