NICKOLA POTTINGER

Bio

Nickola Pottinger (b. 1986, Jamaica, West Indies) is an artist and curator whose sculptures contain objects and memory. Her sculptural pieces, dubbed “duppies” in Jamaican Patois, morph between figures, animals, and furniture, probing themes of legacy and regeneration. Through this fluid hybridity, Pottinger seamlessly intertwines materiality with memory, revitalizing her family narratives with fresh vitality and resonance. Raised in Brooklyn, she went on to earn her BFA from The Cooper Union in 2008. Recent exhibitions include Mrs., Art Basel Miami Beach, Swivel Gallery, Chapter NY, Sargent’s Daughter, and New Museum Triennial, New York; Galerie Julien Cadet, Paris; and the Galveston Artist Residency, TX. Previous solo exhibitions include Parker Gallery, Los Angeles, Deanna Evans Projects, New York and The Armory Show, New York, NY, which was reviewed by the New York Times. Pottinger will also be the subject of a solo exhibition at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, CT, forthcoming June 2025.

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