Nicole Hayden

Nicole Hayden was born in Skokie Illinois in 1979, and brought up in Chicago. She attended several art schools including the Art Institute of Chicago, and has exhibited in the Chicago Cultural Center. While still a resident in Chicago, Nicole took part in several young artist programs such as the Marwen Foundation and Gallery 37. These activities influenced the continuing of her education at the University of Kansas in Lawrence Kansas. While at KU, she received scholarships for her figurative painting. After attaining a BFA from KU, she extended her fine art education at The California College of Arts and Crafts in San Francisco California. In the two year graduate program at CCAC, Hayden experimented and explored figurative painting, and has shown work in various art venues in the bay area including Southern Exposure, Sanchez Art Center, Gensler, Nexus gallery, The Lab, Hang Art and Adler &Co. After receiving a MFA from CCAC in 2003, she continues to live and work in San Francisco.

California College of Arts and Crafts, MFA 2003, San Francisco, CA
University of Kansas, BFA 2001, Lawrence, KS
Capps Studio Summer Internship Program: 1998, Chicago, IL
Gallery 37 Summer Internship Program: 1995-1997, Chicago, IL
Art Institute of Chicago: Student Monitor, 1996, Chicago, IL

2012 Show Of Heads, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
2012 Masquerade, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, 5Claude Lane, San Francisco, CA
2012 National Juried Exhibition, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2012 Sliver Era, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2012 Hide Your Wife Hide Your Children, Academy Of Sciences, CA
2011 Scope Art Fair, Artisan Series, Miami, FL
2011 Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, 5Claude Lane, San Francisco, CA
2011 Proof, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2011 artMRKT, Adler & Co., San Francisco,CA
2010 It's Only Rock And Roll, Truesilver Union, San Francisco, CA
2010 Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2010 Chimera, Gensler, San Francisco, CA
2009 Movement Of Design, The Artisan, Sacramento, CA
2008 Close To Focus, Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2008 Optic Illusion, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2008 Hare and the Hounds, Blue Space, San Francisco, CA
2008 Clash, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 Flow Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, Miami, FL
2007 Here’s Looking At You, Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2006 Bay Area Annual, Sanchez Art Center, San Francisco, CA
2006 Facing West-A Portrait Show, Tinhorn Public Works, SF, CA
2006 Chel...