Nicola Parente

Italian-born, American Nicola Parente is a reductive abstract artist. He explores inspiration garnered from observation of movement and light, and translated into an enduring, nurturing and sublime vision of our world. Parente’s artistic vision explores his perceptions of the diversity of culture and nature encountered while living and traveling on multiple continents.

Nicola Parente’s studio practice includes painting, installations, photography, sculpture, civic art, set design, and textile design. Nicola’s interdisciplinary work explores the ever changing impact to our landscape and communities. Inspired by changes in the evolution of metropolitan cities, he is interested in reflecting the intersections of daily life, and is intrigued by the interplay of the fluid and static elements of the urban matrix. According to Parente “deconstruction, construction, and reconstruction along with the vast diversity of the ever-changing neighborhoods play a large influence in the creation of my artworks.”

Over the last two decades, Parente has exhibited in major international museums and gallery shows including Manuel Felguerez Museum of Abstract Art (Zacatecas, Mexico), Museo de Guadalupe (Zacatecas, Mexico), The Art Car Museum (Houst...

M.B.A., 2004, University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX

B.A., 1988, Kings College, Wilkes-Barre, PA

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2017 Genesis In Pricipio, Museo de Guadalupe, Zacateca Mexico (Catalog)

2016 Rorpost, An International Art Energy Collaboration Exhibition, Art Car Museum, Houston TX (Catalog)

2011 Al Borde del Despertar, Museo de Arte Abstracto Manuel Felguerez, Zacatecas Mexico (Solo Exhibit - Catalog)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018. Multimedia Duo Exhibition, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston TX

2018 Here and Now, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas TX

2015 No Color Without Light, Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Houston TX

2013 Pelagico, Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Houston TX

2012 Bishangari, Fotofest 2012 Biennial, Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Houston TX

2011/12 Al Borde del Despertar, Museo de Arte Abstracto Manuel Felguerez, Zacatecas Mexico (Catalog)

2011 In the Light, Serenade Art House, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2011 Edge of Awakening, Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Dallas TX (Catalog)

2008 Journey, Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Houston TX (Catalog)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Blue Vessel of Light, Houston Sculpture Month, Magpies & Peacocks, Houston, TX

*2018 Color Bursting Hermann Park, Site Specific Installation, Hermann Park, Houston, TX (Col...