Nicole Javorsky

My art expresses the intricacies of being alive. Consciousness is full of interrelated opposites such as darkness and light, change and constancy, stillness and movement. This concept of duality is core to my paintings, drawings, and mixed media works.

I use texture, color, line, and medium choices as well as abstraction, realism, and text to represent different slices of human perception. As a survivor of sexual abuse, I struggled to keep myself alive during my teenage years and early adulthood. My artwork reflects my own story, healing process, and grief as well as my observations from nature, research, and everyday life. Each artwork can stand alone to depict a certain layer or aspect of the human experience, but I also continually group and connect them like fluctuating puzzle pieces building my ever-growing picture of existence.

Barnard College of Columbia University | Sept. 2014 - May 2018
-Honors: Graduated Cum Laude, Elizabeth M. Edersheim ’85 Memorial Scholarship, 2017 Athena Summer Fellow, NYS Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Dean’s List (for Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018)

The Art Students League of New York (atelier system)
- Painterly Drawing: Feb. 2018, Jan. 2020, Feb. 2020, March 2020, May 2020
- Abstract Painting: Nov. 2020, Dec. 2020

The Art League (in Alexandria, Virgina)
- Watercolors Workshop: Fall 2018, Winter 2019

2023

Dec. 2: Art Lab Holiday Fair at Snug Harbor, Staten Island, NY

Nov. 16: “Vulnerable Me” - Soiree Henzo at Lavan Chelsea, New York, NY

Aug. 31: “Renaissance of Reconnecting” - Soiree Henzo at Lavan Chelsea, New York, NY

May 18 - 21: Clio Art Fair - New York, NY

April 22 - May 7: “Mental Fragments” - Pelham Art Center, 155 Fifth Avenue Pelham, NY 10803

Feb. 19: “A Weekend Art Show at the Haus of Art” - Haus of Art, Queens, NY

Feb. 16: “Bushwick Street Art Group Art Show” - Brooklyn, NY

2022

May: "PimComedy Off Broadway - Art Show" - Actors Temple, New York, NY

Jan. - Aug.: Artwork displayed at Natalia Huang Studio, New York, NY

2021

Dec. 10: "Froggie Village Group Show" - Art For NYC at The Marketline, New York, NY

July 22 - 25: The Other Art Fair - presented by Saatchi Art, Brooklyn Expo Center, Brooklyn, NY

June 12 - 26: "Summer Art Festival" - Virtual Artists, interactive virtual art gallery in partnership with Robots of London, London/Worldwide

May 14 - 23: "Ultra Local" - Van Der Plas Gallery, New York, NY

April​ 23 - May​ 2: International Contemporary Exhibition​ “ROMANTICA - Shape of my Art” - M.A.D.S. Gallery Milano, Milan, Italy

March 24 - April 4: "A Visual Culture” - Van Der Plas Gallery, New York, NY...