NICK LOEWEN \ loewen.nick@gmail.com \ nickloewen.

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Education
2012 MFA, Art Studio, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
2006 BA, Majors in English & Art with honors, Goshen College, Goshen, IN
2005 Attended, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

Exhibition History
2013 Honesty, Chelsea Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Familiar Unfamiliar, organized by Manual History Machines, Casa Agave, Wonder
Valley, CA
2012 GLAMFA, Greater Los Angeles Master of Fine Arts Show curated by the Fine Arts
Roundtable, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Boom, Presented by Den Contemporary, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
Headgear for Tony: MFA Thesis, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
(Exiting an Abandoned House)
End of Year Show, Media Art & Technology Department, UCSB, CA
Itsa Small, Small World, Family Business, New York, NY
BYOB LA, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
I Am Curious, Left Coast Books, Goleta, CA
Impasse, Gallery 479, UCSB, CA
Reflections and Object Permanence, Collaboration with Marco Pinter, Art Currents
Institute, New York, NY
2011 Boom, LA Mart, Los Angeles, CA
SB Moves: Pumpflix Videos, Gas Stations, Santa Barbara County, CA
Platform: Micro-Topologies, Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, UCSB, CA
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Annual Joshua Tree Music Festival, Joshua Tree, CA
Yummier/Brainsickly, Gallery 479, UCSB, CA
ZAP! 59 Images of Electricity, Wheelhouse Bikes, Santa Barbara, CA
Riven Rock Refracted, McCormick House at SBMA, Santa Barbara, CA
2010 Welcome to the Thunderdome, Gallery 479, UCSB, CA
2009 Sites, Above The Butcher Shop, Goshen, IN
2008 GC Soccer Art, Eyedart Gallery, Goshen, IN
2007 Drop Series, New World Arts, Goshen, IN
2006 Limitations: Honors Thesis Show, Public Spaces, Goshen, IN
Elkhart Juried Regional, Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN

Publications & Presentations
2012 Visiting artist, Marymount College, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
UCSB MFA 2012 Exhibition: Headgear for Tony, Exhibition Catalog, UCSB, CA
Contagion/Control: Speculative Futures Graduate Colloquium, UCSB, CA
(The Council of the Moth and the Unknowable Light Force)

Grants & Honors
2012 Doctoral Student Travel Grant, UCSB
2011 Department of Art Block Grant, UCSB
2010 Regents Special Fellowship, UCSB
2007 Excellence in Scenic and Sound Design, American College Theater Festival
2005 Yoder Art Scholarship, Goshen College
2002 Grebel Honors Award, Goshen College
Gorsline Excellence Award for Film/Video, Goshen College

Press
2012 Woodard, Josef. Heady, Hearty Art at the Starting Gate. Santa Barbara News
Press. 6/1
Vonk, Nathan. I Am Curious at Left Coast Books. Santa Barbara Arts Blog. 4/11
Solon, Olivia. Artist explores object permanence with kinetic sculptures.
Wired.co.uk. 1/27
2011 Gas Station Art. KEYT-TV. 7/28
Mills, Ted. BOOM-ing System: Eight UCSB grads feature in L.A. MFA show. Santa
Barbara News Press. 7/22
Woodard, Josef. Students of the Being There. Santa Barbara News Press. 5/7
Comingore, Aly. First Year MFA Candidates Exhibit at UCSB. Santa Barbara
Independent. 5/1
Mills, Ted. Light in the Darkness. Santa Barbara News Press. 4/8
McMahon, Marilyn. Riven Rock Refracted. Santa Barbara News Press. 2/9
2010 Lange, Tom. Goshen Studio Tour. Elkhart Truth. 3/7

Employment History
2013-14 The Haas Brothers, Fabricator and Designer (Studio), Los Angeles, CA
2010-12 UCSB Department of Art, Teaching Assistant, Santa Barbara, CA
2008-10 Jake Loewen Wood Studio, Woodworker, Goshen, IN
2005-10 Freelance Photographer, Various Locations
2007-08 Glass Action, Stained Glass Craftsman, Pittsburgh, PA
2007-08 City Theatre Company, Scenic Artist, Pittsburgh, PA
2005-07 House Painter, Various Locations

Affiliations
2012 There Once Was a Bitter Bastard, Assistant Art Director
2011- The Dont Yogurt, Collective Member
2007 Pittsburgh Urban Leadership Service Experience (PULSE), Volunteer
AmeriCorps, Volunteer