Nicole Chesney: exquire

On View: May 2 – May 31, 2025
Walk-through with the Artist: Saturday, May 3, 1pm



Nicole CHesney


Nicole Chesney was born in Cinnaminson, New Jersey in 1971. She began her undergraduate studies at California College of Arts and Crafts and completed her BFA at the Massachusetts College of Art in 1997. In 2000, Nicole earned her Master’s degree from The Canberra School of Art in Canberra, Australia.

Awards received include a Jutta Cuny-Franz Foundation Supporting Award in Düsseldorf, Germany, the UrbanGlass Award for New Talent, and The Corning Museum of Glass Rakow Commission. She has also created large-scale, site-specific commissions including those at 7 World Trade Center, New York and Massachusetts College of Art, Boston.

Her work is exhibited and collected internationally including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, New Britain Museum of American Art, Toledo Museum of Art, Newport Art Museum, RISD Museum, Palm Springs Art Museum, Corning Museum of Glass, and many more.

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