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Institution, oil on linen, 2026
Nicole Maynard is an artist painting about the concept of home through the use of imagery such as houses, moving boxes, and shifting landscapes that exist at the edge of abstraction and representation. These forms function as both architectural structures and psychological spaces, reflecting ideas of permanence and impermanence, displacement, and transition. Her paintings were featured in solo and group exhibitions throughout the Northeast and Florida, including seven solo shows at the Bowery Gallery in New York City and a long-term residency at the Bakehouse Arts Complex in Miami. She received an MFA in Painting with a minor in Printmaking from the University of Pennsylvania in 1996. She currently lives in New Jersey between Philadelphia and New York City.
My paintings examine the concept of home as a condition shaped by agency, chance, and broader social systems. Using abstracted architectural forms, shifting landscapes, and recurring motifs such as houses and moving boxes, I create images that exist between abstraction and representation. Geometry and color structure the work, while these forms function as metaphors for environments in flux—reflecting displacement, transition, and self-determination. The work considers the psychological dimensions of home in relation to belonging, stability, and change. At its core, it reflects a capacity for reinvention, where changing environments mirror the resilience required to navigate them.
Institution, oil on linen, 2026
Nicole Maynard is an artist painting about the concept of home through the use of imagery such as houses, moving boxes, and shifting landscapes that exist at the edge of abstraction and representation. These forms function as both architectural structures and psychological spaces, reflecting ideas of permanence and impermanence, displacement, and transition. Her paintings were featured in solo and group exhibitions throughout the Northeast and Florida, including seven solo shows at the Bowery Gallery in New York City and a long-term residency at the Bakehouse Arts Complex in Miami. She received an MFA in Painting with a minor in Printmaking from the University of Pennsylvania in 1996. She currently lives in New Jersey between Philadelphia and New York City.
My paintings examine the concept of home as a condition shaped by agency, chance, and broader social systems. Using abstracted architectural forms, shifting landscapes, and recurring motifs such as houses and moving boxes, I create images that exist between abstraction and representation. Geometry and color structure the work, while these forms function as metaphors for environments in flux—reflecting displacement, transition, and self-determination. The work considers the psychological dimensions of home in relation to belonging, stability, and change. At its core, it reflects a capacity for reinvention, where changing environments mirror the resilience required to navigate them.
