1020213
2013
watercolor on paper
22 x 22 inches sheet, 15 x 15 inches image

Nicole Phungrasamee Fein

b. 1974, Evanston, IL
Lives and works in San Francisco, CA

Education

2002 MFA, Mills College, Oakland, CA
1996 BFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1995 BA, Tufts University, Medford, MA
1994 Foreign Student Certificate, China National Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, PRC

Solo Exhibitions

2012
Forgotten, Devin Borden Gallery, Houston, TX
where, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
2010
Foci, Hosflet Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009
Shift, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
2007
Materialize, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006
Nicole Phungrasamee Fein, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX
2004
Layers, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Process, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2002
Don Stoker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA

Group Exhibitions

2012
Notations: Contemporary Drawings as Idea and Process, Kemper Art Museum at Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Look Both Ways, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Contemporary Watercolor, curated by Veronica Roberts, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
Cool Calm Collected, Danese, New York, NY
2011
Time, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
Summer Group Show, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
Drawn/Taped/Burned: Abstraction on Paper, from the Sally & Wynn Kramarsky Collection. Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
2010
Modern Drawings: Tracing 100 Years, Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
Wall Drawing, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009
New Work, Hosfelt Gallery, New York, NY
50 very small drawings, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
2007
Rembrandt to Thiebaud: A Decade of Collecting Works on Paper, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
Pacific Light: California Watercolor Refracted, 1907-2007, San Francisco State University, CA; traveling
pattern vs. decoration, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA and New York, NY
Group Drawing Exhibition, Victoria Munroe Fine Art, Boston, MA
2006
Delineation, Hosfelt Gallery, New York, NY
Gridlock, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
Inauguration, Hosfelt Gallery, New York, NY
2005
water color current views, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
Paper Pushers, Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA
Bay Area Bazaar, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
Summer Paper, Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX
2004
A Three Week Show, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
Art on Paper 2004, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Process, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY
The World Becomes a Private World, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
Troy Story, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Intersections, Chela, Baltimore, MD
2003
Fine/Lines: From the Collection of Wynn Kramarsky, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
Process and Possibility: Contemporary Drawing in the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Space Available, Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Paper, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Monotype Marathon IX, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Accumulated Actions, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA
2002
Cream, ArtsBenicia, Benicia, CA
Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
Gallery Artists, Don Stoker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
Tails of the City, Gallery Flux, San Francisco, CA
Cate School Alumni Exhibition, Bruno Gallery, Cate School, Carpinteria, CA
The Art of Collecting, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA
2001
Red, Destination Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Drawings and Installations, Don Stoker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
Fresh, Gallery 22, San Francisco, CA
Tails of the City, Microsoft at Sony Metreon, San Francisco, CA
Hat Factory Artists, Gallery 22, San Francisco, CA
2000
Drawings and Installations, Don Stoker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
1999
Sustainability, San Francisco Art Center, Presidio Alliance, San Francisco, CA
1997
Open Studios, SomArts, San Francisco, CA
New Work, The Art Explosion, San Francisco, CA
Fever Dream, Belcher Street Studios, San Franciaco, CA
1996
Dana Pond (Semi-finalist), Grossman Gallery, SMFA, Boston, MA
Spring Paintings, Weems Center, SMFA, Boston, MA
1995
Sixth Annual Juried Student Show, The Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA
1994
Foreign Student Exhibition, China National Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, PRC

Bibliography
2012
Turner, Cherie Louise. “Look Both Ways,” Visual Art Source, Septermber 2012.
2011
Wei, Lilly. “Drawn/Taped/Burned,” ARTnews, May 2011, p. 116.
Fraser, John. “John Fraser on Nicole Fein,” Drawn/Taped/Burned: Abstraction on Paper, exhibition catalogue. January 23 – May 1, 2011.
Turner, Lynne Woods. “Lynne Woods Turner on Nicole Fein,” Drawn/Taped/Burned: Abstraction on Paper, exhibition catalogue. January 23 – May 1, 2011.
2010
Young, Brian. "Modern Drawings: Tracing 100 Years," Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD.
2009
Hill, Lori. “First Friday Focus,” Philadelphia Citypaper, April 30, 2009.
Newhall, Edith. “Galleries,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 10, 2009.
2006
Newhall, Edith. "Two Fine Painters, One Show: Nichole Phungrasamee Fein and Charles Ritchie at Gallery Joe," The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 10, 2006.
Newhall, Edith. "Gridlock Minus Road Rage," The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 7, 2006, p. W30
2005
Chin Lui, Diane. Pushing the Envelope
2003
Olson, Marisa S. 'Paper' at Hosfelt Gallery
Berry, Colin. ’Accumulated Actions’ at the Sonoma Museum of Visual Art

Awards

2002
Herringer Prize, Mills College
2001 – 02
Sara Lewis fellowship, Mills College
Eklind fellowship, Mills College

Public Collections

The Menil Collection, Houston, TX
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM