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NICHOLAS PAPADAKIS

Nicholas Papadakis describes "growing up on the outskirts of Detroit somewhere between the Post-Industrial inner city decay and the sheltered American sensibilities of Cranbrook Design".

He earned a BFA in painting from RISD, "where concentration was placed on experimenting with varied materials and disciplines: glassblowing, metalworking, furniture design, holography, film/video, printmaking, etc.".

A light fluffy and wet statement:

"we've reached the end, who really cares;
beyond all hope there's no despair. crawling,
cross the asphalt, drinking oil from the slicks -
my head throbbing with the coarse reminder
of all that makes me sick. so make yourself at
home in the nightmare of the circus. destitute
and thoughtless, slip into the stench of rot and
disinfectant; rest your head.

when life becomes a festival of body parts,
and last-minute-measures fail, don't let your
optimism get you down. as picket fences and
puppy dogs strike obscene chords, something
you're hoping for can't be found. what seemed
like chance occurrence only yesterday is
premeditated insanity today.

we're headed for a lobotomy. a thousand
deaths is what should be. a tragedy. a big fat
fleshy thing that gives the same mouth-feel
and textural firmness as full-fat meat. an
atrophy. misanthropy. a trophy to sanity -
posthumously.

when belabored happiness leaves me bored
and the catch-phrase remains the same, i can
only hope you hurt as much as me. only now
on the periphery of the world can i see it all as
it's always been - a rape and pillage thing.

we have arrived at the bottom line; we are
the lowest common denominator. i am the
enema for a post-biological world.
pander to me."

Born: Allentown, PA 1968

Education:

Rhode Island School of Design, BFA,
1990 Brown University, 1991

Solo Exhibitions:

1995 @ Gallery, New York, NY
1992 Amsterdams, New York, NY
1989 Williams Street Gallery, Providence, RI
1987 RHAN Gallery, West Lafayette, IN

Group Exhibitions:

1999 Bettcher Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Gallery Korea, New York, NY
1998 Hunter Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Barrett House Galleries, New York, New York
1997 Museum of history and Art, Anchorage, AK
1996 Tunnel Gallery, New York, NY
1995 Ross Gallery, Stroudsburg, PA
1994 GEN ART, Christenrose Gallery, New York, NY
1993 Rave Gallery, Providence, RI
1992 Rave Gallery, Providence, RI
1991 Elston Fine Art, New York, NY
Rave Gallery, Providence, RI
Grant Recital Hall, Providence, RI
CoSA Gallery, Providence, RI
1990 CoSA Gallery, Providence, RI
Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
Po Gallery, Providence, RI
1989 williams Street Gallery, Providence, RI
RISD Museum, Providence, RI
1988 Williams Street Gallery, Providence, RI
1987 Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
1986 RHAN Gallery, West Lafayette, IN
Crashtest Gallery, Detroit, MI

Publications:

1998 Swing Magazine, "Artists Design Their Homes"
1996 Out Magazine, "Style", April
Jerusalem Report Magazine, "Media Project", January
1995 Pulse Magazine, "One-Man Movement", December
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, "Emerging Artists", June
Korean National Television, "Artists on Education", February
Belgian National Television, "Fresh Art", January
1994 Swing Magazine, "Where to Find the Cutting Edge", December
1992 AVX CD ROM Interactive, "Echoes of the Virtual", January
1991 CoSA Journal CD ROM Interactive, A Walk Through the CoSA Gallery", January

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