Nicolas Shake (b. 1981, Northridge, CA) lives and works between Los Angeles and Pearblossom, CA. He received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2008, and his MFA from Claremont Graduate University in 2011. Shake was an artist-in-residence at the Chinati Foundation in 2019. Recent group exhibitions include: Asymmetrical Orbits, University of La Verne Harris Gallery, La Verne, CA; Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Galeria Mascota, Mexico City; I’ll Be Your Mirror, Brant-Timonier, Palm Beach, FL. Recent solo exhibitions include: Various Working Methods, Galerie Timonier and Dylan Brant Fine Art, NYC, California Son, Nino Mier Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, and Motion Pictures (1&2), Galerie Timonier and Dylan Brant Fine Art, Los Angeles.

Education

• MFA, Claremont Graduate University, 2011
• BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, 2008

Solo Exhibitions

2024

• "Motion Pictures / Motion Pictures 2" Galerie Timonier/Dylan Brant Fine Arts, Los Angeles CA
• "California Son" Nino Mier Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2023

• "Various Working Methods" Galerie Timonier in collaboration with Dylan Brant, New York City NY

2019

• "Military Minimalism Complex Furniture" Rogers Office, Los Angeles/San Pedro CA

2018

• "The Parks" Arvia, Los Angeles CA,

2013–2014

• "1 IS THE ZERO THAT COMES BEFORE" VAST Space Projects, Las Vegas NV

2013

• "Significance Swells" Western Project, Culver City CA

2011

• "Flotsam & Jetsam" Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023

• "Planes, Trains & Automobiles" Galeria Mascota, CDMX, Mexico
• "Asymmetrical Orbits" University of La Verne Harris Gallery, La Verne CA
  

2022

• “Iʼll Be Your Mirror,” Two person show: Daniel Gibson & Nicolas Shake, Brant-Timonier, Palm Beach, FL

2021

• "Alex Becerra, Daniel Gibson, Dylan Kraus, Nicolas Shake" Durand Art Associates, Palm Beach, FL
• "Lamma House", Hong Kong

2020

• "Between The Void" Maple Street Construct" Los Angeles CA
  "More a Cosmology than a Cartography" Gallery Platform LA, Curated by Ana Iwataki "Highway Hypnosis" Maple Street Construct, Omaha NE

2019

• "Dreamhouse Vs. Punk House" Serious Topics, Inglewood CA
• "Pass The Stick" Arvia Los Angeles CA

2018

• "Art In Context" Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Las Vegas NV
• "Vision Valley" The Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale CA

2017

• "A Narrow Passage" Noysky Projects, Los Angeles CA
  
• "Tested Ground" Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Las Vegas NV
• "Made in Mojave" MOAH, Lancaster CA

2016

• "Slightly Undercooked" BBQLA, Los Angeles CA
• "Altered Objects" University Art Galley, CSU Dominguez Hills, Carson CA
• "Summer Sculpture Show" Now Space, Los Angeles CA

2015

• "Lawn Ornaments" Outside Gallery, Los Angeles CA
• "Recent Acquisitions" Marjorie Barrick Museum, UNLV, Las Vegas NV

2014

• "Being Here and There" MOAH, Lancaster CA
• "The Beautiful: Contemporary Images of America" Cal Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks CA

2013

• "Shangrila: Burrito Deluxe" Curated by Steven Bankhead and Jesse Benson, Joshua Tree CA
• "14<40" Orange Coast College, Coasta Mesa CA
• "The 10th Circle" Curated by David Pagel, VAST Space Project, Las Vegas NV (catalog)

Residencies

2019

• The Chinati Foundation, Marfa TX

Collections

• UNLV, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Las Vegas NV
• The Escalette Permanent Collection of Art, Orange CA