A’Driane Nieves
Born in 1982 in San Antonio, Texas, United States
Founder & Executive Director, Tessera Arts Collective
Lives and works in the Greater Philadelphia Area
Education
2011 Camden County College: Associate of Arts (AA)
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Le Consortium Museum, Dijon, France (upcoming)
2024 Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, CA (upcoming)
2023 Galerie Marguo, ‘Synaptic Blooming’, Seoul, Korea
2023 Galerie Marguo, 'I'm a Survivor' (online presentation), Paris, France
2023 Galerie Marguo, ‘The Laughing Barrel’, Paris, France
2022 Galerie Marguo, ‘Notes From the Healing Circle’ (online presentation), Paris, France
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Standing Pine, ‘Resonate Harmonies’, Tokyo, Japan (upcoming)
2023
Galerie Marguo, ‘ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair’, Shanghai, China (Upcoming)
Various Small Fires, ‘Frieze London’, London, England
Gillian Jason Gallery, ‘Beyond Figuration: Then and Now’, London, England
BODE Projects, ‘Color Coded’, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Marguo, ‘Art Paris 2023’, Paris, France
Smart Fine Arts Asia, ‘Women in Abstraction’, Hong Kong
2022
Galerie Marguo, ‘ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair’, Shanghai, China
Simon Lee Gallery, ‘Frieze London’, London, England
Simon Lee Gallery, ‘Art Basel’, Basel, Switzerland
Le Consortium Museum, ‘The Drawing Center Show’, Dijon, France
2021
Galerie Marguo, ‘ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair’, Shanghai, China
West Chelsea Contemporary ‘JVN x WCC On the Wall”, Austin, USA
Susan Eley Fine Art, ‘Three Abstract Artists’, New York, USA
2020
Susan Eley Fine Art, ‘AMERICANA Part II’, New York, USA
The Delaware Contemporary, ‘From Chaos to Order, Making Our Way in the World of COVID-19’, Wilmington, USA
2019
SPECTRA, UICA, Grand Rapids, MI
UICA, ‘SPECTRA’, Grand Rapids, USA
Girlboss Rally, ‘Perfecting the Journey’, Los Angeles, USA
Goat Farm Arts Center, ‘Her Ritual’, Atlanta, USA
2017
Saatchi Art, ‘The Other Art Fair’, New York, USA
Rare Device, ‘WOMEN’, San Francisco, USA
2016
Dibden Center for the Arts, ‘AWAKEN’, Johnson State College, Johnson, Vermont, USA
2015
‘Life as Art’ exhibition & Q&A w/ Frank Schaeffer, Wild Goose Festival, Asheville, NC
Murals/Public Art
2021 Philadelphia Flower Show, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Streets Dept. Walls, Fashion District Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Collections
Rennie Museum, Vancouver, Canada
X Museum, Beijing, China
Dangxia Art Space, Beijing, China
Spurs Collection, San Antonio, USA
Podo Museum, South Korea
Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris, France
Private collections across the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia & Australia.
Books
2023 A’Driane Nieves, ‘notes from the laughing barrel’, Marguo Books (essay collection)
Television & Film
2022 Netflix/World of Wonder Productions, ‘Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness’
2021 Abstractions Magazine ISSUE 001, Tessera Arts Collective
2020 Marissa Huber & Heather Kirtland, ‘The Motherhood of Art’, Schiffer Publishing, interview and photos
2019 Create Magazine, Issue XI
2017 Ashley M. Jones, ‘Magic City Gospel’, Hub City Press, book cover
2015 Ashlee Wells Jackson, ‘The 4th Trimester Bodies Project’, interview and photos
Projects
2020/2021 Mural City Cellars Wine Label Collection, featured artist, wine labels
2018 Founded Tessera Arts Collective, nonprofit serving Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and Asian women and non-binary abstract artists
Bibliography/Press
2023 “Painting Outside the Lines: 7 Women Pushing the Boundaries of Abstract Art”, W Magazine
“A’Driane Nieves Embraces the Abstract”, Shondaland
“LVH in Conversation With A’Driane Nieves, LVH Art
2021 “Painting helped this self-taught artist find balance with bipolar disorder. Now, she's helping others”, CNN (Interview + video)
2021 “How Did You Become Such an Amazing Artist? with A’Driane Nieves", Getting Curious with JVN (Podcast)
2020 Dear Artist Season 2 Episode 7 with A’Driane Nieves, Dear Artist Project (Podcast)
2020 “Don’t Be Afraid to Take Up Space,” Create Magazine (Podcast)
2020 “Curator Close Up-A’Driane Nieves of Tessera Arts Collective”, Artblog
2020 “In the Garden with A’Driane Nieves”, Our Mothers’ Gardens (Podcast)
2019 “Streets Dept. Walls: Marrying My Philly & Southwestern Roots for Fashion District Philadelphia”, Medium
2019 “Processing Trauma, Finding Your Voice, and Building a Legacy with A’Driane Nieves”, Artist Mother (Podcast)
2019 “Meet the Community That Nurtures My Art & Helps Me Build Resilience”, Everyday Health
2019 “Herstory” Black History Untold
2018 “New Fishtown Gallery Spotlights Women Artists of Color”, Philadelphia Inquirer
2018 “Creating A Family Charter”, Design Mom
2018 “13 Incredible Black Artists, Past And Present, Everybody Should Know”, Blavity
2018 "Painting Saved My Sanity", The Creativity Habit (Podcast)
2017 "Artist Spotlight: A'Driane Nieves", Rare Device blog
2016 "A'Driane Nieves on The Future of Art", The Future According to Women, MISC Magazine
2016 "Dreamers & Doers", Bono: Man of the Year featuring volunteers & activists for the ONE Campaign, Glamour Magazine
Other Professional Activities
2018 Founder & Executive Director, Tessera Arts Collective, Philadelphia, PA
2018 Speaker, Evolving Faith Conference, Montreat, NC
2017 Keynote panelist, Facebook Communities Summit, Chicago, IL
2017 Storyteller, "My Diagnosis Was a Turning Point" , OptionB.org
2016 Keynote panelist, "When Women Speak: The Power of Multicultural Female Voices to Mental Health Advocacy and Allyship" Minority Mental Health Awareness Summit, Birmingham, AL
2016 Workshop facilitator, "Making Space", Mom 2.0 Summit, Laguna Niguel, CA
2015 Founder, Tessera Collective Mental Health Support Group
2015 Storyteller, "More Than My Diagnosis", for Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.
2015 Speaker, "The Benefits & Challenges of Personal Blogging", Mom 2.0 Summit, Scottsdale, AZ
2015 Speaker, "Storytelling Builds Bridges: I Want You To Know Me -- Storytelling About Living with Mental Health Issues",
2015 Cast, "Waiting", Listen to Your Mother Show, Austin, TX
2014 Panelist, "Personal Blogging Mini Con", BlogHer 2014, San Jose, CA
2013 Panelist, "Mental Health in the Online Space", BlogHer 2013 HealthMinder Day, Chicago, IL
2013-2015 Contributing blog editor/writer, Postpartum Progress