Nicole Keane

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Sequester: to Isolate or Hide Away (2025). Oil on canvas, 40.6 x 40.6 x 1.5 cm. A figure suspended in a deep blue-black abyss, her pale face and hands pressing toward the surface — painted in peach skin tones, teal green, and blue-black. Circle canva
Renascence (2025). Oil on panel, 23 x 23 x 3 cm. A direct, confrontational portrait in bright orange, red, and muted pink — shown at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts Academy Prize for Visual Art, 2025. Available. Nicole Keane, Aotearoa New Zealan
Embodiment (2025). Oil on panel, 23 x 23 x 3 cm. A figure enveloped in glowing orange and yellow lava light, painted in deep purples and warm gold. Exhibited at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts Academy Prize for Visual Art and the Taranaki Nation
Solitude (2018). Oil on panel, 20 x 25 x 2 cm. A pale green figure suspended, adrift inside a lava lamp, her expression ambivalent. Available. Nicole Keane, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Study (green), #1 (2024). Oil on canvas, 20.5 x 20.5 x 2 cm. A three-quarter portrait rendered entirely in lime green against a warm red-orange ground — an exercise in colour, form, and light. Available. Nicole Keane, Aotearoa New Zealand.

About

Nicole Keane (b. 1990, Southampton, New York) is a contemporary artist currently based in Aotearoa New Zealand, working primarily in the disciplines of painting and sculpture. Her practice centers on the use of oil paint and resin as mediums through which she explores themes of isolation, belonging, and the subconscious.

EDUCATION

2009 - 2013

B.F.A. Visual Effects (graduated Magna Cum Laude), Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia, USA

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2026

O.S.D. 1 (solo exhibition), Wellington, New Zealand [upcoming]

Wellington PARK(ing) Day (public art, Judges’ Runner-Up), Wellington Sculpture Trust, Wellington, New Zealand

2025

Taranaki National Art Awards (group exhibition), Ōpunakē, New Zealand

Academy Prize for Visual Art (group exhibition), New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, New Zealand

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Nicole Keane features in various national and international private collections.

PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS:

2017-2018: Digital Sculptor, Wētā Workshop, Wellington, New Zealand.

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