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About

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Artist Statement

I am a multidisciplinary artist and craftswoman who creates ornamental artworks to bring solace, healing, and beauty to those who have experienced trauma. Because I want my art to be accessible to a broad audience I use common imagery that is easy to understand and relate to like floral motifs, portraiture, and common symbols of life, death, and growth. Using contrasts like flowers and skulls, bright and dark colors, hard lines and organic forms, fiber and metal, I show the two ends of trauma which are pain versus healing. Even though they are very different from each other, they come from the same source and impact each other’s existence and the choices made with each will change the outcome dramatically. 

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Bio

Nicole Buchanan is a multidisciplinary artist and craftswoman whose paintings, metalwork, and fiberwork bring solace, healing, and beauty to people who have experienced trauma. Originally from Glouster, OH, she is completing a bachelor of fine arts at the Columbus College of Art and Design. She was a finalist in The World Championship Belt Buckle Competition and her work was displayed in the subsequent exhibition at Form & Concept in Santa Fe, NM. She was also featured in The Great Portrait Show at Blockfort Gallery in Columbus, OH and at the annual Chroma: Best of CCAD student exhibition in Columbus. Her curatorial credits include A Round of Applause: One-Hundred-and-One Years of History at the Ohio Theater, a collaborative exhibition between CCAD students and the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts. 

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