About the Artist | Nicole Pietrantoni

Nicole Pietrantoni (b. 1981, USA) is an artist best known for her colorful paper sculptures made from printed accordion books. Her work combines traditional printmaking and bookbinding techniques with painting and photography. Pietrantoni explores the traditions and materials of print media and, at the same time, critiques these disciplines and the ways in which printed matter sparks intrigue. Her artwork moves fluidly between digital and analog modes of making – intermeshing processes that are software-generated and traditionally handcrafted.

Pietrantoni is the recipient of numerous awards including a Fulbright to Iceland, an Artist Trust Fellowship, and the Manifest Prize. Pietrantoni has been awarded artist residencies at Meta Open Arts, the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, and La Maldita Estampa in Barcelona, Spain, amongst others.

Pietrantoni has been a visiting artist and lecturer at over 40 institutions and her work has been exhibited in over 100 national and international exhibitions, including solo shows at the San Juan Islands Museum of Art (San Juan Island, WA) and the Manifest Gallery (Cincinatti, OH). Group exhibitions include showings at Galerie Gardette (Paris, France), Galleri Heike Arndt (Berlin, Germany), The Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize Shortlist Exhibition (London, UK), the San Francisco Center for the Book (San Francisco, CA), American University Museum (Washington, DC), and Lia Libro de Artista (Guadalajara, Mexico). Pietrantoni’s work has been included in publications including Art in Print, The Washington Post, and American Printmakers (Schiffer Publishing).

Pietrantoni received her MFA and MA in Printmaking from the University of Iowa and her BS in Human and Organizational Development and Art History from Vanderbilt University. She is represented in the US by Long-Sharp Gallery and currently lives in Girona, Spain.