Under Astral Skies Exhibition at Boston's 555 Gallery

"Pyrotechnic #131", Copyright Jim Nickelson. All Rights Reserved.

I’m incredibly excited about my upcoming exhibition at Boston’s 555 Gallery. 555 Gallery is a great new contemporary fine art photography gallery in the up-and-coming South Boston area. The exhibition opens with a fancy ticketed preview party on New Years Eve (9-12 pm), and then is open during the gallery’s regular hours through February 14th. There will be a reception and artist talk on February 7th — stay tuned for more details!

The exhibition is entitled “Under Astral Skies” and will feature quite a bit of new work from both my Pyrotechnic and Adventures in Celestial Mechanics projects. I’ll have a total of 3 36″x36″ and 9 24″x24″ Pyrotechnic pieces and 6 16″x16″ of my full moon pieces. This is my biggest exhibition to date in terms of the number and size of the pieces, and I’d say about 75% of the work on display is new work that has never been previously exhibited.

The exhibition also includes the work of Amy Friend, Corinne Schultz, and Christopher Wright. I can’t wait to see the work of the other artists.

So, if you are in the Boston area, I’d love for you to check out this great new gallery and the exhibition, and if you do please let me know what you think!

Starstruck at Michener Museum of Art

"Thunder Moon II", Copyright Jim Nickelson. All Rights Reserved.

The Starstruck exhibition, which includes two of my images and originated at the Bates College Museum of Art, is now traveling to the Michener Museum of Art in Pennsylvania. The exhibition extends from November 8th, 2014 until February 8th, 2015. It is an excellent and interesting exhibition and I highly recommend going to see it if you are in the area.

Boyd Place Gallery Exhibition

Six of my Adventures in Celestial Mechanics photographs are on display at the Boyd Place Gallery in Bangor, ME. The "Lenslight" exhibit includes five photographers and is on display until January 31st. I've seen the exhibition and there is some beautiful work on display.

Contours Exhibition at Carver Hill Gallery

"Cold Moon I", Copyright Jim Nickelson.

Next Friday, December 7th (First Friday) at Carver Hill Gallery in Rockland, ME, the "Contours" exhibition opens up. The exhibition is a fundraiser for the Coastal Mountain Land Trust, and two of my photographs are included in the exhibition. There should be a lot of great work on display celebrating Beech Hill (one of CMLT's preserves), and all for a great cause. The show extends until November 23rd.

Pecha Kucha in Winchester, MA on October 5th

"Pyrotechnic #46", Copyright Jim Nickelson. All rights reserved.

I'll be presenting at the upcoming Pecha Kucha event hosted by the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, MA at noon on Sunday, October 5th. I'll be joined by 5 other photographers for the event.

I've done Pecha Kucha presentations before, but this will be my first one about my Pyrotechnic series. If you haven't seen these fast-moving presentations before, each presenter speaks 20 seconds about each of 20 slides.

Tickets are available until September 29th here. There is also brunch provided before the presentations. These events are always a lot of fun and great way to get exposed to new work. Hope to see you there!

NightVisions V at the Cocorino Center for the Arts

"Nightfall, Otter Cliffs", Copyright Jim Nickelson. All Rights Reserved.

My photograph Nightfall, Otter Cliffs, was selected for the NightVisions V exhibition at the Coconino Center for the Arts in Flagstaff, AZ. This exhibition is now on display and extends until October 29th. It looks like a great exhibition but I won't be able to see it person myself -- if any of you out there get a chance to see it, let me know!

Critical Mass Finalist

"Harvest Moon I", Copyright Jim Nickelson. All Rights Reserved.

While on my residency, I was very pleased to hear that I was listed as one of the Critical Mass Finalists for 2014 for my Adventures in Celestial Mechanics project. They will narrow the list down to the Top 50 relatively soon...

Residency at Acadia National Park

"The Tarn", Copyright Jim Nickelson. Acadia National Park.

For those of you who follow my 56x56 blog or receive my newsletter this will be old news, but I'm heading off to an artist residency at Acadia National Park on September 1st. I'm one of the 2014 Artists-in-Residence at the park and I'm incredibly excited about the opportunity.

I'll still have email connection during this time though I'm likely to be online relatively infrequently (at least that is the hope!).

Adventures Exhibition at Maine Audubon in Falmouth

"Dancing Moon I", Copyright Jim Nickelson. All Rights Reserved.

I’m very pleased to announce that I just hung a solo exhibit of my Adventures in Celestial Mechanics full moon series at the Maine Audubon headquarters in Falmouth.

The exhibit is up until about August 6th (I’m still finalizing this aspect — it could end a few days earlier). There are 7 24″x24″ images and 3 8″x8″ images in the show. It is a lovely preserve, too, so I highly recommend checking out the entire Gilsland Farm complex.

New Pyrotechnic Work

I've been remiss in posting new photographs from any of my bodies of work, so I'm going to start to rectify that situation starting with this post.

I photographed two fireworks shows back in December 2013 and came out with what I believe to be fabulous results. Here are seven images from those two shoots...you can see more from my Pyrotechnic series of abstracted fireworks here.

Pyrotechnic #113

Pyrotechnic #120

Pyrotechnic #110

Pyrotechnic #102

Pyrotechnic #101

Pyrotechnic #109

Pyrotechnic #125

Kingman Gallery

My work is now represented by the Kingman Gallery in Deer Isle, Maine. The gallery just opened up this last weekend and it looks great. You can find my work there as well as 11 other fine art photographers, so it is definitely worth a look if you are within range of that beautiful part of the world.

Still Point Art Gallery

Pyrotechnic #15

I'm pleased to announce that two of my Pyrotechnic series images were selected for the recent online exhibition Still Point VI, by the Still Point Art Gallery. I'm even more pleased that my friend Felice Boucher's wonderful work was awarded Best in Show for the event. The online exhibition is featured until July 30th.

Davis Orton Editions & Hope Elephants

"Hope Elephants #1"

I'm honored to be included in the new launch this spring of Davis Orton Editions. Prints from my Hope Elephants project are included in their inventory of affordable, limited edition small prints. I definitely recommend checking out what they have there as there some work that is quite good.

These four images are available exclusively through DO Editions in that size, while other sizes of those image and all of my other Hope Elephants images are available directly from me.

Opening at Wallwork Gallery

"Montpelier #3", Copyright Jim Nickelson. All Rights Reserved.

My work is included in the upcoming "Montpelier" exhibition at Rockport, Maine's Wallwork Gallery. The show extends until June 7th and there is an opening reception this Saturday, May 3rd, from 4-7 pm. It should be a great show and I hope to see some of you there!

Starstruck Redux

Thunder Moon II, Copyright Jim NIckelson

Starstruck, The Fine Art of Astrophotography, was an exhibition in 2012 curated and organized by Anthony Shostak of Bates Museum of Art and it was a wonderful show. It is now on the road, with the next stop being the University of Wyoming Art Museum.

I have two large pieces in the exhibition and I highly recommend checking out the show if you are up in the Wyoming area. The exhibition opens April 5th and runs until August 2nd.

Photo Spiva 2014 Award

Just a short note on this - I was very happy to hear that my photograph received a Merit Award at the Photo Spiva 2014 Exhibition I mentioned previously - you can see all the winners here.

PhotoSpiva 2014

I’m pleased to announce that one of my photographs is included in the PhotoSpiva 2014 exhibition in Joplin, Missouri. The exhibition opens on March 8th, 2014 and extends until May 4th, with an opening reception on March 7th from 5:30-7:30 pm. I look forward to seeing what else is in the show!

"Pyrotechnic #46", Copyright Jim Nickelson. All Rights Reserved.

Adventures in Celestial Mechanics at the Maine Media Gallery

I’m very pleased to announce that my Adventures in Celestial Mechanics series is on exhibit at the Maine Media Gallery in Rockport, ME. This solo exhibition extends until March 1st, which is also when we’ll have an artist talk and closing reception starting at 4 pm.

The gallery hours are a bit limited this time of year but right now the gallery is open Wed. and Thursday 1-5 pm, and may be open soon on Fridays and/or Saturdays as well.

Let me know what you think if you make it by, and hope to see you at the closing reception!