Education
Cave learned to sew in the fiber department of the Kansas City Art Institute, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1982. The finished pieces bear some resemblance to African ceremonial costumes and masks.
Cave learned to sew in the fiber department of the Kansas City Art Institute, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1982. The finished pieces bear some resemblance to African ceremonial costumes and masks.
He is best known for his: wearable fabric sculptures that are bright, whimsical, and other-worldly. He also trained as a dancer with Alvin Ailey. He resides in Chicago and is director of the graduate fashion program at School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Nick Cave was raised in the town of Fulton, in central Missouri, by a single mother.
He had many siblings, and the family was of modest means. Cave attributes his interest in found objects and assemblage to his childhood circumstances.
Also during his time he began studying dance through an Alvin Ailey program, both in Kansas City and New York City. Cave went on to get a masters degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan in 1989.
1984–1986 Graduate Studies, North Texas State University, Denton.
Cave"s first Soundsuit was made of twigs. Other typical materials include dyed human hair, sisal, plastic buttons, beads, sequins, and feathers. His suits are presented for public viewing as static sculptures, but also through live performance, video, and photographs.
Cave is represented by the Jack Shainman Gallery, and has exhibited his since 1999.
His work was shown at University of California, Los Angeles"s Fowler Museum in 2010. Solo / Projects
2014 - "Made by Whites for Whites" - Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, New York
2014 - "Currents 109" - Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri
2013 - "Sojourns" - Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
2013 - "FreePort " Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Master of Arts
2013 - "The World is My Skin", Trapholt, Kolding, Denmark
2013 - "Heard" - Grand Central Station, New New York 2012 - "Meet Maine at the Center of the Earth", Boise Art Museum, Boise
2012 - "Let"s C" - The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia
2011- "Foreign Now" -Mary Boone Gallery,New York City, New York
2011 - "Meet Maine at the Center of the Earth" -Seattle Art Museum, Washington
2010 - "" - Studio la Città, Verona, Italy
2010 - "Meet Maine at the Center of the Earth", University of California, Los Angeles Fowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California
2010 - "Pattern Idaho" - featuring, Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio
2009 - "Meet Maine at the Center of the Earth", Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California
2008 - De Young Museum San Francisco
2007 - "Second Skins: Sculptural and Tondos", Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida
2006 - "", Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois
2006 - Jack Shainman Gallery, New York City, New York
2006 - Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2005 - "", Manchester Craftsmen"s Guild, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2004 - "", Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana
2003 - Hand Workshop Art Center, Richmond, Virginia
2002 - Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, Wisconsin
2002 - Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana
2002 - "Amalgamations", Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania
2000 - "Nick Cave 2000", Duane Reed Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1999 - "Reparations", South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, Indiana.