NICHOLAS ENEVOLDSEN
EDUCATION
2016 MFA, Visual Arts, Lesley University College of Art & Design, Cambridge, MA
2013 Artist INC OKC, Mid America Art Alliance, Oklahoma City, OK
2008 - 2012 Florence Academy of Art, Florence Italy
2008 BFA, Drawing & Painting, Laguna College of Art & Design (LCAD), Laguna Beach, CA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016–Present Associate Faculty, Shoreline Community College, Shoreline, WA
(Drawing I,II, & III; Painting I,II,& III; Two-Dimensional Design)
2017–Present Instructor, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA
(Figure Painting in Oils/Acrylics; Portrait Painting in Oils/Acrylics; Modern Realist Figure Painting
Figure Drawing; Portrait Drawing; Intermediate Figure & Portrait Drawing;
Mentored Studies in Representation)
2018–2020 Instructor, Seattle Artist League, Seattle, WA
(Beginning Acrylic Painting)
2017 Adjunct Professor, Green River College, Auburn, WA
(Painting I & II; Drawing I)
2016–2017 Instructor, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA
(Still Life in Oils; Introduction to Still Life Painting; Intensive Still Life Painting)
2016 Resident Critic, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
(Graduate Critiques, Interdisciplinary Arts, Spring 2016)
2013–2016 Adjunct Professor, Oklahoma Christian University, Edmond, OK
(Painting I & II; Fundamentals of Drawing; Figure Drawing; Elements of Visual Thinking)
2013–2016 Instructor, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK
(Intro to Classical Drawing; Figure Drawing)
2012–2015 Adjunct Professor, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK
(Foundation Drawing)
2011–2016 . Instructor, Conservatory for the Classical Arts, Edmond, OK
(Painting the Portrait in Oils; Classical Figure Drawing & Painting; Essential Poster Study
Painting; Charcoal Portrait Drawing)
2014 Visiting Instructor, Zwick Academy of Fine Art, Honolulu, HI,
(Figure Painting & Cast Drawing, Summer 2014)
2012–2014 Instructor, Water Works Art Center, Tulsa, OK
(Still-Life Painting in Oils; Portrait Drawing)
2011–2012 Principal Instructor, Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy
(Intensive Drawing Program)
2011 Visiting Instructor, Ponca City Arts Center, Ponca City, OK
(Portrait Painting Workshop, Summer 2011)
2010–2011 Assistant Drawing Instructor, Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy
(Intensive Drawing Program)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 The Spring Class Preview Instructor Exhibition, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA
2022 (re)UNITED: Shoreline Employee Art Exhibition, Shoreline Art Gallery, Shoreline, WA
2020 2020 Visions: Gage Academy of Art Instructors, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
2019 Big League Show, Inscape Arts & Cultural Center, Seattle, WA
The BIGGER Picture, Shoreline Art Gallery, Shoreline, WA
2018 Converging Landscapes, Shoreline Art Gallery, Shoreline, WA
2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
Momentum, The Plow, Oklahoma City, OK
2015 Momentum, Living Arts of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
2008 LCAD Annual Student Juried Exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA
2007 LCAD Annual Student Juried Exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA
First Thursday Art Walk, Redfern Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2006 Passport to China, Chinese Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2005 Plotkin Foundation Show, Lake Forest, CA
LCAD Annual Student Juried Exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
2019 Artist Lecturer, Lucian Freud, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA
2014 Visiting Artist Lecturer, Academy of Classical Christian Studies, Oklahoma City, OK
2011 Visiting Artist, CCA Youth Atelier, Conservatory for Classical Arts, Edmond, OK
SERVICES
2020–Present Committee Member, Art Advisory Committee, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA
2016–Present Club Adviser, Art Club, Shoreline Community College, Shoreline, WA
HONORS & AWARDS
2019 Outstanding Club Adviser (Art Club), Shoreline Community College, Shoreline, WA
2016 Student Award of Excellence, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, OK
2016 Merit Award, Momentum, The Plow, Oklahoma City, OK
2015 Curators Choice Award, Momentum, Living Arts of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
2011 Fourth Year Prize, Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy
2010 Assistant Instructor Scholarship, FAA, Florence, Italy
2009 Merit Award, FAA, Florence, Italy
2008 Best Fine Art Painting – Senior Division, LCAD & Pacific Arts Foundation, Laguna Beach, CA
2007 Best Fine Art Painting – Junior Division, LCAD & Pacific Arts Foundation, Laguna Beach, CA
2006 Passport to China Scholarship, Chinese Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2005–2008 President’s Academic Honor Roll, LCAD, Laguna Beach, CA
2005 Plotkin Award, Lake Forest, CA
Best Foundation Award, LCAD & Pacific Arts Foundation, Laguna Beach, CA
2004 Edward Rusha Award: Outstanding Male Visual Arts Major, Classen School of Advanced Studies,
Oklahoma City, OK