biography

Nicole Collins was born in Toronto Canada in 1962. Collins studied painting and art history at the University of Guelph, Canada receiving her BFA Honours in 1988.

Collins work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Canada, USA, UK, France, Switzerland, Japan, Australia and can be found in numerous private and public collections.

She is has been an Instructor at the Toronto School of Art since 1999 and is currently an Assistant Professor in the department of Drawing and Painting at the Ontario College of Art & Design in Toronto.

Working in encaustic, the application of molten coloured wax to, in this case, canvas, Collins presents works that deeply investigate all the permutations of the material while exploring and expanding the possibilities of abstract mark-making in contemporary painting.

Recent work has explored a process-based approach to system painting that is now leading her to a study of the relationship between painting and music composition. She will explore this connection as a candidate in the Masters of Visual Studies Program at University of Toronto beginning Fall 2007.