Biography
Nicki Sucec is a native of San Diego. She received her B.A. in Visual Arts from the University of California at San Diego where she studied under such artists as Alan Kaprow, Helen Mayer Harrison, Newton Harrison, and Eleanor Antin.
Influenced by the work of San Diego-area sculptor and architect James Hubbell, Sucec went on to learn traditional metals techniques. She attended extended workshops in blacksmithing and copper enameling in Santa Fe, NM and did post baccalaureate work in metalsmithing and jewelry with Helen Shirk and Arline Fisch, at San Diego State University.
Sucec’s recent work,—some public, some private—is often conceptual and focuses on such issues as social stigmatization, economic exclusion, and environmental degradation. She just completed a Master of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture from the University of Washington in Seattle and is a proud member of the San Diego-based artist collective, Public Address.
Press
Reviews for Master of Fine Arts 2008 at Henry Art Gallery
Real Change News
Art as Sanctuary
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"Promising others include the video sculpture double dance of Keeara Rhoades; the unstaged lyricism of Zack Bent's family snapshots, and the pared-down purity of Nicki Sucec's home for the homeless." Read the complete review by Regina Hackett.
University Week
"Social justice is at the heart of Nicki Sucec's installation piece Home is the Most Important Place in the World. Part the curtain and step inside to see candles and hear recorded testimony from a recent hearing about homelessness in Seattle. Dog tag-like pieces hang from just beneath mattress springs above -- imagery of home and comfort turned outward, taking note of those who have little and die alone." Read the complete review by Peter Kelly.
Fantastical Imaginings, Emergent Transitions: Conversations with the MFA Students of 2008 - Listen online
Writer's Monthly
Interview 2002
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