“Amble,” 2023, wool felt, cotton thread, steel eyelets, wire, paper, 9 x 14 x 9 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Teaching Artist Cohort
2025
Nicole Havekost (b. 1970) is an artist living and working in Rochester, Minnesota. Her work is varied in media, and she is drawn to materials that are both delicate and familiar, evocative of the body, lived experience, and memory. Nicole is deeply interested in process, labor, and a compulsive mark-making that span both time and surface. She is represented by Dreamsong in Minneapolis and is a past member of A.I.R. Gallery in Brooklyn. Nicole has exhibited both nationally and internationally, and has been an artist in residence at the McColl Center and the Vermont Studio Center. Her work has been written about in Sculpture Magazine, Textiel Plus, and Arte Morbida, amongst others. Nicole earned her BFA at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1994 and her MFA from the University of New Mexico in 1997.
Selected works
“Amble,” 2023, wool felt, cotton thread, steel eyelets, wire, paper, 9 x 14 x 9 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
“Tether,” 2023, wool felt, cotton thread, steel hooks and eyes, galvanized steel pipe, PVC pipe, concrete, wood, 123 x 180 x 60 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
“Sit,” 2023, wool felt, cotton thread, steel eyelets, wire, paper, 36 x 10 x 19 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
“Tuft 4,” 2023, wool felt, cotton thread, steel hooks, dry paint pigment, silk roving, upholstery foam, wood, 21 x 11 x 10 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
“Mane,” 2023, wool felt, cotton thread, steel hooks, dry paint pigment, silk roving, fiberfill, wood, 32 x 14 x 7.5 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
“Lips,” 2020, wool felt, cotton thread, beeswax, soft pastel, oil pastel, silk roving, upholstery foam, wood, 13x 32 x 6 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.
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