ADRIAN NIVOLA tackles a variety of themes in his imagery, working from memory and driven by an effort to convey an enduring quality of light in ephemeral scenes. Among his subjects are women and children as well as landscapes of England, southern France and Italy. A simultaneous engagement in multiple mediums and techniques suits Nivola who works extensively not only in oil paint and soft pastel but also with the sculptural materials of wire, wood and fabric. His artistic formation was encouraged at a young age by his grandfather, the Sardinian-born sculptor Costantino Nivola who was celebrated for his large-scale sandcast murals and also by his grandmother Ruth Guggenheim Nivola who created jewelry from silk and metal thread. The artist’s recent work was influenced by the legacy of the Nabis painters Edouard Vuillard and Pierre Bonnard as well as the landscape painter Albert Marquet. Nivola earned a master’s degree at the New York Studio School in 2008 after graduating with a BFA with distinction in painting from Yale.
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