Curriculum Vitae
Nicola Kuperus resides in the city of Detroit and is half of the band Adult. with her husband Adam Lee Miller. She’s been taking photos since the age of 8, but back then it was mainly photos of her hamsters with a Polaroid camera. She has a much nicer camera now, and no hamsters. Most of her photographs are monochromatic, cropped in an awkward way, leaving the model’s head out of the frame. By doing this, she leaves two stories in the viewers mind: one with a happy ending and one with an unfortunate ending. It’s up to her audience to decide. Because of her warped sense of humor, she is often criticized by feminists for being misogynistic. She merely holds a deep appreciation for horror and murder/mystery films and thinks women have better legs than men.
Education
BFA,1998, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit
Exhibitions
2007
Inaugural Show, Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006
Miss October, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
Aqua Art Fair, Bucket Rider Gallery, Miami, FL
Nova Art Fair, Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago, IL
NOIR c’est la vie, Centre d’art Contemporain de Meymac, Meymac, France
2005
New Object(solo show), Walker on Wheels, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Aqua Art Fair, Bucket Rider Gallery, Miami, FL
2004
Art Chicago, Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago, IL
Stalker, Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003
The Detroit Design Show : Detroit Artist Market : Detroit
2001
People from Good Homes : Detroit
Anti Auto Show : detroit contemporary : Detroit
2000
Out of Focus : detroit contemporary : Detroit
The Forgotten Sights & Sounds of Tomorrow, an Ersatz Audio presentation : detroit contemporary : Detroit
1998
Five Shows in Five Days : Detroit
Thesis Show : Center for Creative Studies : Detroit
Album Covers
Adult. : Resuscitation
Adult. : Anxiety Always
Gore Gore Girls : Up All Night
Magas : Friends Forever
Richie Hawtin : DE9
Various compilations on co-owned label Ersatz Audio
Artist Press Photos
Detroit Grand Pubahs
Interzone Orchestra
Firewerk
Buzzards
Tamion 12 Inch
The Americans
Publications
XLR8R
Urb
BPM Culture
Bitch
Flyer
Grooves
K48
Links