Nicholas Lenker
Adjunct
- Preferred pronouns: he/him/his/them/them/theirs
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"I approach new media based content from a Craft based perspective. I explore ideas of emodiment/disembodiment when interacting with virtual spaces. How do avatars (within video games and social media) affect our identity in the physical world? I aim to understand this connection between form and image through ceramics, digitally manipulated images, installation and animation." Lenker has an MFA from Tyler School of Art and a BFA from the University of the Arts with a ceramic focus. He recently completed a residency at The Clay Studio in Philadelphia from 2016-2021. In 2019, Lenker completed the courtyard commission for Project Home's most recent project, the Gloria Casarez Residence ( an LGBT focused homelessness prevention project). He has been noimnated for a Pew Fellowship, as well as a US Artists Fellowship. In 2019, he was selected as one of the NCECA Emerging Artists. In 2020, Lenker had a solo exhibition at the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum. In 2021, he was included in the international exhibition of ceramic art for Art Macau in Macau, China, as well as in the Korean International Ceramics Biennale. Lenker is in collections at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and The Alfred Ceramic Museum, as well as numerous private collections.
