Nicky Lesser

b. 1988 Los Angeles. Lives and works in New York

Education 
2010 BFA Parsons School of Design, New York 

Selected Exhibitions
2024  Means Of Approach, curated by Azikiwe Mohammed, Gloria’s & Upstate Art Weekend, Newburgh, NY
          John Byrtle and Nicky Lesser, Chez Max et Dorothea, Los Angeles, CA
          Whisper Their Sinful Names, Chez Max et Dorothea, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Daydreaming Pressed Against A Fence, Harkawik, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Brackett Creek Invitational, Brackett Creek Exhibitions, Bozeman, MT
         A Light in The Attic, curated by Georgia McGovern, 307 Clinton Ave, Brooklyn, NY
2021 The City "La Ville”, Chez Anonyme, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Short Story (Sometimes a Cloud Looks Like a Bunny), Chez Anonyme, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Hecate, Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, CA
         Caring For Animals, Jeffrey Stark, New York, NY
2016 Figure as Form, ltd Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
         Penthouse, curated by Marianne Vitale, 5-25 46th Ave, Long Island City, NY
         Trudi presents an artwork by Nicky Lesser, Trudi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
2015 Ping Pong, The Power Room, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2014 New Art City, The Safari, New York, NY
         Ping Pong, Bold LA & Galerie Für Moderne Fotografie, Los Angeles & Berlin (traveling exhibition)
2013 Nudity Today, The Hole Gallery, New York, NY
2012 This Land Was Made for You and Me, Galerie Für Moderne Fotografie, Berlin, Germany
         The Wild & The Innocent, Clic Gallery, New York, NY
         Arts & Sciences Projects: Independent Publications Installation, St. Mark’s Bookshop, NY
2011 Misled Youth, Fourth Wall Project, Boston, MA
         Pulpit, AMO Studios, Brooklyn, NY
         New York did it to Me (The New York Photo Festival), Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
         Nofound to New Documents, Viktor Wynd Fine Art, London, UK
         The Show Must Go On, Capricious Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
2010 QVNOXW//, curated by Scott Keightley, 86 Forsyth, 5th floor, New York, NY
         Mythed Connection, 28 Lawton Street, Brooklyn, NY
         Young Healers: Pubic Hair and Liquor, Off The Hook Gallery, Montreal, QC (solo)
2009 The 2009 Vice Magazine Photography Exhibition, Spencer Brownstone, New York, NY
         Everything Is Possible: A Polaroid Group Show, Gallery Space 1520, Los Angeles, CA 

Special Projects
2021 Sculpture Commission and Entrance Handle design for Bottega Veneta Roma Condotti Flagship store in Rome
         Project Art Distribution (P.A.D.), Earthangel pop-up exhibition, NY, NY (collaboration with Mia Ardito and Alison Kizu-Blair)
         P.A.D. In with the Old, Walter Elwood Museum of the Mohawk Valley, Amsterdam, NY (collaboration with Mia Ardito and Alison Kizu-Blair)
2020 Sculpture Commissions for Bottega Veneta Digital Journal, Issue 01

Publications
2015 “ANKL 2,” NY & LA (collaborative zine Ann Greene Kelly)
         “Study of a Nude,” Ponytale Magazine
2013 “Nudity Today,” Brooklyn, NY, ed. Jesse Pearson: Picturebox
2012 “ANKL,” NY & LA (collaborative zine with Ann Greene Kelly)
2011 “Self Publish, Be Naughty,” London, UK, Self Publish, Be Happy
         “Envy Issue: 25 Under 25, The Photographer” New York, NY, The L Magazine
2010 “#11 Fashion Issue” New York, NY, Capricious Magazine