Nemo Gould

Nemo Gould was born to artist parents in 1975, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Named after the protagonist in Windsor McKay's comic strip "Little Nemo in Slumberland," Gould's work has fittingly evolved to reflect the images and mythology of comic books and Science Fiction. Parallel to these influences was an irrepressible tendency towards collecting and dismantling anything with moving parts. Gould earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the Kansas City Art Institute in 1998, and his Master of Fine Arts degree at U.C. Berkeley in 2000. Once he was free of the constraints of contemporary art education he quickly threw himself into the pursuit of his childhood dreams. “My work appeals to the 7-year-old boy mind, because I still have one… I take silly very seriously.” In the ensuing years he has produced a prolific body of work that attempts to reconcile the innocent wonder of youth with the dull complexity of the adult experience. Gould's work has been featured frequently in national media and is shown in Galleries and Museums throughout the U.S. and abroad.

Education
2000- Master of Fine Arts - University of California at Berkeley, Department of Art. Practice
1998- Bachelor of Fine Arts - Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri.
1993-Summer Studio Session- California College of Arts and Crafts.

Honors
2000- Eisner prize, U.C. Berkeley.
1999- Murphy Cadogan Fellowship.
1996- First place American Compressed Steel sculpture competition.
1994- Competitive scholarship awarded by KCAI.

2011 -Relaunch Part II- Varnish Fine Art- 16 Jessie Street, #C120, San Francisco, CA 94105 (415)433-4400 (Nov. 12, 2011 - Jan. 7, 2012)
-Proto:)Typical- Lost and Foundry Gallery, 305 Center Street, Oakland CA (Nov. 4 - Nov. 12)
-Blooom Art Fair (with Strychnin Gallery)- Staatenhaus am, Rheinpark Auenweg 1750679 Cologe, Germany (Oct. 29 - Nov. 1)
-Extreme Materials II- Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester.500 University Ave, Rochester NY (Oct. 23, 2011- Jan 15, 2012)
-Gentle Giants- Strychnin Gallery, Boxhagenerstr. 36 10245 Berlin (July15 - Aug 7)
-Maker Faire 2011- San Mateo Fairgrounds, San Mateo, CA (May 21-22)
-artMRKT (with John Natsoulas Gallery)- Concourse Exhibition Center, 620 7th Street, San Francisco CA (May 19-22)
-Open Make (with members of AKA)- Exploratorium- 3601 Lyon Street, San Francisco, CA 94123 (March 19)
-Studio Show- Nemomatic studio- 1454B 4th Street, Berkeley CA (Feb 26)

2010 -Mad Science- Sonoma County Museum- 425 7th Street, Santa Rosa CA (Oct 30 - Feb 6)
-SOFA- Chicago- Navy Pier, Chicago IL (Nov 5-7)
-SF20- Fort Mason- San Francisco, CA (Sept.16-19)
-Visions of Paradise- Sonoma Valley Museum, 551 Broadway, Sonoma CA 95476 (Aug. 21 – Nov. 7)
-Machinations- Group Exhibition- 5 Claude Lane, San Francisco CA (July 22 - Aug. 20)
-Art at the Dump-20 years of the Artist in Residence program at Recology- Intersection 5M, 925 Mission Street, San Francisco CA 94103 (July 21- Sept. 25)
-Art of the Robot- Mulvane Art Museum, 1700 SW College Avenue, Topeka, KS 66621 (June 19 - Sept. 19)
-Nemo Gould: Solo Installation- Gallery 555 (Oakland Museum of California Off-Site Space) 555 12th Street Oakland CA 94607 (May 27- July 30).
-It’s Alive: Kinetic and Interactive sculpture- The Crucible’s Cathedral Gallery, 1603 Broadway, Oakland CA (May 20 - June2)
-Maker Faire 2010- San Mateo Fairgrounds, San Mateo, CA (May 22-23)
-Science Fiction & Fantasy Art Exhibit (Second Annual)- Periscope Cellars, 1410 62nd Street, Emeryville CA (April 28 - May 30)
-The Art of Recycling- Mills Building Lobby, 220 Montgomery Street, San Francisco CA (April 5- July 9)
-Into the Pixel- Hotel Des Arts, 447 Bush at Grant San Francisco CA (March 11)
-Thrown Out: Art from the San Francisco Dump- Sanchez Art Center, 1220-B Linda Mar Blvd. Pacifica CA (Feb 26- March 28)

2009
-Open Studio Show- Nemomatic studio, Berkeley CA (Oct. 24)
-Dementions- Eclectix Gallery, 10082 San Pablo Ave, El Cerrito CA (Oct 16 -Nov 29)
- Assembled Artifacts- Device Gallery, 1815-B Main Street, San Diego CA 92113 (July 18 - August 29)
- Second Nature- Ohio Craft Museum, 1665 West Fifth Avenue, Columbus, OH 43212 (July 12-August 23)
Trash Menagerie- Peabody Essex Museum, 161 Essex St. Salem Massachusetts 01970
- Maker Faire 2009- San Mateo Fairgrounds, San Mateo, CA (May 30-31)
- SMART Art, Trash into Treasure- Lincart/ E6 Gallery, 1632 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 (May 28- June 25)
- It Moved-An exploration of the Kinetic Art form - Device Gallery, 1815-B Main Street, San Diego CA 92113 (April 25 - June 20)
- Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon - Sonoma County Museum, 425 7th street, Santa Rosa CA 95401 (January 23 - April 5)

2008
- Applied Kinetic Arts- Y2Y Gallery, 251 Balboa St. San Francisco CA 94118 (November 21 - January 23)
- Prototype This! - Discovery Channel television show (guest builder). Aired October 22, 2008
- Fantastic Contraption- Device Gallery, 7881 Drury Lane La Jolla, CA 92037 (July 19-September 2)
- Second Hand Made- Lois Lambert Gallery, 2525 Michigan Ave. E3 Santa Monica CA 90404 (July 12-August 30)
- Maker Faire- San Mateo Fairgrounds, San Mateo, CA (May 3-4)
- Varnish Fine Art: 5-year anniversary show-77 Natoma Street, San Francisco CA 94105 (April 14- May 31)
- Macy’s store windows- Earth Week April 21-27 (170 O'Farrell Street San Francisco, CA 94102)
- Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon- San Jose Museum of Art,110 South Market St. San Jose, CA 95113 408- 271-6840 (April 12- October 19)

2007 - Robots are Art- Float Gallery. 1091 Calcot Place #116 Oakland, CA 12/15/07-1/17/08
-Subjective Reality- Harold Golen Gallery. 2921 North West 6th Ave. Miami, Florida 33127 12/7/07-1/5/08
-Store Display- Barney’s New York- San Francisco. 11/07-1/08
-Window Display - Embarcadero One shopping center. San Francisco CA 11/07....
-Waste Deep - Solo show culminating four month Artist in residence at San Francisco Dump, 501 tunnel ave, San Francisco, CA 94134
-Robogames- (gold medal: Giant Squid, bronze medal: General Debris) Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA 6/15/07- 6/17/07
-Maker Faire- San Mateo Fairgrounds, San Mateo, CA 5/19/07-5/20/07
-Recovery- ACCI Gallery 4/13/07-5/5/07 (1652 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709)
-Artful Jesters - Pence Gallery 1/12/07-3/12/07 (212 D Street, Davis CA 95616)

2006
Creatures of Magic and Myth - Sonoma Valley Museum of Art 1/13/07-2/25/07 (551 Broadway, Sonoma, CA 95476)
-California Creations- Gump’s 7/17/06-8/4/06 (135 Post street San Francisco, CA 94108)
-RE:Assembled -Varnish fine art. 6/6-7/15/06 (77 Natoma St. San Francisco, CA 94105)

2005
-Window display- Gump’s 12/05 (135 Post street San Francisco, CA 94108)
-Works on display- Varnish Fine Art 9/05-present (77 Natoma Street San Francisco, CA 94105)

2004
-Aluminum- Three person show, Virginia Breier Gallery 10/27/04-11/24/04 (3091 Sacramento St. San Francisco CA, 94115)
-Window Installation- ACCI Gallery 5/14/04-7/14/04 (1652 Shattuck Ave Berkeley CA 94709)

2003
-Contemporary Art- Three person show, Joyce Gordon Gallery. (406 14th St. Oakland. CA 94612)
-Clock Show- Group Exhibition, Virginia Breier Gallery. (3091 Sacramento St. San Francisco, CA 94115)
-Seventeen Bay Area Artists- Group Exhibition, Joyce Gordon Gallery 9/4/03-10/4/03 (406 14th St. Oakland CA 94612.)
-Outside- Group exhibition, Start Soma Gallery. March 15-23 (985 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA)
2002
A Figurative Show- Group Exhibition, Virginia Breier Gallery. 10/2/02-11/6/02. (3091 Sacramento St. San Francisco CA, 94115)
-Detritus Ascending- Solo Kinetic Installation by invitation for the San Jose Museum of Art. Nov. 2002- Mar. 2003 (110 South Market St. San Jose, CA 95113 (408) 271 6840)
-Open Studios 2002- Pro Arts Gallery. Show promoting East Bay open studios, Oakland CA.
-Show Your Metal- Group exhibition, Arizona Museum for Youth, Mesa AZ 85201-7326

2001
-Dare Stay Late- Group exhibition and local school benefit, The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
-Blackout- Group exhibition and party, San Francisco, CA
-Aranji- Group show and party at Club Six, San Francisco, CA
-East Bay Open Studios- Group exhibition. Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA.
-Virginia Breier Gallery- Temp. window installation, and ongoing exhibits, San Francisco, CA.

2000
-Berkeley Recycling Center- Temporary installation. Berkeley, CA
-Surplus- Artwork from recycled materials. Group show at The Lost Gallery, Berkeley, CA
-Now - 30th Annual MFA graduate exhibition at Berkeley Art Museum
1999
-Blind Date- Group show with students from U.C. Berkeley, Davis, and Manchester, UK.
-Solution- Solo sculpture installation, Worth Ryder Gallery, U.C. Berkeley.

1998
-Bachelor of Fine Arts Graduate exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute.
-KCAI sculpture department exhibition, Freight House Building 101W. 22nd St. Kansas City, MO
-Quick Fix- Group show, Works Building, 215 w 19th Terr. Kansas City, MO.
-Dolphin Gallery- Window installation, Kansas City, MO.
1997
-Alumni Circle scholarship exhibition, Vanderslice reception room, KCAI.
-Sculpture Commission for Galaxy Grill, Kansas City, Kansas.
-KCAI group Sculpture exhibition, Carnival Building 800 Broadway, Kansas City,MO.
-Marginal Art- Group show, student gallery KCAI, Kansas City, MO.
-Art in a Box- Group show, Gallery Coyote, Kansas City, MO.

1996
-Mantenna- Roof top Sculpture installation for James Leedy, Kansas City, MO.
-Art and Propaganda - student gallery KCAI.
-6th annual Garbage Binge Art Show- Emerson Cultural Center, Bozeman, Montana.

1994
-Solo show, Sierra Mtn. Coffee Roasters, Grass Valley, CA.
-Unplugged Cafe group show, St. Joseph's Hall, Nevada City, CA.

What makes a thing fascinating is to not completely know it. It is this gap in our understanding that the imagination uses as its canvass. Salvaged material is an ideal medium to make use of this principle. A “found object” is just a familiar thing seen as though for the first time. By maintaining this unbiased view of the objects I collect, I am able to create forms and figures that fascinate and surprise. These sculptures are both familiar and new. Incorporating consumer detritus with my own symbology, they are the synthesis of our manufactured landscape and our tentative place within it-- strong and frail at the same time.