Born in Nebraska, USA

Lives and works in Michigan, USA


Statement

I create iterations of paintings, drawings, and relief sculpture by merging traditional art-making methods and materials with ordinary objects. I use flattened boxes that previously held consumer goods as patterns, forming networks of lines, spaces, and shapes. Areas are accentuated, creating moments where lines contract to cut narrow paths through expansive shapes, comparable to a seam allowance in clothing construction.


Encircling my studio practice is my early appreciation for textiles. My mom taught me to sew at a young age. Working with my hands, I understood the magic of transforming a two-dimensional plane into three dimensions through seams, tucks, darts, and pleats. My affinity for flattened boxes stems from my fondness for sewing patterns. I note similarities between the materials. Both allow for a transformation from two to three dimensions, are disposable by design, and create or house items deemed worthy of value.


Unlike clothing construction, my method embraces chance, having no specific outcome in mind, and I labor to unearth a direction. This approach allows me to react to the marks and shapes before me, carve order out of chaos, and be mindful of the process.


There is an undeniable link between a fabric vocabulary and my mom in my studio practice. Her contribution to her family went unnoticed; this led me to employ sewing and textile cues to signify "women's work" denoting minimized gender visibility in society. Caretaking, domestic labor, and supporting roles form the seams that hold society together yet are overlooked and undervalued.


Biography 

Nollette's work has been shown in exhibitions across the United States and China. It is also part of prominent private and public collections, including the Detroit Institute of the Arts (Detroit, MI), Yves St. Laurent (New York, NY), MGM Mirage Hotel (Las Vegas, NV), J. Jill Group (Tilton, NH), and Gerald R. Ford International Airport (Grand Rapids, MI).


She was awarded a 2024 Carraig-na-gCat Artists Residency in West Cork, Ireland; a 2022 Thread Artists Residency in Sinthian, Africa; and a 2016 Marble House Project Artists Residency in Dorset, VT.


Nollette holds a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, NE; a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Kansas City Arts Institute in Kansas City, MO; and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Queens College in NYC.