CV/Bio
Artist Biography/CV
Arthur L. Nichols
PO Box 205
South Freeport ME 04078-0205
207-233-1687
singingcove@gmail.com
Exhibitions
Bates College, Olin Arts Center, Museum Life Drawing Exhibition, 2026. Notes on the Shape of Time, drawings from Bates College Life Study Group.
Maine Arts Journal, Second Quarter, 2026: Notes on the Shape of Time, drawings from Bates College Life Study Group.
Lemonade Show, Online Exhibition, hosted by Art Agent Maine, 2026
UMVA Pop-Up Show, Curtis Library, Brunswick, ME., February, 2026: Goose Alchemy, Seacretions.
River Arts Gallery, Damariscotta, ME., Abstract Show, August 2025: Trei Gemelli
Farm to Easel Exhibition and Auction, Wolfes Neck Center for Education and the Environment; 2024: Salad Days
River Arts Gallery, Damariscotta, ME., Abstract Show, August 2024: Due Gemelli
Barn Gallery, Regional Artists: An Open, Juried Show, July 2024, In the Garden, watercolor
Maine Arts Journal, contributor, The Unconscious, the Unknown, the Unsaid, spring 2024
Being Human; Group Show, UMVA Gallery, Portland, ME., July 2022
Experiments in Watercolor, Diversity in Luminosity; Group Show, UMVA Gallery, May 2022
Group shows, 443_Congress Gallery; 2019, 2020.
Union of Maine Visual Artists (UMVA); Member exhibitions, 2015-present. Contributor, Maine Arts, the UMVA Quarterly
Farm to Easel Exhibition and Auction, Wolfes Neck Center for Education and the Environment; 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022.
Notebooks; Drawings and Watercolors from my Notebooks. Chalkboard Gallery, Portland, Maine, 2014
2X2X4: Two Generations, Two Families, Four Artists. Group Show, Chalkboard Gallery, Portland, Maine, 2014
Time Gallery, 516 Congress Street, Portland, ME., Recent Work, 2008
Union of Maine Visual Artists invitational, Maine Photographic Institute,
Rockport, Maine, 2006
The Dream, the Dreamer, and the Dreamed, Solo Exhibition, 22 Exchange St, Portland, ME, December 2005, 35 years of painting
Flora and Fauna of Spannocchia, Freeport Community Library, Freeport, ME, 2004: drawings and paintings
Residents Show, Freeport Community Library, Freeport, ME, 2004: drawings and paintings
Spannocchia Garden Preservation Project exhibit, Freeport, ME, 2003: drawing and paintings
Coastal Cottage Furniture, Kennebunkport, ME, 2003: paintings,
Maine Cottage Furniture, Yarmouth, ME, 2002,3: paintings
More Flesh: Group show of Portland Drawing Group, Three Fish Gallery, 2000
Muralist, the Maine Festival, 1996
Waynflete School Parents and Friends Exhibition, Portland, ME, 1994, 95, 96; drawings and paintings
Earth, Sea and Sky; West Side Restaurant, Portland, ME, 1993: drawings and paintings
Trove Gallery, Portland, ME, 1992: paintings
Maine Cottage Furniture, Yarmouth, ME, 1991: paintings
Formaggio Stores, Cambridge, MA, 1978; drawings and paintings
Portland Live!, Portland Public Library, 1977: paintings
Maine Art Gallery invitational, Wiscasset, ME, 1975: paintings
Sheepscot River Pottery, Wiscasset, ME, 1975. Pastels
Damariscotta Workshop and Gallery, Damariscotta, ME, 1975: Paintings, puppetry
Rainbow Galleries, Dayton, Ohio, 1973: Solo Exhibition of Paintings
Professional
Visual artist represented in many private collections.
Union of Maine Visual Artists (UMVA) Gallery Manager, 2018-2021
Member, UMVA, years and years….
Artist in Residence, Garden restoration project, Spannocchia Foundation, Castello di Spannocchia, Italy, 2003
Self employed builder, architectural designer, 1976-99
Children’s Museum of Maine, Exhibit design and creation, 1993, 94
Professional Stagehand, member of IATSE, providing all manner of technical assistance to professional music, theater, dance, and other performing arts programs, 1977-94
Set design and Decoration: West Side Story, Portland Players, 1982; The Parachute, USM, Portland ME, 1979; Two by Two, PolyArts, Portland, ME, 1977
Technical Assistant, The Tower, Living Theater, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, 1975
Technical Assistant, Circle Game, Ann Arbor Midwestern College Experimental Theater Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1974
Education
Life Drawing; Bates College, Maine College of Art & Design, Portland Drawing Group, and other groups, 1980-present
Architectural Drawing and Design, S ME Tech Institute 1979; Me Charitable Mechanics Society, 1980
Graphic Design, School of the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts, 1978
Lithography Workshop with Jack Meunch, Westbrook College, Portland, Maine, 1977
Florence, Italy, 1975: Study of multi-media /performance art, Il Spectacolo, University of Florence, Italy. Drawing study at Atelier of Peter Hamilton; Study of Italian Renaissance
Antioch College, B.A., 1973, Art and Communication: Painting, Lithography, and Video. Painting Assistant, Gallery Assistant, Foundations Assistant
Phillips Exeter Academy, 1969: Senior Project in Painting; New England Prep School Art Show, juror’s award, honorable mention in painting.
Teaching Experience
Access Coordinator, Community Television Network, Portland, ME, 2007-2020. Instructor in Adobe Premiere Pro and Photoshop.
Portfolio Advisor, 2000, 2003
Watercolor Workshop Instructor, Maine Arts Festival, 1997
Substitute faculty in middle and upper school programs, Waynflete School, Portland, ME, 1990-94: Many subjects including Middle and Upper School Art
Instructor in Video Storytelling, Painting and Drawing, Summertime Arts program, Waynflete School, Portland, ME, 1992, 93
ESL instructor, Portland, ME, 1992
Workshop Instructor, designer, Signs and Symbols, Freeport Middle School, Freeport, ME, 1991: a Children’s Workshop on the work of Adolph Gottlieb
Private tutor in English, history, and math, 1990-2004
Instructor in drawing, paintings, collage, puppetry, Damariscotta Children’s Art Workshops, Damariscotta, ME, 1976
Undergraduate Painting Assistant, Gallery Assistant, Foundations Assistant, Antioch College, 1971- 3