Laine Nixon
CV
Education
BFA, Painting, University of South Florida, Tampa
BS, Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Exhibitions
2026 Object/Subject: The Body, Space, and Acts of Transformation, SPAACES, Sarasota, FL
2026 Now You See Us (Part 2): Sarasota’s Own Petticoat Painters, 1953 - 2025, The City of Sarasota Cultural Heritage Exhibit, City Hall, Sarasota, Florida
2024 SHOPLIFTABLE PT. 2, 502 Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2024 SPAACES Artists' Group Exhibition, Arts Advocates, Sarasota, FL
2024 Topos, Soft Water Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
2024 Common Ground, SPAACES, Sarasota, FL
2023 Revision, Art in Common Places, Sarasota, FL
2023 Vitruvian Triad, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2021 Rough Around the Edges, SPAACES, Sarasota, FL
2020 Collaboration, SPAACES, Sarasota, FL
2019 600 Degrees, SARTQ Popup Exhibition, Sarasota, FL
2019 Intro, Gaze Modern, Sarasota, FL
2018” Laine Nixon: Unfixed, Alfstad& Contemporary, Sarasota, FL
2017 Le Papier, Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Dunedin, FL
2017” Laine Nixon: Becoming Unfinished, Gallery 221@HCC, Tampa, FL
2017 Organic Geometry, M Chapel Projects, Sarasota, FL
2017 Fantastic Ekphrastic, Soft Water Studios, St. Petersburg, FL
2017 Red, Palmetto Art Center, Palmetto, FL
2016 Hot Summer Cool Works, [blank] slate gallery, Sarasota, FL
2016 SARTQ Print Exhibition, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2015 Green, Mitchell Gallery, Englewood Art Center, Englewood, FL
2015 Key Influence, Longboat Key Center for the Arts, Longboat Key, FL
2015 Here and Now, State of the Arts Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2015 Defining Abstraction, Selby Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
2015 Ringling Underground (April), The Ringling Museum, Sarasota, FL
2014 Women Contemporary Artists Fall Exhibition, Art Center Manatee, Bradenton, FL
2014 Coming Home, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2014 These are not Illusions, The Players Theater, Gallery I, Sarasota, FL
2014 Breaking Tradition, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2013 Shift, The Vault, Tampa, FL
2013” Free Silly, Centre Gallery, Tampa, FL
2012” Antimatter, Centre Gallery, Tampa, FL
” solo exhibitions
Collections and Public Installations
Peninsula Sarasota
Hillsborough Community College
The Plymouth Harbor Foundation
RBC Wealth Management
SRQ Media Group
Grants, Residencies, and Awards
2022 Halo Arts Project Fellowship, Sarasota, FL
2021 Halo Arts Project Fellowship, Sarasota, FL
2017 The Hermitage Artist Retreat, Englewood, FL
2016 John Ringling Towers Fund Individual Artist Award, Sarasota, FL
2016 Selected Artist, Creative Capital Foundation Professional Development Program funded by
The Florida Division of Cultural Affairs
2015 Key Influence, Residency and Exhibition, Longboat Key Center for the Arts, Longboat Key, FL
2012 USF College of Engineering ArtBank Award
Bibliography
2024
Art & Design, Gallery: Multi-Color, UPPERCASE, Volume 60, January - March, 2024
2021
Creative Evolution, Luxe Interiors + Design, Tanya Ward Goodman, September, 2021
2020
Collaboration Builds Community Despite Pandemic, SRQ Magazine, Phil Lederer, August, 2020
2018
The Primacy of Process with Laine Nixon , SRQ Magazine, Phil Lederer, May, 2018
2017The Aesthetic Experience of Laine Nixon, Working Title, Patricia Sriram (contributor), Fall, 2017
805, Volume 3, Issue 2 (cover), 805 lit + art, April, 2017
2016
SARTQ’s new exhibition explores the big impact of smaller works , Your Observer, Nick
Friedman, July 27, 2016
2015
Studio Visit Magazine Vol 29 , Open Studio Press, 2015
Professional Affiliations
Current studio artist at SPAACES
Current member artist of the Petticoat Painters,
Alumni member artist of SARTQ and Women Contemporary Artists.