“Be friends with the invisible” (unicorn)
by Nicole Salimbene
Collage tapestry, 33 x 48 in., 2023.
GLB-2024-1
Acquired into the GLB Art Collection March 2024.
Nicole Salimbene (b. Trinidad, CO) is an interdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of poetics, psychology, environmentalism and contemplative practice. Her art has been exhibited nationally and internationally and has been reproduced for publications and purchased for private collections. Her work has received recognition from The Art Newspaper, Washington Post, Al Tashkeel, Contemporary Identities International Art Magazine, The Smithsonian Art Museum Blog: Eye Level, and Sculpture Magazine. The Maryland State Arts Council granted her an Individual Artist Award in 2021 and in 2017 for Sculpture/Installation. She was awarded the Tom Rooney Prize in Washington Sculptors Group’s Sculpture Now 2012 exhibit and Second Place for the 2018 Trawick Prize. Additionally, she leads workshops in Opening to Your Creativity: Art as Contemplative Practice in affiliation with various social, spiritual, environmental, and academic communities.