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Nick Metz: Family Jewels

Nick Metz: Family Jewels

SKU: 2021-00078.

Nick Metz was trained in Traditional Realism, and often looks to the Masters –from, say, VanDyck, Sorolla, Sargent and Tuke to, more recently, Cadmus, Mapplethorpe, Wiley, and others – to help inform his craft. For Nick, the importance of Traditional Realism is no small matter; he found an understanding of the inherent beauty, message, and sensuality in the works of the Masters. He believes that their implicit lessons are fundamental to every future artistic movement – whether traditional, adaptive, or rebellious in nature. Thus, Metz regards realism as a launching pad from which to form a common language with the viewer, and then to extend the boundaries of his ideas and views about contemporary subject matter. While his current focus is on
portraiture, he has also exhibited widely in still life and landscape.

Metz’s current work seeks to explore and deconstruct the concept of masculinity. Specifically, Nick is focused on the role of masculinity in society and what “compromises” masculinity. What traditionally “feminine” actions or objects impact virility? What makes a man a man? Who/What determines masculinity? How and why do religion, race, culture, and background influence these determinations? Why does society label and condemn men who step outside the general guidelines of masculinity? How is it that society fails to see the inherent courage – and traditional “masculinity” – in men who take those exploratory steps and embrace new paths? Here, Metz employs classical styles and techniques to express this tension even more keenly by portraying men in a traditional (i.e., strong, if you will) manner, yet with a twist – and implicitly asking the viewer whether and how that matters.

Category: WomynsWerq. Tags: figurative, painting.
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Exhibitions:

2020 

NHGCA Collective Cure Exhibit // New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, IN // August-October 2020 Create Because We Care Show // Big Screen Plaza, New York, NY // July-September 2020

Online Open Studio // Alexander Hall, Savannah, GA // June 2020

Creative Distancing // Art Museum of Southern Texas, Corpus Christi, TX // June-August 2020

Albrecht-Kemper Museum Undergraduate Exhibition // Albrecht-Kemper Museum, St Joseph, MO // April-June 2020 Teenage Wasteland // Fab’rik Gallery, Savannah GA // March 2020

UndeFined // Boundary Village, Savannah GA // February 2020

Postcards From Home // Oglethorpe House, Savannah GA // February 2020

Portrait Show // Ridgewood Art Institute, Ridgewood, NJ // January 2020

2019 

SCAD Day Exhibition // SCAD Lacoste, France // November 2019

An Ode to Summer // Goodlife Garden, Brooklyn, NY // August 2019

Members’ Show // Ridgewood Art Institute, Ridgewood, NJ // June – July 2019

Anthropocene // Alexander Hall, Savannah, GA // May 2019

Winter Showcase // Alexander Hall, Savannah, GA // February 2019

Bromance // Alexander Hall, Savannah, GA // April 2019

Alexander Collective Salon Show // Fab’rik Gallery, Savannah, GA // May 2019

2018 

US Congressional Exhibition // US Capitol Building, Washington D.C. // May 2017 -2018

2017 

58th Annual Young People’s Show // Ridgewood Art Institute, Ridgewood, NJ // June 2017 Youth Artists Expo // Ringwood Manor Arts Association, Ringwood, NJ // May 2017

Exposure Photo Exhibition // Mill Street Loft, Poughkeepsie, NY // February 2017

2016 

57th Annual Young People’s Show // Ridgewood Art Institute, Ridgewood, NJ // June 2016 Members Exhibition // Ringwood Manor Arts Association, Ringwood, NJ // June 2016

Youth Artists Expo // Ringwood Manor Arts Association, Ringwood, NJ // May 2016

2015-2013 

Members Exhibition // Ringwood Manor Arts Association, Ringwood, NJ // June 2015

56th Annual Young People’s Show // Ridgewood Art Institute, Ridgewood, NJ // June 2015 Youth Artists Expo // Ringwood Manor Arts Association, Ringwood, NJ // May 2015

SOLO Multiple Media // Montvale Public Library, Montvale, NJ // August 2014

55th Annual Young People’s Show // Ridgewood Art Institute, Ridgewood, NJ // June 2014 SOLO Multiple Media // Hillsdale Library, Hillsdale, NJ // July-August 2013

54th Annual Young People’s Show // Ridgewood Art Institute, Ridgewood, NJ // June 2013

Awards & Accolades

2020 

ArtsBergen Daily Dose of Art // Grand Prize Winner // June 2020

2019 

SCAD Foundations Honors Show // 1st Place 3D Design // May 2019

2017 

US Congressional Art Competition // Winner NJ 5th Cong. District // May 2017

Scholastic Art and Writing Awards // National Silver Medal // May 2017

Scholastic 94th Annual National Art Contest // 1 Gold Key, 3 Silver Keys and 5 Honorable Mentions // February 2017 NJ Association for Gifted Children Art Competition // First Place // February 2017

2016 

Celebrating Art Competition // National Recognition // December 2016

Celebrating Art Competition // National Recognition // September 2016

Ridgewood Art Institute’s 57th Annual Young People’s Show // Arthur Maynard (Founder) Award // June 2016 Ringwood Manor Youth Artists Expo // First Place // May 2016

Ringwood Manor Members Exhibition // Third Place // June 2016

NJ Association for Gifted Children Art Competition // Second Place // February 2016 Scholastic 93rd Annual National Art Contest // 1 Silver Key, 3 Honorable Mentions // February 2016

2015 

Ringwood Manor Members Exhibition // Third Place // June 2015

NJ Association for Gifted Children Art Competition // First Place // February 2015

Ridgewood Art Institute’s 56th Annual Young People’s Show // Vice President’s Award // June 2015 Scholastic 92nd Annual National Art Contest // Two Gold Key Awards and Honorable Mention // June 2015 Ringwood Manor Youth Artists Expo // First Place // May 2015

2014 

NJ Association for Gifted Children // First Place // February 2014

Scholastic 91st Annual National Art Contest // 1 Silver Key // February 2014

2013 

Sargent Art “Brighter World” // National Grand Prize Winner // June 2013

Publications

2020 

Magazine: Al-Tiba9 Magazine Issue 6, Physical Publication, September 2020 Magazine: ArtHole Magazine, Physical Publication, August 2020

Catalogue: In Exile, Online Exhibition and Publication, July 2020

Magazine: Under the Bridge, Sound Issue, Online Publication, Psychical Publication, and Album, 2020 Magazine: ArtHole Magazine, Physical Publication, June 2020

Magazine: Under the Bridge, Painting Issue, Online and Physical Publication, 2020

2019 

Magazine: Under the Bridge, Online and Physical Publication, May 2019 Issue Journal: Port City Review, Online and Physical Publication, 2019 Issue

2017 

Magazine: Outside In, Physical Publication, 2017 Issue

Illustrator: Lily the Pioneer (Volume 3), Online and Psychical Illustrated Book, 2017

2016 

Magazine: Outside In, Physical Publication, 2016 Issue

Illustrator: Lily’s Helping Hand (Volume 1), Online and Psychical Illustrated Book, 2016

2015 

Illustrator: Lily the Learner (Volume 1), Online and Psychical Illustrated Book, 2015

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Oil on Panel

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      • Inspired by the Weight of an Object
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      • Inspired by George Inness
      • It’s Academic
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      • Inspired by an Object
      • State of the Art 2021
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