Dr. Blalock has been an artist all her life, her eye and skills developing organically since the day she first had a camera put in her hand. Before graduating high school, Nicole participated yearly in county and state photography competitions and learned the basics of self-developing film and prints. Today, she continues to photograph cultures and people when she travels and experiment with new artistic modes. Her works span a range of imaging techniques, textual inquiry, and subjects. Most of the art she creates is not for public consumption, as she focuses inward on the creative process.

Exhibitions

2013

2nd Annual Native American Studies Graduate Student Symposium
“Weaving the Roots of Knowledge”
University of California, Davis Memorial Union
Davis, California
Cross-disciplinary gathering of emerging scholars to engage in dialogue about research.

Interdisciplinary Graduate and Professional Student Symposium
University of California, Davis Conference Center
Davis, California
Group exhibition of selected artworks created by graduate and professional students at the University of California, Davis.

2012

25th Annual Ellen Hansen Memorial Prize
Pence Art Gallery
Davis, California
Group exhibition of competitors in the University of California, Davis 25th Annual Ellen Hansen Memorial Prize competition.

Honors & Awards

2012

Winner
25th Annual Ellen Hansen Memorial Prize
Davis, California

Community Participation

2012

Participant
Sewing Circle with Marie Watt at Willamette University 10th Annual Social Powwow
Salem, Oregon