NIC
NOBLIQUE STUDIO GALLERY
2527 Mechanic at 26th Street, Galveston Island
325-829-5429
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Dallas 2008 visit http://savordallas.com/nicart.htm
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BIO
Born Willard Nicolas Poupore on March 8th, 1976 in Appleton, Wisconsin to Bill and Pat Poupore. Noblique became an early lover of Picasso’s work while traveling in Europe and focused on his artistic development throughout his primary education with exhibits as early as age 13 at the Milwaukee Museum of Art.
Nic developed a passion for snowboarding and skateboarding which led to a career in owning and operating skate and snow retail shops in Wisconsin, California, and Washington State. After studying pliable materials engineering in California, he made further contributions to the skateboard industry by engineering a new concave skateboard that would go on to be produced by some of the countries major skateboard manufacturers. He continued to apply creative insight with an understanding of physics to design and produce several indoor and outdoor skate and snow parks. In his early 20’s he left the skate and snow industry to work as a full time artist.
Noblique now resides in Galveston Texas with his wife and two children. Noblique works out of a studio warehouse that encompasses a gallery show room as well as his fabrication and paint studio spaces. Noblique has met with many successes in his career as a professional artist. Of note is his large 9,000 pound steel sculpture “Runner” displayed at Chicago’s Navy Pier (Navy Pier Walk 2003). Nic devotes much of his time to privately commissioned work and his sculpture can be seen all over the US and as far reaching as Kuwait and Trinidad. Notable public installations can be seen in Denton, Texas at the Denton Civic Center Park and Denton City Hall, The Mall of Abilene in Abilene, Texas, Meyer Theater and La-Z-Boy Center in Monroe, Michigan and, most recently, in Hartford, Connecticut at Trinity College.
EXHIBITIONS
Sculptors
Dominion April 2008, San Antonio, Texas
Elder Street Artists Gallery, Group Exhibition, November 2007, Houston,
Texas
Earth Center and Gallery 101, Group Exhibition, August 2007, Houston,
Texas
Art-Right, LLC, Group Exhibition, August 2007, Houston, Texas
Benini Sculpture Ranch and Galleries; On-going Exhibition of two large
scale works beginning May 2006, Johnson City, Texas
Noblique’s Gallery A-go-go; Up From Ashes, Solo exhibit featuring
new work, April 2006, Abilene, Texas
Sculptors Dominion Invitational 2006, International Sculpture Exhibition
April 2006, San Antonio, Texas
Breckenridge Fine Arts Center, The New School, curated by Noblique,
Feb-April 2006, Breckenridge, Texas
Earth Gallery; Group Exhibition; on going beginning March 2006
Center For Contemporary Art, Members Group Show, December 2005, Abilene,
Texas
Fine Line Designs, Group Exhibition, Town Line Art Fair, September 2005,
Ephraim, Wisconsin
Buchanan Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Explorations in Steel, Galveston,
TX, August 2005
Blossom Street Gallery, Group Exhibition, Noblique and Roaderer, Houston,
TX, May 2005
Guadalupe River Sculpture Ranch, Group Exhibition, San Antonio, TX,
2005
The Center for Contemporary Art, Artist Members Group Exhibit, Abilene,
TX, October 2004
The Center for Contemporary Art, Abilene, TX Twenty Choices Solo Exhibit,
Gallery I, July – August 2004
Sculptors Dominion Invitational 2004, San Antonio, TX, May 2004
Jody Klotz-Vletas Fine Art, New Works: Sculptures and Paintings Solo
Exhibit, Abilene,
TX, December – February 2004
Wired Designs, Light Up, Solo Outdoor Exhibit, San Antonio, TX, November
2003
Manor House Gallery, Boerne, TX Solo Sculpture Garden Exhibit, October
2003
Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum, presented by The Texas Society of
Sculptors,Sculpfest 2003, Austin, Texas, September 2003
Town Center Gallery, Group Exhibition, Valencia, California, September
2003
Jody Klotz-Vletas Fine Art, Trees and Flowers Solo Exhibit, Abilene,
Texas, September 2003
Breckenridge Fine Arts Center, Drawings, Painting, and Sculpture, Breckenridge,
Texas, July 2003
Chicago’s Navy Pier, Navy Pier Walk 2003, Chicago, IL, May 2003
David Pagel Juror
Gallery 37, Maquette Show, Chicago, IL, May 2003
The Center for Contemporary Arts, Wildwired Solo Exhibition, Abilene,
Texas, April 2003
The Center for Contemporary Arts, Deck the Walls, Abilene, TX, December
2002
Hardin Simmons University, Faculty Art Show, Abilene, TX, October 2002
The Center for Contemporary Arts, Dia de los Muertos, Abilene, TX, October
2002
ART FAIRS
Denton
Art and Jazz Festival, Denton, Texas
Bayou City Art Festival, Houston, Texas
Artoberfest, Galveston, Texas
Town Line Art Fair, Ephraim, Wisconsin
Girl’s Incorporated, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Salado Art Fair, Salado, Texas
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS AND INSTALLATIONS
Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut: “Unity” was commissioned by the college via a gift of Marshall Blume and created to celebrate the rich and diverse community that is Hartford. December 2007
Monroe County Community College for the Meyer Theatre and La-Z-Boy Center; “Cirlce Squared”, September 2007.
Multi-Physician Medical Facility, By Commission, “Old Glory No II”, San Antonio, Texas, Summer 2007
The Mall of Abilene, Abilene, Texas: Old Glory, 19ft tall abstraction of the American Flag was dedication in honor of our men and women in service, permanent public installation June 2006
Denton City Hall, Denton, TX: Festival In Motion, a.k.a. Woman Rolling Down a Hill, purchased by the Denton Festival Foundation for the City of Denton, May 2004
Waterworks Park, Denton, TX: Yellow Baugh Flower, purchased by the City of Denton, May 2003
Civic Center Park, Denton, TX: Circle Tree, purchased by the City of Denton, May 2003
Hardin Simmons University, Abilene, TX: Tense, 2002
GRANTS AND AWARDS
Featured Artist; 2006 Artoberfest, Galveston Island, Texas
Featured Artist; 2006 Abilene Artist’s and Artisans Studio Tour.
The Texas Society of Sculptors, Sculpfest 2003 Publication Cover Art, Special Recognition for Explosion of the Heart, Steel Sculpture
Navy Pier Walk 2003, International Outdoor Sculpture Competition at Chicago’s Navy Pier, “Runner”, steel sculpture, exhibited May through October 2003
Oklahoma City Art Festival 2003, Ribbon and Cash Award in Sculpture for Explosion of the Heart, Steel Sculpture
Denton Art and Jazz Festival 2003, Best of Show in Sculpture, Denton, TX, April, 2003
Grant for the construction and permanent installation of large outdoor sculpture at Hardin Simmons University while serving as Visiting Adjunct Professor of 3-D Art, Abilene, TX, Fall 2002
ASSOCIATIONS / MEMBERSHIPS
Texas
Society of Sculptors
ISC International Sculpture Center
The Abilene Center for Contemporary Art
TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
Hardin
Simmons University, Abilene, Texas
Visiting Adjunct Professor of 3D Art
Spring Semester 2002
Wired
Designs, San Antonio, Texas
Sculpture Workshops
2003
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
NEW! Pippin Meikle Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
NEW! Denise Gaspard, Houston, Texas
Earth
Gallery, Houston, Texas
McMahon Fine Art, Ruidoso, New Mexico
Town Center Gallery, Valencia, California
The Center for Contemporary Art, Abilene, Texas
Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, North Carolina
Fine Line Designs, Ephraim, Wisconsin
Blossom Street Gallery, Houston, Texas
Buffalo Gap Pottery Gallery, Buffalo Gap, Texas
Art-Right, LLC, Houston, Texas
