Nicholas Crombach (BFA, 2012) is an artist currently working in Kingston, Ontario. Crombach has been awarded the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award and is the recipient of grants from the Toronto Arts Council, The Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts.
In 2017 Crombach presented a solo exhibition, Behind Elegantly Carved Wooden Doors, at Art Mûr Montreal receiving reviews in Border Crossings Magazine (summer 2018) and Vie des Arts (Winter 2017-18). His solo exhibition, The End of the Chase, travelled in 2018-2019, exhibiting at New Art Projects in London UK, Art Mûr Berlin and Art Mûr Montréal. In 2019 Crombach produced an exhibition of collaborative works with artist Nurielle Stern entitled Whale Fall, presented at The Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery in Waterloo.
In 2012, Crombach completed a public art competition for First Capital Realty, the commissioned work, Billy, Nanny, and the Kids, is located in Burlington, Ontario. Crombach is currently working on a public art commission for the City of Kingston. His sculpture Horse and Cart is scheduled to be installed in Victoria Park late spring 2021.
From 2016-2017 Crombach participated in a year-long residency at The Florence Trust (London, UK) and have been invited to take part in a MASS MoCA residency (summer 2022) in Massachusetts.
Education
2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, Major in Sculpture & Installation,
OCAD University, Toronto, ON
UPCOMING
Dec 2022 Metamorphosis: 2022 Additions to the City of Ottawa Art Collection, City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
May 2023 Solo Exhibition, Art Mûr, Montreal, QC
Jun 2023 Petrichor, Duo exhibition with Nurielle Stern, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
Solo Exhibitions / Projects
2022 Fetch, Special Project (solo booth), Foire Papier, Montreal, QC
Fleuron, Pop up installation, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA, USA
2019 The End Of The Chase, Art Mûr, Montreal, QC
2018 The End Of The Chase, Art Mûr, Berlin, DE
The End Of The Chase, New Art Projects, London, UK
2017 Behind Elegantly Carved Wooden Doors, Art Mûr, Montreal, QC
Captured, Byward Market Gallery, Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, ON
2015 Trapped, Angell Gallery, Toronto, ON
2012 On The Fence, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto, ON
Duo/Collaborative Exhibitions / Projects
2021 Whale Fall, exhibition of artwork produced in collaboration with Nurielle Stern, Union Gallery, Queens University, Kingston, ON
2019 Whale Fall, exhibition of artwork produced in collaboration with Nurielle Stern, The Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON
Group Exhibitions / Projects / Art Fairs
2022 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON
Hunter Gatherer, group exhibition curated by Helen Gregor, McIntosh Gallery, Western University, London, ON
Foire Papier with Art Mûr, Montreal, QC
Burlington Waterfront Sculpture Trail exhibition, Burlington, ON
Sculpture Park Exhibition, Western North Carolina Sculpture Centre, Lenoir, NC, USA
2021 Toronto International Art Fair with Art Mûr, Toronto, ON
Amalgame, CIRCA art Actuel, Montreal, QC
Next Door 2021, Temporary public art projects in the Skeleton Park neighbourhood, Kingston, ON
Memorable, Art Mûr, Montreal, QC
Terra Nova, Art Mûr, Montreal, QC
2019 Pulse Art Fair, Miami, USA
Exploration de l’impression 3D, Quebec City, QC
2018 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON
Positions Berlin, Berlin, DE
2017 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON
Florence Trust Summer Exhibition, St. Saviours, London UK
Florence Trust 2017 Winter Open, St. Saviours, London, UK
Deep Roots, The Living Arts Centre Gallery, Mississauga, ON
2016 Mythos, Hoop Gallery, Hamilton, ON
Live Size, Art Mûr, Montreal, QC
Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON
Tribute, The Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto, ON
2015 International Festival of Authors, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON
The Salt Spring National Art Prize, Mahon Hall, Salt Spring Island, BC
Figurativas 2015 - 8th Painting and Sculpture Competition, Museu Europen d'Art Modern, Barcelona, Spain
30 Under 30, John B.Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
Figurative/The Artist Guild, Slate, The City of Vaughan, ON
Video Artbox & Installation Zone, The Artist Project 2015, Toronto, ON
37th Annual Juried Show of Fine Arts, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, ON
2014 Soaring Ambitions, The Joseph D Carrier Gallery, Toronto, ON
Get Noticed, The Red Head Gallery, Toronto, ON
RetroContempo, The Al Green Gallery, Toronto, ON
Sculpting New Reads, Word On The Street, Toronto, ON
Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON
Reconstructing SPLACE, Hazelton Lanes Arts Festival, Hazelton Lanes, Toronto
Juried Garden Sculpture Project, Oeno’s Sculpture Garden at Huff Estates, Prince Edward County, ON
REPRO:2014, Communication Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
Video Artbox & Installation Zone, The Artist Project 2014, Toronto, ON
Sidewalk Screening, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto, ON
2013 Lex Artis: An Internal Affair, The Brockton Collective, Toronto, ON
Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON
14th Annual Juried Emerging Sculptors Exhibition, Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto, ON2
Summer Exhibition, Area Gallery, Rosseau, ON
TheSHOW.13, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, ON
Kiwi Sculpture Garden, Perth, ON
Juried Garden Sculpture Project, Oeno’s Sculpture Garden at Huff Estates, Prince Edward County, ON
Hazelton Lanes Arts Festival, Hazelton Lanes, Toronto, ON
Creative Consciousness, The Canadain Sculpture Center, Toronto, ON
Fool's Paradise, The Bartlett Gallery, Alton, ON
2012 Informs, The Al Green Gallery, Toronto, ON
17th Annual Juried Graduating Sculpture Student Exhibition, Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto ON
97th Annual OCAD University Graduate Exhibition, OCAD University Toronto, ON
The Art of the Figure 2012, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2011 Domestic Vista, Communication Art Gallery, Toronto ON
Remains, Function 13, Toronto Ontario
Known by Traces, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto ON
Residencies
2022 Studios at MASS MoCA Residency, North Adams, MA, USA
2022 Iron Light residency, Western North Carolina Sculpture Centre, Lenoir, NC, USA
2016-2017 Florence Trust Artist Residency, London, UK
Public Art Commissions
2023 Wind Vane, Florence Carlyle Park, Woodstock, ON (currently in progress)
2023 Flock, Niagara Falls Exchange, Niagara Falls, ON (currently in progress)
2020 Horse and Cart, Victoria Park, Kingston, ON
2012 Billy, Nanny, and the Kids, Appleby Village, Burlington, ON
Collections
Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock, ON
City of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
City of Kingston Civic Collection
Museu Europeu d'Art Modern (MEAM), Barcelona, Spain
First Capital Realty Inc. Toronto, ON
Awards/Grants
2022 Arts Abroad: Residency, Canada Council for the Arts
Chalmers Professional Development Projects, Ontario Arts Council
2021 Emerging Artist Project Grant, Ontario Arts Council
Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2019 Craft Projects: Research/Creation and Development - Collaborations, Ontario Arts Council
2018 Arts Abroad Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
Emerging Artist Project Grant, Toronto Arts Council
2017 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2016 The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Montreal, QC
Emerging Artist Project Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2015 Finalist in Sculpture: Figurativas'15, Museu Europeu d'Art Modern (MEAM), Barcelona, Spain
Finalist in The Salt Spring National Art Prize, Salt Spring Island, BC
2013 Abraham & Malka Green Award: 1st Prize, 14th Annual Juried Emerging Sculptors Exhibition, Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto, ON
2012 Nomitated: BMO Financial Group's 1st Art! Invetational Student Art Competition, Toronto, ON
Hayden Davies Memorial Award, OCAD University Thesis, Toronto, ON
Samuel Lazar Kagan Award, OCAD University Thesis, Toronto, ON
The Art of the Figure 2012, First prize for best sculpture & Peoples choice award, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2009 OCAD University Faculty award, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2008 Queen Elizabeth Millennium Scholarship, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
Press Publications & select Catalogues
2021 Art in the Park - Why Nicholas Crombach put the horse before the cart, The Skeleton Park Press, Jocelyn Purdie, Kingston, ON
2020 Public art piece for park chosen, The Whig-Standard, Kingston, ON
'Horse and Cart' selected to be installed at Victoria Park, Kingstonist, Tori Stafford, Kingston, ON
2019 Whale Fall, Collaberative works by Nicholas Crombach & Nurielle Stern, the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON
2018 Nicholas Crombach, Border Crossings, review by Edwin Janzen, Winnipeg, MB
Hybrid Contradictions, Vie Des Arts, review by Veronica Redgrave, Montreal, QC
2015 Figurativas'15, Fundacio de les Arts i els Artistes, Catalogue, Barcelona, Spain
The Salt Spring National Art Prize, Catalogue, Salt Spring Island, BC
2013 Figurativas'13, Fundacio de les Arts i els Artistes, Catalogue, Barcelona, Spain
The show.13, Cambridge Galleries, exhibition catalogue
2012 Toronto Artist Behind Appleby Mall Goats, article, Burlington Post, Halton, ON
Volume 4, XPACE Cultural Centre, exhibition catalogue, Toronto, ON
What Just Happened, Sculpture & Installation thesis catalogue, Sebastian Frye, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
The Annual Report, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2011 Volume 3, XPACE Cultural Centre, exhibition catalogue, Toronto, ON
The Annual Report, OCAD University, Toronto, ON