NICOLE GORDON grew up in Chicago, IL and received her B.F.A. at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She has been working as a painter and sculptor in Chicago for many years and had solo exhibitions in Chicago (Linda Warren Projects, the Chicago Cultural Center and the Elmhurst Art Museum), L.A. (Lois Lambert Gallery), Wisconsin (The Kohler Art Center) and Boston (Miller Block Gallery). She has also completed a couple of large scale permanent public art commissions including one for the Chicago Transit Authorityand one for New England Biolabs in Massachusetts.