Nicole Collins' artistic practice focuses on the effect of time, accumulation, force and heat on visceral materials, through painting, drawing, installation, intervention, video, and sound. Since 1994 she has exhibited extensively including solo exhibitions at The Koffler Art Gallery, Toronto
With a cross disciplinary team of OCADU faculty and external members, Professor Collins is currently developing the OCADU Sustainable Colour Lab. Centering sustainable art practices, this long-term and scaffolded project aims to gather existing studio-based material knowledge, create space and facilities for further research, and bring together students, artists, designers, curators, conservators and other interested parties to establish meaningful responses to the climate crisis through art.
(2018), The University of Waterloo Art Gallery (2013), The Art Gallery of Ontario (2013) and The Embassy of Canada in Tokyo (2001) and group exhibitions in Toronto, Hamilton, St. Johns, New York, Miami, London, Venice and Zurich.