
About Nicole
"The aesthetics of art and design change the energy inside and out"

Nicole Harp is an artist and designer with a degree in Communication Arts & Design, Graphic Design from Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU. She has spent most of her career as an accomplished abstract painter, balancing the functions of text and image in her work. A resident of Norfolk, Virginia, Harp shares her talent and passion for art through teaching.
Curricula Vitae
Education
1988-1992 -
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Communication Arts and Design, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU),Richmond, Virginia
1986-1988
Old Dominion University, Fine Arts, Norfolk, VA
Related Experience
2000-present
Instructor Fine Arts Department, Granby High, Norfolk, Virginia
2015-2021
CEO, Ecodog LLC
2000-2005
Instructor, Governor’s School for the Arts
2001-2004
Studio Art Instructor, Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
Exhibitions and Awards
2022
Neon Festival, Chrysler Museum, Norfolk VA
2022
South Norfolk Jordan Bridge Design Contest Winner, United Bridge Projects, Cheaspeake VA
2021
First Place,Flood Awareness Exhibition, Art Works, 320 Hull Street, Richmond, VA
2020
Black Lives More Than Matter, Mural Neon District, Norfolk, VA
Unknown Outcome, Hermitage Museum & Gardens, Norfolk, VA
2019
(Q4C) Quarters For Conservation Kiosk, VA Zoo, Norfolk, VA
2018
Art Educators Exhibition, Hermitage Museum & Gardens, Norfolk, VA
2017
Nicole Harp: A Retrospective, Solo Show, Gallery 21, Norfolk, VA
Dystopia, Neil Britton Art Gallery, Virginia Wesleyan University, Virginia Beach,
Art Educators Exhibition, Hermitage Museum & Gardens, Norfolk, VA
2016
Slow Drip, Solo Show, Norfolk State University, Wise Gallery
2015
Ecodog, Co-founder & President of Eco-Dog LLC, Sustainable, Bio-filtered, Solar-powered, pet hydration station
Citizen Artist Norfolk, Collaborative-Public Art Grant Norfolk Cultural Affairs, Norfolk, Virginia
2014
Consumption, Solo Show, Selden Gallery, Norfolk, Virginia
Inside Out Mural Project, Global Art Project, Kemper Building the Plot, Norfolk, Virginia.
2010
Tension of the Opposites, Solo Show, Lorrie Saunders, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
2001
Slow Drip, Solo Show, Wise Gallery, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia
1998
Mural Project, Martin Luther King Jr. Center- Jimmy Carter Project, Atlanta, Georgia
1997
Grady Cluster Mural Projects, Jimmy Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia
1994
Solo Show, Gallery V, Atlanta, Georgia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015 Citizen Artist Norfolk / The Documentary, Norfolk, Virginia
2014 Time Show, Juror Jeff Harrison, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia
2013 24th Mid-Atlantic Art Exhibition, The d’Art Center, Norfolk, Virginia
2012 Bi-Annual, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, Virginia
2012 Miniature Exhibition, Charles Taylor, Hampton, Virginia
2008 41st Regional Juried Exhibit, Rawls Museum, Courtland, Virginia
2007 Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York City, New York
2005 Annual Juried Art Show, Suffolk Art Museum, Suffolk, Virginia
2005 Mid-Atlantic Art Exhibit, Selden Arcade, Norfolk, Virginia
2004 TAVAEA Juried Show, Hermitage Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
2004 Mid-Atlantic Art Exhibit, d’Art Center, Norfolk, Virginia
2003 New Waves 2003, Juror Annie Adjchavanich, Washington Project for the Arts, Contemporary Art Center, Virginia Beach
2002 38th Regional Juried Exhibition, Rawls Museum, Courtland, Virginia
2002 Sheltered Lives, Contemporary Art Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia
2002 Anniversary Exhibition, d’Art Center, Norfolk, Virginia
2001 Artists Who Teach, Taylor Art Center, Hampton, Virginia
1998 Two Person Show, Right Brain Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1998 Invitational, Habitat for the Humanities, Atlanta, Georgia
1998 Group Show, Bender and Bender Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia
1994 Group Show, High Museum of Art, Atlanta Georgia
1992 Cutting Edge Exhibition, Best in Show, Crestar Bank Gallery, Norfolk Virginia
Awards and Honors
2021 Book Cover, Chapbook of Poetry, Edmond Dowe
2021 InsideOut Social Emotional Art Program
2020 Unknown Outcome A Coastal Collaborative Podcast
2017 Winner of the Cultural Alliance Alli Award, The Arts Partner Award
2017 Ecodog, Winner of City of Norfolk Environmental Action Award 2017
2015 Citizen Artist Norfolk, Collaborative-Public Art Grant Norfolk Cultural Affairs, Norfolk, Virginia
2012 Second Place Mixed Media, Charles Taylor, Hampton, Virginia
2005 This I Believe, Hearsay Cathy Lewis, This I Believe
2005 Painting Award, Suffolk Art Museum, Suffolk VA
2004 TVAEA 2nd Place, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
2001 TVAEA 2nd Place, Hermitage Museum, Norfolk, VA
2001 Charles Taylor, Painting First Place, Hampton, VA
2000 Presentations: Virginia Art Education Association State and National Conferences
1992 Crestar, Cutting Edge Show, Best in Show, Norfolk, Virginia
Phone & Location
1-757-735-1532
Norfolk, VA