Nicole Pietrantoni

Nicole Pietrantoni (b. 1981) creates experimental artists’ books, prints, and installations. Her work combines traditional printmaking and bookbinding techniques with photography and sculpture to explore humans’ relationship to the natural world.

She is the recipient of numerous awards including a Fulbright to Iceland, an Artist Trust Fellowship, a Larry Sommers Printmaking Fellowship, a Leifur Eiríksson Foundation Grant, the Manifest Prize, and a Graves Award for Excellence in Humanities Research and Teaching.

Pietrantoni has been awarded artist residencies at Meta Open Arts, the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (Halifax, Canada), Anderson Ranch Arts Center (Snowmass Village, CO), La Maldita Estampa (Barcelona, Spain) Cork Printmakers (Cork, Ireland), and the Venice Printmaking Studio (Venice, Italy), among many others.

She has been a visiting artist and lecturer at over 40 institutions and her art has been in over 100 national and international exhibitions. Her artwork is in collections including Yale University, the Library of Congress, Washington State Arts Commission, Zahed University-United Arab Emirates, University of Iowa Museum of Art, and the Zuckerman Museum of Art. Pietrantoni’s work has been included in publications including Art in Print, The Washington Post, and featured in the book American Printmakers (Schiffer Publishing).

Pietrantoni received her MFA and MA in Printmaking from the University of Iowa and her BS in Human and Organizational Development and Art History from Vanderbilt University. She currently lives in Girona, Spain.

Photo of Nicole Pietrantoni with her work in the background