Nicholas Howey

Nicholas Howey was born in DuBois, PA. in 1948. He studied Undergraduate Art at the University of Pittsburgh and then went on to New York University for Graduate Studies.

Nicholas Howey had his first solo exhibition in 1982 at the American Center in Belgrade. From 1982-83, he worked on the productions of Robert Whitman’s performance works at the Dia Foundation. In 1986, Robert Rauschenberg curated an exhibition of his paintings at Edison Community College in Florida.

His paintings appeared on two covers of the Italian art Magazine Tema Celeste in 1991 (International Edition) and in 1992 (Italian Edition). For his first photography exhibition in 2000, Fred Schneider of the B-52’s along with the composer Pat Irwin created a soundtrack to accompany the work.

Nick’s global presence bloomed in the late eighties when he started working with international curators Collins and Milazzo. He started showing extensively in Italy as well as New York and Brussels. Over the years Nicks paintings were shows in museums in The Netherlands, Denmark, Mexico, the United States, and Japan. Since 2008 he has been peacefully living and painting in Bridgehampton, New York.