Photo by Tom Newton.
Nickolas Roblee-Strauss
is a painter born in rural western Massachusetts, raised at the mouth of a logging trail.
His work contends with the perceptual haze of contemporary queer identity formation within an old media framework. Bringing together an intuitive approach to oil painting with studies in anthropology and psychoanalytical theory, his work inhabits an uncanny world between caricature and gesture.
@nickrobleestrauss
Photo by Tom Newton.
EXHIBITIONS
2026
CABIN IV, Potsdam, NY
PADA 56, Galleria PADA, Barreiro, PT
2025
Dogs & Cats, September Gallery, Kinderhook, NY
2024
Wallflower Wa Wa (duo exhibition), Barn Door Gallery, Northampton, MA
The Red Show, Galerie Shibumi, New York NY
Sanctuary, Galerie Shibumi, New York NY
2023
South Brooklyn Salon, Thomas van Dyke Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Small Works, Gallery 440, Brooklyn NY
Together We Will… Art Gowanus, Brooklyn NY
Photo by Elena Gonzalez.
RESIDENCIES & FELLOWSHIPS
2026
ChaNorth Residency, Pine Plains, NY (upcoming)
CABIN, Potsdam, NY
RAMA Artist Residency, Torres Vedras, Portugal
PADA Studios, Barreiro, Portugal
2022
Student Art Grant, Brown Arts Initiative, Providence, RI
2021
Royce Fellowship, Swearer Center, Brown University, Providence, RI
EDUCATION
2023
Brown University, B.A. in Modern Culture & Media