Artist Bio
Brooke Nuckles is a fibers and recycled materials sculptor and printmaker influenced by natural patterns, human connections and our impacts on the Earth. Brooke sculpts with hand crocheted fibers, weaving narratives of texture, color and emotion. Her expansive fiber art works share a common heartbeat of vibrancy and audacity.
Using thrifted and gifted yarn and up-cycled/found objects, as an “artist activist” she confronts the wasteful capitalist crisis of overproduction. Influenced by emotions, Oregon watersheds and her spiritual practice, water is a consistent theme. Using yarn to trace drops of water, waves and tears, Brooke’s artwork fosters a visceral understanding of the interplay between human existence and the Earth.
Brooke received a BFA from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Her work has been shown in national and international spaces, with recent exhibits near her Pacific Northwest home. Brooke has recently been awarded an Oregon Sea Grant and Oregon Arts Commission grants.
As co-founder of Arts Alliance of Southern Oregon and as Arts Commissioner for City of Medford’s Public Arts Selection Committee, Brooke advocates for the arts regionally. Brooke also kindles the flames of positive change as a consultant to nonprofit organizations via Growing Assets, LLC.
To encourage arts appreciation, Brooke teaches art classes and fine art camps for children at many regional venues. She has been teaching art to all ages for over twenty years and strives to create opportunities in the visual arts for all ages and abilities.
Biography
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Scholarship, Raising Cane Glassblowing Workshop taught by Scott Benefield, 2007
Pilchuck Glass School, Glass Sculpture Workshop, Jen Elek 2006
BFA- sculpture and fibers, Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2002
Student Exchange Program, Art Academy, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2001
Get In Touch
Etsy: brookenuckles
Instagram: bngart1234
Facebook: Brooke Nuckles Artist
Availability & Rates:
Brooke accepts limited art commissions for homes, offices as well as gardens and outdoor spaces.
She is also available for private art lessons, teaching art classes and camps, as well as art parties!
Contact: brookenuckles@yahoo.com
Select Exhibitions
Current Exhibitions:
Member Exhibition, James Morrison Collier Art Gallery, Collaborative Theater Project, Medford, Oregon (January 23 - February 26, 2025)
Reception January 26th, 4:30 - 6:30 PM
Ashland Gallery Association Member Exhibition features over twenty artists and includes everything from fluid and abstract watercolor paintings, to familiar favorite plein air paintings, stunning portraits, and more.
The James Morrison Collier Art Gallery is located at 555 Medford Center in Medford, and regular hours are Tuesday through Friday from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
More about the gallery here.
Solo Exhibitions:
Community Art Wall, Medford Food Co-op Cafe, Medford, Oregon (2022-2023)
Featured Artist, Wild Wines Tasting Room, Applegate Valley, Oregon (2019)
October Featured Artist, MaMosa's, Grants Pass, Oregon (2018)
Sacred Beekeeping, The Lunch Show, Ashland, Oregon (2014)
Honey in the Heart, Good Bean, Jacksonville, Oregon (2013)
Wildflowers, Mt. Shasta’s Third Friday Art Walk, Has Beans (2005)
Soft Rainbow, Wildberries Marketplace, Arcata, California (2003)
Brookeinslovenia, Stavbi v Univerza, Ljubljana, Slovenia (2001)
Group Exhibitions:
Autumn X, Phree Gallery and Langford Gallery, Phoenix, Oregon (2024)
CAM Biennial 2024, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon (2024)
On the Wind and Underwater, Giustina Gallery, Oregon State University, Phish Studies Conference, Corvallis, Oregon (2024)
Woman Kind, Langford Gallery, Phoenix, Oregon (2024)
Pollinator Art Exhibit, Rogue Valley International Airport, Medford, Oregon (2019)
Attracted to Light, The Miner's Bazaar, Jacksonville, Oregon (2019)
Oregon Honey Festival, Rogue Valley International Airport, Medford, Oregon (2018)
Woman's Work, Liberty Arts Gallery, Yreka, California (2018)
In The Ethereal Realm, The Pollination Place, Phoenix, Oregon (2017)
Around Oregon Annual, The Arts Center, Corvallis, Oregon (2016)
Fiber Art Show, The Salon at Art du Jour Gallery , Medford, Oregon (2015)
Found Objects, Good Bean, Jacksonville, Oregon (2014)
Out of the Mainstream, Art Presence Art Center, Jacksonville, Oregon (2013)
VAST, Rogue Gallery & Art Center, Medford, Oregon (2012)
Collage Visions, Flood Art Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina (2010)
North Bennington Art Park, Veterans Park and Art Park, North Bennington, Vermont (2009)
SculptFest 08, Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, West Rutland, Vermont (2008)
North Bennington Art Park, Veterans Park and Art Park, North Bennington, Vermont (2008)
Gallery Opening, Pawlet Artists Collective (PAC) Gallery, Pawlet, Vermont (2007)
Selected Works, Shasta Yoga Center, Dunsmuir Art Walk, Dunsmuir, California (2006)
Siskiyou Artist Association 48th Annual Art Show, Sisson Museum, Mount Shasta, California (2005)
Bring It, Turn of the Century Fine Art, Berkeley, California (2005)
Run of the Mill, McCloud Mercantile Building, McCloud, California (2005)
Resurrect, Flying Lotus Movement Center, Mount Shasta, California (2005)
All That Glitters, Rare Images Eternal Art Gallery, Mount Shasta, California (2004)
Community Web Installation, Mount Shasta Boulevard, Mount Shasta, California (2004)
Rainbow Web Installation, Wildberries Marketplace, Arcata, California (2002)
Employee Art Show, One World Café, Baltimore, Maryland (2001)
“I am not what I am, I am what I do with my hands…” -Louise Bourgeois
