Curriculum Vitae
First experiences with Nicole Page-Smith saw her exhibit with New York artists in a Melbourne gallery with such names as Philip Guston, Harvey Quaytman and Jake Berthot. This led to another Melbourne gallery now based in Los Angeles. Society exhibitions were placed in a sculpture park reminiscent of an American sculpture park in Upstate New York, John and Sunday Reed left their society gardens to the council and had a long history with Melbourne artists of their own generation. Heide MoMA now exhibit contemporary art of their generation and historic shows from Australia and America mainly. Further development of Nicole Page-Smith's art career came in the guise of dealership exhibition experience in Sydney. Worthy exhibitions in Australia came from America, one of note was an exhibition of Louise Bourgeois this was setup by her assistant Jerry Gorovoy and the lighting was a really special experience to view. A lecture was on offer at the closest university to the National Gallery there and well worth participating with. Careerist artists were made to feel as unwelcome as any monologue they would engage in of a selfie nature. Then a move across to New Zealand brought a wind of change. Exhibitions came in the form of another society gardens exhibition and her own gallery shows. Travel experience through European centres has broadened Nicole Page-Smith's viewing experience of book learning view to a heightened view of understanding. Several reviews in society magazines were made available to the public and catalogues were contributed to by art writers available for recognition. Nicole Page-Smith continues to travel throughout Europe when big touring class old master exhibitions are advertised in the bookshops, it is good to get the catalogue before the show. This is a welcome break of routine from full time practice as a contemporary artist.
