Nicole Crozier

While my practice is currently in a state of transition, a constant thread weaves through my work: the feminized figure. I’m fascinated less by her body and more by her image, her look: how she is portrayed, self-presents and self-commodifies. I’m interested in how her internal self is represented externally: as a consumable product, object or idea, and in how this representation is necessarily a construction. I often employ maquettes as painting references or installation elements in my work as a means of exploring this constructed nature of the self. As such, my figures often exist in a state of anxious suspension, caught between two or more ways of being. Aesthetically, I aim to create works that simultaneously seduce and unsettle the viewer as a means of investigating this ambivalence. 

Nicole Crozier is a visual artist and arts manager new to Montreal, fresh off the boat from Toronto, born and bred in Ottawa. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (University of Ottawa) and a graduate certificate in Arts Management (Centennial College). At Concordia, she is prioritizing experimentation in her practice, following curiosity into new corners of conceptual and material practice.

Nicole has showcased her work at Fashion Art Toronto, Cambridge Art Galleries, Nuit Blanche Toronto 2019, Aurora Cultural Centre, and Z Art Space, among others.

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Nicole Crozier. Vigil for a spare, 2023. 48 x 72 inches.

Nicole Crozier. Eyehole for a Shapeshifter. 36 x 36 inches. Oil on canvas, 2023.