Discipline: Visual Art – sculpture

Nicholas Kovatch

Discipline: Visual Art – sculpture
Region: Minneapolis, MN
MacDowell Fellowships: 2014

Nicholas Kovatch is an active sculptor and installation artist, and instructor based in Minneapolis. Nick received his MFA in Visual Studies from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2013. He was a fellow at MacDowell in the spring of 2014 and most recently exhibited work at the Gamut Gallery in Minneapolis in the winter of 2013. A few artists who influence his practice are Gordon Matta-Clark, Robert Irwin, Robert Gober, Antony Gormley, Gregor Schneider, and Daniel Arsham.

Studios

Heinz

Nicholas Kovatch worked in the Heinz studio.

The icehouse, built of fieldstone in 1914–1915, was a practical part of Marian MacDowell’s plan for a self-sufficient farm. Winter ice cut from a nearby pond was stored here for summer use on the property. Idle since 1940, it was a handsome but outdated farm building. In 1995, Mrs. Drue Heinz, a vice chairman…

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