Nicole Beck fuses rhythmic and poetic systems found in nature and the sciences. Beck builds ideas with forms that are dynamic and iconic. Sculptural installations for public art commissions arise from a highly collaborative process with exhaustive research and incorporate inventive materials like custom-laminated dichroic glass and programmable RGB LEDs. Installations are responsive to site and community input, they are always unique and surprising.
Beck has completed many large-scale public sculpture installations nationwide in various sites and with a multitude of materials. Commissions include works nationwide with a recent site-specific commission for Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania in 2021, and works in Missouri, Michigan, Iowa, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Indiana. Regionally in Illinois, She has commissioned public artworks in Orland Park, Elgin, Batavia and Elmhurst, IL. Commissions within the City of Chicago have included DeVry University; Disney Co.; the Chambers of Commerce in Lake View, Lincoln Park, WestTown and Tritaylor in the Illinois Medical District, and in many locations throughout Chicago's Public, Private and Charter Schools in Brighton Park, Washington Park, South Shore, Canaryville, Clearing, Englewood, Auburn Gresham, Austin and Back of the Yards. Nicole’s public art projects have included a spectacular artist’s garden in Chicagoʼs Grant Park, and installations at The Artist Project, Art Chicago, PierWalk, Krasl Art Museum, Rockford Art Museum, Koehnline Art Museum, Chicago Botanic Gardens, and the Lincoln Park Conservatory.
Nicole has attended artists residencies at the Ragdale Foundation, the Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Vermont Studio Center and Buffalo Creek Arts Center. Beck is intent on creating a network of support and hopes to include worldwide encounters.