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A minimalist gallery interior with dark wood flooring, white partition walls, large windows, and sculptural busts on pedestals, rendered in crisp synthetic lighting by Nicole Cherubini.
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Nicole Cherubini

Maker & FabricatorCeramicsCollectible Design

Ceramic Artist at Friedman Benda

Ceramic sculptor working between studios at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Hudson, New York. Cherubini builds vessel-based sculptural forms that challenge the traditional function of pottery; her work is held in collections including MIT, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and the Museum of Arts and Design. She is represented by Friedman Benda in New York and SEPTEMBER Gallery in Kinderhook. Born in Boston in 1970, Cherubini holds a BFA in ceramics from Rhode Island School of Design (1993) and an MFA in visual arts from New York University (1998). Her solo exhibitions include the Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, the Jersey City Museum, and Pérez Art Museum Miami, and her exhibition "Hotel Roma" ran at Friedman Benda's New York gallery from January to February 2026. She has received the Louis Comfort Tiffany Grant and an NEA Travel Grant.

Experience

  1. Represented designer

    Friedman Benda

    Current
  2. Represented designer

    SEPTEMBER Gallery

    Current

Awards & press

Education

  • Rhode Island School of Design

    BFA

  • New York University

    MFA

Selected work