![This image depicts an artwork by Nicola Tyson titled "Lips." This artwork was created in 2023 and measures 56" x 45" [HxW] (142.24 x 114.3 cm); 60 ³⁄₄" x 49 ³⁄₄" x 2" [HxWxD] (154.3 x 126.36 x 5.08 cm) framed. Its medium is Graphite on paper.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Nicola-Tyson_TYS259_1697573888-768x1024.jpg)
Nicola Tyson
"Lips", 2023
"Lips", 2023
Nicola Tyson
“Lips,” 2023
Graphite on paper
56" x 45" [HxW] (142.24 x 114.3 cm); 60 ³⁄₄" x 49 ³⁄₄" x 2" [HxWxD] (154.3 x 126.36 x 5.08 cm) framed
Inventory #TYS259
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“Lips,” 2023
Graphite on paper
56" x 45" [HxW] (142.24 x 114.3 cm); 60 ³⁄₄" x 49 ³⁄₄" x 2" [HxWxD] (154.3 x 126.36 x 5.08 cm) framed
Inventory #TYS259
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
![This image depicts an artwork by Nicola Tyson titled "Figure with Red Curtain." This artwork was created in 2001 and measures 72" x 58" [HxW] (182.88 x 147.32 cm). Its medium is Acrylic on canvas.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Nicola-Tyson_TYS225_1697573914-768x1024.jpg)
Nicola Tyson
"Figure with Red Curtain", 2001
"Figure with Red Curtain", 2001
Nicola Tyson
“Figure with Red Curtain,” 2001
Acrylic on canvas
72" x 58" [HxW] (182.88 x 147.32 cm)
Inventory #TYS225
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“Figure with Red Curtain,” 2001
Acrylic on canvas
72" x 58" [HxW] (182.88 x 147.32 cm)
Inventory #TYS225
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
![This image depicts an artwork by Nicola Tyson titled "Random Thoughts (....beyond be leaf)." This artwork was created in 2022 and measures 12" x 9" [HxW] (30.48 x 22.86 cm); 18 ³⁄₄" x 15 ³⁄₄" x 1 ³⁄₈" [HxWxD] (47.62 x 40 x 3.49 cm) framed. Its medium is Graphite on paper.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Nicola-Tyson_TYS253_1697573899-768x1024.jpg)
Nicola Tyson
"Random Thoughts (....beyond be leaf)", 2022
"Random Thoughts (....beyond be leaf)", 2022
Nicola Tyson
“Random Thoughts (....beyond be leaf),” 2022
Graphite on paper
12" x 9" [HxW] (30.48 x 22.86 cm); 18 ³⁄₄" x 15 ³⁄₄" x 1 ³⁄₈" [HxWxD] (47.62 x 40 x 3.49 cm) framed
Inventory #TYS253
Signed and dated lower right recto
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“Random Thoughts (....beyond be leaf),” 2022
Graphite on paper
12" x 9" [HxW] (30.48 x 22.86 cm); 18 ³⁄₄" x 15 ³⁄₄" x 1 ³⁄₈" [HxWxD] (47.62 x 40 x 3.49 cm) framed
Inventory #TYS253
Signed and dated lower right recto
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
![Nicole Tyson, Leaves, 2018 72 x 60" [HxW] (182.88 x 152.4 cm) Courtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects Photo credit: Jeff McLane](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/tyson_217_leaves_hires-683x1024.jpg)
Nicola Tyson
Leaves, 2018
Leaves, 2018
Nicola Tyson
Leaves, 2018
72 x 60" [HxW] (182.88 x 152.4 cm)
Courtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
Leaves, 2018
72 x 60" [HxW] (182.88 x 152.4 cm)
Courtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
![This image depicts an artwork by Nicola Tyson titled "Woman Crying." This artwork was created in 2018 and measures 70" x 41" [HxW] (177.8 x 104.14 cm) paper size; 74" x 45" [HxW] (187.96 x 114.3 cm) framed. Its medium is Graphite on paper.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Nicola-Tyson_TYS216_1697573937-736x1024.jpg)
Nicola Tyson
"Woman Crying", 2018
"Woman Crying", 2018
Nicola Tyson
“Woman Crying,” 2018
Graphite on paper
70" x 41" [HxW] (177.8 x 104.14 cm) paper size; 74" x 45" [HxW] (187.96 x 114.3 cm) framed
Inventory #TYS216
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo Credit: Downing Frames
“Woman Crying,” 2018
Graphite on paper
70" x 41" [HxW] (177.8 x 104.14 cm) paper size; 74" x 45" [HxW] (187.96 x 114.3 cm) framed
Inventory #TYS216
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo Credit: Downing Frames

Nicola Tyson
Self-Portrait: Red Tie, 2016
Self-Portrait: Red Tie, 2016
Nicola Tyson
Self-Portrait: Red Tie, 2016
Acrylic on stretcher
72" H x 60" W
Photo credit: Evan Jenkin
Self-Portrait: Red Tie, 2016
Acrylic on stretcher
72" H x 60" W
Photo credit: Evan Jenkin

Nicola Tyson
Hear Ring, 2014
Hear Ring, 2014
Nicola Tyson
Hear Ring, 2014
Acrylic on unstretched linen
26" H x 26.50" W (66.04 cm H x 67.31 cm W)
On reverse
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Hear Ring, 2014
Acrylic on unstretched linen
26" H x 26.50" W (66.04 cm H x 67.31 cm W)
On reverse
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer

Nicola Tyson
Couple Dancing, 2013
Couple Dancing, 2013
Nicola Tyson
Couple Dancing, 2013
Acrylic on unstretched linen
85" H x 72" W (215.9 cm H x 182.88 cm W)
Gallery Inventory #TYS112, Photo credit; Robert Wedemeyer
Couple Dancing, 2013
Acrylic on unstretched linen
85" H x 72" W (215.9 cm H x 182.88 cm W)
Gallery Inventory #TYS112, Photo credit; Robert Wedemeyer

Nicola Tyson
Figure with Purple Sleeves, 2008
Figure with Purple Sleeves, 2008
Nicola Tyson

Nicola Tyson
Blue Knickers, 2008
Blue Knickers, 2008
Nicola Tyson
Blue Knickers, 2008
Oil on linen
72" H x59"
Image courtesy of Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects and Sadie Coles HQ
Blue Knickers, 2008
Oil on linen
72" H x59"
Image courtesy of Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects and Sadie Coles HQ

Nicola Tyson
Untitled (M.S.) #1 - #4, 2013
Untitled (M.S.) #1 - #4, 2013
Nicola Tyson
Untitled (M.S.) #1 - #4, 2013
Graphite on paper
Dimensions variable
Image courtesy of Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Untitled (M.S.) #1 - #4, 2013
Graphite on paper
Dimensions variable
Image courtesy of Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects

Nicola Tyson
Untitled (M.S) #1, 2013
Untitled (M.S) #1, 2013
Nicola Tyson
Untitled (M.S) #1, 2013
Graphite on paper
17" H x 14" W (43.18 cm H x 35.56 cm W)
Image courtesy of Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Untitled (M.S) #1, 2013
Graphite on paper
17" H x 14" W (43.18 cm H x 35.56 cm W)
Image courtesy of Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects

Nicola Tyson
Untitled (M.S.) #2, 2013
Untitled (M.S.) #2, 2013
Nicola Tyson
Untitled (M.S.) #2, 2013
Graphite on paper
17" H x 14" W (43.18 cm H x 35.56 cm W)
Image courtesy of Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Untitled (M.S.) #2, 2013
Graphite on paper
17" H x 14" W (43.18 cm H x 35.56 cm W)
Image courtesy of Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects

Nicola Tyson
Untitled (M.S) #3, 2013
Untitled (M.S) #3, 2013
Nicola Tyson
Untitled (M.S) #3, 2013
Graphite on paper
17" H x 14" W (43.18 cm H x 35.56 cm W)
Image courtesy of Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Untitled (M.S) #3, 2013
Graphite on paper
17" H x 14" W (43.18 cm H x 35.56 cm W)
Image courtesy of Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects

Nicola Tyson
Untitled (M.S.) #4, 2013
Untitled (M.S.) #4, 2013
Nicola Tyson
Untitled (M.S.) #4, 2013
Graphite on paper
17" H x 14" W (43.18 cm H x 35.56 cm W)
Image courtesy of Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Untitled (M.S.) #4, 2013
Graphite on paper
17" H x 14" W (43.18 cm H x 35.56 cm W)
Image courtesy of Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects

Nicola Tyson
Laurie, 2008
Laurie, 2008
Nicola Tyson
Laurie, 2008
Oil on Canvas
76" H x 60" W
Image Courtesy of Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects and Sadie Coles HQ
Laurie, 2008
Oil on Canvas
76" H x 60" W
Image Courtesy of Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects and Sadie Coles HQ

Nicola Tyson
Graphite Drawing #1, 2010
Graphite Drawing #1, 2010
Nicola Tyson
Graphite Drawing #1, 2010
Graphite on paper
25" x 19"
Graphite Drawing #1, 2010
Graphite on paper
25" x 19"

Nicola Tyson
Graphite Drawing #2, 2010
Graphite Drawing #2, 2010
Nicola Tyson
Graphite Drawing #2, 2010
Graphite on paper
25" x 18"
Graphite Drawing #2, 2010
Graphite on paper
25" x 18"

Nicola Tyson
Graphite Drawing #3, 2010
Graphite Drawing #3, 2010
Nicola Tyson
Graphite Drawing #3, 2010
Graphite on paper
25" x 18"
Graphite Drawing #3, 2010
Graphite on paper
25" x 18"
- Born in London, England
- Lives and works in New York, NY
- 1989
- Central/St. Martins School of Art, London, England
- 1980-1981
- St. Martins School of Art, London, England
- 1979-1980
- Chelsea School of Art, London, England
Selected Exhibitions
- 2022
- "Nicola Tyson: A Bit Touched," Nino Mier, Brussels, Belgium
- 2021
- "Holding Pattern," Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK (Link)
- 2020
- "Sense of Self," Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York NY
- "Four Paintings," Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
- 2017
- "Mutual Admiration Society," Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL
- "Nicola Tyson," Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis, MO (Link)
- "A Tendency to Flock," Sadie Cole’s, London, UK
- "Beyond the Trace," The Drawing Room, London, UK
- 2016
- “Works on Paper,” Friedrich Petzel, New York, NY
- “Living Dangerously,” two person show with Angela Dufresne, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
- 2015
- Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
- "Goodbye/Hello,” Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France
- 2014
- "Trouble in Happiness," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
- 2013
- Nicola Tyson: Bowie Nights at Billy's Club, London, 1978, Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
- 2012
- Nicola Tyson: Bowie Nights at Billy's Club, London, 1978, White Columns, NY (Link)
- 2011
- Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY
- 2009
- Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
- Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY
- 2007
- Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, CA
- Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY
- 2006
- Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY
- 2005
- Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
- Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
- 2003
- Heads, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY
- Oeuvres Recentes, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France
- 2002
- Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY
- 2001
- Galeria Carnargo Vilaca, Sao Paulo, Brasil
- 2000
- Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France
- 1999
- Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
- 1998
- Kunsthalle Zurich, Switzerland
- Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France
- 1997
- Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY
- 1995
- Anthony dOffay Gallery, London, UK
- Entwistle Gallery, London, UK
- Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY
- 1993
- Trial Balloon, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
- 2023
- "Perpetual Portrait," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- 2022
- "Plants Now!" Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- "Women Painting Women," The Modern, Fort Worth, TX
- 2021
- "20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- 2020
- "100 Drawings from Now," The Drawing Center, New York City, NY
- 2019
- "Pulled in Brooklyn," International Print Center, New York, NY
- "This Woman’s Work: Female Artists in the Swindon Collection," Swindon Museum and Art Gallery, Swindon, UK
- 2018
- "ISelf Collection: The Upset Bucket," Whitechapel Gallery, London (cat.)
- "Nudes," Sadie Coles HQ, London
- "Close: Drawn Portraits," Drawing Room, London
- “Cast of Characters,” Bureau of General Services—Queer Division and The LGBT Community Center, New York, NY
- 2017
- "Mutual Admiration Society," Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago
- “Petzel at Nanzuka,” Nanzuka, Tokyo, Japan
- "SomeBodies,” Petzel Gallery, New York, NY
- 2016
- “Belief and Doubt: Selections from the Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz Collection, NSU Art Museum, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- “Portraits,” Skarstedt, New York, NY
- 2014
- "New Dawn", curated by Leidy Churchman, Silberkuppe, Berlin
- "The Nakeds," the Drawing Room, London, UK
- 2013
- "ICA Off-Site: A Journey Through London's Subculture: 1980s to Now", Old Selfridges Hotel, London
- The Cat Show, curated by Rhonda Lieberman, White Columns, New York
- Facture and Fidelity: Painting Between Abstraction and Figuration, 1945 2010, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio
- 2012
- Bowie Nights at Billys Club, London, 1978, White Columns, New York I glove U, curated by Ridley Howard, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, Virginia.
- 2011
- CLAP, Hessel Museum of Art & CCS Galleries, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
- A Painting Show, Harris Lieberman, New York, NY
- Group Exhibition: Never Let Me Go curated by Terry R. Myers, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago IL
- Readykeulous: The Hurtful Healer: The Correspondence Issue, Invisible-Exports, New York, NY
- Kick in the Eye, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
- Looking Back / The 6th White Columns Annual, White Columns, New York
- Dark Christmas, Leo Koenig, New York
- 2010
- Monster, West Vancouver Museum, Vancouver, Canada
- A Site, Teverina Fine Art, Cortona, Italy
- Summer Exhibition, room curated by Fiona Rae, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, (catalog), Nominated for the Charles Wollaston Award
- "Vivid: Female Currents in PaintinG, curated by Janet Phelps, Schroeder Romero & Shredder Gallery
- Un-home-ly, Oakville Galleries, Toronto, Canada
- Culture Show, June 2011, Petzel, New York, NY
- 2009
- From the Sublime to the Ridiculous, Teverina Fine Art, Athens, Greece
- Movement Schmoovement, La Mama La Galleria, New York, NY
- 2008
- Kunst Im Heim, Capitain Petzel Gallery, Berlin
- Second Thoughts, Hessel Musesum of Art, Center of Curatorial Studies, Bard College, NY
- Out of Shape: Stylistic Distortions of the Human Form in Art from the Logan Collection, The Frances Lehnman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
- 2007
- Exhibitionism: An Exhibition of Exhibitions of Works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection, Center of Curatorial Studies, Bard College, NY
- Dont Look. Contemporary Drawings from an Alumnas Collection (Martina Yamin, Class of 1958), Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, MA
- At Home, Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York, NY
- Stuff: International Contemporary Art from the Collection of Burt Aaron, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, MI
- Shared Women, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
- The Sorcerers Apprentice, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2006
- Drawn into the World, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
- Donald Baechler, Saint Clair Cemin, George Condo, Nicola Tyson, Rebecca Warren: Works from the Ophiuchus Collection, Hydra Workshops, Greece
- Ridykeulous, Participant Inc., New York, NY
- 2005
- Les Grands Spectacles 120 Years of Art and Mass Culture, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Vienna
- UBS Openings, Level 3: Material Gestures, Tate Modern, London, UK
- Present Perfect, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY
- Art Now: Confronting Figures, Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, VT
- Slices of Life, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, NY
- 2004
- "Summer Exhibition", room curated by Gary Hume, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
- Sexy Beasts 1963 2004, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, NY
- Esprit, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France
- 2002
- Gallery Swap, Sadie Coles H.Q. London, Sommer Contemporary, Tel-Aviv, Israel
- Statements (six), Rita Ackerman, Mark Borthwick, Nicola Tyson, a project by Dornbracht, New York, NY
- 2000
- Drawing on the Figure: Works on Paper from the Manilow Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
- Greater New York, PS 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY
- Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
- Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France
- Blurry Lines, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
- Full Serve, Curated by Kenny Schacter, New York, NY
- 1999
- New Work: Painting Today Recent Acquisitions, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
- What Big Is, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
- 1998
- Pop Surrealism, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
- Drawings IV, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Some Women/Pretty Girls, Florida Atlantic University, Ritter Art Gallery, FL
- Galeria Camargo Vilaca, Sao Paulo, Brasil
- Chaos, Control, Chaos, Control. You Like? You Like, Curated by Anne Lemieux, Elias Fine Art, Boston, MA
- 1997
- A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Drawing, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
- Project Painting, Basilico Fine Arts & Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, NY
- Best of the Season, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
- Package Holiday: Works by British artists in the Ophiucus Collection, curated by Pauline Karpidas and Sadie Coles, Hydra
- New Work: Drawings Today, Curated by Janet Bishop and Gary Garrels, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- Drawings...An Annual Bi-coastal Invitational, Meyerson and Nowinski, Seattle, WA
- 1996
- Psycho-Morphing, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY
- 1995
- Works on Paper: Paul Myoda and Nicola Tyson, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY
- In a Different Light, curated by Nayland Blake and Lawrence RInder, University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
- 1994
- The Unsuccess Story, curated by Kenny Schachter 479 Broome Street, New York, NY
- Petzel/Borgmann Gallery, New York, NY
- I Could Do That, Curated by Kenny Schachter, 109 Greene Street, New York, NY
- 1993
- The Return of the Cadavre Exquis, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
- 1992
- part FANTASY, Trial BALLOON, New York; traveled to:
- Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
- The University of British Columbia, Vancouver
- The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, 1994
- 1991
- Queer, Minor Injury, New York, NY
- 1990
- Milch Gallery, London, UK
- 1989
- The Whitechapel Open, The Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
- 1988
- The Whitechapel Open, The Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
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- 2015
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- 2008
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- 2007
- Impulse: Works on Paper, The Logan Collection Vail, Catalogue, p. 154
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- Donald Baechler, Saint Clair Cemin, George Condo, Nicola Tyson, Rebecca Warren: Works from the Ophiuchus Collection, Hydra Workshops, Greece, p. 7, 13, 15, 19
- Mullins, Charlotte, The Figure Unraveled, Painting People: figure painting today, Distributed Art Publishers
- Conner, Justin, Nicola Tyson, Artkrush, February 8 21
- Yablonsky, Linda, Reviews: Nicola Tyson, Time Out New York, February 2 8, p. 62
- Gleuck, Grace, Art in Review, The New York Times, January 27
- Calendar, New York Sun, January 26, p. 10
- 2005
- Nicola Tyson, Dublin, The Douglas Hyde Gallery
- Brehm, Margrit, Balancing Acts and Masquerades, Les Grands Spectacles 120 Years of Art and Mass Culture, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Hatje Cantz Verlag, pp. 156-165
- Searle, Adrian, Where Laughter Comes In, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Exhibition catalogue, pp. 1-4
- Colman, David, The Country Girl, Elle Dcor, November, pp.204-209
- Nicola Tyson, Keith Edmier, The Dubliner, July 15
- Dunne, Aidan, Fascinating Bodies of Work, Irish Times, July 6
- Leen, Catherine, Nicola Tyson, Sunday Times, July 3
- Feaver, William, Nicola Tyson, Artnews, June, p.134
- Falconer, Morgan, Contemporary Painting: London, The Burlington Magazine, April, p. 269-271
- Nicola Tyson, Tema Celeste, issue 108, March-April
- Smyth, Cherry, Nicola Tyson, Art Monthly, March
- 2004
- Grassner, Hubertus, Preface, Moving energies # 02 1, Museum Folkwang Essen, 2004
- 2003
- Hirsch, Faye, Special: Monotypes, Art on Paper, May-June, pp. 64-65
- Barone, Mary, Out With Mary, Artnet.com, February 4
- Levin, Kim, Jon Pylypchuk + Nicola Tyson, The Village Voice, February 12
- Gruner, Fisun, Colorful Characters, Metro Life, January 21
- 2002
- Cotter, Holland, Art in Review Nicola Tyson, The New York Times, May 24, p. E37
- Quadt, Edgar, Kunst als Ritual, Art Investor, no. 03, 2002, p. 12
- 2001
- Krajewski, Sara, Extended Review: Blurry Lines, John Michael Kohler Center for the Arts, New Art Examiner, March 2001, p. 47
- 2000
- DSouza, Aruna, Nicola Tyson, Art in America, February, pp. 124-125
- Hammond, Harmony, Lesbian Art in America: A Contemporary History, Rizzoli, New York
- 1999
- Coomer, Martin, Time Out London, March 17-24. p. 50
- Nicola Tyson, The New Yorker, November 1,
- Grant, Simon, The Guide, The Guardian, February 27-March 5,
- Hirsch, Faye, Paper Trail, Art On Paper, March-April, vol. 3-4, pp. 22-23
- Hirsch, Faye, Working Proof, Art on Paper, January-February, vol. 3, p. 55
- Johnson, Ken, Art in Review Nicola Tyson, The New York Times, October 29
- Schwender, Martha, Nicola Tyson, Time Out New York, November 11-18, p. 86
- 1998
- Burgi, Mendes, The Beginning of Transformation, Kunsthalle Zrich
- Pop Surrealism, Exhibition Catalogue, Aldrich Museum, p. 126
- Nicola Tyson, Exhibition Catalogue, Kunsthalle Zurich
- Katz, Vincent, Art in America, January, no. 1, pp. 98-99
- Kimmelman, Michael, In Connecticut, Where Caravaggio First Landed, New York Times, July 17
- Kurjakovic, Daniel, Nicola Tyson in der Kunsthalle Zrich, Kunst-Bulletin, no. 3
- Rabi, Thomas, Wandlungen der Selbstwahrnehmung, Neue Zrcher Zeitung, January 29
- Nigg, Marie Louise, in sich versponnen, Zrichsee-Zeitungen, January 28
- Maurer, Simon, Heimliche Selbstbildnisse, Tages-Anzeiger, January 19
- Kunsthalle Zrich: Nicola Tyson, Basler Zeitung, January 20
- Wst, Karl, Verstmmelte Innenansichten, Bnder Zeitung, January 19
- 1997
- Nicola Tyson, Exhibition Catalogue, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York
- Cotter, Holland, Ideas from the Air, Wrapped in Paper, The New York Times, December 19
- Danbrot, Lisa, Nicola Tyson, Zing Magazine, Summer, pp. 230-231
- Ebony, David, New Yorks Top Ten, Artnet Magazine Online
- Jana, Reena, New Work: Drawings Today, Flash Art, October, p. 75
- Levin, Kim, Voice Choices: Nicola Tyson, Village Voice, April 1, p. 13
- Nicola Tyson, The New Yorker, April 7,
- Sand, Olivia, Nicola Tyson at Friedrich Petzel Gallery, Artis, June-July, pp. 66-67
- Schjeldahl, Peter, Painting Rules, The Village Voice, September 30, p. 97
- Smith, Roberta, Art in Review Nicola Tyson, The New York Times, March
- 1996
- Smith, Cherry, Damn Fine Art By New Lesbian Artists, London, Cassell
- Beech, David, Enttaeuschung & Katastrophe. Ein Besuch der Nicola Tyson-Ausstellung in den Anthony dOffay
- Galleries, London, Texte Zur Kunst, March 1996, no. 21, pp. 187-190
- Lyttleton, Celia, Nicola Tyson, Tatler, January 1996, p. 16
- Plagens, Peter, Lady Painters? Smile When You Say That, Newsweek, September 30, pp. 82- 83
- Searle, Adrian, Time Out London, January 3-10, p. 46
- 1995
- A Brief History of Trial Balloon. : Different Light: Visual Culture, Sexual Identity, Queer Practice, San Francisco, City Lights Books
- Searle, Adrian, The Independent, November 7, p. 8
- Smyth, Cherry, Nicola Tyson, Art Monthly, September, pp. 35-37
- Cameron, Dan, Nicola Tyson, Frieze, Summer, p. 74
- Hirsch, Faye, Erotic Autopsy, World Art, Summer, pp. 42-44
- Seward, Keith, Nicola Tyson, Artforum, Summer, pp. 106-107
- Pederson, Victoria, Nicola Tyson, Paper, April, p. 106
- Glueck, Grace, Nicola Tyson, New York Observer, April 10, p. 22
- Kimmelman, Michael, Art in Review Nicola Tyson, New York Times, March 17
- 1994
- Saltz, Jerry, Art in America, May
- 1991
- Hall, James, Art International, Spring-Summer, no. 14, p.73
- Morgan, Stuart, Milch is Good for You, Artscribe, January, no. 85, pp. 13-14
- 1990
- Morgan, Stuart, Time Out, August 22-29
- Hilton, Tim, The Bubble Bursts, The Guardian, October 5
Public Collections
- Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
- Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
- Tate Gallery, London, UK
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
- National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.
- Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
- Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
- UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA