“Nudelman renders the saucerlike forms, visible in the distance through bare-branched trees and above rolling hills, with a light touch and a meticulous hatching technique that suggests a grainy Kodachrome lustre.”

Johanna Fateman, The New Yorker


Education

2009 MFA Painting/Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2007 BFA Printmaking, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY


Solo Exhibitions

2020
And Yet, Fortnight Institute, New York, NY

2012
Seeing Things, Thomas Robertello Gallery, Chicago, IL
Lookin’ Out My Back Door, Thomas Robertello Gallery Project Space, Chicago, IL

2011
Keeping It Real, The Salon Series, Chicago, IL

2010
Light & Magic, Thomas Robertello Gallery, Chicago, IL


Selected Group Exhibitions

2024
Plum Season, 5. Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
( UFO ), Phil Space, Santa Fe, NM (upcoming)

2023
The Moon Belongs to Everyone, Smoke the Moon, Santa Fe, NM

2022
Break of Day, Edge of Night, The Painting Center, New York, NY
500 Below, Smoke the Moon, Santa Fe, NM

2021
Space Camp, Good Naked/Calendar, Albuquerque, NM

2020
New Moon, The Valley, Taos, NM
Winter Solstice: Art, Books, and Ephemera (online), Fortnight Institute, New York, NY
Celestial Opera, Human Cathedrals, Paradice Palase, Brooklyn, NY
GIFC, Hot Paper
Good Naked, Brooklyn, NY
Art in Place, Standard Space, Sharon, CT

2019
Regalos, Hecho a Mano, Santa Fe, NM
Enormous Tiny Art, Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH
There and Somewhere In Between, GHOST, Omaha, NE

2018
Frontiers, SPRING/BREAK 2018, New York, NY
Enormous Tiny Art, Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH

2017
Casheesh!, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Seeking Space, Beyond Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Quixotic, (two person exhibition) Zrobili, Brooklyn, NY
Postcards from the Edge, Metro Pictures, New York, NY
36th Bradley International Print & Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University Galleries, Peoria, IL

2016
Seeking Space, David & Schweitzer Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY
Travels, (two person exhibition) Zrobili, Brooklyn, NY

2015
Positive Reinforcement, Gallery Four, Baltimore, MD
Association Volume 7 Launch Party, AAP NYC, New York, NY
Berning Up Brooklyn, The Paper Box, Brooklyn, NY
Seeking Space, Be Electric, Brooklyn, NY
Radiance, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Making History, Storefront Ten Eyck, Brooklyn, NY

2014
Starwalker, ThreeWalls Benefit (with The Salon Series), Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
Sarah Hicks and Mike Nudelman (two person exhibition), Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Armatures of Audubon, Kentucky School of Art, Louisville, KY

2013
Enigma, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Chicago, IL
Digitizing Art (with The Salon Series & Chicago Artist Coalition), TechWeek Chicago Panel, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL

2012
MDW Fair (with The Salon Series), Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
Insignia (three person exhibition), 3012 Archer, Chicago, IL
Where My Cones At?, traveling exhibition: Double Break, San Diego, CA / POVevolving, Los Angeles, CA
Version Fest 12 (with The Salon Series), MD Gallery, Chicago, IL
Flora, Abryant Gallery, Loft on Lake, Chicago, IL

2011
Mischief Night: Flesh and Bone II, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Composite in 3D, Autotelic Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art Santa Fe (with Thomas Robertello Gallery), Santa Fe, NM
MDW Fair, Peregrine Papers (with Peregrine Program), Chicago, IL
Pocket, Cart Watch, Puerto Rico
A Coupling, Hungryman Gallery, Chicago, IL

2010
Art Loop Open, Macy’s & Block 37, Chicago, IL
You’re Not Making Art, Zrobili, Chicago, IL
Art Santa Fe (with Thomas Robertello Gallery), Santa Fe, NM
About Face, Thomas Robertello Gallery, Chicago, IL
NEXT Art Fair (with Thomas Robertello Gallery), Chicago, IL
Get Your Fix, Zrobili, Chicago, IL

2009
Soggy Pretzels (two person exhibition), Zrobili, Chicago, IL
Fest Fest, Julius Caesar, Chicago, IL
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Graduate Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
New Work, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL

2008
New Work, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago IL
Paper Love, Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago, IL
Club Choice Exhibition, Union League Civic & Arts Foundation, Chicago, IL
Hello My Name Is… International Sticker Award Exhibition, Grassi Museum for Ethnographical Studies, Leipzig, Germany

2007
Spacing Place (two person BFA thesis exhibition), Olive Tjaden Gallery, Ithaca, NY
Pre-Thesis Exhibition, Fine Arts Library, Ithaca, NY

2006
Cornell In Rome, traveling exhibition: Palazzo Lazzaroni, Rome Italy / Hartell Gallery, Ithaca, NY
Student Art Showcase, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY

Selected Press

2022
Morgan Laurens, 10 Spook-tacular Artists to Get You Into the Halloween Spirit, Not Real Art, October 12.
Graphite Journal, GRAPHITE XIII: Omen.
The Painting Center, Break of Day, Edge of Night Catalogue.

2021
Booooooom, Artist Spotlight: Mike Nudelman.
ArtMaze Magazine, Issue 22, Curated by Fabiola Alondra and Jane Harmon.
The Coastal Post, Remote Studio Visit.
Morgan Laurens, Artist Mike Nudelman Elevates the Mundane to Sublime, Supernatural Heights, Not Real Art, April 19.

2020
Paradice Palase, Practical Magic: Mike Nudelman.
Celestial Opera, Human Cathedrals catalog, Curated by Lauren Wolchik.
Johanna Fateman, Mike Nudelman and Sophie Varin, The New Yorker, July 18.
J. M. Belmont, Art in Place Online at Standard Space, Artscope, April 13.
ArtMaze Magazine, Issue 17, Curated by Matthew F. Fisher.

2019
California Sunday Magazine, The Escape Issue, October 2019
Maake Magazine, Interview with Mike Nudelman, Questions by Andreana Donahue.
Maake Magazine, Issue 09, Curated by Hein Koh.
GHOST, Artist Interview.

2018
Alex Greenberger and Claire Selvin, In Seventh Edition, Spring/Break, Strange as Ever, Responds to World’s Tense Cultural Climate, ArtNews, March 6.

2017
Psychic Jacuzzi Instagram takeover, October 16-22.
Jeff Hamada, Booooooom, Artist Spotlight: Mike Nudelman, July 14.
The Morning News, In case you’re wondering what’s possible with a ballpoint pen: Drawings by New York’s Mike Nudelman, July 15.
Joseph Peggler, Featured artist, The Lucky Jotter, August 14.

2016
Making History Bushwick, Arts in Bushwick in collaboration with David & Schweitzer Contemporary. Link

2015
Top Ten Art Shows of 2015, City Paper, December 23.
AAP Association, Vol. 7.
Lia Simone, Making History at Storefront Ten Eyck Gallery, Art Fuse Magazine, May 1.
James Panero, Critic's Notebook, The New Criterion, April 20.

2014
Bill Wine, Kentucky School of Art "Flight Night," The Voice-Tribune, September 8.
Sam Cholke, Not Or, But And, DNAInfo Chicago, July 8.

2013
Jeriah Hildwine, Mike Nudelman: Seeing Things, Art Pulse Magazine, No. 14, Vol. 4, 2013.
Chris Narbone, Recap of TechWeek Chicago, Chicago Tribune, July 1.
Catherine Gilbert, The 22 Magazine, August 6.
New American Paintings, No. 107, Midwest Edition, August '13.

2012
Steven Zevitas, Seeing Things, Must See Painting Shows: November, New American Paintings, November 14.
Lori Waxman, Global Art Fair Could Paint City Differently, Chicago Tribune, November 14.
Jason Foumberg, Eye Exam: Second to None, Newcity Art, November 13.
Alicia Eler, The Best of Chicago’s MDW Art Fair: Cat Taxidermy, Tarot, and Interactive Icebergs, Hyperallergic, November 13.
Stephanie Burke, Seeing Things, Top 5 Weekend Picks, Bad at Sports, November 9.
Stephen Ragalie, Seeing Things, Weekly Picks, Chi Critics, November 8.
Harrison Smith, Seeing Things, Fall Art Preview 2012, Newcity Art, August 30.
Julian Rogers, Where My Cones At?, Dodo Editions, August 20.
Shawnee Barton, The Biggest Little Show in Town, The San Diego Union-Tribune, August 16.
Juxtapoz Magazine, Where My Cones At? @ Double Break, San Diego, July 26.
Stephanie Burke, Lookin’ Out My Back Door, Top 5 Weekend Picks, Bad at Sports, March 16.

2011
Amalie Drury, Keeping it Real, Chicago Magazine, May 24.
Amy Cavanaugh, Salon Series: Appetite for Art, CBS Chicago, September 5.
Composite Arts Magazine, No. 4 Doppelganger, Summer 2011.
Stephanie Burke, A Coupling at Hungryman Gallery, Top 5 Weekend Picks, Bad at Sports, February 10.

2010
Jaime Calder, About Face, NewCity Art, July 5.
Robin Dluzen, About Face, Chicago Art Magazine, June 15. Link
Jeriah Hildwine & Stephanie Burke, About Face, Monday Morning Quarterback, Art Talk Chicago, June 14.
Monica Westin, About Face, Flavorpill Chicago, Issue 302, June 29 – July 5.
Lauren Weinberg, About Face, Time Out Chicago, Issue 279, July 1 – 7.
Stephanie Burke, About Face at Thomas Robertello Gallery, Top 5 Weekend Picks, Bad at Sports, June 10.
New American Paintings, No. 89, Midwest Edition, September ’10.
New American Paintings, Annual Prize: Reader’s Choice Poll, December 17.

2009
Andreas Ullrich & Wildsmile Studios, Stickers 2, Publisher: Gestalten Verlag, August ’09.

2008
Lauren Weinberg, Paper Love, Time Out Chicago, Issue 177, July 17 – 23.


Professional Activities

2023
Collaboration with Student Printers Program, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM

2017
Professional Mentor, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

2015
“Lunch Speaker Series with Peter Mendelsund” moderator, Insider, New York, NY

2013
“Digital Art: From Easels to Pixels” panelist, The Salon Series & Chicago Artist Coalition, TechWeek Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL