Born 1980 Lausanne, Switzerland
Lives in New York

Education

2009

MFA, Glasgow School of Art, United Kingdom

2004

BFA, Lausanne School of Art, Switzerland

Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions

2026

Karma, New York, Dead Fish 

2025

Hauser & Wirth, London, Nicolas Party: Clotho
Holburne Museum, Bath, United Kingdom, Nicolas Party: Copper & Dust

2024 

The Warehouse, Dallas, Texas, Nicolas Party: Ewe in the Field 

Hoam Museum of Art, Yongin, South Korea, Dust 

Kaufmann Repetto, Milan, Seahorse 

2023 

Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany, Nicolas Party: When Tomorrow Comes

Hauser & Wirth, New York, Swamp  

Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, Texas, Nicolas Party: Landscape 

The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Cretaceous  

The Frick Collection, New York, Nicolas Party and Rosalba Carriera

Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Cascade 

2022 

Hauser & Wirth, Hong Kong, Red Forest 

Poldi Pezzoli Museum, Milan, Triptych 

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Québec, L’heure mauve 

2021

Karma, New York, Watercolor 

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, Draw the Curtain  

Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany, Nicolas Party | Stage Fright, curated by Lea Altner 

Le Consortium, Dijon, France, Boilly 

Kunsthalle Marcel Duchamp, Cully, Switzerland, Heads and Cave  

MASI Lugano, Switzerland, Rovine 

2020 

Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles, Sottobosco 

2019 

Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Grotto 

Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles, Trees

FLAG Art Foundation, New York, Nicolas Party: Pastel

Marble House, Newport, Rhode Island, Nicolas Party: MARBLE GHOSTS

The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Polychrome 

2018 

M WOODS Museum, Beijing, Arches 

Magritte Museum, Brussels, Magritte parti 

The Modern Institute, Aird’s Lane Green Space, Glasgow, Head 

Galerie Gregor Staiger, Zurich, Heads 

kaufmann repetto, Milan, Pietra Dura 

2017 

Karma, New York, Pastel 

The Arnold and Marie Schwartz Gallery, Metropolitan Opera, New York, Dinner for 24 Sheep 

Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Three Seasons 

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, sunrise, sunset 

Modern Art Oxford, United Kingdom, Speakers

2016 

Palazzo Antinori, Florence, Italy, Nicolas Party in the Garden Room, curated by Ilaria Bonacossa

Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, Hammer Projects: Nicolas Party, curated by Ali Subotnick 

Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, Nicolas Party: Pathway, curated by Nolan Jimbo and Gavin Delahunty

The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Three Cats 

Centre d’art Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Cimaise 

Glasgow Print Studio, United Kingdom, Mezzotint 

2015 

RISE Projects, London, Nicolas Party and Jesse Wine: Snails in Notting Hill 

kaufmann repetto, Milan, Snails’ Chapel 

SALTS, Birsfelden, Switzerland, Panorama 

Inverleith House, Edinburgh, Scotland, Boys and Pastel 

kaufmann repetto, Milan, Two Naked Women 

Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, Pastel et nu 

2014 

Westfälischer Kunstverein, Munich, Germany, Trunks and Faces, curated by Kristina Scepanski

Kunsthall Stavanger, Norway, Landscape 

Galerie Gregor Staiger, Zurich, Pastel 

David Dale Gallery, Glasgow, Carrot Stairs 

Bonner Kunstverein, Germany, Three Elephant’s Days: Nicolas Party, Serge Vuille 

2013 

The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Still Life Oil Paintings and Landscape Watercolours 

Davel 14, Cully, Switzerland, Cully Jazz 

2012 

Salon 94, New York, Dinner for 24 Dogs 

Galerie Gregor Staiger, Zurich, Still Lifes and Big Naked Women 

Swiss Institute, New York, Still Life, Stones, and Elephants

2011 

Remap 3, Athens, Greece, Still Life, Gold and Peeling Paint 

Upstairs at The Modern Institute Osborne Street, Glasgow, Dinner for 24 Elephants 

The Woodmill, London, Elephants at the Woodmill 

Doll Espace D’Art Contemporain, Lausanne, Switzerland, Charlotte, with Stephane Devidal 

2010 

Le Rez de Chaussee, Glasgow, Elephants, spoons and sausage rolls 

Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, New Work Scotland 

Intermedia, Glasgow, Teapots and Sausages 

La Placette, Lausanne, Switzerland, Teapots, Bread and Sausages 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2025 

Malta International Contemporary Art Space, Floriana, Milton Avery and his Influence on  Contemporary Art 

Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New York, Nicolas Party and Surrealism: An Artist’s Take on the  Movement 

FLAG Art Foundation, New York, A Rose Is 

Musée Jenisch Vevey, Switzerland, Hommage à Félix Vallotton 

Galerie Gregor Staiger, Zurich, Switzerland, Tribute to a Lake 

Brooklyn Museum, New York, Breaking the Mold: Brooklyn Museum at 200

Centre Pompidou Metz, France, Copyists

Plymouth, United Kingdom, Forbidden Territories: 100 Years of Surreal Landscapes

2024 

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri, Infinite Regress: Mystical Abstraction from the Permanent Collection and Beyond 

Hepworth Wakefield, United Kingdom, Forbidden Territories: 100 Years of Surreal Landscapes 

Karma, Thomaston, Maine, A Particular Kind of Heaven 

Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica in collaboration with Aïshti Foundation, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Day for Night: New American Realism, curated by Massimiliano Gioni and Flaminia Gennari Santori 

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland, APROPOS HODLER  

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada, Two by Two, Together: Recent Additions to the MMFA’s Collection

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, Revolutions: Art from the Hirshhorn Collection, 1860–1960

M+, Hong Kong, Shanshui: Echoes and Signals

2023 

Level & Co, New York, Into Another World  

Hauser & Wirth, New York, Exemplary Modern: Sophie Taeuber-Arp with Contemporary Artists  

The Modern Institute, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Cretaceous 

Parker Gallery, Los Angeles, Wishing Well  

Gowen Contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland, REVIVAL I – XVIIIe siècle 

Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany, Dix and the Present 

2022 

Margot Samel, New York, To be a giant and keep quiet about it 

Art & Newport, Isaac Bell House, Newport, Rhode Island, Pictus Porrectus: Reconsidering the Full-Length Portrait 

David Zwirner, New York, For Keeps: Selected Parkett Editions 1984–2017 

Acquavella Galleries, New York, Unnatural Nature: Post-Pop Landscapes 

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Artists Inspired by Music: Interscope Reimagined  

Alexander Berggruen, New York, The Natural World: Part I

2021 

Tif Sigfrids, New York, Eau de Vallotton 

Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, Italy, Museum for Preventive Imagination 

FLAG Art Foundation, New York, and I will wear you in my heart of heart 

Le Consortium, Dijon, France, L’Almanach 20 

Foundation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne, Switzerland, Hans Emmenegger 

Galerie Gregor Staiger, Zurich, yes. this is how we pierce the vault of heaven 

The Hole, New York, Nature Morte 

2020 

Karma, New York, (Nothing but) Flowers 

kaufman repetto, Milan, vent’anni – twenty years 

Hauser & Wirth, New York, Artists for New York 

Museo Jumex, Mexico City, Colección Jumex: On the Razor’s Edge 

Zënza Sëida Cultural Association, Dolomites, Italy, Biennale Gherdëina 7 – a breath? a name? – the ways of worldmaking

Kunsthaus Zürich, Shall und Rauch 

McCabe Fine Art, New York, Figures and Faces. A McCabe Pop Up Exhibition in New York 

2019 

GRIMM, New York, Away in the hill 

Phillips, London, HYSTERICAL 

2018 

Mendes Wood DM, Brussels, Nightfall

Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium, The Biennial of Painting 

Herald St, London, Use Your Illusion 

Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, Open House 

Parkett @ Nomad St. Moritz, Samedan, Switzerland, SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL 

FRAC Lorraine, Metz, France, You Remind Me of Someone 

Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne, Switzerland, Pastels du 16e au 21e siècle 

2017 

Künstlerhaus Bremen, Germany, Wie werden wir uns wiedererkennen, curated by Fanny Gonella 

Fondation Vincent Van Gogh Arles, France, La Vie simple – Simplement la vie / Songs of Alienation

2016 

S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium, These Strangers… Painting and People 

Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, Olympia; organized by Karma, New York 

Inverleith House, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, I Still Believe in Miracles 

König Galerie, Berlin, Surreal 

Kunsthalle Emden, Germany, VITAMINBOMBE Früchtebilder von Picasso bis Warhol 

2015 

Shanaynay, Paris, Full House 

Salon 94, New York, Tiger Tiger 

Antinori nel Chianti Classico, Cantina del Bargino, Florence, Italy, STILL-LIFE Remix

Shanghai Himalayas Museum, China, Poster Club: Wheat, Mud, Machine 

2014 

Natalia Hug Gallery, Cologne, I’m So Green 

Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia, I’m a Painting 

2013 

Neues Museum, Nürnberg, Germany, /prospekt/ Funktion/Disfunktion – Kunstzentrum Glasgow

Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, Uri Aran, JWDB, Nicolas Party 

Glasgow Print Studio, United Kingdom, 40/40 

Bonner Kunstverein, Germany, IHRE GESCHICHTE(N) 

Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, Just What Is Not Is Possible–Painting in Space The Walled Garden, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 157 Days of Sunshine 

2012 

Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, CARPETS OF DISTINCTION 

Gregor Staiger, Zurich, The Best of Times 

R4, Ile Seguin, Paris, Allez-y 

The Duchy Gallery, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Arrives In Starting 

2011 

Eastside Projects, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Painting Show 

Eastside Projects, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Poster Club 

Glasgow Print Studio, United Kingdom, Poster Chaud 

Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Blueprint for a Bogey 

Travelling Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Draw in 

The Royal Standard, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Elephants at The Royal Standard 

2010 

Le Quartier Centre d’Art Contemporain, Quimper, United Kingdom, Air de jeux 

Mary Mary, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Interference with twigs 

The Glue Factory, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Kiss of death 

Temporary Space, Glasgow, United Kingdom, The Show in the Shoe 

2009 

Project Room, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Gazing Ball 

Tramway, Glasgow, United Kingdom, MFA Show 

Festival les Urbain, Arsenic, Lausanne, Switzerland, The Complete World History of Terrorism as it is Known Today + Solution (traveled to Plateaux Festival Mousonturm, Frankfurt, Germany)

2008 

Galerie Analix, Geneva, Switzerland, Fertiles differences 

Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition 

Kunsthaus, Langenthalle, Switzerland, Unter < 30 

Messe, Basel, Switzerland, Swiss Art Award 

2007 

Ford, Geneva, Switzerland, Blakadama 

Docks, Lausanne, Switzerland, Les Urbaines 

Ford, Geneva, Switzerland, OB zine 

Centre Pasquart, Bienne, Switzerland, Unter < 30 

Ford, Geneva, Switzerland, Wunder stanza 

2006 

Espace Bellevaux, Lausanne, Switzerland, Blakam madame 2 

Espace Bellevaux, Lausanne, Switzerland

Circuit, Lausanne, Switzerland, Mini golf 

Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland, Viper Basel

2005 

La Rusille, Vallorbe, Switzerland, Elle procure des plaisirs qui n’ont rien à voir avec le plaisir de se gratter 

Goethe-Institute, Kyoto, Swiss Videolandscape Today | lopped sensations (traveled to Park Tower Hall, Tokyo)

2004 

Arsenic, Lausanne, Switzerland, Cinquième partie 

2003 

Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland, Désire Design 

Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid, MediaSpace Suiza 

Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland, Viper Basel 

2002 

Plug.in, Basel, Switzerland, Viper 22 replay 2 

COMMISSIONS AND PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS 

2024 

Le Sirenuse, Positano, Italy, Artists at Le Sirenuse 

2021 

RxArt, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Trees For Children 

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC, Draw the Curtain

2020

RxArt, Los Angeles Children’s Hospital, Pipeline. Nicolas Party for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

2017

The Metropolitan Opera, New York, Dinner for 24 Sheep

Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh, Scotland, Nicolas Party: Cafe Party

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

2008

Swiss Art Award, Messe, Basel, Switzerland

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Aïshti Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Antinori Art Project, Tuscany

Brooklyn Museum, New York

Consortium Museum, Dijon, France

Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

David Roberts Art Foundation, London

Elie Khouri Foundation, Dubai

Fiorucci Art Trust, London

Fondazione Fiera Milano

Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin

Fundación Medianoche, Granada, Spain

Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, Texas

Hammer Museum, Los Angeles

He Art Museum, Foshan, China

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC

Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami

Julius Baer Art Collection

Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh

K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong

Kunsthall Stavanger, Norway

Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland

Le Consortium, Dijon, France

Long Museum, Shanghai

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris

M+, Hong Kong

Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles

Masahiro Maki Foundation, Tokyo

Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, Paris

Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland

Moderna Museet, Stockholm

Morgan Library & Museum, New York

Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas

Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany

M WOODS, Beijing

Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas

National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul

Roberts Institute of Art, London

Roche Art Collection, Basel, Switzerland

Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Brussels

Rubell Family Collection, Miami, Florida

X Museum, Beijing

PUBLICATIONS

2025

Nicolas Party: Murals

Hauser & Wirth, New York

2024

Nicolas Party: Dust

Hoam Museum of Art, Seoul

2022

Nicolas Party: L’heure mauve

Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal

(Nothing but) Flowers

Karma, New York

Nicolas Party

Phaidon, New York

2021

Nicolas Party: Watercolor

Karma, New York

Nicolas Party: Rovine

Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana, Lugano/Edizioni Casagrande/Scheidegger & Spiess

Pastel: An Exhibition by Nicolas Party

FLAG Art Foundation, New York

2019

Gertrude Abercrombie, Ann Craven, Nicolas Party, Matthew Wong

Karma, New York

2018

Still Life Paintings by William Nicholson, Giorgio Morandi, Euan Uglow, Felix Vallotton, 2008

Karma, New York

2017

Nicolas Party: Pastel

Karma, New York

2014

Nicolas Party: Pastel

Galerie Gregor Staiger, Zurich 

2011

Nicolas Party 

The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow