Nicole Hansen is a narrative artist from the Pacific Northwest, whose first studio was an abandoned two-story chicken coop at her childhood home. At age six, she hid her favorite supplies in the built-in “cubbies” and imagined the day her work would hang in a gallery.

She has tried mediums from pastels to photography, though her favorites are graphite, charcoal and watercolor.

Her work explores dichotomy. She examines the secretes we hide or share, the reality that grief and joy can coexist, and the idea that shared compassion is the center space for opposing arguments.

She believes that the twisted rope binding life in darkness and light offers us choices to gain perspective, accept balance, shrink or grow.

She is actively involved in the arts community and recently founded a 501c3 to lead the restoration of a historic carousel.

SELECT EXHIBITIONS

2026 BEE MINE, Art Gallery 505 - Toledo

2024 WM Grassie (Solo) - Snoqualmie

2023 Art Gallery of SnoValley - Snoqualmie

2022 Art Gallery of SnoValley - Snoqualmie

2021 37th Juried Open Exhibition, Visual Arts Alliance - Houston
(Juror Harry Cooper, PhD, Senior Curator and Head of Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.)
Art Gallery of SnoValley - Snoqualmie