Ken Nicol

Ken Nicol portrait

Ken Nicol has exhibited his work previously in an impressive number of exhibitions at MKG127 and Scrap Metal here in Toronto, the McMaster Gallery in Hamilton, RH Gallery in New York and Artyard in New Jersey. The conceptual, contemporary, compulsive master of rude word formations, bugs, noodles, and a thousand fucks (while not giving a single one). Ken Nicol would like to gratefully acknowledge the support of Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council.

Available Artworks

this is your life (diptych) #47 (wednesday), 2015/2017
this is your life (diptych) #47 (wednesday), 2015/2017

artwork detail

this is your life (diptych) #47 (wednesday), 2015/2017

this is your life (diptych) #47 (wednesday), 2015/2017

Ken Nicol
typewriter ink on paper, ink on paper 31.5" x 21.5" - each
Ken Nicol inch cube(d) 2015
inch cube(d), 2015
Ken Nicol inch cubed sculpture
inch cube(d), 2015

artwork detail

inch cube(d), 2015

Ken Nicol
stainless steel, pencil on paper, ed. of 16 10.25” x 10.25” - each
Ken Nicol sol lewitt sentences mirror 4 2019
sol lewitt sentences mirror 4, 2019

sol lewitt sentences mirror 4, 2019

Ken Nicol
ink and typewrtten ink on paper 25.5” x 20.5”
Ken Nicol sol lewitt sentences mirror 3 2019
sol lewitt sentences mirror 3, 2019

sol lewitt sentences mirror 3, 2019

Ken Nicol
ink and typewrtten ink on paper 25.5” x 20.5”
Ken Nicol the most index cards trying to hide on letter sized paper 2019
the most index cards trying to hide on letter sized paper, 2019

the most index cards trying to hide on letter sized paper, 2019

Ken Nicol
pencil on paper 14” x 11.5”
Ken Nicol index card trying to hide on letter size paper 2019
index card trying to hide on letter size paper, 2019

index card trying to hide on letter size paper, 2019

Ken Nicol
pencil on paper 14” x 11.5”
Ken Nicol the most index cards trying to hide on ledger sized paper 2019
the most index cards trying to hide on ledger sized paper, 2019

the most index cards trying to hide on ledger sized paper, 2019

Ken Nicol
pencil on paper 14” X 20”
Ken Nicol letter on a4 and a4 on letter 2019
letter on a4 and a4 on letter, 2019

letter on a4 and a4 on letter, 2019

Ken Nicol
pencil on paper 15” x 12” - each
Ken Nicol mile that is square 4h 2019
mile that is square 4h, 2019

mile that is square 4h, 2019

Ken Nicol
pencil on paper 47.25” x 47.25”
Ken Nicol one mile hesitating every inch of the way - vertical 2019
one mile hesitating every inch of the way - vertical, 2019

one mile hesitating every inch of the way - vertical, 2019

Ken Nicol
ink on paper 44” x 64.5”
10,000 promise 2014-17
$10,000 promise , 2014-17

$10,000 promise , 2014-17

Ken Nicol
collected cheques, ink on paper, bottle (4-part) dimensions variable
ledger mile 2017
ledger mile, 2017

ledger mile, 2017

Ken Nicol
4h pencil on paper (6 parts) 14.5” x 20.5” - framed each
letter mile 2017
letter mile, 2017

letter mile, 2017

Ken Nicol
4h pencil on paper (13 parts) 14.5” x 12” - framed each
flogging a dead horse #10 2013
flogging a dead horse #10, 2013

flogging a dead horse #10, 2013

Ken Nicol
ink on paper (3 parts); pen, custom plinth dimensions variable
ellipsis- gabriel orozco 2017
ellipsis- gabriel orozco, 2017

ellipsis- gabriel orozco, 2017

Ken Nicol
steel, custom plinth 52” x 9” x 9”
ellipsis- cy twombly II 2017
ellipsis- cy twombly II, 2017

ellipsis- cy twombly II, 2017

Ken Nicol
steel, custom plinth 52” x 9” x 9”
ellipsis- marcel duchamp 2017
ellipsis- marcel duchamp, 2017

ellipsis- marcel duchamp, 2017

Ken Nicol
steel, custom plinth 52” x 9” x 9”
ellipsis- cy twombly 2017
ellipsis- cy twombly, 2017

ellipsis- cy twombly, 2017

Ken Nicol
steel, custom plinth 52” x 9” x 9”
ellipsis- anselm kiefer 2017
ellipsis- anselm kiefer, 2017

ellipsis- anselm kiefer, 2017

Ken Nicol
steel, custom plinth 52” x 9” x 9”
ellipsis- carl andre 2017
ellipsis- carl andre, 2017

ellipsis- carl andre, 2017

Ken Nicol
steel, custom plinth 52” x 9” x 9”
ellipsis- richard long 2015
ellipsis- richard long, 2015

ellipsis- richard long, 2015

Ken Nicol
steel, custom plinth 52” x 9” x 9”
14,774 sprinkles (1712 pink, 1731 green, 1758 yellow, 1788 red, 5964 white,1821 orange) 2017
14,774 sprinkles (1712 pink, 1731 green, 1758 yellow, 1788 red, 5964 white,1821 orange), 2017

14,774 sprinkles (1712 pink, 1731 green, 1758 yellow, 1788 red, 5964 white,1821 orange), 2017

Ken Nicol
sprinkles, custom plinth, framed print (2-part) dimensions variable
nothing is impossible 2018
nothing is impossible, 2018

nothing is impossible, 2018

Ken Nicol
typewritten without ink, ed. of 22 14.5" x 12"
cocksucker twins letter - 10,208 2020
cocksucker twins letter - 10,208, 2020

cocksucker twins letter - 10,208, 2020

Ken Nicol
ink on paper 14.5” x 12” - each
one hundred of the same clock 2015
one hundred of the same clock, 2015
one hundred of the same clock detail
one hundred of the same clock, 2015

artwork detail

one hundred of the same clock context
one hundred of the same clock, 2015

one hundred of the same clock, 2015

Ken Nicol
100 westclox baby bens, model 61v (1949-1955) 21.5” x 80”
letter 2015
letter, 2015

letter, 2015

Ken Nicol
ink on paper, diptych 11” x 8.5” - each paper
letters on ledger 2015
letters on ledger, 2015

letters on ledger, 2015

Ken Nicol
ink on paper 11” x 17” paper
letter on ledger 1 2015
letter on ledger 1, 2015

letter on ledger 1, 2015

Ken Nicol
ink on paper, diptych 11” x 17” each paper
letter on ledger 2 2015
letter on ledger 2, 2015

letter on ledger 2, 2015

Ken Nicol
ink on paper, diptych 11” x 17” each paper
letter on ledger 3 2015
letter on ledger 3, 2015

letter on ledger 3, 2015

Ken Nicol
ink on paper, diptych 11” x 17” each paper
ledger 2015
ledger, 2015

ledger, 2015

Ken Nicol
ink on paper, diptych 11” x 17” each paper
this is your life... (6) 2015
this is your life... (6), 2015

this is your life... (6), 2015

Ken Nicol
typewriter ink on paper 30" x 20" paper
this is your life... (16) 2015
this is your life... (16), 2015

this is your life... (16), 2015

Ken Nicol
typewriter ink on paper 30" x 20" paper
this is your life... (35) 2015
this is your life... (35), 2015

this is your life... (35), 2015

Ken Nicol
typewriter ink on paper 30" x 20" paper
this is your life... (50) 2015
this is your life... (50), 2015

this is your life... (50), 2015

Ken Nicol
typewriter ink on paper 30" x 20" paper
this is your life... (54) 2015
this is your life... (54), 2015

this is your life... (54), 2015

Ken Nicol
typewriter ink on paper 30" x 20" paper
counting to 100 100 times #9 2013
counting to 100, 100 times #9, 2013
counting to 100 100 times #9 detail
counting to 100, 100 times #9, 2013

artwork detail

counting to 100, 100 times #9, 2013

Ken Nicol
ink on paper 23.75” x 23.75”
fuck the bunny suit version 1 (piss) 2013
fuck the bunny suit version 1 (piss), 2013
fuck the bunny suit version 1 (piss) detail
fuck the bunny suit version 1 (piss), 2013

artwork detail

fuck the bunny suit version 1 (piss), 2013

Ken Nicol
ink on paper 28" x 21"
sentences on conceptural art - four part 2016
sentences on conceptual art - four part, 2016

sentences on conceptual art - four part, 2016

Ken Nicol
ink on paper and typewriter ink on paper 8.5” x 11” paper each
counting to one hundred, one hundred times - sculpture 2011
counting to one hundred, one hundred times - sculpture, 2011

counting to one hundred, one hundred times - sculpture, 2011

Ken Nicol
ink on paper 2” x 2”
one hundred inches 2014
one hundred inches, 2014

one hundred inches, 2014

Ken Nicol
stainless steel 2.5” x 2.5” x 1”
one hundred years (triptych) 2014
one hundred years (triptych), 2014

one hundred years (triptych), 2014

Ken Nicol
credit card statements 14.5” x 12” - each
two index cards that don’t like each other trying to hide on a letter page 2019
two index cards that don’t like each other trying to hide on a letter page, 2019

two index cards that don’t like each other trying to hide on a letter page, 2019

Ken Nicol
ink on paper 14.5” x 12”
misprinted index cards and diagram 2009/2019
misprinted index cards and diagram, 2009/2019

misprinted index cards and diagram, 2009/2019

Ken Nicol
index cards and pencil on paper 13.5” x 16” - each
index card trying to hide on a letter for jasper johns 2019
index card trying to hide on a letter for jasper johns, 2019

index card trying to hide on a letter for jasper johns, 2019

Ken Nicol
ink on paper 14.5” x 12”
two index card trying to hide on a letter overlap t 2019
two index card trying to hide on a letter overlap t, 2019

two index card trying to hide on a letter overlap t, 2019

Ken Nicol
ink on paper 12” x 14.5”
two index cards trying to hide on ledger inverse 2019
two index cards trying to hide on ledger inverse, 2019

two index cards trying to hide on ledger inverse, 2019

Ken Nicol
pencil on paper 11” x 17” - paper
36 legal boxes 2019
36 legal boxes, 2019

36 legal boxes, 2019

Ken Nicol
paper 54.5” x 14.5” x 9”
counting squares 242926, 2021
counting squares 242,926, 2021

counting squares 242,926, 2021

Ken Nicol
pencil on paper
this is your life... hour - 55-110, 2020
this is your life...covid hours 55-110, 2020

this is your life...covid hours 55-110, 2020

Ken Nicol
ink on paper
this is your life... work week - 684 x 192 + 672
this is your life... work week - 684 x 192 + 672, 2021

this is your life... work week - 684 x 192 + 672, 2021

Ken Nicol
ink on paper
this is your life... work week - 685 x 192 + 480
this is your life... work week - 685 x 192 + 480, 2021

this is your life... work week - 685 x 192 + 480, 2021

Ken Nicol
ink on paper
this is your life... work week - 687 x 192 + 96
this is your life... work week - 687 x 192 + 96, 2021

this is your life... work week - 687 x 192 + 96, 2021

Ken Nicol
ink on paper
this is your life... work week - 690 x 191 + 210
this is your life... work week - 690 x 191 + 210, 2021

this is your life... work week - 690 x 191 + 210, 2021

Ken Nicol
ink on paper
this is your life... work week - 691 x 191 + 19
this is your life... work week - 691 x 191 + 19, 2021

this is your life... work week - 691 x 191 + 19, 2021

Ken Nicol
ink on paper
this is your life... work week - 692 x 190 + 520
this is your life... work week - 692 x 190 + 520, 2021

this is your life... work week - 692 x 190 + 520, 2021

Ken Nicol
ink on paper
fuckin red, yellow, blue - amsterdam
fuckin red, yellow, blue - amsterdam, 2020

fuckin red, yellow, blue - amsterdam, 2020

Ken Nicol
ink on paper
fuckin red, yellow, blue - dr. ph. martin’s bombay
fuckin red, yellow, blue - dr. ph. martin’s bombay, 2020

fuckin red, yellow, blue - dr. ph. martin’s bombay, 2020

Ken Nicol
ink on paper
fuckin red, yellow, blue - ecoline
fuckin red, yellow, blue - ecoline, 2020

fuckin red, yellow, blue - ecoline, 2020

Ken Nicol
ink on paper
fuckin red, yellow, blue - fw
fuckin red, yellow, blue - fw, 2020

fuckin red, yellow, blue - fw, 2020

Ken Nicol
ink on paper
fuckin red, yellow, blue - higgins
fuckin red, yellow, blue - higgins, 2020

fuckin red, yellow, blue - higgins, 2020

Ken Nicol
ink on paper
fuckin red, yellow, blue - liquitex
fuckin red, yellow, blue - liquitex, 2020

fuckin red, yellow, blue - liquitex, 2020

Ken Nicol
ink on paper
fuckin red, yellow, blue - rapidograph
fuckin red, yellow, blue - rapidograph, 2020

fuckin red, yellow, blue - rapidograph, 2020

Ken Nicol
ink on paper
fuckin red, yellow, blue - dr. ph. martin’s hydrus
fuckin red, yellow, blue - winsor newton calligraphy, 2020

fuckin red, yellow, blue - winsor newton calligraphy, 2020

Ken Nicol
ink on paper
go fuck yourself 18,262 times - four colour

go fuck yourself 18,262 times - four colour

Ken Nicol
ink on paper 22" x 35.5"