Tim
Rickett
Artist + Curator
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Tim Rickett is an artist and educator based in Northeastern South Dakota. He employs the practice of bricolage to create work that explores ideas of nostalgia, politics, history, and the Anthropocene. He graduated from Hastings College in 2016 with a BFA in Sculpture and completed his MFA at East Carolina University in 2019. He currently serves as the Assistant Professor of 3D Media and Gallery Director at Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota. He co-curates exhibitions with his partner, Epiphany Knedler, in the collective MidwestNice Art. His work has been exhibited at the Washington Pavilion, Del Mar College Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Contemporary Arts Museum Raleigh, and a forthcoming collaborative exhibition at the University of South Dakota.
Hi There!
Midwest Nice Art is a collective cofounded by Epiphany Knedler and Tim Rickett in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Grounded in traditional Midwestern values, the collective integrates virtual and physical practices to support emerging and underrepresented artists.
After moving to rural South Dakota, Epiphany and Tim found a lack of access to contemporary art. Leveraging the pandemic's shift to online communities, they create opportunities for virtual juried exhibitions through Midwest Nice Art. The name reflects Midwestern cultural stereotypes of polite passive-aggressiveness, which they have reclaimed to foster a community based on respect, collaboration, and inclusion.
