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Edward E. Nichols received his BFA and MFA in Drawing and Painting from The University of Kansas during the 50’s.
Nichols has exhibited his work in numerous important exhibitions, including those sponsored by the Butler Institute of American Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Corcoran Gallery in Washington DC. He has work in 65 public and private collections. He has participated in 13 museum exhibits, plus 19 one-man shows, and his work has received 22 awards.
Professor Emeritus, Nichols retired from teaching painting and drawing at The University of Texas-Pan American in 1999 and is having a splendid time painting in his studio everyday.
Museum and Group Exhibitions- 1950,’56, ’58,’60 Kansas State College, Kansas Painter Annual
- 1956 The Corcoran Gallery of American Art, 10th Washington Area Show, Washington, DC
- 1956 Mulvane Art Center, Annual, Topeka, KA
- 1957 Springfield Art Museum, 27th Annual, Springfield, MO
- 1957 Butler Institute of American Art, 22nd Annual, Youngstown,
- 1958 Atlanta Art Association, 4th Annual
- 1958 Isaac Delgado Museum, 57th Annual, New Orleans
- 1958 Kansas State Federation of Art, Young Painters of ’58,
- 1958 Madison Square Garden, ART:USA:58, NYC
- 1958 Mississippi Art Association, 17th Annual National Watercolor
- 1959 Wichita Art Association Galleries, 28th Annual Graphic Arts
- 1959 The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 154th Annual, Philadelphia
- 1959 Mississippi Art Association, 49th National, Jackson
- 1960 The Arkansas Arts Center,3rd Annual Delta Art Exhibit, Little Rock
- 1961 Isaac Delgado Museum, Spring Annual, New Orleans
- 1961, ‘65 Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Annual Mid-south Exhibit, Memphis
- 1961 Knoxville Art Center, 1st National
- 1962 Mississippi Art Association, 31st National, Jackson
- 1964 Hunter Gallery, Group Show, Chattanooga
- 1964 Henri Gallery, Group Show, Alexander, VA
- 1965 Norfolk Museum of Arts & Sciences, 23rd Biennial American Drawing
- 1965 Lauren Rogers Museum, Three Artist Show, Laurel, Mississippi
- 1965 Mississippi University for Women, Two Artist Show, Columbus
- 1966 Pegasus Gallery, Group Show, Edinburg, TX
- 1968 Estudios Rio, Group Show, Mission, TX
- 1968 North Star Gallery, Group Show, San Antonio
- 1969 McAllen Memorial Library, Texas Fine Arts Assoc. Citation Show
- 1970,’71, ’74, ‘75 Pan American University Faculty Group Show,
- 1970 McAllen International Museum "Black and White" Show
- 1970,’71,’72 Art Museum of South Texas, South TX Annual, Corpus Christi, TX
- 1970 ‘73 Laguna Gloria Art Museum, 59th Annual, Austin, TX
- 1971 Oklahoma Art Center, 8 State Annual, Oklahoma City
- 1971 Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, TX Painting & Sculpture
- 1971 University of TX Medical School, Texas Watercolor Society & Circuit
- 1971 McAllen Memorial Library, 17 Regional Artists
- 1972 Sol Del Rio Gallery, Two man show, San Antonio,TX
- 1973 Shreveport Art Guild, Annual, Shreveport, LA
- 1973 University of TX at Arlington, Group Show, Arlington,TX
- 1976 McAllen International Museum, "25 Valley Artists"
- 1977,’78, ’84, ‘91 McAllen International Museum, PAU Faculty Show
- 1977, ’82, ’91 1st Tip-O-Texas Annual, McAllen State Bank
- 1977 Southern Watercolor Society, Nashville, Tennessee
- 1978 South Texas Art Faculty, Corpus State University
- 1978 Group Show, "The Gallery" south 10th St., McAllen,TX
- 1978 Kaffie Gallery, Corpus Christi, two group shows
- 1980 Texas Watercolor Traveling Exhibit
- 1981,’82, ’92 ’99 PAU Faculty Exhibit, Edinburg, TX
- 1982 PAU Faculty Exhibit, Tarrant County Jr. College, Ft. Worth
- 1982 Exhibit, Casa de la Cultura, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico
- 1982 PAU Faculty exhibit, Brownsville Art League
- 1983, ‘84 First Rio Grande Valley Survey Competition
- 1984, ’85, ‘98 Del Mar College National Drawing & Small Sculpture
- 1984 30th Annual National Drawing & Small Sculpture Show Ball State University
- 1985 1st Annual, "Images of Faith Exhibition", Wayland Baptist University, Plainview, TX
- 1986 Rio Grande Art ’86, McAllen International Museum Fine Arts Auditorium Foyer-Concert Series Show
- 1987 South Texas Art Faculty, McAllen International Museum
- 1988, ’89 Texas Watercolor Society Annual, McAllen International Museum
- 1989 UTPA/CAS Gallery, Fine Arts Auditorium Mural Design
- 1990 "Rio Grande Art"’90", McAllen International Museum
- 1997 MIM satellite exhibit "The River Runs Through Us",Jr. High Schools Edinburg & Mission
- 1999 Texas watercolor Society National Show, San Antonio Art Museum
- 1959 Mississippi University for Women, Columbus
- 1959 Bay Street Studio, Boothbay Harbor, Maine
- 1963 Mississippi University for Women, Columbus
- 1964 Pan American College, Edinburg, TX
- 1965 McAllen State Bank, McAllen, TX
- 1970 Texas A&I University, Kingsville, TX
- 1970 McAllen Memorial Library, McAllen, TX
- 1970 Pan American University, Edinburg, TX
- 1972 McAllen International Museum, McAllen, TX
- 1973 Mississippi University for Women, Columbus
- 1975 Pan American University, "Breakfast in Oaxaca"
- 1975 McAllen International Museum, "Breakfast in Oaxaca"
- 1979 Pan American University, "Grovescape"
- 1986 Pan American University, "La Mancha Production Sketches"
- 1991 Retrospective 1960-1990 UTPA
- 1994 UT Brownsville
- 1994 UT Pan American
- 1996 MIM, New Acquisitions of E.E. Nichols drawings
- 1997 Los Ebanos: Theme & Varitions, UTPA
- 1963 College Research Grant in Painting University for Women, Columbus, Mississippi
- 1975 Faculty Research Grant for Folk Art Filmstrips Pan American University
- 1947-48 National Scholastic Art Contest Award
- 1952. 57. 58 Painting Department Assistantship, School of Fine Arts, University of Kansas
- 1956 *First Prize in Watercolor, Navy Department Exhibition Washington, DC
- 1958 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Department of Fine Arts Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- 1960 Resident Fellowship, Huntington Hartford Foundation Pacific Palisades, California
- 1962 Third Purchase Prize, 52nd Annual Oil Show Mississippi Art Association, Jackson, Mississippi
- 1963 *Award in Watercolor, Southeastern Annual Atlanta Art Association
- 1963 *Aquarelle Award, National Watercolor Show Mississippi Art Association
- 1964 Resident Fellowship, Huntington Hartford Foundation Pacific Palisades, California
- 1970 Second Prize, Corpus Christi Art Foundation Art Museum of South Texas
- 1970 *First Purchase Award for Watercolor, The Fifty-Ninth Annual The Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, TX
- 1971 *The Texas Watercolor Society, Frost Brothers Award
- 1971 Drawing Award, National Drawing & Small Sculpture Show Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
- 1972 Second Prize, Corpus Christi Art Foundation Art Museum of South TX
- 1980 *Windsor & Newton award, Texas Watercolor Society
- 1984 Cash Award, 18th National Drawing Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
- 1985 Special Merit Award, Images of Faith Exhibition Wayland Baptist University
- 1988 Merit Award, Rio Grande Art ’88, McAllen International Museum
- 1998 *Awarded membership in the Sagebrush Society of the Texas Watercolor Society
- 2002 *Texas Watercolor Society Patron of the Arts Award *watercolor
- Texas Watercolor Society
- Texas Fine Arts Association
- Who’s Who in American Art, 1984
- Who’s Who in America 2005
- 1958 Mr. & Mrs. George Washburn, New York City
- 1958 Dr. Marilyn Stokstad, Lawrence, KS
- 1958 Carolyn Stoloff, NYC
- 1958 Mr. & Mrs. Donald Currier, Guilford, CT
- 1961 Mr. & Mrs. David Miller, Jackson,MS
- 1961 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ivy, Columbus, MS
- 1962 Mississippi Art Association, Columbus, MS
- 1964 Dr. & Mrs. F.D. Cooley, College Park, MD
- 1964 Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. MacCann, Iowa City, IA
- 1964 Henrietta Ersham, Washington, DC
- 1965 Mississippi Women’s University, Columbus, MS
- 1969 Mr. & Mrs. Charles Clark, McAllen, TX
- 1970 Texas Instruments Collection, Dallas
- 1971 Frost Brothers Collection, San Antonio
- 1972 Mrs. Marge Bentsen, McAllen,TX
- 1973 Mr. & Mrs. Rudy Pharis, McAllen,TX
- 1973 Dr. Barry Solomon, San Antonio
- 1975 McAllen International Museum
- 1975 Mrs. Anne Moore, McAllen, TX
- 1975 Mr. Haskell Motheral, Spicewood, TX
- 1975 Professor Philip Field, Edinburg,TX
- 1976 Mrs. Ana C. Mintz, Houston, TX
- 1997 Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Mann, Edinburg, TX
- 1999 Michael & Dori Garza, McAllen,TX
- 2003 History Museum of South Texas, Edinburg, TX