About

LaMere spent the first twenty-five years of life in southern Wisconsin on the fringe of suburbia and farmland. Having received a BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (2011), LaMere relocated to Lubbock, Texas, to complete her MFA from Texas Tech University (2017). After graduation, she participated in the Land Art of the American West field study program, traveling over 6,000 miles and camping through Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada. She has completed multiple technical ceramic research grants, the most recent being the NCECA Graduate Student Fellowship (2015). She was a 2021 Fulbright semi-finalist for an Independent Research Grant to Japan and a 2022 Semi-Finalist for a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award for an Independent Research Grant with the Glasgow School of Art in Glasgow, Scotland. LaMere completed residencies at The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (Houston, TX), The Printing Museum (Houston, TX), and the Tablelands Center for Bioregional Art (Lubbock, TX). Nicolle LaMere recently took the inaugural position of Education Coordinator for Art League Houston while teaching at the Glassell School of Art Museum of Fine Arts Houston. LaMere is currently a resident artist at the Shigaraki Ceramic Culture Park, Shigaraki, Japan.