Born: New Jersey, 1971

2000
Master of Arts, Visual Arts (by Research), Canberra School of Art, The Australian National University

1997
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts

1992-94
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California

2008
• Heller Gallery, New York, New York
• Galerie B, Baden-Baden, Germany

2007
• Volo, Heller Gallery, New York, New York

2006
• Sky / Water, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts

2005
• Between Glances, Heller Gallery, New York, New York
• Sky / Water, Gallery Sklo, Seoul, Korea

2004
• R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri

2003
• R. Duane Reed Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

2002
• Between light and matter, Chappell Gallery, New York, New York
• Sky / Water, Chappell Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

2008
• (upcoming) Korean International Art Fair, Seoul, Korea, presented by Gallery Sklo, Seoul, Korea

2007
• Transformation 6: The Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder's Prize Exhibition, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• CCA: A Legacy in Studio Glass, San Francisco Museum of Craft + Design, San Francisco, California

2006
• The Bombay Sapphire Prize 2006, Studio 95, London, England (traveling exhibition)
• Korean International Art Fair, Seoul, Korea, presented by Gallery Sklo, Seoul, Korea

2005
• Seeds of light, Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra, Australia
• Magnificent Extravagance: Artists and Opulence, Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin

2004
• Intersection, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, Oregon
• Palm Beach Contemporary, presented by R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri

2003
• Fresh!, Heller Gallery, New York, New York
• ARTform, International Pavilion, West Palm Beach, Florida
• In petto, Morgan Gallery, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania

2002
• Luminosity, Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney, Australia
• Glass Palimpsest, Sarah Doyle Gallery, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
• Between 2 Spaces - Air/Liquid/Solid, Jam Factory Gallery, Adelaide, Australia

2000
• Essentially Canberra, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore (traveling exhibition)
• Learning to breathe, Foyer Gallery, Canberra School of Art, Canberra, Australia
• Geometry Matters, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1999
• Light Through Skin, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• SOFA NY 1999, New York, New York, presented by Chappell Gallery

1998
• Aperto Vetro - International New Glass 1998, Venice, Italy
• North American Glass 1998, The Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, Connecticut

1997
• Young Glass International 1997, Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark

2005
• The Corning Museum of Glass Rakow Commission

2004
• UrbanGlass Award for New Talent

2001
• The Jutta Cuny-Franz Foundation Supporting Award

2000
• Glass Art Society Conference Takako Sano Scholarship
• Honorable Mention, International Juried Student Exhibition, Glass Art Society Annual Conference

1999
• Canberra School of Art Drawing Prize
• Canberra School of Art Graduate Materials Award
• Institute of the Arts Student Association Grant
• Glass Art Society Conference Takako Sano Scholarship
• Ausglass Conference Student Award, Juror: John Perreault

1998
• Canberra School of Art Graduate Award
• David Thomas Foundation Travel Grant

1997
• Art School Alliance Trust Fund Award, Massachusetts College of Art
• Honorable Mention, Elusive Mind, Copenhagen and Elsinore, Denmark
• Honorable Mention, International Juried Student Exhibition, Glass Art Society Annual Conference

• "Nicole Chesney: Sky / Water", Francine Koslow Miller, Neues Glas, Spring 2007
• 25 Years of New Glass Review, Tina Oldknow, The Corning Museum of Glass, 2006
• New Glass Review 27, The Corning Museum of Glass, 2006
• "Review - Nicole Chesney 'Between Glances' ", Robert C. Morgan, Glass, Summer 2005
• New Glass Review 26, The Corning Museum of Glass, 2005
• "Glass Acts", Nancy A. Ruhling, Art & Antiques. May 2004
• "Art Review", Kurt Shaw, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, August 10, 2003
• New Glass Review 23, Neues Glas, Summer 2002
• "Arts Review", Christopher Mills, The Boston Phoenix, 25 January, 2002
• "Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award 2001", Dr. Helmut Ricke, Neues Glas, Fall 2001
• "The Shooting Gallery," Verity Newman, Sydney Hub, 6 July, 2000
• "Form and Process," Graham Sheariing, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 2 April, 2000
• "New Directions: Emerging Glass Artists in Australia," Anna Grigson, Craft Arts International, number 47, 1999
• "Stand!" This Side Upl, number 4, winter 1999Venezia Aperto Vetro - International New Glass 1998, Edited by Dan Klein, Electa, Milan, 1998
• "A Glass Lagoon," Saverio Simi de Burgis, This Side Upl, number 4, winter 1998
• Essentially Canberra, exhibition catalog published by The Australian National University, 1998
• "Raising glass to artistic heights," Bill van Siclen, Providence Journal - Bulletin, 16 January 1998
• "Drawing gets back to basics," Kathleen Alien, Tucson Citizen Newspaper, 21 August 1997
• Young Glass '97, Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark, 1997
• "Drawing gets back to basics," Kathleen Alien, Tucson Citizen Newspaper, 21 August 1997
• "Making Their Marks," Margaret Regan, Tucson Weekly, 21-27 August 1997
• Elusive Mind, exhibition catalog edited by Cindi Laukes, 1997

• Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
• The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
• Fidelity Investments, Boston, Massachusetts
• Glasmuseum, Ebeltott, Denmark
• The Mobile Art Museum, Mobile, Alabama
• MIRVAC Group, Melbourne, Australia
• University of Arizona Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona
• The Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California
• Pilchuck Glass School, Print Archives. Stanwood, Washington
• The RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island
• The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky (Promised Gift)
• Private collections in Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Japan, Korea, Switzerland, and the United States