BiographyNick Cave (b. 1959, Fulton, MO; lives and works in Chicago, IL) trained in dance and visual art and works between sculpture, installation, performance, video, designated object, and fashion. Cave attended the Cranbrook Academy of Art (MFA, 1989), North Texas State University (1984-86), and the Kansas City Art Institute (BFA, 1982). He heads the Graduate Program of the Fashion Department at The Art Institute of Chicago. His work is shown nationally and internationally. Awards and residencies include the Joan Mitchell Foundation Award (2008), Creative Capital Grant (2004, 2002), and a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award (2001). Cave has had major exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (2022); MASS MoCA (2016); Cranbrook Art Museum (2015); Saint Louis Art Museum (2014-2015); ICA Boston (2014); Denver Art Museum (2013); Fabric Workshop and Museum (2011-2012); and the Seattle Art Museum (2011), among others.