On the occasion of the exhibition, NEED, artist Nicola Tyson will be joined in conversation with writer Cassie Packard on Saturday, March 28, 2026, at 4pm.
About Nicola Tyson
Nicola Tyson (b. 1960, London, England) attended Chelsea School of Art, St. Martins School of Art, and Central/St. Martins School of Art in London, and currently lives and works in New York, NY. Recent solo exhibitions include I am a teapot, Petzel, New York, NY (2025); 90s Paintings, Petzel, New York, NY (2024); Nicola Tyson (a survey of drawings), Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2024); Nicola Tyson: A Bit Touched, Nino Mier Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (2022); Holding Pattern, Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK (2021); and Sense of Self, Petzel, New York, NY (2020); Nicola Tyson, The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis, MO (2017); Beyond a Trace, The Drawing Room, London (2017).
In 2025, Tyson was commissioned for Hayward Gallery’s public project banner in London. In 2023, Nicola Tyson: Selected Paintings 1993-2022, the most comprehensive overview of the artist’s work to date, was published. In 2011 Tyson released the limited-edition book, Dead Letter Men, a collection of satirical letters addressing famous male artists. Her unique archive of color photos documenting the London club scene of the late 1970s—Bowie Nights at Billy’s Club—was the subject of shows, both in New York and London, in 2012 and 2013.
Tyson’s work is included in major collections such as Museum of Modern Art, New York; Whitney Museum of Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and Tate Modern, London.
About Cassie Packard
Cassie Packard is a New York-based art writer and an editor at frieze. Packard’s writing is featured in publications including Aperture, Art in America, Artforum, ArtReview, BOMB, The Brooklyn Rail, Cultured, e-flux, Financial Times, frieze, and Los Angeles Review of Books. She is a recipient of the 2024 Rabkin Prize for art writing and the author of Art Rules (Frances Lincoln, 2023 (UK); Eyrolles, 2024 (FR); China Textile Publishing House Co., 2024 (CN)). Packard has contributed to volumes published by the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Dais Books, GRIMM, Karma, Light Work, Miles McEnery Gallery, MSU Broad Art Museum, Museu de Arte de São Paulo, the New Jersey State Museum, and Viaindustriae. She has been awarded fellowships at The Art & Law Program, Momus, and Recess. She is a frequent guest lecturer/visiting critic at universities and artist residencies, including Brandeis University, Brown University, Columbia University, the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, the Fine Arts Work Center, International Studio & Curatorial Program, The New School, the New York Art Residency and Studios Foundation, New York University, School of Visual Arts, and University of Richmond. Previously, she was an oral Historian at Eyebeam and a researcher at Hauser & Wirth. She holds an MA with merit in art history from University College London and a BA with honors in art history from Brown University.