Sundays Best, 2025
oil and oil stick on canvas
30 x 40 in
The Rite, 2024oil on canvas
9 x 10 in
Offering, 2026oil on panel
8 x 10 in
Pixie, 2025
oil on paper
10 x 13 in
Tuere Nicole’s work explores the nuanced dichotomy of Black girlhood, tracing its evolving legacy across generations, bodies, and landscapes. Her compelling figures—exclusively Black and female—are captured in stages of growth, blooming, and becoming. Lawton shares, “my work—my garden, so to speak—becomes a way to process the shared experiences passed down through generations of my family.” Through her paintings that merge personal history with cultural narrative, Lawton invites viewers into a world where memory, identity, and resilience take root and flourish.
Tuere Nicole (b.1994) holds a BS in Studio Art from Skidmore College and is a candidate to receive her MFA from Yale University. She had her debut solo exhibition at Picture Theory in January 2025. Her work has been reviewed by Artfuse, White Hot Magazine, and El Salto Diario in Madrid. She completed a residency at the Vermont Studio Center in April 2025. Lawton was raised in Brooklyn, New York, currently lives and works in New Haven, Connecticut.