Sylvia Nickerson
Sylvia Nickerson | |
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| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | writer, professor |
| Known for | Creation (graphic novel) |
Sylvia Nickerson (she/her) is a Canadian comic book writer.[1][2] In May 2020 Nickerson received The Nipper, one of the Doug Wright Awards for comic book artists, for her work Creation. Creation's themes include the changes she underwent when she became a mother, and how the works of artist helped shape the gentrification of her home town.[3] She is currently an assistant professor and adjunct professor at the University of Toronto and McMaster University, respectively.
Nickerson, a resident of Hamilton, Ontario, was interviewed by the McMaster Silhouette on February 2, 2017 [4] and by the Hamilton Spectator, on April 4, 2019.[5]
References
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Samraweet Yohannes (2020-05-11). "Sylvia Nickerson among winners of 2020 Doug Wright Awards, which honour the best Canadian comics". CBC Books. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
Sylvia Nickerson received the Nipper, recognizing emerging talent, for her autobiographical comic Creation.
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karla monterrosa. "Sylvia Nickerson: On Being an Artist and a Gentrifier". Room. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
To learn more about her debut publication, Creation (Drawn & Quarterly, 2019), Vancouver-based artist and illustrator, karla monterrosa chats with the Hamilton-based comic artist and writer about her comic, gentrification, the intersection of identity and place, and the roles artists play in a community.
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Jane van Koeverden (2019-12-02). "Motherhood challenged Sylvia Nickerson to rethink her place as an artist in Hamilton". CBC Books. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
Sylvia Nickerson's autobiographical comic, Creation, is a story of transitions. Set roughly between 2008 and 2013, Nickerson explores the experience of becoming a mother and of moving as an artist through a rapidly changing city. The book reckons with gentrification in Hamilton, Ont., and the art community's role within that process, as well as the many ways motherhood has disrupted Nickerson's perspective on life, relationships and neighbourhood.
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Hess Sahlollbey (2017-02-17). "Hamilton comic book debuts". McMaster Silhouette. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
Nickerson is a graphic designer and illustrator, whose clientele has included the Globe and Mail, the National Post, the Washington Post and the city of Hamilton.
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Jon Wells; Ayesha Nasir (2019-04-04). "Her life in comics: Artist Sylvia Nickerson". Hamilton Spectator. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
This week on The Message, Hamilton artist Sylvia Nickerson talks her comic "Creation," and latest work, "All We Have Left Is This," that is now on display at the Assembly Gallery downtown.
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