ARTIST PROFILE

Terence Nicholson

Terence Nicholson is a born Washingtonian and a longtime native of Anacostia. A graduate of the Corcoran School of Art, he was a recipient of the Rosenbaum Memorial Scholarship Award. Terence has exhibited in three East of the River Art Exhibitions, and his solo show, “Intro-Circumspective” at Willow Street Gallery in D.C.  received critical acclaim. He served as Curator for Honfleur Gallery and Art Director of Anacostia Arts Center. He currently works as an Exhibit Specialist at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and Katzen Museum of Art in Washington D.C. Terence has recorded and toured worldwide as a composer, producer, and improvisational lyricist with Jazz Saxophonist, Steve Coleman, pianist Omar Sosa and Hip-Hop band, Opus Akoben. He served as a Cultural Envoy for the US State Department in 2005 and 2006 for the American Music Abroad program in Asia, Suriname, Egypt and the Middle East. Presently, Terence fronts a rock band called Thaylobleu, which performs nationally, and most notably opened for the recent resurgence tour of the legendary Detroit, punk band, Death. Terence has been a practitioner and teacher of Chinese martial arts for over thirty years, and holds over twenty gold medals from national and international tournaments. In 2018, he won the 6th Annual World Kuoshu Tournament. He has taught self-defense and Tai Chi classes for community and professional organizations and businesses, including the World Bank and the White House staff under the Obama administration.