Nicole Eisenman is an American artist primarily known for her paintings. Eisenman was a professor at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson from 2003 to 2009. She has been awarded the Guggenheim fellowship, the Carnegie Prize, and has thrice been included in the Whitney Biennial. And lets not forget the MacArthur grant in 2015.
Eisenman's figurative oil paintings often toy with themes of sexuality, comedy, and caricature. Though she is known for her paintings, the artist also creates installations, drawings, etchings, lithography, monotypes, woodcuts, and sculptures. With A.L Steiner she is the co-founder of the queer/feminist curatorial initiative Ridykeulous.