He received his Masters of Fine Arts from Cranbrook Academy of Art and his Bachelors of Science from University of Wisconsin –La Crosse. Nichols has exhibited his work nationally including venues such as the National Ornamental Museum, the Cranbrook Art Museum, the Alden B. Dow Museum of Science and Art of the Midland Center for the Arts, and the International Gallery of Contemporary Art. He has demonstrated and lectured on a variety of topics nationally and his work has been published in books, catalogs, and magazines such as Ironwork Today 4: Inside and Out, The Body Adorned, Metalize, The Anvils Ring and The Hammers Blow. www.bradnicholsmetal.com