Nick Vaughan (he/him/his) is cofounder of Rendezvous. Nick is a Houston-based interdisciplinary artist who works collaboratively with his husband Jake Margolin. He is represented by McClain Gallery (Houston) and has served on the Artist Advisory Boards of DiverseWorks (Houston), Art League Houston, and Fresh Arts (Houston).

Vaughan and Margolin’s life’s work, an ongoing series of 50 interdisciplinary installations inspired by littleknown LGBTQI2 histories from each state, involves extensive original archival research and deep collaborations with local LGBTQI2 communities. They have completed six installations in this 50 States Project (Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming, Arkansas, and Louisiana) and have had solo exhibitions at The Blaffer Art Museum (Houston), DiverseWorks (Houston), the Oklahoma State University Museum of Art, Oklahoma City University Norrick Art Center, the Invisible Dog Art Center (NYC), Art League Houston, Aurora Picture Show (Houston), McClain Gallery (Houston), Devin Borden Gallery (Houston) and non-traditional community-facing venues including Pride Festivals in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and Houston, Houston Community College Campuses, Houston Public Library, University of Houston MD Anderson Library, and numerous queer bars.

Vaughan and Margolin’s work is included in public and private permanent collections including the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, The Getty Research Institute, the City of Houston Public Art Collection, The Brooklyn Historical Society, The University of Houston MD Anderson Library Special Collections, The Texas A&M Cushing Library Special Collections, and BlackRock International. Coverage of their work includes a “critic’s pick” review in Artforum (April 2020 for “50 States Louisiana”).

Vaughan is a recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, a Tulsa Artist Fellowship, and grants from the IdeaFund, MAPFund, the Houston Arts Alliance, and Mid America Arts Alliance.

Additionally Vaughan is a member of the theater company The TEAM, frequently collaborates as a visual designer with choreographers Faye Driscoll and Yoshiko Chuma, and has designed sets and/or costumes for productions at the Lincoln Center (NYC), The Kennedy Center (DC), The National Opera of China (Beijing), The National Opera House of Oman, the Allery Theater (Houston), and Loren Maazel’s Castleton Festival.