EXHIBITION HISTORY:


Born Chicago, Illinois, 1943.
Lives and works in New York.

EDUCATION

1975 M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
1972 B.F.A., University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Chicago.
1965 B.E., Northeastern Illinois State University, Chicago.

RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS

1997
Anonymous Was a Woman Award.

1996
Djerassi Resident Artist Fellowship.

1984
Completion Grant, Massachusetts Council of the Arts.

1980
Individual Artist Fellowship, Massachusetts Council of the Arts. Yaddo Resident Artist Fellowship.

1979
Individual Artist Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts.

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

2001
The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH

2000
Vedanta Gallery Kunstforum Beim Rathaus, Hallen, Austria
"The Living End", Boulder Museum for Contemporart Art, Boulder, Colorado

1999
"Nancy Davidson: Breathless," Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Catalog.
"nobutsaboutit," Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut.

1998
"nobutsaboutit," Dorsky Gallery, New York. Brochure.
"The Buds and the Beads," Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase.
"Carnivaleyes," Nova Sin Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic. Catalog.

1997
"How'm I Doin'?," Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, California. Brochure.

1995
"No End to Her," Richard Anderson Fine Arts, New York.

1993
"Blow Up," Richard Anderson Fine Arts, New York.

1991
"Theater-Catalog," Richard Anderson Fine Arts, New York.

1985
Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago.

1983
Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago.

1982
Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Brochure.

1981
Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago. Haber Theodore Gallery, New York.

1978
Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago.

1977
N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1999
"Zero-G : When Gravity Becomes Form," Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Stamford, Connecticut. Catalog.
"A Room with a view," Sixth@Prince Fine Art, New York.
"Virtual Light," Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts.
"Wildflowers," Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York.
"Humanoid," Vedanta Gallery, Chicago.

1998
"Fashioned," White Box, New York. Traveled: White Box, Philadelphia. Catalog.
"Pop Surrealism," Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut. Catalog.
"Sculpture-Figure-Woman," landesgalerie, Oberasterreich, Linz, Austria. Traveled: Statische Kunstsammlungen, Chemnitz, Germany. Catalog.
"Figuring the Body: Nancy Bowen and Nancy Davidson," Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut. Brochure.
"Alternative Measures," Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, New York. Brochure.

1997
"Spaces & forms: part II," Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore.
"Wit, Whimsy, Humor," Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, New York.

1996
"Laughter Ten Years After," Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut. Traveled: Houghton House Gallery, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York; Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, Pennsylvania; Exquisite/Corpse Artsite, Burlington, Vermont; Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. Catalog.

1995
"Conceptual Textiles," John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Catalog.
"Maux Faux," Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York.

1994
"Bad Girls west," Wight Gallery, University of California at Los Angeles. Catalog.

1993
"Athena & Arachne," Apex Art, New York. Brochure.
"Empty Dress: Clothing As Surrogate in Recent Art," Independent Curators Inc., New York. Traveled: Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase; Virginia Beach Center for the Arts,
Virginia Beach, Virginia; University Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton; MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; The Gallery/Stratford, Stratford, Ontario, Canada; Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida. Catalog.
"Zone," Sue Spaid Gallery, Los Angeles.
"Outside Possibilities," Rushmore Estate, Woodbury, New York.

1991
"Physical Relief," Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, New York. Brochure.
"Two Artists" (with Steve Dicillo) Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York.

1990
"Stained Sheet/Holy Shroud," Krygier/Landau, Los Angeles. Catalog.
"Post Boys/Girls," Artists Space, New York.

1989
"Works on Paper," Shea and Beker, New York.

1984
"Drawings," Germans van Eck, New York.
"Alternative Spaces," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.

1981
"Works on Paper," Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts.

1980
"Works an Paper," Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York.

"Invitational," Pam Adler, New York.

1979
"Chicago/Karlsruhe," Karlsruhe, West Germany.
"New Dimensions: Surface," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Brochure.
"100 Years-100 Artists, " Art Institute of Chicago.
"Four Painters," Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada.

1978
"Works on Paper," Art Institute of Chicago.
Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, Texas.

1977
"Ten Painters," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
"Current Concerns," Museum of Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City.
Pollock Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
R.C.T. Gallery, Toronto, Canada.

1976
"Chicago," Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, California. Catalog.
"Abstract Art in Chicago," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
John Doyle Gallery, Chicago.
"The Members of N.A.M.E.," N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago. Brochure.

1975
"Two Artists" (with Mary Ann Price) N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago.
"Chicago and Vicinity Exhibition,"

1974
Art Institute of Chicago. Brochure.

BIBLIOGRAPHY SELECTED EXHIBITION CATALOGS AND BOOKS

Baysa, M.D. Jeff Ko'an. "On Tweaking Gravity and Visualizing the Unseen." In Zero-G: When Gravity Becomes Form. Stamford, Conn.: Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, 1999. Catalog.

Calame, Ingrid. "Come Rollick with the Queen." In How'm I Doin'? Santa Monica, Calif.: Shoshana Wayne Gallery, 1997. Brochure.

Felshin, Nina. Figuring the Body: Nancy Bowen and Nancy Davidson. Middletown, Conn.: Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, 1998. Brochure.

. nobutsaboutit. New York: Dorsky Gallery, 1998. Brochure.

Ferris, Alison. Conceptual Textiles, Material Meaning. Sheboygan, Wise: John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 1995. Catalog.

Isaak, Jo Anna. "Ain't Nothin' in the World like a Big-Eyed Girl." In Carnivaleyes. Prague, Czech Republic: Nova Sin Gallery, 1998. Catalog.

Feminism & Contemporary Art: The Revolutionary Power o f Women's Laughter. New York: Routledge, 1996.

"Nancy Davidson." In Laughter Ten Years After. Geneva, N.Y.: Hobart and William Smith Press, 1996. Catalog.

Pachmanova, Martina. "Carnival Delights." In Carnivaleyes. Prague, Czech Republic: Nova Sin Gallery, 1998. Catalog.

Schaffner, Ingrid. "Nancy Davidson." In Pop Surrealism. Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Conn.: 1998. Catalog.

"Nancy Davidson." In Sculpture-Figure-Woman. .Oberosterreich, Linz, Austria: Landesgalerie, 1998. Catalog.

SELECTED ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

Bonesteel, Michael. "Nancy Davidson." Art in America (February 1984).

Canning, Sue. "Nancy Davidson." New Art Examiner (Summer 1995).

Cutajar, Maria. "Nancy Davidson." Art/Text #60 (February-April, 1998).

Diehl, Carol. "Nancy Davidson at Dorsky." Art in America (April 1999).

Dobrzynski, Judith H. "Anonymous Gifts for Art, So Women Creating It Aren't." The New York Times (October 12, 1997).

Dorsey, John. "Art Institute Exhibit Is Something To Cheer About." The Baltimore Sun (January 29, 1997).

Duncan, Michael. "Nancy Davidson at Richard Anderson." Art in America (September 1995).

"Zone." Frieze (November 1993).

Edelman, Robert. "Nancy Davidson." Art Press (June 1993).

Felshin, Nina. "Clothing As Subject." Art Journal (Spring 1995).

Frank, Peter. "Nancy Davidson, Joseph Cornell: Art Picks of the Week." L.A. Weekly (September 5, 1997).

Frankel, David. "Nancy Davidson." Artforum (February 1999).

Frueh, Joanna. Art in America (May 1979).

Hershenson, Roberta. "Two Women Receive Art Grants from unknown

Female Donor." The New York Times (March 22, 1998).

Hohmeyer, Jurgen. "Rbschied van Mamma" (Farewell to mother).

Der Spiegel (May 1999).

Irmanova, Anna. "Vystova Karneval ma v sobe humor I smutek"

(The carnival has a sadness in Itself as well). tidore Naviny,

Praha (May 1998).

Johnson, Ken. "Nancy Davidson." The New York Times (October 9, 1998).

Karmel, Pepe. "Manx Faux." The New York Times (March 24, 1995).

Kimmelman, Michael. "Nancy Davidson." The New York Times (March 17, 1995).

Levin, Kim. "Nancy Davidson." The Village Voice (April 1995).

Lipton, Eunice and Clare Bell. "Nancy Davidson." Arts Magazine (December 1991).

Maddoff, Steven Henry. "Pop Surrealism." Art forum (October 1998).

Mahoney, Robert. Arts Magazine (October 1991).

Morrison, C. L. "Nancy Davidson." Artforum (February 2997).

"Nancy Davidson." Artforum (October 1977).

Rodgers, Mimi Froncsak. "The Eyes Have It: Feminism's Fun." The Prague Post (May 13-19, 1998).

Ronnen, Meir. Art News (January 3 1981).

Rubinstein, Raphael. "Nancy Davidson." Art in America (February, 1992).

Schjeldahl, Peter. "Chicago." Art in America (Summer 1978).

Schlegel, Amy. "Figuring the Body: Nancy Bowen and Nancy Davidson."

Sculpture (November 1998).

Schwabsky, Barry. "Nancy Davidson." Artforum (Summer 1995).

Spector, Buzz. Art Issues (September 1990).

Zimmer, William. "Flights of Creation by Women and Some about

Women Too." The New York Times (February 15, 1998).