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Nancy Blum


 

 

 

Education:


MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

BA, University of Michigan/The Residential College, Ann Arbor, MI

Grants/Fellowship:

2006 Peter S. Reed Foundation Grant, New York, NY
  Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation Creative Fellowship Grant, NY, NY
  Visual Arts Center of Richmond, VA
2001 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY
  Fellowship, Special Editions, Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY
  Grant for Artist’s Projects, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
   

Solo Exhibitions:

2007 Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston, Dangle, Dart, & Drift
  Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, Drawing and Sculpture
2006
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Steinhardt Conservatory Gallery, Brooklyn, Nature Unbound
2005 Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, Drawings
  Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, VA On-Site Artist Projects
2004 Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, New Work
2002 Esther Claypool Gallery, Seattle, Recent Work
  Esther Claypool Gallery, Seattle, New Work: Drawings and Sculpture
1999 Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ Wall Project
1998 Cummings Art Center, Connecticut College, New London, CT
  Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID

 

Group Exhibitions:


Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, Queens, Oasis

Romo Gallery, Atlanta, GA
  Bridge Art Fair, (Romo Gallery), Chicago
  Susan Maasch Gallery, Portland, Maine

Conduit Gallery, Dallas, The Drawing Show
  Visual Art Center of Richmond, Richmond, VA, Garden

Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY, Ornament Now
  Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA and the Affordable Art Fair, New York, Takeout
  Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, Fleurs

Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Mid-Atlantic Fellowship Exhibition

The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, New York, Heavenly
  Elaine Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, White on White
2004
Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, Arthouse
2003 Visual Art Center, Richmond, VA, North American Sculpture NOW

World Ceramic Center, Icheon, South Korea, Second World Ceramic Biennale, 2003 Korea
  Workspace, New York, Tasty Buds
  Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Botanical Exhibition
2002 International Print Center, New York, New Prints 2002
  Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, Dreamy: 3-Person Show
2001 Esther Claypool Gallery, Seattle, 2-Person Show
  Yoju, Korea, World Ceramic Exhibition 2001 Korea
  Holter Museum, Helena, MT, Archie Bray Foundation 50th Anniversary Exhibition (traveling until 2005)
  Cranbrook Network, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, The Clarity of Seduction III
  Arvada Center for the Arts, Denver, A Glimpse of the Invisible, Invitational
1997 Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art
  Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, PONCHO Artist Group Show
  Artist Trust Invitational Exhibition, Seattle, Grant for Artists Projects

 

Bibliography:


Erin Szento, Flower Power, In New York Magazine, July 2006

Jerry Cullum, Intricate Drawings Bring Beauty, Intimacy of Flora to Life, Atlantic Journal-Constitution, Jan.8, 2006

Craig Kellog, Currents, The New York Times, July 1, 2004

R.B. Strauss, Move It – Pentimenti … offers up a monumental show, Art Matters, Philadelphia, March 2004

Lori Hill, First Friday Focus – Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia City Paper, March 11, 2004

Emily Hall, In Arts News, The Stranger, January 30, 2003

Kate Wagle,Votive Influences: 4 Amer. Artists Per Grazia Ricevuta, a cura Tropputi, Malagrina Editore, 2002

John M Wilson, A Glimpse of the Invisible, Ceramics Art and Perception (Australia), Issue 49, 2002

Ken Johnson, Dreamy; Margaret Thatcher Projects, The New York Times, April 19, 2002

Peter Held, A Ceramic Continuum – 50 Years of the Archie Bray Influence University of Washington Press, 2001

Mason Riddle, Review; Nancy Blum, Sculpture Magazine, March 1999

William Zimmer, Art Bucolic or Upsetting, Suburbs as Locus, The New York Times (CT section) Nov. 29, 1998

Public Collections:


The MTA Arts for Transit, Metro-North, Dobbs Ferry Station, NY

The Port of Seattle, Sea/Tac International Airport, Seattle, WA

World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Icheon, South Korea

The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ

The University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA

The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT

The Lower East Printshop, New York, NY

The Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, Colorado

The Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID

Capital One, Richmond, VA

Seattle City Light, Seattle, WA

Safeco Corporation, Seattle, WA
Paul Allen Corporate Collection, Seattle, WA
Wellington Management, Boston, MA

Public-Art Commissions:


MTA Arts for Transit: commission for artwork at Metro-North train station, Dobbs Ferry Station, NY

Charlotte Area Transit System: commission for artwork at transit stations, Charlotte, NC

Port of Seattle: artwork for the South Terminal, Sea-Tac Airport, Seattle

Seattle Arts Commission, City of Seattle, Manhole Cover Design, Seattle