SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013
Boca Raton Museum, Boca Raton, Florida.
2012
DUSTUP, Betty Cuningham Gallery, New York, New York.
CARNIVALEYES, Cleopatra's, New York, New York.
2002
PLENTY, Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Howard Yzersky Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts.
2001
NANCY DAVIDSON, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, New York.
CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2000
Vedanta Gallery, Chicago.
Ausser Atem, Kunstforum Beim Rathaus, Hallein, Austria.
1999
NANCY DAVIDSON: BREATHLESS, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
NOBUTSABOUTIT, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut.
1998
NOBUTSABOUTIT: PHOTOGRAPHS BY NANCY DAVIDSON, Dorsky Gallery, New York.
THE BUDS AND THE BEADS, Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase.
CARNIVALEYES, Nova Sin Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
1997
HOW’M I DOIN’?, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, California.
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.
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

2013
NORTH OF MY BRAIN, SOUTH OF MY ASS: HATS AND SHOES BY ARTISTS,
Studio 10, Brooklyn, New York.
SKIN TRADE, P.P.O.W., New York.
LIFT SERIES, AMOA-Arthouse, Austin, Texas.
POP AND ITS PROGENY, Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, Connecticut.
2012

VIDEO><SCULPTURE, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, New York.
2009
LOVER, On Stellar Rays, New York.
2007
WHAT “F” WORD? Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York.
HOMEGIRLS, Deutschvila, Salzburg, Austria.
2006
COMPLICIT!, University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville, Virginia.
GLOBAl, Westport Arts Center, Westport, Connecticut.
2005
THE SUBJECTIVE FIGURE, Robert Miller Gallery, New York.
Gallerie Eboran, Two-person exhibition, Salzburg Austria.
2003
FANTASY UNDERFOOT, 47TH CORCORAN BIENNIAL, Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, D.C. (curated by Jonathan P. Binstock).
FEMININE PERSUASION, S0FA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
2002
FATHOMING, Southeast Center of Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
2000
THE LIVING END, Boulder Museum for Contemporary Art, Boulder, Colorado.
1999
ZERO- G: WHEN GRAVITY BECOMES FORM, Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion Stamford, Connecticut.
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.
POP SURREALISM, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut (curated by Ingrid Schaffner et al).
SCULPTURE-FIGURE-WOMAN, Landesgalerie, Oberosterreich Linz, Austria Traveled: Statische
Kunstsammlungen, Chemnitz, Germany (curated by Barbara Wally).
FIGURING THE BODY: NANCY BOWEN AND NANCY DAVIDSON, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut (curated by Nina Felshin).
ALTERNATIVE MEASURES, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, New York (curated by Sue Canning).
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 StateUniversity, Detroit, Michigan (curated by
Jo Anna Isaak).
1995
CONCEPTUAL TEXTILES, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
MAUX FAUX, Ronald Feldman Fine Art, New York.
1994
BAD GIRLS WEST, Wight Gallery, University of California at Los Angeles.
1993
ATHENA & ARACHNE, Apex Art, New York (curated by Casey Kaplan).
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 (curated by Nina Felshin).
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.
TWO ARTISTS, Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York.
1990
STAINED SHEET/HOLY SHROUD, Krygier/Landau, Los Angeles.
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
America Haus, Stuttgart, Germany.
WORKS ON PAPER, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts.
1980
WORKS ON 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.
100 YEARS-100 ARTISTS, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.
FOUR PAINTERS, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, 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, Ontario, Canada.
A.C.T. Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1976
Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, California.
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.
1975
TWO ARTISTS N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago.
1974
CHICAGO AND VICINITY EXHIBITION, Art Institute of Chicago.

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2010
Pilchuck Artist Resident, Seattle, Washington.
2005
Creative Capital Artist Grant.
2003
YADDO Residency Artist Fellowship.
MACDOWELL Residency Artist Fellowship.
2001
POLLOCK-KRASNER Foundation Grant.
1997
Anonymous was a Woman Award.
1996
DJERASSI Residency Artist Fellowship.
1984
Completion Grant, Massachusetts Council of the Arts.
1981
Individual Artist Fellowship, Massachusetts Council of the Arts.
1980
YADDO Residency Artist Fellowship.
1979
Individual Artist Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts.

EDUCATION

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