Resume: Nancy Robinson
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Residence

St. Paul, Minnesota

Contact

nancyrobinson@nancyrobinson-arts.com

Fellowships and Awards (selected)

  • ARTIST INITIATIVE GRANT
    Minnesota State Arts Board, 2009, 2005
  • INDIVIDUAL ARTIST FELLOWSHIP GRANT
    Minnesota State Arts Board, 2001, 1997
  • TRAVEL AND STUDY GRANT
    Jerome, Target and General Mills Foundations 2000
  • JEROME ARTIST GRANT
    Blacklock Nature Sanctuary, Moose Lake, MN
    Mentor/Protegee Residency 1998
  • JEROME SCHOLARSHIP
    Women's Art Registry of Minnesota, Mentor Program
    1997-98, 1999-2000, 2001-2002

Exhibitions (selected, since 1997)

2009 2008
  • A.I.R. GALLERY, New York City, NY, "Wish You Were Here VII" (group show)
2007
  • GRUPO SOAP DEL CORAZUN Y ART JONES GALLERY, Minneapolis, MN
    "Nuestra Frida" (group show)
  • SWAN SONG CONTEMPORARY ARTS, Maiden Rock, WI
    "Swan Song" (group show)
  • BIRD X BIRD, Minneapolis, MN (group show)
  • FLANDERS CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY
    "Glass Gallery Mini Show" (solo show)
  • A.I.R. GALLERY, New York City, NYC
    "Wish You Were Here V" (group show)
  • SAINT PAUL ART CRAWL
    "Open Studio" (group show)
  • FLANDERS CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY, Minneapolis, MN
    "The Fifteenth Annual Warehouse Show" (group show)
2006
  • FLANDERS CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY, Minneapolis, MN
    "Dec the Walls" (group show)
  • BIRD X BIRD, Minneapolis, MN (group show)
  • A.I.R GALLERY, New York City, NY
    "Wish You Were Here V" (group show)
  • METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Saint Paul, MN
    "Memory, Myth and Metaphor" (group show)
2005
  • MINNESOTA STATE ARTS BOARD, Saint Paul, MN
    "Grant Recipients Exhibition" (group show)
  • BIRD X BIRD, Minneapolis, MN (group show)
2004
  • MINNEAPOLIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
    Women's Art Institute Faculty Exhibition (group show)
  • COLLEGE OF SAINT CATHERINE, Saint Paul, MN
    "Figure and Psyche: Four Artists Plumb the Depths "(group show)
  • A.I.R. GALLERY, New York, NY
    "Generations 04" (group show)
  • FLANDERS CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY, Minneapolis, MN
    "13th Annual Warehouse Show" (group show)
2003
  • AFFORDABLE ART FAIR, New York, NY
    Participating Artist, Flanders Contemporary Art (group show)
  • BIRD X BIRD, Minneapolis, MN (group show)
  • A.I.R. GALLERY, New York, NY
    "Wish You Were Here Too" (group show)
  • ARTS OFF RAYMOND, Saint Paul, MN
    Participating Artist, Open Studios
  • FLANDERS CONTEMPORARY ART, Minneapolis, MN
    "12th Annual Warehouse Show" (group show)
2002
  • RADIATOR GALLERY, Minneapolis, MN
    "Bird by Bird" Exhibition benefit for the Minnesota Wildlife Haven (group show)
  • MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, St. Paul, MN
    "Her Story: 175 Years of Portraying Women in Minnesota" (group show)
  • A.I.R. GALLERY, New York City, NY
    "Generations III" (group show)
2001
  • MINNESOTA STATE ARTS BOARD, St. Paul, MN
    "Fellowship Recipients Show" (group show)
  • A.I.R. GALLERY, New York City, NY
    "Residual Matter" (two-person)
  • FLANDERS CONTEMPORARY ART, Minneapolis, MN
    "Nancy Robinson: Recent Work" (solo)
2000
  • ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago, IL
    "Nancy Robinson: Paintings"(solo, Gallery A)
  • NO NAME at the SOAP FACTORY, Minneapolis, MN
    "W.A.R.M. Mentor Program Exhibition" (group show)
  • THE MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS, Minneapolis, MN,
    "Hair Stories" (group show)
1999
  • FLANDERS CONTEMPORARY ART, Minneapolis, MN
    "North Shore Images" (group show)
1997
  • HAMLINE UNIVERSITY, Saint Paul, MN
    "Nancy E. Robinson: Paintings" (solo)
  • FLANDERS CONTEMPORARY ART, Minneapolis, MN
    "Nancy Robinson and Melissa Stang" (two-person)
  • MCAD GALLERY, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
    "Other Realities" (group show)
  • KATHERINE E. NASH GALLERY, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
    "AKEMA <=> ELIEVEBA = the invention of personality and place =" (group show)

Education

  • LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY, Bachelor of Arts in English, cum laude

Teaching Experience (selected)

  • MINNEAPOLIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, Minneapolis. MN
    1999-2001 ADJUNCT FACULTY, Fine Arts Division

Reviews and Citations (selected)

Artnet Magazine
  • April 2009, "Twenty Top Shows"
Arts, Magazine of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts July/August, 2000
  • March/April/May 2009, "Continuing Stories" (Tamatha Sopinski Perlman)
  • July/August, 2000, "Hair Raising Stories" (Rob Silberman)
Arts Board News, A Publication of the Minnesota State Arts Board
  • Summer 2001, "2001 Fellowship Recipients"
  • Fall/Winter 1997, "Congratulations 1997 Fellowship Recipients"
  • Winter/Spring 1997, "Show Features Visual Arts Grantees"
Chicago Reader, Chicago, IL
  • October 6, 2000, THE CULTURE CLUB: Galleries and Museums
City Pages, Minneapolis, MN KARE TV, Channel 11
  • July 24, 2000 Morning News, "Hair Stories"
KMSP TV, Channel 9
  • July 6, 2000 Evening News, "The Buzz: Hair Stories"
KNOW-FM, Minnesota Public Radio, 91.1 FM
  • July 14, 2000, "Hair Stories"
Minneapols City Cable Channel 34 / Metro Cable Network Channel 634 / Cable 6
  • June 1997, "Artifacts: Television Art Show"
Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN
  • April 10, 2009, VARIETY:ART, "Myth and Legend" (Mary Abbe)
  • October 1, 2006, ARTCETERA (Mary Abbe)
  • June 15, 2001, FREE TIME, "Erotica" (Claude Peck)
  • February 9, 2001, FREE TIME, "Ethereal Effects" (Mary Abbe)
  • January 19, 2001, FREE TIME, "Painting the Horrible" (Mary Abbe)
  • July 1, 2000, "Art: Entertainment" (Mary Abbe)
  • July 21, 2000, FREE TIME, "Very Hairy" (Mary Abbe)
  • July 12, 2000, VARIETY, "Heads Up: Hairy Exhibit"
  • June 12, 1997, "It's Showtime in Minneapolis Art Galleries" (Doug Hanson)
  • January 18, 1997, " Talking pictures tell the stories in college exhibition" (Mary Abbe)
Minnesota Monthly, Minneapolis, MN
  • April 2009, THE AGENDA (Melinda Feucht, Tim Gihring, Emily Stickler)
Mpls.StPaul, Minneapolis, MN
  • April 2009, "Guilty as Sin" (Stephanie Xanos)
The Minnesota Daily, Minneapolis, MN
  • July 21, 2000, ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT:FOCUS, "Hairy Deal" (David Gustafson) (black and white photo of art)
PULSE of the Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN
  • May 28-June 4, 1997, "Flanders Shows Two of Area's Fine Artists" (Michelle Olson)
SPNN TV, Channel 19
  • February, 2008, "Lowertown: Nancy Robinson"
The RAKE, Minneapolis, MN St. Paul Pioneer Press, St. Paul, MN
  • July 13, 2000, EXPRESS, "Fresh Hair" (Mason Riddle)
YouTube

Lectures, Interviews and Public Appearances (Selected)

  • Bethel College, 2001, Guest Artist Speaker, Senior Seminar
  • Hamline University, 1997, Guest Artist Speaker
  • Metro State University, 2000-2004, 2008, Guest Artist Speaker
  • Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 1999-2009, Guest Artist, Women's Art Institute, 1996-1998, Guest Artist Lecturer, various undergraduate and graduate classes
  • Minnesota Museum of American Art, 1997, Artist Speaker
  • Northwestern College, 2000-2003, Guest Artist Speaker
  • University of Minnesota, 1997, 2000-2005, Guest Artist Speaker
  • Visual Arts Minnesota, St. Cloud, MN, 2006, Juror, "Essential Art Exhibition"
  • Women's Art Registry of Minnesota, 1991-1997, Facilitator, "Fresh Art" open meetings for women artists

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