Nancy Davidson
B. 1943, Chicago, IL
Lives and works in New York

Education

1975
M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1972
B.F.A., University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Chicago, IL

1965
B.E., Northeastern Illinois State University, Chicago,

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2016
Ridin’ High, Lord Ludd, Philadelphia, PA

2013
Let ‘er Buck, Boca Museum of Art, 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
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

2016
She, ArtsWestchester, White Plains, New York

2013
North of My Brain, South of My Ass: Studio10, 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, Deutschvilla, 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

2002
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
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: Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (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

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
Chicago, 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 (with Mary Ann Price), N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago

1974
Chicago and Vicinity Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago

Selected Residencies and Awards

2015
Pollock–Krasner Foundation Grant

2014
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship

2010
Pilchuck Artist Resident, Seattle, Washington

2009
The Standby Program, Video Post Production Grant

2005
Creative Capital Artist Grant
Yaddo Residency , Saratoga Springs, New York
MacDowell Residency, Peterborough, New Hampshire

2001
Pollock–Krasner Foundation Grant

1997
Anonymous Was A Woman Award

1996
Djerassi Resident Artist Fellowship

1994
President’s Award for Junior Faculty, State University of New York, Purchase

1984
Completion Grant, Massachusetts Council of the Arts

1981
Individual Artist Fellowship, Massachusetts Council of the Arts

1980
Yaddo Resident Artist Fellowship

1979
Individual Artist Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts

Selected Exhibitions & Catalogs

Nancy Davidson Cowgirl, Published by Daylight Press, distributed by D.A.P. Distributors, 2015
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 Drucker, Johanna. Sweet Dreams: Contemporary Art and Complicity, University of Chicago Press, 2005
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, Wisconsin, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 1995. Catalog
Fields, Jill. An Intimate Affair: Women, Lingerie, and Sexuality, University of California Press, 2007
Frankel, David. “About the Souffle.” In Breathless: Nancy Davidson. Philadelphia, Penn. Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, 1999. Catalog
Normal Editions Workshop. NEW, 30th Year Commemorative Catalog, School of Art, Illinois State University, 2007
Hegarty, Laurence. Video><Sculpture, New York: Dorsky Gallery, 2012. Brochure 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 of Women’s Laughter. New York: Routledge, 1996
“Nancy Davidson.” In Laughter Ten Years After. Geneva, N.Y.: Hobart and William Smith Press, 1996. Catalog
Kelly, James K. The Sculptural Idea Fourth Edition, Long Grove, IL. Waveland Press, 2004
Liao, Wen. Feminist as a Method, China, 1999
Pachmanova, Martina. “Carnival Delights.” In Carnivaleyes. Prague, Czech Republic: Nova Sin Gallery, 1998.
Catalog Richer, Francesca and Rosenzweig, Matthew. No. 1 First Works by 362 Artists. D.A.P./Distributed Art
Publishers Inc. 2005 Rubin Museum of Art. The Flag Project, 2007
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 Schmidt, Stacey. ”Nancy Davidson.” In Fantasy Underfoot. Corcoran Biennial, Corcran Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C. 2003. Catalog
Sikelianos, Eleni. In The California Poems. (Drawings) Coffee House Press, Fall 2004

Selected Articles and Reviews

Bonesteel, Michael. “Nancy Davidson.” Art in America (February 1984)
Canning, Sue. “Nancy Davidson.” New Art Examiner (Summer 1995)
Cutajar, Mario. “Nancy Davidson.” Art/Text #60 (February–April 1998) Dawson, Charles. “Nancy Davidson.”Vangard, (March 1977)
Diehl, Carol. “Nancy Davidson at Dorsky.” Art in America (April 1999)
Dobrzynski, Judith H. “Anonymous Gifts for Art, So Women Creating It Aren’t.” 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)
Frank, Priscilla. “How An Artist Is Using Minimalist Sculpture To Challenge Absurd Body Ideals.” Huffington Post Arts & Culture (May 2016)
Frankel, David. “Nancy Davidson.” Artforum (February 1999)
Freuh, Joanna. Art in America (May 1979)
Gilmore, Kate. “Nancy Davidson in Conversation.” (Brooklyn Rail, September, 2012)
Gluck, Grace. “Nancy Davidson.” The New York Times (September 21, 2001)
Gopnik, Blake. “A Familiar Fantasy.” The Washington Post (December 22, 2002)
Guggenberger, Ulrike. Salzburger, Nachrichten (August 18, 2005)
Hershenson, Roberta. “Two Women Receive Art Grants from Unknown Female Donor.” The New York Times (March 22, 1998)
Hohmeyer, Jurgen. “Abschied von Momma” (Farewell to mother). Der Spiegel (May 1999)
Hooker, Riley. “Ridin’ High with Nancy Davidson.” Topical Cream (June 2016)
Irmanova, Anna. “Vystava Karneval ma v sobe humor I smutek” (The carnival has a sadness in Itself as well). Lidore
Noviny, Praha (May 1998)
Johnson, Ken. “Nancy Davidson.” The New York Times (October 9, 1998)
Karmel, Pepe. “Maux 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)
The Village Voice (December 17, 1991)
Lipton, Eunice and Clare Bell. “Nancy Davidson.” Arts Magazine (December, 1991)
Maddoff, Steven Henry. “Pop Surrealism.”Artforum (October 1998)
Modzelewski, Eve. Pittsburgh Post–Gazette (January 16, 2002)
Mahoney, Robert. Arts Magazine (October 1991)
McNelis, Ashley. “Nancy Davidson with Ashley McNelis.” (Brooklyn Rail, April, 2016)
Morrison, C.L. “Nancy Davidson.” Artforum (February 1997)
“Nancy Davidson.” Artforum (October 1977)
Parker, Laura. “Inflated Desire.” Smock (Winter 2002)
Raczka, Robert. “Nancy Davidson.” Sculpture (April 2000)
Rodgers, Mimi Froncsak. “The Eyes Have It: Feminism’s Fun.” The Prague Post (May 13–19, 1998)
Ronnen, Meir. Art News (January 1981)
Rubinstein, Raphael. “Nancy Davidson.” Art in America (February 1992)
Schjeldahl, Peter. “Chicago.” Art in America (Summer 1976)
Schedlmayer, Nina. “Black & Pink.” Artmagazine.cc (August 26, 2005)
Schlegel, Amy. “Figuring the Body: Nancy Bowen and Nancy Davidson.” Sculpture (November 1998)
Schwabsky, Barry. “Nancy Davidson.” Artforum (Summer 1995)
Sellers, Meredith. “Sexual and Playful Inflatable Bodies.” Hyperallergic (May 2016
Shaw, Kurt. “The Human Bawdy”.” Pittsburgh Tribune–Review (January 25, 2002)
Sozanski, Edward. The Philadelphia Inquirer (December 3, 1999)
Spector, Buzz. Art Issues (September 1990)
Youens, Rachel. “Robert Miller: Nancy Davidson.” Brooklyn Rail (Oct, 2001)
Zimmer, William. “Flights of Creation by Women and Some about Women Too.” The New York Times (February 15, 1998)