NANCY BLUM
SCULPTURE WORKS ON PAPER PUBLIC ART more work RESUME CONTACT
Education
MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
BA, University of Michigan/The Residential College, Ann Arbor, MI

Solo Exhibitions

2007 Dart, Drift, Dangle, New Work, Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston, MA
Drawing and Sculpture, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Butterflies, Philadelphia International Airport, Art Installations, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Nature Unbound, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Steinhardt Conservatory Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2005 Drawings, Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA
On-Site Artist Projects, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, VA
2004 New Work, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2002 Recent Work, Esther Claypool Gallery, Seattle, WA
2000 New Work: Drawings and Sculpture, Esther Claypool Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999 Wall Project, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
1998 Cummings Art Center, Connecticut College, New London, CT
Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID

Grants & Fellowships

2006 Peter S. Reed Foundation Grant, New York, NY
2004 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
1997 Grant for Artist’s Projects, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA

Public -Art Commissions

2008 Charlotte Area Transit System: commission for artwork at transit stations, Charlotte, NC
2007 Arts for Transit: commission for artwork at Metro-North train station, Dobbs Ferry Station, NY
2004 Port of Seattle: artwork for the South Terminal, Sea-Tac Airport, Seattle, WA
2002 Seattle Arts Commission, City of Seattle, Manhole Cover, Seattle, WA

Select Two Person and Group Exhibitions

2007 Oasis, four person exhibition, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, Queens, NY
Three Person Exhibition, Romo Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Bridge Art Fair, (Romo Gallery), Chicago, IL
Susan Maasch Gallery, Portland, Maine
2006 The Drawing Show, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
Garden, Visual Art Center of Richmond, Richmond, VA
Ornament Now, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Takeout, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA and the Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY
2005 Fleurs, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Mid-Atlantic Fellowship Exhibition, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
Heavenly, The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY
White on White, Elaine Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2004 Arthouse, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
2003 North American Sculpture NOW, Visual Art Center, Richmond, VA
Second World Ceramic Biennale, 2003 Korea, World Ceramic Center, Icheon, South Korea
Tasty Buds, Workspace, New York, NY
Botanical Exhibition, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
2002 New Prints 2002, International Print Center, New York, NY
Dreamy: 3-Person Show, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
2001 2-Person Show, Esther Claypool Gallery, Seattle, WA
World Ceramic Exhibition 2001 Korea, Yoju, Korea
Archie Bray Foundation 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Holter Museum, Helena, MT (traveling until 2005)
2000 The Clarity of Seduction III, Cranbrook Network, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
A Glimpse of the Invisible, Invitational, Arvada Center for the Arts, Denver, CO
1997 Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art (Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago), Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
PONCHO Artist Group Show, Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
Grant for Artists Projects, Artist Trust Invitational Exhibition, Seattle, WA

Teaching & Residencies

2008 Artist in Residence/Graduate Advisor, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2007/09 Distinguished Visiting Artist/Critic, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
  Visiting Artist, Ohio State University,
  Visiting Artist, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2005 Visiting Artist, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, KS
2004 Artist-In-Residence, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
2002-03 Artist-in-Residence, Hunter College, New York, NY
2001 Visiting Artist, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2000 Artist-in-Residence, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Visiting Artist, Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, CO & Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1999 Visiting Artist, Connecticut College, New London, CT and the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Artist-in-Residence, University of Michigan, School of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
1996 Artist-in-Residence, thematic “Pop Mass and Subculture,” The Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada
Artist-in-Residence University of Georgia, Studies Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy
Visiting Scholar, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Assistant Professor University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
1993 Artist-in-Residence, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Publications
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
Hall, Emily. In Arts News, The Stranger, January 30, 2003
Wagle, Kate. “Votive Influences: 4 Amer. Artists” Per Grazia Ricevuta, a cura Tropputi, Malagrina Editore, 2002
Wilson, John M. “A Glimpse of the Invisible”, Ceramics Art and Perception (Australia), Issue 49, 2002.
Johnson, Ken. “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
Riddle, Mason. "Review; Nancy Blum", Sculpture Magazine, March 1999.
Zimmer, William. "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
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA