Nanci Erskine Ft Collins, CO 80524
cell- (970) 402-7621 E-Mail: nerskine at comcast.net
EDUCATION
MA/ MFA University of Iowa
BFA University of Oregon Cum Laude
Portland Museum School
Lewis and Clark College
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 Pierce College, Tacoma, WA
2006 Davis and Cline, Ashland, OR
2005 Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
Cornell College, Luce Gallery, Mount Vernon, IA
2003 Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA, “Toxic Beauty”
2002 Diane Nelson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
2001 Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA
2000 Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA, “Dangerous Terrain”
1999 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO – monotypes/paintings
1998 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO – drawings
Foothills Unitarian Church, Fort Collins, CO – paintings
Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
1997 “Other Regions-New Paintings About Place”
Pierce College, Tacoma, WA
“Nanci Erskine -New Paintings”US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO- “Expanse of Nature”, Drawings
1995 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, Directions Gallery
1993 Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
1991 Stonybrook School, Stonybrook, Long Island, NY “Looking Homeward”
1990 Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
1989 Morehead State University, Morehead, KY, Claypool/Young Gallery
1988 Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA Esvelt Gallery,
1988 University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, Eve Drewelowe Gallery
1985 Maude Kerns Gallery, Eugene, OR
SELECTED SMALL GROUP / JURIED / INVITATIONAL
2012 “Guilty Pleasures”, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
2011 Art for Conservation, Poudre River Gallery, Fort Collins, CO (also was curator)
2009 It’s Everywhere: Process and Projects of Art in Public Places, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO
2009 “Creative Capital”, Denver International Airport and Capital Building, Denver, CO
2008 Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA – upstairs gallery
2007 “Small is Beautiful”, Legacy Land Trust, Poudre River Arts Center, Fort Collins, CO
2006 “Art @ the Armstrong, Armstrong Hotel, Fort Collins, CO
Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO
Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA gallery artists
2005 “Small Gems”, Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO
Art for the Arts, FCMOCA, Fort Collins, CO
Hixon Design, Fort Collins, CO
2004 “Rocky Mountain Biennial”, Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO (3 pcs. juror Jan Ernst Adlmann) – Honorable Mention
Legacy Landtrust Gallery East, Loveland, CO
2003 “Landscape Legacies III”, Improv Gallery, Fort Collins,CO
“Architectural Echoes”, Fresh Art Gallery, Denver, CO
2002 “Printworks 2000”- City of Seattle Portable Works Collection, Key Tower Gallery, Seattle, WA
“The Art of Protected Places”, Gallery East, Loveland, CO
“Maker/Collector”, Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University
“Colorado Excellence in the Arts- 2002 Fellowship Winners”, Republic Plaza, Denver, CO
“Colorado 2002 Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art”; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center – Merit Award
2001 “Landscape and Life”, Cancer Lifeline, Seattle, WA
“Landscape Legacies”, Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO
2000 “Small Works: 23rd National Exhibition”, Harper College, Palatine, IL (2pieces) (juror- John Heintzman)
“LaGrange National XXI Biennial”, Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA
“Works on Paper”, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (3- person) Invitational
1999 “First Biennial FATE Exhibition”, Harmony Park Gallery, Fort Collins, CO (juror- Garrison Roots, CU)
“En Plein Air”, Landscape Show, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
“Black and White”, Republic Plaza, Denver, CO (invitational)
“Painting Invitational”, University of Wisconsin, Lacrosse, WI.
1998 “Landscape-Inscape”, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO (3-person)
“Artist Fellowship Touring Exhibit”: Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO; Colorado State Fair, Pueblo, CO; Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Golden, CO; and Cortez Center, CO (July 4 through October 31)
“Drawing from Perception II”, Wright State University, Dayton, OH – Merit Award (juror- Rackstraw Downes)
“10th Annual National Art Competition”, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO (juror- Faith Ringgold)
“Faculty Show”, Clara Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
1997 “Landscape/Cityscape”, Republic Plaza, Denver CO (3 pieces)
“National Juried Show” , Bowery Gallery, New York, NY (juror- William Bailey)
1996 “Small Works Show”, One West Art Center, Fort Collins, CO (juried)
“National Juried Show”, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY (juror- Gabriel Laderman)
“XIX LaGrange National” , Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA
“Business and the Arts”, Kaiser-Permanente Hospital, Denver, CO
“A Collective Endeavor”, Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, WA (curator- Chris Bruce, Henry Art Gallery)
“Colorado /Wyoming Biennial”, One West Art Center, Fort Collins, CO
1995 “Cheekwood Nat’l Contemporary Painting”, Cheekwood Museum, Nashville, TN (juror- Robert Ryman)
“LePetit II”, Alder Gallery, Eugene, OR (juried)
Faculty Show, Clara Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
“National Juried Painting “, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY (juror- Jane Freilicher)
“Landscapes”, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA 1994“Pencil to Paper”, One West Art Center, Fort Collins, CO
1993 “Landscapes”, Courtyard Gallery, Washington Studio School, Washington, DC (3-person)
1992 “Landscapes”, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA “Invention of Childhood”, Kohler Art Cntr.,Sheboygan,WI
“American Drawing Biennial III”, Muscarelle Museum, The College of William and Mary, (juror- Jack Beal)
1991 “Drawing: The Figure”, Olin and Smoyer Gallery, Roanoke College, Salem, VA (juried)
“25th Anniversary Show”, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA (6 pieces)
“Annual Small Works on Paper”, Whitehall Gallery, Williamsburg, VA (juried – 5 pieces)
1990 “Art at the Big Ten”, Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (juror- Neal Benezra, curator Hirshorn Museum, Washington, DC)
Ashland Area Art Center, Ashland, KY (10 pieces)
1989 S.A.S. Gallery, Spokane, WA (5 pieces)
1987 “Graduate Drawing from Iowa”, Furman University, Greenville, SC
1986 “Iowa College Salon”, Museum of Art, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
1985 “Art in the Vineyards”, Hult Performing Arts Center, Eugene, OR
1984 “West Coast Works on/of Paper”, Humbolt State University, Arcata, CA (juried- Robert Hudson)
“West Coast Print, Painting, Drawing”, (juried – Terry Melton, NEA)
PREVIOUS GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Francine Seders Gallery Ltd., 6701 Greenwood Ave. N., Seattle, WA 1989 – 2009
Davis and Cline, Ashland, OR, 2004 – 2007
G2, Scottsdale, AZ
Diane Nelson, Laguna Beach, CA
HooksEpstein, Houston, TX
AWARDS / GRANTS
Honorable Mention – Rocky Mountain Biennial, (juror- Jan Ernst Adlmann), April 2004
Individual Artist’s Fellowship, Painting - Colorado Council on the Arts, March 2002
Merit Award – Colorado 2002 Juried Exhibition, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 2002
Individual Artist’s Fellowship, Drawing - Colorado Council on the Arts, January 1998
Instructional Innovation Award, Eighth Mary Scott Lecture Series “Teaching and Learning: Challenging Assumptions and Exploring Alternatives”, Colorado State University , November 1998
Merit Award - “Drawing From Perception”, Wright State University, (juror- Rackstraw Downes)1998
CSU Professional Development Grants 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999
Career Enhancement Grants 1995, 1996, 1997 Instructional Development Grant 1996, 1998
COLLECTIONS
American Century Investments (Denver), Safeco Insurance Corporation, University of Iowa, Coe College, Seattle Arts Commission Print Collection, Stonybrook School, University of Oregon -Art and Architecture Building (State % for the Arts), City of Fort Collins-Art in Public Places.
Mundt McGregor Law Firm, Norman Lundin, Leslie Nelson, Jim Nelson, Tilman Smith, Ross and Mark Drangsholt, Gerald Patterson, Seattle; John Clopton, Texas; John MacIntyre, Laguna Beach, CA.; Cordell Taylor, Utah; Ingo Orgzall, Pottsdam, Germany; other private and corporate in California, Washington, Arizona and Colorado.
PUBLICATIONS
The Guild Sourceboook of Residential Art, February, 2008; Guild Publishing, Madison WI
Matter Magazine, Vol 10, Wolverine Farm Press
Artists Register Monthly, May, 2006 Featured Artist
“Hot Ticket”, Sheila Farr, Seattle Times, May 20, 2005
New American Paintings, 2004 Western Edition, Open Studios Press
Rocky Mountain Bullhorn, April 14, 2004, “Here We Go Again….”
100 Creative Drawing Ideas, Anna Held Audette, pp. 66-67, Shambhala, 2004.
Denver Post, January 25, 2002, “Quantity, diversity….” . Kyle MacMillan
New American Paintings, 2001 Western Edition Vol 36; Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA
“Painting from Memory”, Shena McAuliffe, Rocky Mountain Bullhorn, June 2001, vol. 1, issue 10.
Metateaching and the Instructional Map, William Timpson, Atwood Publishing, 1999. (pp. 42, 56, 57, 94)
Denver Post, June 1, 1999, “Contrasts Tell Truth in Exhibit”, Jeff Bradley
The Seattle Times, May 4, 1999, “Like a Breath of Fresh Air”, Matthew Kangas
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 19, 1993, “Individualists’ styles…of Women Artists”, Regina Hackett
Washington Post Jan. 9, 1993, “Landscapes at Courtyard”, Mary McCoy
Iowa Journal of Literary Studies, 1987, 1988
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Colorado State University Drawing- Intro to Graduate Level , Graduate Painting & Drawing Fort Collins, CO Summer Program in Italy- Drawing, 1996, Exhibitions Committee
1993-1999 Assistant Professor
2001, 2002, 2006 – instructor
Coe College Painting and monotype workshops, individual critiques, gallery talks.
Cedar Rapids, IA
March, 2001 – Visiting Artist
Southern Methodist University Visiting Artist- Landscape Painting
Taos, NM
1997- summer
New School of Northern Virginia 2-D Foundations, multimedia, painting
Fairfax, VA
1992 Instructor
The College of William and Mary Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Painting, Life Drawing I and II.
Williamsburg, VA Summer Term 1991- Painting
1990-91 Assistant Professor
Morehead State University 2-D Foundations, Drawing I, Painting I, II and III;
Morehead, KY Western Art History Survey
1989-90 Instructor Summer Term 1990- DrawingI-IV
Artreach Program Artist in the schools, sponsored by Spokane Art School
Spokane WA Beginning Adult Drawing, Chewelah, WA
1988-1989 Instructor Talented and Gifted Program, Chewelah, WA
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 1988 Painting I and Life Drawing II (teaching assistant w/ Ben Frank Moss)
