NANCI ERSKINE Paintings / Drawings / Monotypes
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EDUCATION
BFA University of Oregon 1983 Cum Laude, MA/ MFA University of Iowa 1987/1988
AWARDS / GRANTS
Honorable Mention – Rocky Mountain Biennial, (juror- Jan Ernst Adlmann), April 2004
Individual Artist Fellowship, Painting - Colorado Council on the Arts, March 2002
Merit Award – Colorado 2002 Juried Exhibition, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 2002
Individual Artist Fellowship, Drawing - Colorado Council on the Arts, January 1998
Instructional Innovation Award, Colorado State University, 1998
Merit Award – “Drawing From Perception”(juror- Rackstraw Downes) 1998
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (prior to 1990 available on request)
2007 Pierce College, Tacoma, WA (also 1999)
2006 Davis and Cline, Ashland, OR
Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA (also 1990, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2003 and 2005)
Cornell College, Luce Gallery, Mount Vernon, IA
2002 Diane Nelson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
2001 Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA
1999 Colorado State University, Directions Gallery, Fort Collins, CO – (also 1998, 1995)
Foothills Unitarian Church, Fort Collins, CO – paintings
US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO- “Expanse of Nature”, Drawings
1991 Stonybrook School, Stonybrook, Long Island, NY “Looking Homeward”
SMALL GROUP / JURIED / INVITATIONAL- (Prior to 1990 available on request)
2012 Core New Art Space, Denver, CO “Spirituality” 2 pcs. Spark Gallery, Denver, CO “Guilty Pleasures” 2 pcs.- Pierce College, WA , “Puget Printheads International Print Exchange”
2011 Poudre River Arts Center“Art for Conservation”Legacy Land Trust (also 2010, 2008)
2009 Denver International Airport and Capital Building, Denver, CO“Creative Capital”
2008 Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA - (also 2006, 1999, 1992, 1991)
2006 Armstrong Hotel, Fort Collins, CO “Art @ the Armstrong”
Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO
2005 Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO“Small Gems”
Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO “Art for the Arts”
Hixon Interior Design, Fort Collins, CO
2004 Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO “Rocky Mountain Biennial” (3pcs. juror Jan Ernst Adlmann)
Gallery East, Loveland, CO “Landscape Legacies IV”
2003 Improv Gallery, Fort Collins, CO “Landscape Legacies III”
Fresh Art Gallery, Denver, CO “Architectural Echoes” ( 7 pieces)
2002 City of Seattle Portable Works Collection, Key Tower Gallery, Seattle, WA
Gallery East, Loveland, CO “The Art of Protected Places”
Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO “Maker/Collector”
Republic Plaza, Denver, CO “Colorado Excellence in the Arts- 2002 Fellowship Winners”
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO “Colorado 2002”
2001 Cancer Lifeline, Seattle, WA“Landscape and Life”
Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO“Landscape Legacies”
2000 Harper College, Palatine, IL “Small Works: 23rd National Exhibition”(2pieces) Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA “LaGrange National XXI Biennial”
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH “Works on Paper” (3-person)
1999 Harmony Park Gallery, Fort Collins, CO “First Biennial FATE Exhibition”
Republic Plaza, Denver, CO “Black and White”
University of Wisconsin, Lacrosse, WI. “Painting Invitational” (4-person)
1998 Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO “Landscape-Inscape”(3-person show)
Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO; “Artist Fellowship Touring Exhibit”
Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Golden, CO; and Cortez Center, CO
Wright State University, Dayton, OH “Drawing from Perception II”
Truman State University, Kirksville, MO “10th Annual National Art Competition”
1997 Republic Plaza, Denver CO “Landscape/Cityscape” (3 pieces)
Bowery Gallery, New York, NY “National Juried Show” (juror- William Bailey)
1996 One West Art Center, Fort Collins, CO “Small Works Show”
Bowery Gallery, New York, NY “National Juried Show” (juror- Gabriel Laderman)
Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA “XIX LaGrange National”
Kaiser-Permanente Hospital, Denver, CO “Business and the Arts”
Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, WA “A Collective Endeavor”
One West Art Center, Fort Collins, CO “Colorado /Wyoming Biennial”
1995 Cheekwood Museum, Nashville, TN “Cheekwood Nat’l Contemporary Painting”
Alder Gallery, Eugene, OR “LePetit II”
Bowery Gallery, New York, NY “National Juried Painting “ (juror- Jane Freilicher)
Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA “Landscapes”(3-person)
1994 One West Art Center, Fort Collins, CO “Pencil to Paper”(invitational)
1993 Courtyard Gallery, Washington Studio School, Washington, DC “Landscapes” (3-person)
1992 Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI “Invention of Childhood” (Invitational)
Muscarelle Museum, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
1991 Olin and Smoyer Gallery, Roanoke College, Salem, VA “Drawing: The Figure”
Whitehall Gallery, Williamsburg, VA “Annual Small Works on Paper” ( 5 pieces)
COLLECTIONS
American Century Investments, Denver, CO / Safeco Insurance Corporation, Redmond, WA / Washington Art Consortium (various museums) / University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA / Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA / Seattle Arts Commission Print Collection, Seattle, WA / Mundt McGregor Law Firm, Seattle, WA / Stonybrook School, Stonybrook, Long Island, NY / University of Oregon -Art and Architecture Building, Eugene, OR / Art in Public Places, City of Fort Collins, CO 2008, 2010 and 2011. Many other private and corporate: California, Washington, Utah, Texas, Arizona and Colorado.
PUBLICATIONS
The Guild Sourceboook of Residential Art, February, 2008; Guild Publishing, Madison WI
Matter Magazine, Vol 10, Wolverine Farm Publishing, Fort Collins, CO
Artists Register Monthly, May, 2006 Featured Artist, Western States Arts Federation
Seattle Times, “Hot Ticket”, Sheila Farr, May 20, 2005
New American Paintings, 2004 Western Edition, Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA
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
Rocky Mountain Bullhorn, “Painting from Memory”, Shena McAuliffe, 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
