University State

NANCI ERSKINE

Painting / Drawing / Monotypes

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EDUCATION

MA/ MFA University of Iowa 1987/1988

BFA University of Oregon 1983 Cum Laude

Portland Museum School 1971

Lewis and Clark College 1968-70

A WARDS / GRANTS

Creative Capital Grant, Beet Street/Creative Capital Foundation, April 2012

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, Eighth Mary Scott Lecture Series, Colorado State University,

November 1998

Merit Award - Drawing From Perception (juror- Rackstraw Downes) 1998

Professional Development Grants 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999

Career Enhancement Grants 1995, 1996, 1997 / Instructional Development Grants 1996, 1998

COLLECTIONS

A merican Century Investments, Denver, CO

Safeco Insurance Corporation, Redmond, WA

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA

Seattle Arts Commission Print Collection, Seattle, WA

Stonybrook School, Stonybrook, Long Island, NY

University of Oregon -Art and Architecture Building, Eugene, OR

Mundt McGregor Law Firm, Seattle, WA

A rt in Public Places, City of Fort Collins, CO 2008, 2010 and 2011 commissions

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.

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

1997 Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA 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 Pierce College, International Print Exchange, Heads Up

Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO Studio Tour Sampler

Spark Gallery, Denver, CO- Guilty Pleasures, William Biety, juror

Core New Art Space, Denver, CO- Spirituality

2011 Poudre River Ars Center, Fort Collins, CO Art for Conservation Legacy Land Trust

2010 Poudre River Arts Center, Fort Collins, CO Art for Conservation

2009 Denver International Airport and Capital Building, Denver, CO Creative Capital

2008 Poudre River Arts Center, Fort Collins, CO Art for Conservation

Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA - upstairs gallery

2007 Poudre River Arts Center, Fort Collins, CO Small is Beautiful

2006 A rmstrong Hotel, Fort Collins, CO Art @ the Armstrong

Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO

Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA - selected gallery artists

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) - Honorable Mention

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

Printworks 2000

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-Juried

Exhibition of Contemporary Art - Merit Award

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

Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA En Plein Air

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

Colorado State Fair, Pueblo, CO; Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Golden, CO;

and Cortez Center, CO (July 4 through October 31)

W right State University, Dayton, OH Drawing from Perception II - Merit Award

(juror- Rackstraw Downes)

Truman State University, Kirksville, MO 10th Annual National Art Competition

(juror- Faith Ringgold)

Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO Faculty Show

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

(curator- Chris Bruce, Henry Art Gallery)

One West Art Center, Fort Collins, CO Colorado /Wyoming Biennial

1995 Cheekwood Museum, Nashville, TN Cheekwood Nat l Contemporary Painting

(juror- Robert Ryman)

Alder Gallery, Eugene, OR LePetit II

Clara Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Faculty Show

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 Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA Landscapes (4-person)

Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI Invention of Childhood (Invitational)

Muscarelle Museum, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA

American Drawing Biennial III (juror- Jack Beal)

1991 Olin and Smoyer Gallery, Roanoke College, Salem, VA Drawing: The Figure (juried)

Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA 25th Anniversary Show (6 pieces)

Whitehall Gallery, Williamsburg, VA Annual Small Works on Paper (juried - 5 pieces)

1990 Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Art at the Big Ten

(juror- Neal Benezra, curator Hirshorn Museum, Washington, DC)

A shland Area Art Center, Ashland, KY (10 pieces)

1989 S.A.S. Gallery, Spokane, WA (5 pieces)

1987 Furman University, Greenville, SC Graduate Drawing from Iowa

1986 Museum of Art, Iowa State University, Ames, IA Iowa College Salon

1985 Hult Performing Arts Center, Eugene, OR Art in the Vineyards

1984 Humbolt State University, Arcata, CA West Coast Works on/of Paper

Southern Oregon State College, West Coast Print, Painting, Drawing

(juror - Terry Melton, NEA)

G ALLERY REPRESENTATION (former)

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

Hooks/Epstein, Houston, TX

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO Drawing- Intro to Graduate Level, Graduate Painting &

Drawing Summer Program in Italy- Drawing, 1996, Exhibitions Committee

1993-1999 Assistant Professor / 2001, 2002, 2006 - instructor

Coe College Cedar Rapids, IA Painting and monotype workshops, individual critiques, gallery talks.

2001 March - Visiting Artist

Southern Methodist University, Taos, NM- Visiting Artist Landscape Painting

1997- summer

The College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Painting, Life

Drawing I and II

1990-91 - Assistant Professor

Morehead State University, Morehead, KY 2-D Foundations, Drawing I, Painting I, II and III;

Western Art History Survey, Summer Term 1990- DrawingI-IV

1989-90 - Instructor

Artreach Program, Spokane WA A rtist in the schools, sponsored by Spokane Art School

Beginning Adult Drawing, Chewelah, WA, Talented and Gifted Program, Chewelah, WA

1988-1989 Instructor

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 1988 Painting I and Life Drawing II

(teaching assistant w/ Ben Frank Moss

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