Nancy Shaver

Pink Base, 2013. Metal, fabric, paper, house paint, Flashe, and oil pastel, 13 1⁄3 x 14 x 13 1/2 inches

BIOGRAPHY

Born: Appleton, New York, 1946

Resides: Jefferson, New York

Education: Pratt Institute (B.F.A., 1969)

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2013

"in place," John Davis Gallery, Hudson, New York.

2011

"Three sisters, four beauties, and a workhorse,"

Feature Inc., New York.

2007

"Retail," Feature Inc., New York.

2004

Feature Inc., New York. Also 2003.

2002

"Painted Sculpture," Feature Inc., New York.

1999

Curt Marcus Gallery, New York. Also 1997, 1994,

1991, 1989, 1987.

1989

Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles.

1987

Feature, Chicago.

1974

Hundred Acres Gallery, New York.

1972

Pratt Manhattan Center, New York.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2014

"Cancel All Our Vows," Dodge Gallery, New York.

2013

"The Bigger Picture," The Artist's Institute, New York.

2012

"Punt," Feature Inc., New York.

"Everyday Abstract – Abstract Everyday," James Cohan

Gallery, New York.

"Creature from the Blue Lagoon," Martos Gallery,

Bridgehampton, New York.

2011

"self-referral nonobjective," Feature Inc., New York.

2010

"The Jewel Thief," The Frances Young Tang Teaching

Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga

Springs, New York.

2009

"One loses one's classics," White Flag Projects, St. Louis.

2008

"Begin Again Right Back Here," White Columns, New York.

Public Project, with Tammy Dudman, Albany

International Airport, New York.

2005 "The sun rises in the evening," Feature Inc., New York.

2004 "About Painting," Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum

and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs,

New York. Catalogue.

2003 "Tony Feher, Arturo Herrera, Nancy Shaver and Richard

Tuttle," Brent Sikkema, New York.

"Living with Duchamp," Frances Young Tang Teaching

Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga

Springs, New York. Catalogue.

2001

"Six Contemporary Artists: Polly Apfelbaum, Daphne

Fitzpatrick, Nancy Shaver, Amy Sillman, Lorna

Simpson, Kara Walker," Clifford Gallery, Colgate

University, Hamilton, New York. Catalogue.

1999

Matthew Marks Gallery, New York.

1993

"Yours," Wooster Gardens, New York.

1990

"Status of Sculpture," ELAC Art Contemporain, Lyon,

France. Traveled to the Institute of Contemporary

Arts, London. Catalogue.

Selected Bibliography

2013

Cooke, Lynne. "Picks of 2013," Artforum (December).

2012

Smith, Roberta. "Like Watching Paint Thrive," The

New York Times (June 29).

2011

Antoine, Jean-Phillipe and Nancy Shaver. The Quilt

and the Truck. Portland, Oregon: Publication Studio.

"Goings On About Town," The New Yorker (December 5).

2010

Raven, Lucy and Steel Stillman. Henry At Home.

Chicago: Soberscove Press.

2007

"Top Pick," Artcal.net (April).

2004

Bankowski, Jack. "Best of 2004," Artforum (December).

2002

Fyfe, Joe. "Reviews," Art in America (October).

2000

Cotter, Holland. "An Impresario of Menace in Simple

Things," The New York Times (March 26).

1999

Schjeldahl, Peter. "Selective Affinities," The New

Yorker (September 6).

Smith, Roberta. "Art Guide: Matthew Marks

Gallery," The New York Times (August 27).

1991

Tanaka, Hiroko. "The Mediocre Objects That Portray

the Artist's Clear Personality," Hi Fashion Magazine

(November).

1989

Collins, Tricia and Richard Milazzo. "Post-

Appropriation and the Romanic Fallacy, Gober,

Etkin, Shaver and Carroll," Tema Celeste (July/

September).

Westfall, Stephen. "Nancy Shaver," Bomb (Spring).

1987 Indiana, Gary. "Really Real," The Village Voice

(October 13).

1983

Russell, John. "Reviews," The New York Times (April 8).