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EDUCATION

1991 MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1985 BA, The Residential College, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2005
Drawings, Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA
On Site/Artist Projects, The Visual Arts Center of Richmond , Richmond, VA

2004
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
Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
New Work, Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Cummings Art Center, Connecticut College, New London, CT

1997
Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

1996
MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA



SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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 Arts Center of Virginia, 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 (travelling until 2005)

2000
The Clarity of Seduction III, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
A Glimpse of the Invisible, Invitational, Arvada Center for the Arts, Denver, CO
Group Invitational, Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

1997
Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art (SOFA), Navy Pier, Chicago, IL (Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago)
PONCHO Artist Group Show, Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
GAP Invitational Show, Seattle, WA

1997
Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art (SOFA), Navy Pier, Chicago, IL (Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago)
So Long Salon, gallery artists, MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA
Essentially Beads, invitational, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, AZ

1996
Figurative Expressions, 3-person show, Allegheny College, Allegheny, PA
Winter Salon, Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art (SOFA), Navy Pier, Chicago, IL (Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago)
Intimate Conversations, group invitational, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA

1995
Universe of Meaning, Sculpture Invitational, Brattleboro Museum and Arts Center, Brattleboro, VT
New Work—New Faces, MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA
Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art (SOFA), Navy Pier, Chicago, IL (Ann Nathan Gallery, MIA Gallery)
Twentieth Anniversary Invitational, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
Group Exhibition, MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA

1994
Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee
Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art (SOFA), Navy Pier, Chicago IL (Lill Street Gallery, Chicago)
Art Southeast, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

1993
The Legacy of the Archie Bray Foundation: 1952-1993, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA


BIBLIOGRAPHY

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: Four American Artists" Per Grazia Ricevuta, a cura di Anna Maria Tropputi, Paolo 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) Sun. Nov. 29, 1998.
Nacisse, Andy. "The Sculpture of Nancy Blum", Art and Perception (Australia), Issue 33, 1998.
"Gallery Review" American Craft Magazine, June/July 1998.
"Portfolio Section" American Craft Magazine, February/March 1996.
"Boston Galleries Display a Wealth of Artwork by Women", The Boston Globe, Thur. February 1, 1996.
"Visual Arts; Mystical Sculptures at MIA Gallery, review", The Seattle Times, January 11, 1996.
Adelman, Carol. "Feature Article: Nancy Blum", Art Access, January, 1996.
"Best Bet, Artist Nancy Blum", Seattle Post Intelligence, July 7, 1995.
Tirrell, Norma, " The Archie Bray Legacy Four Decades of Ceramic Art in America", Ceramics Monthly, December, 1994.


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

The Metro Transit Association, Dobbs Ferry Station, New York
Seattle City Light, Seattle, WA
The Port of Seattle, Sea/Tac International Airport, Seattle, WA
Safeco Corporation, Seattle, WA
World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Icheon, South Korea
The Lower East Printshop, New York, NY
The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
The Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
The University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
The Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, CO
Kiang Gallery