Nancy Evans CV

 

BIOGRAPHY 
Born in Los Angeles, California
 
Resides in Venice, California
 
EDUCATION

University of California, Berkeley, BFA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Jason Vass Gallery, “Tree. Lingam. Void.”
2015  anotheryearinLA online gallery, “Living Quietly Among Things”
2012  Prospectus, Los Angeles, “Past is Present”
2008  Cardwell Jimmerson, Culver City, “Psychic River”  
2006  Dangerous Curve, Los Angeles,  “Keeping Body & Soul Together”  
1999  POST Gallery, Los Angeles,  “Mix It Up”  
1997  Ben Meltz Gallery at Otis School of Art & Design, “Clip-On’s”  
1995  Gasworks Studios, London, “The Oval”  
1994  Sue Spaid Fine Art, Los Angeles, “Let Me Through”  
1993  Sue Spaid Fine Art, “Motel Paintings”
1992  Sue Spaid Fine Art, “The Mango”
 
TWO/THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
1995  “Early Spring”, Marc Foxx Gallery 
1994  “Nancy Evans & Roy Dowell”, Fawbush Gallery, NYC
 
GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016  “UrbanNature”, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena CA (curator Constance Mallinson)

2015  “StudioSystem”, Torrance Art Museum (TAM), Torrance CA
 “BOX.ART.SHOW.” PØST, Los Angeles (Curator)
2013  “Decomposition”, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (Curator, Constance Mallinson)
2012  “Facing West/looking East”, Oceanside Museum of Art, (Curator, Richard Turner)  
          “California Sculpture”, AnotherYearInLA, Los Angeles 
2010  “Genre Studies”, Cardwell Jimmerson, Culver City 
           “Ou-boum”, Long Beach City College Gallery (Curator, Linda Day)  
2008  “Good Doll/Bad Doll”, Pasadena Armory for the Arts, Pasadena, (Curator, Michael Duncan)
           “LA Weekly Biennal”, Track 16 Gallery, LA (Curator, Doug Harvey)  
2007  “Drawn In:Drawing in Residence Phase III”,  Torrance Art Museum (Curator, Marcy Freeman)  
2002  “LA Post Cool”, San Jose Museum of Art, (Curator, Michael Duncan)  
2001  “Between Representation: LA’s Greatest Unsigned Artists”, INMO Gallery, LA (Curator, Doug Harvey) 
           “The Importance of Being Earnest”, Occidental College, LA, (Curator, Michael Duncan) 
2000  Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, “An Active Life”, (Curator, Sue Spaid) 
           Schmidt Contemporary Art of Los Angeles, “PaintLand”, (Curator, Terry Meyers)  
           The Work Space, New York City , “That Perfect Place”, (Curator, Theresa Hackett) 
           Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA “Fahrenheit 2000”,  (Curator, Paul Paiement)    
1998  UCSB College of Creative Studies, Santa Barbara,
           “Sick of Photography”, (Curator, Michael Darling)            
PERFORMANCE 
1989  “Sleep a Little Death”, Newport Harbor Art Museum,Newport, CA 
            (Collaboration, Funded by Rockefellow Foundation)
1987  “The Ephemeral Nature of Madame de Sade”, LACE, Los Angeles (Collaboration, Funded by NEA)
1986  “Tiny Alice”, various location in Los Angeles
1985  “Urban Fever”, various location in Los Angeles
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2015  Center For Cultural Innovation Working Artist Award
2008  Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant for Painters & Sculptors   
1988  Rockefeller Foundation Grant for Collaborative Projects
1987  National Endowment for the Arts, Collaborative Artist Grant
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Duncan, Michael, Nancy Evans at Dangerous Curve, (Image) Art in America, March 2007
Freeman, Tom, “Immodesty”, (Image), Artweek, November 2006
Darling, Michael, “Fresh Paint”, LAWeekly, Jan 29, 1999
Wilson, William, “Clip-On’s”, Los Angeles Times, (Image) April 22, 1997
Weissman, Benjamin, Artforum, (Image) Summer 1994
Tager, Alisa, Art in America, (Image) October 1993
Duncan, Michael, “LAX”, Art in America, April 1993
Pagel, David, “Smart & Sensuous”, LA Times, March 4,1993
Greene, David, “Nancy Evans”, Art Issues, November 1992
Pagel, David, “Artistic Breakthrough”, LA Times, Sept 10, 1992
Frank, Peter, “To be Gifted, Young and Los Angeleno”, Visions, 1989
Curtis, Cathy, “Nancy Evans de Sade, LA Times, Sept. 11, 1987
Apple, Jackie, “The Esthetic of the Perverse”, LA Times, Oct.24, 1987
Lawrence, Dianne V., “Nancy Evans-Tiny Alice”, High Performance, Issue #37,1987, pp 82
Evans, Nancy, “Tiny Alice”, original text, LAICA Journal, Summer 1986
RESIDENCIES & ART FAIRS
2015  Rhy Art Fair Basel, Switzerland
2012  Berliner-Liste Art Fair, Berlin
2008  Art Channel- Beijing 
1995  Gasworks Studios, London
1994  Art Omi, New York State
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
1993-1996  Board of Directors & Performance Committee Chair,  Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions 
  (LACE)
1991-1993  Board of Directors, Foundation for Art Resources (FAR)