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SELECTED HONORS & AWARDS
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Smithsonian Arts Fellowship Nominee
(TBA)
David A. Gardner Magic Project Funding, Princeton University
2004
Atelier Residency, Directed by Toni Morrison, Princeton University 2003-04
The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Juror 2003
Abstract Artists Association, New York. Inducted 1996
New York Foundation for the Arts. Fellowship for drawing, 1993.
New School, New York. Grant, “Color and Architecture, a Global
Perspective,” 1990.
Ariana Foundation for the Arts Inc, New York, Mixed
media grant recipient, 1987.
“Material for the Arts,” New York Cultural Affairs, Grant recipient,
1986.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Heckscher Museum, Huntington,
NY, Residency, 1985. |
SELECTED SOLO & TWO - PERSON EXHIBITIONS
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2006
2004
2002
2001
1999
1987
1984
1982 |
“Road
Work and Other Paintings” DM Contemporary Gallery Mill
Neck, NY
“Carving;
A Collaboration” Installation Project, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor,
Maine
“Paintings” Moss
Gallery, Northeast Harbor, Maine
“New
Work” Moss gallery Northeast harbor, Maine
“Road Art/ New Work” Installation,
Frist Center, Princeton University
“Traces” Installation, Saint
Peters Cathedral, Citicorp Building. New York City (brochure).
“Land
Escapes” Founder-Director, Mount Desert Island Symposium in the Arts,
Maine.
“Memory and Time” Frist Digital
Wall Installation Project, Princeton University.
“Lineas”
Westsphere Capital Galleries, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Caracas, Venezuela.
“Two Generations, Painting”
A.J. Bueche Gallery, Northest Harbor, Maine
“Making Lines”
Paintings and Drawings, Westsphere Capital Gallery, NYC.
“Recent Works
on Paper” Nicholas Alexander Gallery, New York City.
“Is Corporate Art Influencing the
Art World?” Interview, WYNC-TV Channel 13 film presentation,
By Sharon Edelstein,
New York University, NY.
“A Sense of
Place” University of Ohio, Akron, Ohio. (brochure)
“New Paintings” New York Foundation
for the Arts, Heckscher Museum (brochure)
“Recent
Paintings” Faculty Atelier Program, 80 Washington Square Gallery, New
York University |
PROJECTS DIRECTED
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2006
2005
2004
2003
2001 |
“Drawn
Lines” College of the Atlantic Collaboration Bar Harbor,
Maine.
“Interaction;
Art/Technology” Mural Project, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken,
N.J.
“ARTFare
2006” College of the Atlantic Beech Hill Farm, Mount Desert Island, Maine.
“Searching for a Line”Director,
LandEscapes, Mount Desert Island, Maine.
“Against the Wall, The Question of Landscape
in the Twenty-first Century” Atelier Digital Wall Installation
Project/Artist in Residence, in Collaboration with Ben Shedd, Program
founded and
directed by novelist Toni Morrison, Frist Center, Princeton University.
“Desire Lines” Director,LandEscapes,
Mount Desert Island, Maine.
“Water marks/Inside-Outside,” Director,
LandEscapes, Mount Desert Island, Maine, collaboration of
The Blum Gallery, College of the Atlantic and The Interfaith Center, NYC.(cat*)
“Shell” Performance
Collaboration with choreographer and dancer Susan osberg
“Higher Elevations” Project Director,
College of the Atlantic, outdoor earthworks installation,
Beech Hill Farms, Mount Desert Mount Desert Island, Maine. |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1995
1993
1992
1991
1989
1986
1985
1984 |
4th
Anniversary Exhibition – dm Contemporary, Mill Neck NY
Art
Now Fair NY, 30/30 Hotel – dm contemporary
Art Now Fair
Miami – dm Contemporary
“Continuum; 70 Years of American Abstract Art” Saint
Peter’s College Art Gallery, Jersey City, N.J.
“Close
Up” Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine
“Radius” Metaphor
Contemporary Arts, Brooklyn, N.Y.
“Abstraction;
Now” Sideshow Gallery Brooklyn, NY (cat*)
“Drawing
Now” DM Contemporary Mill Neck, New York
“Per
Square Inch” Dieu Donne Papermill, New York
“Salon” Lesley Heller Gallery
New York City, N.Y.
“Paper”Universisty
of Wisconsin Library, Madison, W.I.
“125
Works on Paper” Kentler International Drawing Space Brooklyn, N.Y.
“Light” Abbe
Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine
“Summer
Work” Textile Mill Swans Island, Me.
“Optical Simulations” Curated by
Jill Connors Yellow Bird Gallery Newburgh, New York
“Paper” Pfzier
Corporate Headquaters, New York City, N.Y
“Paddles Invitational” Abbe Museum,
Bar Harbor, Maine.
“Somatic
Scales” Boston Arts Center/Mills Gallery Boston, Ma.(Five Person). Curated
by Patricia
Phillipps
“American Abstract
Artists 60th Anniversary” Hunterdon Museum of Art, N.J.
“draw-drawing-enjoy-drawing”” London
Biennale 2004, Rumford House London, England
“Biennial” Portland Museum of Art, Maine.
(cat.*)
“Line Dancing” Islip Art Museum, Islip New
York. (cat.*)
“1,000 Drawings Invitational”Artist Space,
New York City.
“Collaborations” Dieu Donne Papermill, New
York City. (cat.*)
“American Abstract
Artsists” Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, Indiana.
“Abstract Dilemmas, Abstract Painting” Martin
Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa.
(cat.*)
“Plugged In” Digital Works; Maine Center for
Contemporary Art Rockport, Maine.
“For Love or Money” 25th Anniversary Show;
Dieu Donne Auction NYC. (cat.*)
“Paper, Rock
and Scissors” Paper pulp works. Elaine Benson Gallery, East Hampton, NY.
“The Power of Drawing” Westbeth Gallery, New
York City. (brochure)
“Overlay”
Digital wall installation. Princeton University.
“Recent
Projects Invitational” Dieu Donne Papermill, New York City.
“Abstract Painting” Hillwood
Museum, C.W. Post College. Brookville, NY. *(cat.)
“Paper Trail” Mason Gross Art Center,
Rutgers University, East Brunswick, NJ. (brochure).
“Little Red Invitational”
Threadwaxing Space, New York. (brochure)
“Self
Portrait” Dieu Donne Papermill, New York.
“From the Permanent Collection”
Paintings. New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ.
“60th Anniversary of the American
Abstract Artist” Kean College, Union NJ. (cat.*)
“The Return of the Cadavre Exquis”
Drawing Center, New York. (cat.*)
“New Paintings” Willow Gallery, New York. (four
person)
“Works On Paper” Kathryn Sermas
Gallery, New York. (four person)
“Europa/America
Works On Paper” Molica Guidarte Gallery, NYC; Rome.*(cat.)
“Drawing Conclusions”
Molica Guidarte Gallery, New York City. *(cat.)
“Small Works II” Parsons School
of Design Exhibition Gallery, New York City.
“Texture of
Tribeca” Neo Persona Gallery, New York City.
“Point of Departure” Travel
Exhibition, Chicago Cultural Arts Center.
“Tribeca Auction”
Hal Bromm Gallery, New York City.
“Point of Departure” Elvehjem
Museum, Univ. of Wisconsin; Polk Museum, Univ. of Mississippi.
(cat.*)
“Paintings: Three Residence Sites”
Heckscher Museum, NY. “Paintings
by New York Artists” Appalachian State Univ., Boone, NC; Hickory Museum,
NC. |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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2006
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1993
1991
1987
1984 |
McNeil, Donna,
“Interdisciplinary Public Art” Maine Arts Mag, Fall
2006 issue
Harrison,
Julie DAMT, Stevens Institute of Technology Newsletter Issue
2
Boulanger, Susan “Somatic Scales” Art
New England Oct/Nov issue 2004
McQuaid,Cate “On
Balance,’Somatic Scales’explores bodies and minds” Boston
Globe 7/6/04
Silver,
Joanne “Scales’ weighs body, mind, spirit” Boston
Herald Visual ArtsSec. 6/11/2004-06-29
Hopkins, Randi “Our bodies,our
selves” Boston Phoenix, Museums and Galleries Sec. 5/28/2004
Plummer, D’lynne “Mills Measures
Up” Southend News 7/1/2004 (Vol.25,No24)
Held, Audette 100 drawing
Ideas Shambala Press (distributed by Random House)
-Little, Carl and
Michael Albert. Discovery: 50 Years at Haystack c.University of Maine
Press
Little, Carl “Different Strokes” Bangor Daily
News Style Section 8/8/04
Manter, Nancy “Princeton
Atelier Takes Another Look at the Wall” Nassua Review5/29/04
Little,
Carl “Watermarks 2003” Art New England, December 2003
Thorn, Megan “Waynflete Artists
in New York” TheWaynflete, Summer 2003 Edition
Manter, Nancy “The View From Ground Zero” Guest
Column, Bar Harbor Times 9/18/03
Celebrating 80 years, The Scholastic Art and
Writing Awards 2003, Art Jurors American Vision, for Young Artists
and writers, Inc. Catalogue pg. 89 (Corcoran Gallery of Art)
Andresen,
Kristen “Water COLOR” Bangor Daily News Arts Syndicate Edition, Style
C 7/24/03
Greben,
Deidre,“An Exercise in Reading Between the Lines” New York Times
L.I. Edition (June)
Shaw, Karen “Line
Dancing” c. 2003 Islip Art Museum Catalogue
Verderome, Dr.Lori, “Abstract Dilemmas” Martin
Art gallery, Muhlenberg College Catalogue
Tunney,
Caitlin, “MDI Symposium Returns Triumphantly” The
Islander, MDI. Maine(Sec. 1)
“Support
Role, Actress Jane Alexander” Style Section, Bangor Daily
News Syndicate(July 21)
Manter,
Nancy, “Artist’s Belief in Beauty”
Bangor Daily News (September 21).
Elizabeth
Willen, “New York City’s Tribeca, Capital of
Chic, Falters after Attack” Bloomberg Online
and printed Newspaper, Berlin, Chili, U.S News
(November 30)
Lincoln, Nan, “Art
Symposium Debuts in July” Bar Harbor Times (June 7, 2001)
Edgecomb,
Misty, “Land Escapes 2001 Seeks to Redefine Meaning of
Art.” Bangor Daily syndicated
News (July 26, 2001) 2000 Otis, Martha, “Nancy
Manter, Paintings”
Princeton University Visual Arts Media Archive.
Gosin, Sue,
“Paper Trail” Rutgers University Summerfest
2000.
Harrison,
Helen. “Toward the New” New York Times Long Island
Edition (Oct. 8).
Edgecomb, Misty,
“Crop of Organic Scarecrow” Bangor Daily News (Aug. 10).
Lincoln, Nan,“Keep
Out!” Bar Harbor Times (Aug. 10).
Stern, Barry, “Toward
the New: American Abstract Artists” Hillwood Art Museum Catalogue Publication
(August)
Lincoln, Nan. “Two Generations”
Bar Harbor Times (Aug. 12)
Nicolescu, Nicholas. “American
Abstract Artists 60th Anniversary” The James Howe Gallery, Kean College Catalogue
Publication Sills, Leslie.“(Wo)Mentoring
and Teaching”Panel,Womens Caucus Art, Boston.WCA archive video
“The Return of the Cadavre Exquis” The
Drawing Center Catalogue, New York City (Nov.)
Molica, Pino. “Europa America “360” E-VENTI, Drawing
Conclusions” @Edizioni Rome, Rome.
Edelson, Sharon. “Is Corporate Sponsorship Influencing
the Art World” WNYC TV Channel 13.
“Parting Thoughts: Artist-in-Residence” The
Heckscher Museum Art News (Spring). |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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2005 - present
2004
2003 - 04
1994 - 2002
1994 - 95
1987 - 92
1977 - 78
1975
Visiting Artist
Panelist
Artistic Director |
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken,N.J.,
Art and Technology, Visiting Artist/Drawing Chair 2005-Pres.
Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey Graduate Student
Visiting Artist/Painting Fall 2004
Princeton University, Artist in Residence, Atelier Project directed
by Toni Morrison 2003-04
Princeton University, Undergraduate and graduate painting instructor
and advisor, 1994 – 2002
Parsons School of Design, NYC Foundation Department, Drawing
1994 – 95
Parsons School of Design, Architecture and Environmental Design
Dept., Drawing and Color, 1987 – 92
Madison Art Center, Wisconsin Painting Instructor 1977-78
Haystack Mountain School, Deer Isle, Maine. Instructor of lithography,
Summer, 1975
Cooper Union, New York
Hunter College,
New York
Maryland Institute, Baltimore
Parish Art Museum, Southampton,
NY
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, among others.
College Art Association Boston, Ma. 2006 Panelist “Career
in the Round”
Mount Desert Symposium in the Arts; LandEscapes Artistic
Director 2001-Pres. |
EDUCATION
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1978
1975 |
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
M.F.A 1978.
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
B.F.A 1975. |
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
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Best and Products, Washington, DC
The British Museum, London
Brooklyn Museum
Boston Public Library
Elvehjem Museum, Madison, WI
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA
The Guggenheim Museum, New York
Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY
Milwaukee Museum of Art
Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Modern Art, New York
National Museum of Art, Washington, DC
Neuberger & Berman, LLC, New York
New York Historical Society
New Jersey Art Museum, Newark , N.J.
Shearson Lehman, New York; San Francisco
UCLA Art Museum, Los Angeles
Westsphere Capital Gallery, New York, Argentina
Whitney Museum of Art, New York
World Print Council, San Francisco
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