RESUME
NAME: Nancy N. EricksonBORN: April l6, l935
Dancing Rabbit StudiosToledo, Ohio
3250 Pattee Canyon Road
Missoula, Montana 59803
Telephone: (406) 549-4671
STATEMENT;
"Both the series of animal paintstick drawings (around 160) and the painted, quilted fabric works are about the tenacity and humor involved in communities of individuals during times of chaos, disintegration, and fragmentation."
EDUCATION;
University of Montana, Missoula, Montana1969M.F.A. in Painting
University of Montana, Missoula, Montana1965-1968M.A. in Painting
State University of New York at Buffalo1963-1965extension classes, painting
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa1962M.S. Foods and Nutrition
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa1956-1957B.A. Zoology
Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota1953-1956---
FELLOWSHIP; HONORS
1988 Montana Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship Award
2013 University of Montana, Odyssey of the Stars Honoree
SUMMARY OF EXHIBITIONS:
Approximately 500 exhibitions from 1965 to the present, including most states, Canada , Mexico, Japan, Korea, the People's Republic of China , Germany, Cape Verde Is., Niger, Burma, France, Costa Rica, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Only the last twenty-six years are listed here. The years from 1963 -1983 are available on request.
SYMPOSIA, other
2013 Panelist, Pattee Canyon Ladies’ Salon MT Museum of Art & Culture
Power point, Erickson’s work, TV, radio, other presentations; movie.
2011 symposium panelist, TRACES exhibition, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, "NC
2007 guest panelist “What’s Art Got to do with it?” International Quilt Study Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
2005 guest panelist,"Rooted in Tradition” art quilt symposium, CO School of Mines, Golden CO
2004 guest lecture to Northwest Designer Craftsmen, U. of Washington, Seattle WA
2003 Two guest lectures and two lectures, docents and art associates: Missoula Art Museum Missoula, MT
2003 guest panelist Quilt National 2003, Athens, OH
1997 guest lecturer, Art Associates, Art Museum of Missoula, Missoula MT
1997 panelist, Women’s History Month, Women Artists, Library, Missoula MT
1996 Guest Panelist at "Vision/Revision:Fibers" in Transition" Conference, Loveland Museum, Loveland CO
1996 Guest Speaker, Women's Studies, University of Montana "Quilts as Politics"
1993 Guest Lecturer and panelist for "Difference: Fuel for Creation", Contemporary Quilt Art Association, Seattle, WA Title: "Contemporary Political Quilts"
GROUP, JURIED, INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:1984 - 2013
2013
SOLO exhibition, “Kindred Spirits”, Montana Museum of Art and Culture, U. of Montana. Missoula, MT, Appearances, radio, TV, etc.
SOLO exhibition, Montana Art and Framing, 21+ pieces, early works (fabric sculptures and flat worksfrom 1960’s to early 1980’s Missoula, MT
“Animal Attraction”, invitational, Umpqua Valley Arts Assn. Roseburg Or
2012
Broad Spectrum, SAQA regional exhibition, Rocky Mountain College, Billings, MT
Prichard Gallery, U. of Idaho, Moscow, ID auction and exhibition
Missoula Art Museum exhibition and auction, Missoula, MT
Allied Arts Juried Art Show, Richland, WA
Missoula Art Museum TRIENNIAL, state wide competition, Missoula, MT
2011
Allied Arts Assoc. Richland, WA
The American Art Co., Tacoma, WA Fabric
Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, two part art quilt
TRACES, 12 person international invitational fiber event/ symposium, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, four fiber works, presentation, etc.
2010
Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, 3 part quilt, Auburn NY
Holter Christmas Show, Helena, MT
The Teapot Show, Clay Gallery, Missoula, MT. "T" fabric work
"American Celebrates" art quilt exhibition in June 2010, in Longmont, CO. Tour.
2009
Prichard Gallery, auction show, U. of Idaho, Moscow, ID
Museum of Arts and Culture, "24th Annual Works from the Heart Auction" Spokane, WA
Missoula Art Museum, "Montana Triennial " Missoula, MT
Dana Gallery, "Celebration of Missoula Artists" Missoula, MT
Montana Art and Framing, "Lions, Women, and Bears", S. Frostad, Chris Autio, N. Erickson, and Don Mundt. Missoula, MT
2008
"A Tear in the Fabric: The conceptually driven quilt" C. Mazloomi, Juror, CA Polytechnic State University Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo CA
The American Art Co. "10th NW Contemporary Quilt Invitational" Tacoma WA
Holter Museum, Helena, MT
Allied Arts Juried Show, Richland WA, MERIT AWARD
Prichard Art Gallery, U. of Idaho, Moscow,ID
23rd "Works from the Heart" NW Museum of Art and Culture, Spokane W
"Masters: Art Quilts" International Quilt Festival, Houston,
IQF in Chicago Ill
IQF in Long Beach, CA
Mus. of Amer. Quilters Soc. Paducah, KY
New England Quilt Mus., Lowell Mass.
"High Fiber Under Five", San Jose Mus. of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose CA
"Birds and Art" Exhibition, Monte Dolack Gallery, Missoula, MT :in collaboration with "Raptors of the Rockies" conference
Missoula Art Museum, exhibition and auction, Missoula, MT
2007
"Speaking in Cloth" continues on tour in New Zealand:Taia Gallery in Wellington, NorthArt in Auckland and the Center of Contemporary Art (CoCA) in Christchurch
Rocky Mountain Museum 0f Quilts in Golden CO
"ANA" Holter Museum of Art, all media competition, Helena, MT
Allied Arts Gallery, all media juried competition, Richland WA DIRECTOR’S AWARD
"Saturn Returns: Back to the Future of Fiber Art", San Jose Museum of Quilts &Textiles, San Jose, CA
“Quilts: Fiber for Thought” Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
“Fiber National”, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
Missoula Art Museum, annual exhibition and auction, Missoula, MT
“The Artist and the Wolves” Ravalli County Museum, Hamilton, MT
2006
"Speaking in Cloth" exhibition, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon. six artists
Klein Gallery, U. of Pennsylvania Science Center, AQN/NY exhibition
"SDA Representatives", E. Carolina University, Greenville, NC American Art Co. Art quilt invitational, Tacoma WA
Allied Arts Assn. ann. juried show, Richland WA
SAQA: The Creative Force: "Then" International Quilt Festival, Houston TX
NWDC Exhibition, Green River Community College, Auburn WA
Holter Museum auction and show, Helena, MT
NW Museum of Artand Culture, Ann. auction and show, Spokane WA
Museum of Craft and Folk Art, "Menagerie: Artists Look at Animals" San Francisco, CA
Translations Gallery, "Taking a Stand: Voices in Fiber" Denver CO
"Looking Forward, Glancing Back" final showing, Bellevue Arts Museum, Seattle WA
Prichard Gallery, U. of Idaho, previous exhibitors' auction and show, Moscow, ID
Confluence Gallery, NWDC exhibition, Twisp WA
Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, "Quilts=Art=Quilts", Auburn, NY, BEST OF SHOW
"Taking a Stand: Voices in Fiber", Translations Gallery, Denver, CO
Missoula Art Museum auction and exhibition, Missoula, MT
Quilt National 07, Athens OH
2005
Gallery Blue, solo show, Missoula, MT
"Rooted in Tradition, Art Quilts from the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, RMQM, Golden CO, quilt symposium in June
"Japanese Imagery in Contemporary Quilts" continuing in Japan, and Korea atSookmyung Woman's University Museum and Chojun Textile and Quilt Museum,Seoul, Korea "Nude International 2005" Lexington Art League, Lexington KY third prize
NW Museum of Arts and Culture, 20th Ann. Exhibition, Spokane WA
"Studies from the Figure" Institute of Medicine and Humanities, St. Patrick Hospital, Missoula, MT
Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Art Quilt Network/New York, Hamilton OH
8th Contemporary Art Quilt Invitational, The American Art Co., Tacoma Wa
"Looking Forward, Glancing Back" NWDC show, continuinig , at the Oregon School of Arts and Crafts and Bellevue Art Museum
Honolulu Arts Academy exhibition and auction, Honolulu, HI
2004
The Dahl Arts Center, invitational, Rapid City, SD
Whatcom Museum, "Looking Forward, Glancing Back", Bellingham WA, then to the Bellvue Art Museum, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, and Wenatchee Art Museum
Penn State University, HUB Robeson Gallery, State College, PA
"Two Visions" Montana World Trade Center, North Palmerston, New Zealand
"Japanese Imagery in Contemporary Quilts" Kokusai Art, Tokyo, Japan. to tour Japan , Europe, and the U. S. for three years.
10th Annual Contemporary Quilts Exhibition, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia PA
"Fiber Celebration 2004", Loveland Museum/Gallery, Loveland CO 3rd Prize
Jest Gallery, solo exhibition, Whitefish, MT
Art Mobil of Montana, traveling exhibition, schools of Montana
2003
"Threading the Eye", Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
"Nancy Erickson, Recent Work", Art Museum of Missoula, solo, Missoula, MT
"The Greatest Show on Earth", Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Quilt National 03, Athens Ohio Best of Show
Prichard Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID Invitational auction for previous exhibitors
"Works from the Heart", NW Museum of Arts and Culture, Spokane WA
NWDesigner Craftsmen, Centro Cultural Costarricense Norteamericano, Cartago Costa Rica and Museo Historicoo-Cultural Jose Figueras, San Ramon, Costa Rica
7th Ann. Contemporary Quilt Invitational, American Art Co., Tacoma WA
Contemporary Textile Purchase, Seattle Public Utilities 1% for Art Portable Collection, Key Tower Gallery, Seattle WA
2002
The Metro Gallery, Narrative Fiber works, Denver, CO. C. Lehman, Coordinator.
NW Museum of Arts and Culture, "Works from the Heart" Spokane, WA
Prichard Art Gallery, 8th Invitational, University of Idaho, Moscow ID
Art Mobil of Montana continues to May 2003
"The Art of Healing" University of Montana Museum for Art and Culture, U. of Montana, Missoula MT
"Poster Art", The Artists' Shop, Missoula MT
Allied Arts Juried Exhibition, Richland WA
U. S. Art in Embassies program, Rangoon, Burma for three years.
Gross McCleaf Gallery, 8th Ann. Contemporary Quilt Exhibition, Philadelphia PA
2001
"Relatively Speaking: Family as Image", Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
Women's Show, Sutton West Gallery, Missoula, MT
"Figuratively Speaking", Sutton West Gallery, Missoula MT
"Tell Me a Story: Narrative Themes in Contemporary Fabric Arts", Cahoon Mus. of Amer. Art, Cotuit MA
"Animal Dreams", South Dakota School of Mining and Technology, Rapid City SD
Art Quilt Exhibition, Connell Gallery, Atlanta GA
6th Annual NW Quilt Exhibition, American Art Co., Tacoma WA
7th Annual Art Quilt Exhibition, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia PA
25th Annual Show, Danforth Gallery, Livingston, MT
Art Mobile of Montana, tour, Sara Colburn, Dir., Dillon MT
"Material Essence", The Main Street Gallery, Cottonwood AZ
"Evidence of the Body", NWDC show at WA State Convention & Trade Ctr., Seattle, WA
"In Stitches" New England Quilt Museum, Lowell MA
Jest Gallery "Into the WILD'erness", Big Fork, MT
Prichard Art Gallery, 7th invitation exhibition, University of Idaho, Moscow ID
"Winter Showcase" Holter Museum of Art, Helena MT
2000
Art in Embassies, US State Dept., Niger .2000-2003
"Last Quarter 20th Century, New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA
"The Montana Connection", Lower Columbia College Art Gallery, Longview WA
15th Annual Works from the Heart, Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane WA
Sutton West Gallery Women's Show, Missoula MT
The International Quilt Festival, and the European Quilt Expo VII, sponsored by International Quilt Festival, Houston TX and Strasbourg, France
Art Quilts: America at the Millenium, Strasbourg, France
Contemporary Quilt Exhibition, Everett Public Library, Everett Public Library, Everett WA
"Visual Intersections", Jest Gallery grand opening, Big Fork, MT
Art Quilt Invitational, Onda Gallery, Portland OR
The 25th Anniversary Collection Exhibition, Art Museum of Missoula, Missoula, MT
1999
"Visions: Quilt Expressions", Quilt San Diego, San Diego Historical Society, San Diego CA
Mansfield Art Center, Dishtowel Quilt Project, Mansfield OH
"Fifth Contemporary Quilt Exhibition", American Art Co, Tacoma, WA
"Last Quarter Twentieth Century", Norwich University, Northfield, VT
"Endangered Species", New England Quilt Museum,Lowell, MA
"New Art Quilt Show", Sweeny Center, Santa Fe ,NM
"Works from the Heart" Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane WA
"Bridles, Bits, and Beads", Art Museum of Missoula, Missoula, MT
" Montana Definitions," Meloy Gallery, U. of Montana, Missoula, MT
"National Crafts 1999", Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster PA
"Prichard Gallery Auction", University of Idaho , Moscow ID
"Art and Politics", Sutton West Gallery, Missoula MT
Onda Gallery, opening show, Portland OR
"Hanging by a Thread", Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff AZ
"Crafts National 33, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, U Park, PA
"Comments on the American 20th Century" Connell Gallery, Atlanta GA
"Edge to Edge", Heritage Plantation, Sandwich MA
"International Quilt Festival 25th Anniversary Invitational", Houston TX
"Connecting People with Places", Meloy Gallery, U. of Montana, Missoula, MT
NW Regional Drawing Exhibition, Art Museum of Missoula, Missoula MT
1998
"Muse of the Millennium", Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle WA
"Surface: New Form/New Function" Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Gatlinburg TN
"Ecofeminism Exhibition" University of Montana University Center Gallery, Missoula MT
"The Figure", Sutton West Gallery, Missoula, MT
"It Seams Funny to Me", Art quilts, American Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA plus tour.
"Work from the Heart", Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA
"Figurative Fiber Exhibition" Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA
"Wild Things", solo exhibition , with K. Jubb, Sutton West Gallery, Missoula, MT
"Visions: Quilt Expressions", Quilt San Diego, San Diego Historical Society, San Diego CA
Museum of American Folk Art, "Edge to Edge: Selections from SAQA", New York, New York
"The American Quilt: From Craft to Fine Art", Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY
"Montana Craft", Hockaday Memorial Art Center, Kalispell, MT
1997
"Fiber Celebrated '97" Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO
"ANA", Holter Museum, Helena, MT
Quilt Montana, Hockaday Center for the Arts, Kalispell MT
Work from the Heart, Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA
"Self Portraits", Danforth Gallery, Livingston, MT
Bumbershoot Invitational, NW Crafts Center & Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Hanging by a Thread", Northern Arizona University Art Museum Flagstaff, AZ
Best of Show, Allied Arts Gallery Annual Juried Show, Richland, WA
Quilt National 95, and "Diversity", on-going tours of the U. S.
"Montana: Mythand Reality", Sutton West Gallery, Missoula, MT
"Dwellings",American Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
"Collection Fibers", Art Museum of Missoula, Missoula, MT
1996
Improvisations '96, The Gallery at Studio B, Lancaster OH
"Art in Embassies" Program, U. S. Dept. of State, Cape Verde Islands, 1996-1999
"Works of Heart", Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, WA
"The Art of the Quilt", Nabisco Gallery, East Hanover, NJ
"Vision/Revision: Fibers in Transition" Symposium and exhibition, Loveland, CO.
Sister City Art Exhibit, Neckargemund Museum, Neckargemund, Germany
"Hat, Glove, Shoe", NWDC exhibition, Washington State Convention Center,Seattle WA ; Ilwaco WA
Bumbershoot, & Allied Arts Center, Richland WA
Allied Arts Mixed Media Exhibition, Silver Award, Richland, WA
1995
Maude Kerns Art Center, NW Studio Art Quilters, Eugene, Oregon
"Improvisations 1996", The Gallery at Studio B, Lancaster OH
Quilt National '95, Athens, Ohio; tour
NW Contemporary Quilts, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
Diversity! Art Quilt Exhibition, Arrowmont, TN and tour
Works of Heart, Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA
Museum of the American Quilters' Society, Paducah, KY
"Celebrating the Stitch" closing exhibition, New Art Center, Newtonville MA
NWDC exhibitions: Ilwaco Heritage Foundation, Spokane, Port Angeles Center for the Arts, WA
Multi-Media Exhibition, Allied Arts Assn., Richland, WA Merit Award
"Textured Language", Blue Spiral 1, Fiberarts 20 year exhibition, Asheville NC
Studio Art Quilt Exhibition, American Quilt Showcase,Dollywood, Pigeon Forge, TN
1994
Quilt National 95, The Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, OH
Regional Fiber Arts Invitational, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
"Studio Quilts: A Memphis Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Quilts", Kurts Bingham Gallery, Memphis, TN
Society for Contemporary Crafts, "Selections from the Permanent Collection: Then and Now", One Mellon Bank Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Sutton West Gallery, Missoula, MT
Public Library Gallery, Sister City Program, Neckargemund, Germany
"Bountiful Bowls" Sutton West Gallery, Missoula, MT
"Works of Heart" Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, WA
"Quilts II: Green on the Red", Red River Revel Arts Festival, Shreveport, LA
"Eiteljorg Museum Invitational: Defining the West, Defining Ourselves", Indianapolis,IN
NASA exhibit, "Colors of Earth and Space", NASA research center, Moffet Field, Mountain View, CA
Art Quilt International: Japan. through the Leone-Nii Quilt Gallery, CA
Janet Huston Gallery, NWDC Exhibition, La Conner, WA
Long Island Quilters' Society exhibition invitational, Freeport, Long Island, NY
"Celebrating the Stitch", tour continues in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan
1993
"Contemporary American Quilts", the Crafts Council Gallery, London, England. tour throughout Great Britain 1993-1994.
"Screams with Laughter: Storytelling in North West Craft", Bumbershoot, Seattle, Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, and The Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver B.C. Canada
"Contemporary International Quilters", Leone-Nii Gallery, Mountain View, CA
"Earth Vision" International Exchange Conference Exhibit: Sustainable Development in the Pacific Rim, Lewis-Clark Center for Arts & History, Lewiston, Idaho
New Wave Quilt Collections International II Brea, CA ; France
"Celebrating the Stitch" continuing in U. S., Canada, and Japan
"Montana Choice" Artists with Arts Fellowships, Hockaday Center for the Arts, Kalispell, MT
"Notes from a Wilderness Walk" Missoula Cultural Exchange, Missoula, MT
"Pictorial Quilts Exhibition", Kimball Art Center, Park City, Utah. Book.
"Please Touch the Art" Missoula Museum of Art, Missoula, MT
Centennial Alumni Exhibition, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
"Bountiful Bowls" Sutton West Gallery, Missoula, MT
"Works of Heart" Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, WA
Community Visual Art Association, 6 Western Fiber Artists, Jackson Hole, WY
"Hearts and Hands" Pencil Points Co., Tokyo, Japan. tour Tokyo, Osaka, others, 1994
"Northwest Designer Craftsman" Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
Soc. of Arts and Crafts, Newton (Boston) MA
1992-3
American Museum of Quilts and Textiles of San Jose, "A Celebration of Red", San Jose, CA
1992
" Fiber Spectrum 1992", Washington State Historical Museum, Tacoma, WA
" CUTBANK 38: The Visual Arts in Montana", Paxson Gallery, University of Montana, Missoula, MT ; also tour with MAGDA
"Self-Portraits" , Danforth Gallery, Livingston , MT
"Contemporary Voices from the Plains", Iowa State University, Ames, IA
S. Segawa , New Wave Quilt Collections !!, book, exhibition ; tour in Japan
"Quilt Festival", 10 contemporary quilts from 10 Americans, Pencil Points Co., Inc., Tokyo, Japan; touring exhibition
" Contemporary Quilts: Spirit of the Nineties" Kalamazoo Institute of the Arts, Kalamazoo, MI ; tour 1992-1993
Celebrating the Stitch: Contemporary Embroidery of North AmericaThe Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston and Newton, MA