Nancy Monk

BIOGRAPHY

EDUCATION

1976 MFA University of Minnesota

1973 BFA Colorado State University

1968 Universita Italiana Per Stranieri, Perugia, Italy

GRANTS/AWARDS/COMMISSIONS

2007 Venice Collaborative, Breeze Project, Venice, CA.

2005 Jeanne Ward Travel Grant, Pasadena Community College

Venice Collaborative, Beach Box Project, Venice, CA.

2001 Adolf and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Emergency Assistance Grant

1992 City of Pasadena Arts Grant

1990 National Endowment for the Arts Grant

1986 National Endowment for the Arts Grant

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2009    Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, Painting Over

2006 Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Made in Pasadena

2004 Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Baroque

Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara CA Syncopation

2002 Harris Gallery, Univerisity of La Verne, La Verne, CA assorted spring

2001 Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Portraits

1999 Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Person +Thing

1996 Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Some Work

1993 Claremont Graduate School East Gallery, Claremont, CA SEA / ICE1

Robert Lehman Gallery, Urban Glass Center, Brooklyn, NY more monk

1991 Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, New York State College of Art and Design, Alfred, NY

1990 Polytechnic School, Pasadena, California Some Sports I Have Known

1984 By Design, Minneapolis, MN

Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery , Junior Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA

1982 Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Spark Gallery, Denver, CO

1981 University of California, Irvine, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011 FLORA Ontario International Airport, Ontario, CA 

2010 REBUS RECONSTRUCTURING Center For The Arts, Eaglerock, CA

INCOGNITO Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA

2009 Amelia Museum of Archeology, Amelia, Italy Reb

2008 SCIART west , Camarillo, CA Inside/Outside

FUNG + BLATT, Los Angeles CA 3927

2007 A + D Museum, Los Angeles Ca. Enlightened Development

Haus Gallery + Brewery Project L.A. Los Angeles, Ca. Hausguests

Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca. Pillowtalk

2005 Ontario International Airport and L.A. Cultural Affairs Dept Re: book

2004 The Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA. Miniature Worlds

Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA., Analogue/Digital

Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland Oregon, Shakespeare As Muse

Glendale College Art Gallery, Glendale CA, delicacies

Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Mpls. MN interplay

2003 Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads School, Santa Monica, CA Inside/Out

SolwayJones Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Minds Eye

HAUS Pasadena, CA Open Haus

2002 Lisa Krueger Gallery, Pasadena, California

John Wayne Airport, Orange County, CA Is it Art Yet?

2001 Limn Gallery, SanFrancisco, CA

2001 Linda Cosini Gallery, Pacifac Grove, CA

2000 Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA Site Specific

Leband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, L.A. CA. the Part to the Whole

Pasadena City College Art Gallery, Pasadena, California Cake

1999 Madigan Art Gallery, California State University, Bakersfield, CA. re: Assemble

1997 Manne Gallery, Santa Barbara, California Faces

1996 Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Happy Holidays 4

Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA Vessels

1995 Hunsaker/Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Still-Life, Still Here

1993 Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA Intersection, Art and Play

Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA World Cup Exhibition

Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA Transformed from Clay

1991 Los Angeles Area Contemporary Artist Exhibition, LA Chamber of Commerce

Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA California Artists Books

1990 Kavlish Gallery, Sun Valley, ID

Citrus College, Citrus, CA

Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, CA Illuminations

Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, C A Table as Art

1989 Long Beach Musuem of Art, Long Beach, CA

1987 Matrix Gallery, Austin, Texas N.E.A.Exhibition

Heller Gallery, NewYork, NY

1986 Modern International Glaskunst, Ebeltoft, Denmark

Heller Gallery, New York, NY

Pasadena City College, New Work Nancy Monk/Michelle Thomas Pasadena, CA

1985 Limbo Gallery at South Hampton, NYAvenue C by the Sea

1982 Feria International de Ceramica Vidrio, Valencia, Spain

USA/Scandanavia Gallery 8, La Jolla, CA

1981 Baxter Art Gallery, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA Anti-Static

1980 Mandell Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

American Craft Museum, New York, N. Y. Art for Use

Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York New Glass, A World Wide Survey

Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England

National Fine Arts Exhibition Winter Olympics, Lake Placid, NY

1977 Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, Minneapolis, MN A Change in Scale

Coffman Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minn. MN School Days Nancy Monk + Ken Kennedy

1976 Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN Nancy Monk/Paul Koller

Westlake Gallery, Minneapolis, MN NancyMonk/Cindy Cribbs

1975 Tweed Museum, Duluth, MN

Des Moines, Iowa Flatland Sculpture Exhibition

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2006 Nancy Monk Made in Pasadena MODERNPAINTERS August 2006 Shananys Dambrot

Whos Who in American Art , Whos Who of American Educators

Whos Who of American Women

2004 Nancy Monk at Craig Krull Gallery Artweek, May Vol.35 Catherine Siphron

Facing the Facial Music Santa Barbara News-Press, May 21-27 Josef Woodard

2003 Tastes of a Visual Smorgasbord Los Angeles Times, August 22

Linear Designs Los Angeles Times, Sept. 7

2000 Pick of the Week, L.A. Weekly, Feb. 11-14 Peter Frank

Part to the Whole Catalogue, Christopher Miles

Small Wonder Monterey County Weekly Dec. 14, 2000 Kevin Smith

1999 Fotophile, no. 31, Spring, Ann Marie Rousseau

Intimate Augueries Photo Metro, Volume 17, issue 154 Ann Marie Rousseau

1997 New Glass Review 18 Neues Glas + Corning Museum of Glass

1996 Nancy Monk Art Issues, Summer #43, Ingrid Calame

1994 Nancy Monk Glass, Summer #52,

New Glass Review 15 The Corning Museum of Glass + Neus Glas

1992 New Glass Review 13 The Corning Museum of Glass + Neus Glas

Art Review William Wilson , Los Angeles Tmes December 11

1989 CONTEMPORARY GLASS, Suzanne Franz

New Glass Review 10 The Corning Museum of Glass + Neus Glas

1988 Art Week, Light-Hearted Mysteries, Suvan Geer, December

1986 New Glass Review 7 Neues Glas

1984 Contemporary Tableware Design of the World Japan Interior Design N.308, November

1983 Contemporary Tableware Design of the World Japan Interior Design N.227, April, N. 284 November

1982 Glassware Designed by Nancy Monk Japan Interior Design N.277, April

Universal Icons Art Week Clayton Lee

Los Angeles Times, December 10 The Galleries

1981 Los Angeles Times, May 5, Kinetic, Kind of, At Caltech, Suzanne Muchnic

1979 Abitare, N.176 August

NEW GLASS: A WORLD WIDE SURVEY, Corning Museum of Glass

Los Angeles Times, April 27 Cheering up with Collage Suzanne Muchnic

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Ca.

Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY

Modern International Glaskunst, Ebelltoft, Denmark

Urban Glass Center, Brooklyn, NY

The Venice Collaborative Mural Project, Venice CA.

C.O.M.A. Museum, Orange County, Ca.