NENE HUMPHREY

564 Sackett Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
ph/fax: 718-243-9567
humphreynene27@gmail.com
www.nenehumphrey.com
www.circlingthecenter.com

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2012 Circling the Center performance: New Directions Series, Carriage House  Theater, Montalvo Art Center, Saratoga, CA
 Lesley Heller Gallery, NYC
 Proteus Gowanus, Circling the Center performance in collaboration  with Roberto C. Lange and Dr. Joseph LeDoux, Brooklyn, NY

2011 McNay Art Museum; Frost Octagon Video Gallery, San Antonio, TX, 
 Circling the Center Video Performance, Kentler International Drawing
 Space, Brooklyn, NY

2010 Circling the Center, collaborative project with Roberto Lange and
 Matthew Mascott, Sharidan Art Gallery, University of Pennsylvania,
 Kutztown, PA

2009 Circling the Center, collaborative project with Roberto Lange and
 Matthew Mascott, Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah College of Art & Design,  Savannah, GA

2009 Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, NY

2007 Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, NY

2005 Islip Art Museum, Long Island, NY
 Ogden Museum,New Orleans, LA

2004 Pei Ling Chan Gallery, Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA 

2002 Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS*
 Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA
 Ogden Museum, New Orleans, LA
 Breneau University, Gainsville, GA

1999 Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY, curated by Susan Edwards*
 Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
 Salem College Art Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC

1998 Colorado University Art Galleries, Boulder, CO, curated by Susan Krane

1996 Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA *essay by Nancy Princenthal

1993 Halsey Gallery, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, travelling to  University of Florida, Gainesville, FL*

1992 Winthrop Gallery, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
 Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA

1990 McIntosh Gallery, Atlanta, GA

1988 Waterworks Art Center, Salisbury, NC
 Sculpture Center: Gallery Two, New York, NY

1986 Alternative Museum, Matrix Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Jane  Farver

1985 Allen Priebe Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, WI*

1984 Haggar Center, St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN

1983 Emily Lowe Gallery, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY

1981 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2011 An Exchange with Sol Lewitt, curated by Regine Basha, Cabinet, Brooklyn, NY and Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA
MySelf, curated by Marjorie Vecchio, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno*
2010 ArtPark: 1974-1984, UB Art Gallery, Center for the Arts, SUNY Buffalo, NY
2009 The Last Book, curated by Luis Camanzer, National Library of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2008 Works on Paper from the Contemporary Collection,, High Museum, Atlanta, GA
2007 Radius, Metaphor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Phenomenal, Spaces, Cleveland, Ohio
2006 Some Assembly Required: Extreme Evolutions,, Mead Museum, Amherst, MA*
181 National Academy Invitational, New York, NY*
Threads of Memory, Dorsky Gallery, NY, NY*
Couples, Palmer Museum, University of Pennsylvania.*
2005 Traveler, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA
Three Points of View, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2004 Thinking in Line-A survey of Contemporary Drawing, University Gallery, University of Florida, Gainsville, FL, Curated by John L. Moore & Ron Janowich*
Striking Comparisons, Museum of Contemporary Art, Atlanta,GA
Reduce/Reuse/Rexamine, Rotunda Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Site/Insight, PS1/MOMA, New York, NY Curated by Agnes Gund
2002 Nene Humphrey, Mary Campbell, Art Resources Transfer, New York, NY
Sew Fine, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY Curated by Karen Shaw*
Domestic Traces, Dorsky Gallery, New York, NY (three person exhibit) Curated by Margaret Matthews-Berenson*
Prints from the Vermont Studio Press, Robert Hull Flemming Museum, Burlington, VT
2001 Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
2000 Months and Moons, ACA Gallery, New York, NY
Nene Humphrey/Benny Andrews: The Art of Family, Ogden Museum, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA and The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT Curated by Rick Gruber*
1999 Head to Toe: Impressing the Body, University Gallery,Univ. of Mass. Amherst, MA Curated by Donna Harkavey and Margaret Mathews-Berenson
Millennium Messages, organized by SITES, Washington, DC, travelling to Everson Museum of Art, NY, Miami University Art Museum, Ohio, Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, LI Curated by Bobbi Coller*
1998 Nene Humphrey, Grace Knowleton, Workspace Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Lesley Heller
1996 Close to Home, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY*
The Art Exchange Show, Denise Gordon Co., New York, NY
1995 Essence and Persuasion,the Power of Black and White,, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Object Lessons: Feminine dialogues with the surreal, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA. Curated by Jeffrey Keough and Ann Wilson Lloyd*
New South,Old South, Winthrop University Gallery, Rock Hill, SC
In Three Dimensions:Women Sculptors of the 90's, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, NY*
1994 Project Room Installation with Ellen Driscoll, Threadwaxing Space, New York, NY
Fabricated Nature, Boise Art Museum, Boise ID and travelling*
Sculpture Southeast, South Carolina Art Museum, Columbia, SC*
1993 Idiocognito, OIA/Police Building, New York, NY and William Patterson College, Wayne, NJ*
Drawings from 55 Ferris Street, curated by Frederike Taylor, Jessica Berwind Gallery, Philadelphia, PA and Wynn Kramersky Gallery,New York, NY
1992 55 Ferris II, 55 Ferris Street, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Frederike Taylor, essay by Nancy Princenthal*
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC*
Embracing the Void, Valencia College, Orlando, FL. Curated Judith Page*
1991 Stark Contrast, Trenkmann Gallery, New York, NY
Art of Our Times, High Museum, Atlanta, GA. Curated by Susan Krane
1990 Sculptor's Drawings, East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art, Long Island, NY. Curated by Jennifer Cross*
The Art of Drawing, Lehman College, Bronx, NY. Curated by Jane Farver*
Recent Acquisitions, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Small Works, Cast Iron, Sculpture Center, New York, NY
Work on Paper: Contemporary American Drawings, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia*
Collector's Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
1989 Lines of Vision. Drawings by Contemporary Women, Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island University, Brookville, NY, Blum Helman Warehouse, and travelling internationally. Curated by Dr. Judy C. Van Wagner*
Objects/Figures, East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art, East Hampton, NY. Curated by Jennifer Cross*
Installation, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
Nene Humphrey/Phillipe Bent, Leslie Cecil Gallery, New York, NY
1988 Scale (small), Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY
Sculpture as Companion, Henry Feiwel Gallery, New York, NY
Group Show, John Davis Gallery, New York, New York
Black, Grey, White, Henry Feiwel Gallery, New York, NY
Sculpture '88, White Columns, New York, NY
Selections, Siegeltuch Gallery, New York, NY
1987 Three Sculptors, AIR Gallery, New York, NY
The Blue Angel, Longwood Arts Center, Bronx, NeY, travelled to Space 111, Birmingham, Alabama and AIR Gallery, New York, NY*
Small Scale Sculpture/Large Scale Sculpture, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA*
1987 Nature into Form, Oscarsson Siegeltuch Gallery, New York, NY
1985 Earth, Water, Light, Interart de St. Amand Gallery, New York, NY
The Totemic Impulse, Gallery Schweitzer, Montreal, QC, Canada
1984 Sculptors Drawings, Sculpture Center, New York, NY
1983 Sculpture, Greene Space Gallery, New York, NY, travelled to Visual Arts Gallery, SUNY at Purchase, NY*
1982 Sealed Orders, Mercer Union Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
1981 Ambiance/Stimuli, Alternative Museum, New York, NY*
Ritual and Landscape, Touchstone Gallery, New York, NY
1980 Inaugural Show, Touchstone Gallery, New York, NY
1978-9 Group Show, Touchstone Gallery, New York, NY

Public Commissions:

1984 Passages, Haggar Center, St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN
Red Road for Atlanta, Piedmont Park, A.A.F., Atlanta, GA
1983 Roadrise/Resting Space, Art on the Beach, Battery Park, NY, sponsored by Creative Time, Inc.
Unending Roads, Mitchel Field, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
1981 Meadow Passage/Forest House, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ*
1980 Enclosed Garden/Landscape, Artpark, Lewiston, NY*
Four Mountains for a Grove of Trees, Ward's Island, New York, NY sponsored by A.R.E.A.*

* denotes catalogue published.

Grants and Awards:

2010 Video Production Grant, Agnes Gund Foundation, New York, NY
2009 Brown Foundation Fellowship, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

2008 Patricia aand Jerre Mangione Fellowship, MacDowell Colony, NH
2007 Smithsonian Institution Artist Research Fellowship
2003 Asian Cultural Council Artist Grant
2001 Berkshire Taconic Foundation Individual Artist Grant
1999 Anonymous was a Woman Award
Hambidge Center, CRG Corporation Fellowship, Rabun Gap, GA
1983 National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artist Grant
1982 Karolyi Foundation Fellowship, Vence, France
1986 Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, Bellagio, Italy

Education:
M.A. Goddard College, Boston, Massachusetts 1972
B.A. St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana 1968
M.F.A. York University, Toronto, Canada 1978

Teaching Experience/Visiting Artist

New York University, NY, NY
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Goodman Banks Visiting Artist, Kingswood-Oxford School, Hartford, CT
Universi Storrs, CT, 2000
Rhode Island School of Design, Visiting Artist 2000
Rhode Island School of Design: Graduate Program Sculpture. 1999-
Massachusetts College of Art Visiting Artist, 1999
Brandeis University, Visiting Artist, 1999, 2001
Hunter College, Visiting Artist 1999
Vermont College of Norwich
University Montpelier, VT Graduate Program. 1998-
Advisory Panel Member: Rencontres Choregraphiques International/Danspace, NY, NY 1997
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, Visiting Professor: Sculpture 1998
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, Visiting Artist, 1998
Massachusetts College of Art, Visiting Artist 1995
Parsons School of Art and Design, NY, NY 1992-1998
College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, Visiting Artist, 1993
Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, Visiting Artist, 1992
Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL, Visiting Artist, 1992
Winthrop College, Rock Hill, SC, Visiting Artist, 1992
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, WI, Visiting Artist, 1985
Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN, Visiting Artist, 1984
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS, Visiting Artist, 1982
Illinois State University, Normal, IL, Visiting Artist, 1982
St. Ann’s School, Brooklyn, NY, Courses taught: Sculpture I and II, Three Dimensional Design, ”Body as Metaphor” (sculpture), 1982-1998
Washington State Arts Commission, Seattle, WA:
Art in Public Places Program Consultant, 1981-82
McDougell Center for Boys, Brooklyn, NY and Manhattan Psychiatric Hospital, Ward’s Island, NY, 1979-80 - Art Instructor
Art Workshops developed for social workers working with disturbed children at Rhode Island State Hospital and Westerly Art Center, Westerly, RI, 1974-79
York University, Toronto, ON, Instructor: Foundation course for freshman(drawing, sculpture, painting), 1977-78
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven ,CT, Instructor: Drawing, Design, Sculpture, and grant writing for special funded projects with inner city youth.