Vertigo, 1980. Screenprint on Arches Cover white paper, 29.5 x 35.5 in. Collection of the Akron Art Museum.
Nancy Graves in Totally Rad: Bold Color in the 1980s
Akron Art Museum
Judith Bear Isroff Gallery
1 South High Street
Akron, OH 44308
February 18 to September 19, 2021
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Hay Fervor, 1985. Bronze and steel with polychrome patina, baked enamel, and polyurethane paint, 95.75 x 87 x 38.25 in. Collection of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Nancy Graves in Taking Space: Contemporary Women Artists and the Politics of Scale
Curated by Jodi Throckmorton and Brittany Webb
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118-128 N Broad St
Philadelphia, PA
January 21 - September 19, 2021
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Artist Lavialle Campbell. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.
Artist Patty Chang. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.
Artist Kija Lucas. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.
Artist Maia Cruz Palileo. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.
The Nancy Graves Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 Nancy Graves Grant for Visual Artists. Established through a provision of the artist’s Last Will and Testament, the Foundation has supported the work and artistic development of individual artists since 2001. This year’s grantees include Lavialle Campbell, Patty Chang, Kija Lucas, and Maia Cruz Palileo. Initially nominated by artists and arts professionals from across the country, a second panel of jurors selected four grantees to receive unrestricted funds to work in a technique, medium or discipline that is different from the one for which they are primarily recognized.
Lavialle Campbell is an artist based in Studio City, California. Campbell uses quilting, ceramics, and glass in her work. She plans to use her grant to start hand stitching large quilts and utilizing Korean bojagi techniques. Patty Chang is a multidisciplinary artist based in Altadena, CA who works in performance, video, and photography. Chang plans on creating a seaweed farm with her grant in order begin a material-based practice utilizing seaweed as a sculpture medium as well as a site of ecosystem building and investigation. Kija Lucas is an artist based in San Francisco, CA. Working primarily in digital photography, Lucas plans on using the grant to experiment with photograms using detritus from her home and that of her friends and family. Maia Cruz Palileo is a painter based in Brooklyn, NY. She plans on using the grant to learn woodworking to expand her practice into sculpture.
Each artist will receive an award of $12,500.
Nancy Graves in Blumensprengung/Flower Blast: Female Artists in the Ludwig Collection
Curated by Annette Lagler and Myriam Kroll
Ludwig Forum Aachen
Jülicher Straße 97-109
52070 Aachen, Germany
March 14 to October 10, 2020
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Artist Ron Bechet. Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Artist Dylan Hausthor. Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Artist Anna Hepler. Photo: Darius Riley
Artists Wade Kavanaugh and Stephen B. Nguyen. Photo: David Clough
The Nancy Graves Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of its annual Nancy Graves Grant for Visual Artists. Established by the artist, the Nancy Graves Grant for Visual Artists supports artists wishing to work in a technique, medium or discipline that is different from the one for which they are primarily recognized.
Ron Bechet, based in New Orleans, LA, is known for his large black and white charcoal murals and installations that reference transformation, place and ancestry. He plans to cast large sculptures using the lost wax technique. Dylan Hausthor, based on Peaks Island, ME, is known for his documentary filmmaking and photography. He plans to build a large wooden sculptural structure as a site for experimental narrative performance projects. Anna Hepler, based in Greenfield, MA, is known for her immersive installations and suspended sculptures made from a wide range of materials. She plans to construct a ceramic sculpture built to billboard proportions. Wade Kavanaugh and Stephen B. Nguyen, based in Bethel, ME, are known for their warehouse-sized immersive environments and large sculptures using paper as their medium. They plan to experiment with steel and translating their work into public spaces.
Each artist received an award of $12,500.00.
Nancy Graves working on Reflections on the Moon, 1974. Black and White film (33 minutes)
Nancy Graves in The Distance of the Moon
Curated by Annie Wischmeyer
Akron Art Museum
One South High
Akron, OH
November 8, 2019 - March 15, 2020
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Installation view, With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972-1985, MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
Nancy Graves in With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972-1985
Curated by Anna Katz
The Museum of Contemporary Art
250 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
October 27, 2019 to March 30, 2020
The exhibition will travel to:
Hessel Museum of Art
Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
June 26 - November 28, 2021
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Photographs of a Jumping Frog at 1/40 Second, 1971.
Gouache on paper, 30 x 22 1/2 in.
Nancy Graves at FIAC 2019
Mitchell-Innes & Nash | Stand B51
Grand Palais
Avenue Winston Churchill
Paris, FR
October 17 - 20, 2019
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Untitled (Heat Density Measurement of a Cyclone), 1974. Watercolor, gold leaf and graphite on paper, 22.5 x 30 inches
Nancy Graves in Weather Report
Curated by Richard Klein
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
258 Main Street
Ridgefield, CT
October 6, 2019 - April 19, 2020
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Detail, Lithographs Based on Geologic Maps of Lunar Orbiter and Apollo Landing Sites, 1972
Nancy Graves in Moon Shot
Curated by Alison Weaver
Moody Center for the Arts
Rice University
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX
September 20 - December 21, 2019
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