Biographical Sketch of Nancy Genn

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Born                   San Francisco, Ca.

Education           California School of Fine Arts, S.F, Ca.
                          University of California, Berkeley, Ca.

SELECTED SOLO SHOWS

1999                  Mills College of Art Museum, Oakland, CA.
                          Takada Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

1997                  Michael Petronko Gallery, New York, NY.

1996, 93, 91      Harcourts Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

1994                  Ann Reed Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho

1994                  American Association for Advancement
                          of Science, Washington D.C

1993, 92            Brendan Walter Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

1992                  Flora Lamson Hewlet Library, UC
                          Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.

1990                  Richard Iri Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

1987                  Galleria 9 Colonne/Spe, Bologna, Italy

1986, 84             Ivory/Kimpton Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

1984                  Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, NY.

1983                   Kala Institute Gallery, New York, NY.

1981, 79, 77       Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY.

1981, 78, 76,      Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, WA.

1980                   Inoue Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1978                   Annely Juda Fine Art, London, England

1977, 75             William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

1976                   Los Angeles Institute for Contemporary
                          Art, Los Angeles, CA.

1971                  The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA.

1970                  Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA.

1963                  M.H. De Young Museum of Art, S.F., CA.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY.

Aldritch Museum, Ridgefield, CT.

American Craft Museum, New York, NY.

American Telephone & Telegraph, New York, NY.

Auckland Museum, Auckland, New Zealand

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY.

Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH.

Golden Gateway Inc., San Francisco, CA.

IBM, San Jose, CA.

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN.

International Center of Aesthetic Research, Italy

Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA.

Mc Crory Corporation, New York, NY.

MIlls College, Oakland, CA.

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.

National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC.

New York University Art Collection, New York, NY.

The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, S.F., CA.

Simpson Paper Company, Seattle, WA.

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.

University of Texas, El Paso, TX.

University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, CA.

SELECTED AWARDS

Visiting Artist American Academy in Rome, 1989 & 1994

United States/Japan Creative Arts Fellowship, Japan-United States Friendship Commission, 1978-1979

HUD Award for Design Excellence (U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development), Honor Award, 1968

Phelan Award, De Young Museum, San Francisco, 1963
 
 

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