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EDUCATION:
University of California, Berkeley, B.A.1969
University of California, Berkeley, M.A.1970
AWARDS:
Urban Glass, First Prize, Martini Glass Competition 1998
Guest Artist, Watershed Center For Ceramic Arts 1998
Oakland Business Arts Award, Individual Artist 1990
Outstanding Educator, Studio Potter Foundation 1988
NEA Individual Artist Fellowship 1988
Skaggs Foundation, Program Development Grant 1986
NEA Individual Artist Fellowship 1980
Westwood Ceramic Nat'l, Purchase Award 1980
California Craftsman Award 1978
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
Charleston Heights Art Center, Las Vegas NV 1999
Journals/ Metamorphosis, Works Gallery, Sonoma CA 1996
Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA 1995
Nancy Selvin, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak MI 1992
Looking Through Glass, Berkeley Civic Arts CA 1991
Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA 1990
New Directions, Leverett Center, Leverett MA 1988
Olson/Larson Gallery, Des Moines IA 1986
Elements, NYC 1984
Parallel Views, Calif Crafts Museum, Palo Alto 1982
New Work, Anhalt Gallery Los Angeles 1981
Quay Gallery, San Francisco CA 1979
Introductions, Paper and Clay, Quay Gallery SF 1976
WORK IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS including:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA
The Smithsonian, Renwick Collection, Wash DC
Mint Museum, North Carolina
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Nora Eccles Museum, Logan UT
Prieto Collection, Mills College, Oakland, CA
Hokkoku Shimbun, Tokyo, Japan
Kaiser Permanente Collection, Boulder CO
Arizona State University Gallery, Tempe, AZ
Malcolm and Susan Knapp, NYC
Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan WI
Arnold and Carol Kantor, Chicago IL
Shimpo America Corp, Lincolnwood, Ill
Joan K. Davidson, NYC
Leslies' Ceramics, Berkeley CA
Joan Mondale, Minneapolis MN
Estate of Betty Asher, Los Angeles, CA
Igal and Diane Silber, Laguna Beach CA
Kevin Nierman/David Larsen, Berkeley CA
Rita Roberts, Sonoma CA
Frank Wyle, Los Angeles CA
Joan Mannheimer, Des Moines IA
Karen Johnson-Boyd, Chicago IL
Celestial Seasonings Corp, Boulder CO
Marc Granier, Arlington VA
Hila and Saul Rosen, New York NY
PUBLIC SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, Board of Trustees,
Member, 1999-present
Summit Hospital, Oakland CA, Art Selection Committee
Member, 1996-present
Alameda County Public Art Advisory Committee,
Member, 1994-1997
City of Oakland Public Art Advisory Committee,
Member, 1989-1997
Chair, 1994-1997
ProArts, Board of Directors,
Member, 1987-1994
President, 1989-1991
Chair, Nominations Committee, 1991-1992
Chair, Open Studios Committee, 1991-1990
City of Oakland, Grants Review Panelist, 1986-89
LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS:
2000 Casper College, Casper WY
Brookhaven College, Dallas TX
University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA
Merritt College, Oakland CA
1999 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland CA
California State University, Fullerton CA
El Agora, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Bellas Artes, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
1998 Pitzer College, Claremont CA
Chicago Art Institute, Chicago IL
Watershed Center For Ceramics, Newcastle ME
Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino CA
1997 Appalachian Center, Smithville TN
Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA
Adobe Art Center, Castro Valley CA
1996 Haystack School, Deer Isle ME
Chicago Art Institute, Chicago IL
Walnut Creek Art Center, Walnut Creek CA
Academy of Art College, San Francisco CA
1995 Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA
Southern Oregon State University, Ashland OR
Anderson Ranch, Aspen, CO
Penland School, Penland NC
1994 San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Academy of Art and Design, Beijing, China
1993 Whispering Pines, Alberta Canada
Banff Art Center, Alberta Canada
1992 NCECA, San Diego
RIT, Rochester NY
Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
1991 NCECA, Tempe, Arizona
Festival at the Lake, Oakland
1990 Richmond Art Center, Richmond
Grossmont College, El Cajon
Laney College, Oakland
Creative Growth, Oakland
Kaiser School, Oakland
Festival at the Lake, Oakland
1989 Academy of Art, Honolulu
Clay Studio, Boston
1988 Leverett Art Center, Massachusetts
NCECA, Portland
1987 Walnut Creek Art Center
Penland School, North Carolina
1983 Bristol Polytechnic, Bristol
Cardiff Art and Design, Cardiff
Leicester Polytechnic, London
Loughborough Art and Design, Loughborough
1982 Camberwell Arts College, London
Royal College of Art, London
1980 Long Beach State University
SELECTED LIST OF EXHIBITIONS:
2000
Reliquaries for America, Craft and Folk Art Museum,
San Francisco CA
Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, Los Angeles
County Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA
Scripps Ceramic Annual, Williamson Gallery, Claremont CA
A Glimpse of the Invisible, Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada CO
Three Visions, Casper College Gallery, Casper WY
Patina Gallery, Santa Fe NM
Guild.Com, Cyberspace
1999
Diane Nelson Gallery, Laguna Beach CA
New Glass Review, Corning NY
China Painting Today, Ferrin Gallery, Northhampton MA
Kiddush Cup Invitational, Margolis Gallery, Houston TX
Making Change, The Jewish Museum, San Francisco CA
Gallery Alexander, La Jolla CA
1998
Imperfect Harmony , Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette IN
Touring: Nora Eccles Museum, UT, Tokyo, Japan.
Celestial Seasonings, Boulder CO
Ferrin Gallery, Northhampton MA
Survey of International Ceramics, Laguna Beach Art Museum,
Laguna Beach CA
Four Views, Curated by Ted Cohen, Artisans Gallery,
Mill Valley CA
1997
Ceramic Still Life: The Common Object, Curated by
Dyanna Curreri, College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland CA
Kiddush Cup Invitational, Jewish Museum, San Francisco CA
1996
Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak MI
A Survey of Contemporary Ceramics, Curated by Igal Silber,
Tustin Gallery, Tustin CA
Blue Heron Gallery, Deer Isle ME
1995
Artists Sketchbooks, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Curated by
Signe Mayfield, Palo Alto CA
Works Gallery, Sonoma CA
Patricia Williams Gallery, Portand OR
1994
The Object as Still Life, Sybaris Gallery, MI
Ceramic Invitational, Ceskey Krumlov, Czech Republic
Sculpture Invitational, CCAC, Oakland CA
Nancy Margolis Gallery, ME
1993
Farrell Collection, Washington DC
Clay 93, A National Survey, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Cup Invitational, Artworks, Seattle WA
Dinnerworks Invitational, Louisville, KY
1992
Exhibits USA Invitational, Kansas City, MO
Maveety Gallery, Salishan, OR
East/West Invitational, Korean Embassy, Los Angeles, CA
1991
Faculty Exhibition, S.F. State Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Cup as Metaphor, Sybaris Gallery, Detriot, MI
Crocker-Kingsley Annual, Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA
NCECA Invitational, Tempe, AZ
1990
Invitational, Freehand Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Another Dimension, Tempe Art Center, Tempe, AZ
1989
Aha Hana Lima, Academy of Art, Honolulu HI
Clay: A Feminine Perspective, curated by Elaine Levin,
Los Angeles CA
Raku: Expanding the Expression, NCECA, Kansas City, MO
Progressions, California Craft Museum, San Francisco, CA
View Points, Sybaris Gallery, Detroit, MI
1988
Julia Morgan Memorial Exhibition, curated by Suzanne
Muchnic, Riverside CA
Webb and Parsons, New Bedford NY
1987
Monumental Women, SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco CA
Wita Gardner Gallery, San Diego CA
ProArts Annual, ProArts Gallery, Oakland CA
1986
Martha Schneider Gallery, Highland Park Ill
Salem Art Assoc. Invitational, Salem Oregon
1985
Historic References in Contemporary Clay, Eccles Museum, Utah
Ceramic Still-Life, Esther Saks, Chicago
1984
Clay '84,Invitational, Traver Sutton, Seattle WA
10th Annual Invitational, Weber State Gallery, Ogdon Utah
NCECA Traveling Exhibition, Boston MA
On/Of Paper, Zaner Gallery, New York
Low-Fire Clay Invitational, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit
1983
Painterly Ceramics, Curated by Melinda Levine, College
of Notre Dame Gallery, Palo Alto CA
A Personal View, Selections from the Mannheimer Coll.
Univ. Kansas Gallery, Kansas City MO
Oxford Gallery, Oxford England
1982
Prieto Collection, Mills College, Oakland, CA
Pacific Currents, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose CA
Kanazawa Invitational, Kanazawa Japan
Southwestern Invitational, Chula Vista College, CA
1981
Betty Asher's Cups, Newport Beach Art Gallery, CA
Low-Fire Ceramic Sculpture, Towson State Gallery, Towson MD
American Clay, Merideth Fine Arts, Baltimore MD
Earthenware USA, Hand and Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
Scripps Ceramic Annual, Scripps College, Claremont CA
1980
Poetic Images, Elements, NYC
Westwood Clay Nat'l, Otis Art Inst. Los Angeles
Reality of Illusion, Univ. Art Galleries, Univ. of
Southern Calif. Los Angeles; Denver, CO, Oakland CA
Southern California Designer Craftsmen
1979
Unpainted Portrait, Kohler Art Center
30 x l5, Judah Magnes Museum, Berkeley CA
West Coast Clay Spectrum, Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles
1978
5th Annual Ceramic Invitational, Univ. Art Gallery, Ogden UT
Cup Show, Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan WI
The Elements, NYC
California Craftsmen, Monterey Penn. Mus. of Art, CA
Clay from Molds, Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan WI
1977
California Ceramics, Quay Gallery, S.F.
Paper Show, San Francisco Art Museum, S.F.
Overglaze Imagery, Cal State Fullerton Art Gallery,
1976
Images of Cups, Smith Anderson Gallery Palo Alto
Small Images, Cal State Los Angeles
California Teapot Show, Anhalt Gallery, Quay Gallery, CA
100 Americans, Fairtree Gallery, New York City
Homage to the Bag, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, NYC
Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo NY
Ceramics Plus, David Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles
1975
The Second Cup Show, David Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles
Clay USA, Fendrick Gallery Washington D.C.
1974
Ceramics and Glass, Oakland Museum, Oakland
Cup Show, Reno Nevada
Surfaces, Fairtree Gallery NYC
1973
Show, David Stuart Gallery Los Angeles
The Cup Seven Women, Prieto Gallery Oakland Ca
Design/Crafts, Richmond Art Center Richmond CA
1972
Eight Women, State Univ. New York Gallery
1971
Objects, Nordness Gallery, NYC
1970
Media '70, Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Pitzer College, Claremont CA
Visiting Faculty, Ceramics, Spring 1999
Brushstrokes Studio, Berkeley CA
Owner, Founder/ with Kevin Nierman 1995-98
City of Oakland, Cultural Arts Division,
Arts Project Consultant 1994
Preservation Park, Oakland
Arts Project Consultant 1993
San Francisco State University,
Visiting Faculty, Ceramics 1992
ProArts, Oakland
Executive Director 1989-1991
UC Berkeley Gifted Program
Visiting Faculty, Ceramics, summer-1988
After School Arts, Cragmont, Prospect Schools
Owner, Founder 1983-1989
Laney College, Oakland, CA
Instructor, Ceramics 1973-1986
Program Director, workshop series 1978-1986
Fashion Institute of Design, San Francisco CA,
Visiting Faculty, Color Theory 1973
State University of New York, Albany, NY,
Visiting Faculty, Ceramics 1970-1972
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Anable, Anne, "The Art of Drinking", New York Times, June 26, 1977.
Attie, Shimon, "Nancy Selvin ", Artweek, March 21, 1991.
Brin, David M, "Nancy Selvin's Abstracted Forms" Ceramic Art and Perception, No. 33 1998, pp19-21.
Ceramics Monthly, Coverphoto, January 1981.
Ceramics Monthly, "Up Front", September l996
Clowes, Jody, "Focus: Nancy Selvin", American Craft, Aug/Sept 1992, pp. 72-73.
Dickensheets, Scott, “Great Bowls of Fire” Las Vegas Weekly, October 12, 1999
Levin, Elaine "China Painting", Artweek, Dec. 10, 1977.
Levin, E "Ceramic Still-Life: The Common Object", Ceramic Art and Perception No.32 1998, pp 52-58.
Levin, E., "Ceramic Metaphors", Artweek, Dec. 26, 1981.
Levin, E., The History of American Ceramics, Abrams NY, 1988, Second Edition l998.
Levine, Melinda, "Parallel Views", American Craft, April/May
1982, pp. 31-35 and Coverphoto.
Marks, Emily, "Detailing Slabs with Slip Impressions",
Ceramics Monthly, Feb. 1977, pp. 33-6.
Meisel, Alan, “Letter From San Francisco”, Craft Horizons, October l976.
Moore, Sylvia, ed. Yesterday and Tomorrow: California Women Artists
Midmarch Press, NY 1989.
Morse, Marcia, "The Arts", Honolulu Star, March 25, 1989.
Muchnic, Suzanne, "Galleries", Los Angeles Times, Dec l8, 1981, pp. 12.
Muchnic, S, "Betty Asher: Her Cups Overfloweth", Los Angeles Times,
January 5, 1981.
New Glass Review, v. 2 1999, Pg 99
Nigrosh, Leon, Low Fire: Other Ways to Work in Clay, Davis Publications, 1980.
Nixon, Bruce, "Nakada, Ortbal, Selvin at the Richmond Art Center" The Guide, Mar l995.
Pasfield, Veronica, "Nancy Selvin" American Ceramics, Sept 1992, p. 51.
BIBLIOGRAPHY Cont:
Peterson, Susan, The Craft and Art of Clay, Prentice Hall, 1992, Second Edition 1997, Third Edition l999,
Peterson, Susan, Make it in Clay, Prentice Hall, l999,
Peterson, Susan H, "Ceramic Still-lifes" AirBrush Digest Sept/Oct 1984, pp. 24-32.
Piepenburg, Robert, Raku, New York, Macmillan, 1972.
Piepenburg, Robert, The Spirit of Clay, Pebble Press, 1998.
Pomento, Dawn, “Nancy Selvin at Charleston Heights Art Center Gallery”, Artweek, December 1999, pg 27.
Pomento, Dawn, “Arts Beneath the Surface”, Las Vegas Weekly,
October 28, 1999
Design House Publications, Nouvel Objet IV <NO>, , Korea 1999.
Santiago, Chiori, "Still Clay" American Craft December 97/ Jan 98 v57:6 pp50-53
Speight, Charlotte, "Choices: An Interview", Studio Potter, December, 1991.
Swift, Harriet, "Catch These Shows", Oakland Tribune, February 26, 1991.
Van Proyen, Mark, "Monumental Ideas", Artweek, October 10, 1987.
Wechsler, Susan, Low Fire Ceramics: A New Direction In American Clay,
Watson Guptil 1981
White, Cheryl, "Nancy Selvin at Works Gallery" Artweek, v27:6 June l996 p22
Williams, Gerry "Interview, Nancy Selvin", Studio Potter V.13:1, Dec 1984.
Williams, G., "Works in Electric Firing", Studio Potter V.15:1, Dec 1986.
Zakin, Richard, Ceramics: Mastering the Craft, Chilton, Penn. 1990
Zakin, Richard, Hand Formed Ceramics, Chilton, Penn 1995
PUBLICATIONS:
"How I Got Here" Ceramics Monthly Nov 1989. pp47-50 and Cover
"Bulmer Brick and Tile" American Craft Magazine, June/July l985 pp 26-29
"Tepcoware"w/Joseph Mallia Heaven, American Craft Magazine, Aug/Sept 1982 pp 16-19
"Decorating Tile" Fine Homebuilding, Jan 1993 #78
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