Nancy Elliott
Nancy Mizuno Elliott • Oakland, CA
Education
1992 • MFA with Highest Distinction, Painting and Drawing, University of Georgia
1987 • BA, Art and Psychology, University of California/Berkeley
Public Art Commissions/Public Site Purchases
2005-2006 • Flutter, Art Along the Avenue, Public Art Program, City of Emeryville, California
2004 • Department of Health Services/City of Richmond, Richmond, California
2003 • May I Take Your Order?—Market Street Art in Transit Kiosk Poster Series,
San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco, California
• Alameda County Medical Center/Alameda County Art Commission,
Oakland, California
Residencies and Grants
2006 • Residency, Fine Arts Museums/De Young Museum, San Francisco, California
2005 • Individual Artist Project Grant (for Squawk!), City of Oakland, Oakland, California
• Residency and Artist Stipend, Can Serrat, Barcelona, Spain
2004 • Individual Artist Project Grant (for Pura Vida), City of Oakland, Oakland, California
2003-2004 • Residency, The Julia and David White Artists’ Colony, Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica
2001-2003 • Residency, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, Illinois
2000 • Residency, Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap, Georgia
1992 • Studies Abroad Fellowship, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
1991-1992 • C-00 Film Grant, Athens, Georgia/New York City, New York
Upcoming & Recent Solo/Two Person Exhibitions
2007 • Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California
Squawk!
2006 • Kimball Gallery/De Young Museum, San Francisco, California
Squawk! and Site-Specific Work
2005 • Espai S/N, Barcelona, Spain
Squawk!
• Femina Potens, San Francisco, California
Nancy Mizuno Elliott & Twiz (Two person exhibition)
• Peralta Hacienda & Carmen Flores Recreation Centers, Oakland, California
Pura Vida (A public art project supported by the City of Oakland)
2004 • Northcutt Steele Gallery, Montana State University, Billings, Montana
Old School: The Memorialization of Freedom and Excess
• Epic Arts, Berkeley, California
Old School: The Memorialization of Freedom and Excess
• Roshambo Gallery, Healdsburg, California
Nancy Mizuno Elliott & David Anderson (Two person exhibition)
2003 • 21 Grand, Oakland, California
Old School: The Memorialization of Freedom and Excess
• LH Horton Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, California
Old School: The Memorialization of Freedom and Excess
• Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, California
Nancy Mizuno Elliott & Horacio Lopez (Two person exhibition)
2002 • City College Art Gallery, San Francisco, California
Bad Brains and Bad Bugs (Two person exhibition)
• Addison Street Windows Gallery, Berkeley, California
For One Lousy Minute She Felt Like a Queen
2000 • Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri
Hissy Fit (Collaborative project with Kate Kretz)
• Florida International University Art Gallery, Miami, Florida
Hissy Fit (Collaborative project with Kate Kretz)
• Community College Southern Nevada Art Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada
Adorn Your Prison
• Truman State University Art Gallery, Kirksville, Missouri
Loathing the Temptation
Group Exhibitions Page 2
2006 • Cazenovia College Art Gallery, Cazenovia, New York
Dada Domestique
2005 • Mixed Use Gallery, San Francisco, California
Peeing in the Sandbox
2004 • Mission 17, San Francisco, California
By Any Means Unnecessary
• Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Drawings VII
• Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, California
Issho/Together: Japanese American/Japanese-National Artists in America
• Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California
Curate This
• Euphrat Gallery Museum of Art, De Anza College, Cupertino, California
Edges
• SomArts, San Francisco, California
The Art of TAO
• Heuser Art Center Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois (catalog)
The Feminine Eye
• Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, California
Interium
• Diablo Valley College Art Gallery, Pleasant Hill, California
A Book in Hand
• City College Art Gallery, San Francisco, California
2004 Faculty Exhibition
2003 • Dirt Gallery, Los Angeles, California
The Fun Room
• Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, California
Works on Paper
• Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California
Over Time
• Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, California
Inaugural Exhibition
• Flanders Contemporary, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Brave New Girl (Three person exhibition)
• Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, California
Out of Line
• Jeanne Brewer Gallery, UC Berkeley-Extension, San Francisco, California
Biennial Art Studio Faculty Exhibition
2002 • Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, Georgia (catalog)
No Agenda But Their Own: A Decade of Work by Women Artists
• The Black Box, Oakland, California
Cross-Pollination
• Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California
Shikishi: Gifts of Art for the New Year
• Hiddenite Center, Hiddenite, North Carolina
and Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, Michigan
Mirrored Echoes
• Dead Horse Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
Journeys (Three person exhibition)
• Culture Cache, San Francisco, California
Live Fast, Die Young
• Pond, San Francisco, California
POW!: The Power of Women in Illustrative and Sequential Art
• Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California
Four Artists, Four Directions (Four person exhibition)
• City College Art Gallery, San Francisco, California
2002 Faculty Exhibition
• Old Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, Colorado (catalog)
Of Work and Earth
• Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, California Page 3
Fight Like a Girl! (Three person exhibition)
• Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Ragdale 25th Anniversary Exhibition
2001 • San Jose Art League, San Jose, California
Genderplex
• Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, California
Imprints
• Jemison-Carnegie Heritage Hall Museum, Tallageda, Alabama
National Association of Women Artists
• Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts, Palmer Lake, Colorado
Holding my Heart
2000 • Untitled Space, New Haven, Connecticut
Grrls
• Dead Horse Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
Dance Macabre
• Dead Horse Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
Four Takes on the Figure (Four person exhibition)
• Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
National Juried Exhibition
• Red Chair Gallery, Missouri State University, Kansas City, Missouri
Constructing Identity (Three person exhibition)
• LatCrit Conference, Denver, Colorado
Approaches, Illuminations, Divides
1999 • Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri
Faculty Exhibition
• College of the Sequoias Art Gallery, Visalia, California
Art Addressing AIDS
1998 • University of Alaska Campus Center Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska
No Big Heads
• San Jose Center for Latino Arts, San Jose, California
Saints, Icons, and Alteregos
• Gallery on the Rim, San Francisco, California
Whispers
• Union Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Nude/Naked
• Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, California
Homage and Inspiration
• Cade Fine Arts Center Gallery, Arnold, Maryland The Divine Comedy
• Hartnell College, Salinas, California 1998 Art Faculty
• Raritan Valley Community College, Somerville, New Jersey
Issues of Guilt
• Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California
National Juried Exhibition
1997 • Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, California
Introductions '97 (Three person exhibition)
• Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, California
Self Expression
• Fresno Arts Council, Fresno, California
Little Works of Love
• Health & Human Resource Education Center, California
Health Through Art (traveling exhibition)
1996 • Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, California Altar-ed Images
• Communications Technical Cluster, Oakland, California
Incubator
• Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Pun Intended
• Gallery Concord, Concord, California Page 4
Watermark
• Santa Cruz Art League Gallery, Santa Cruz, California
The Everyday Object
• Oakland Civic Plaza/Higher Education Center, Oakland, California
Sense
1995 • California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, California
California Small Works
• Bayfront Gallery, San Francisco, California
California Dreaming
• Oakland Federal Building, Oakland, California
Showcase of Local Artists
• Danville Fine Arts Gallery, Danville, California
The Women Show
• Levi Straus Plaza, San Francisco, California
The Beauty Project at Levi's Plaza
• Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Holy Baloney
1994 • Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
Songs of Innocence, Songs of Experience (Three person exhibition)
• Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
disPLAYS (Window box)
• Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California (catalog)
Measuring Up
• Ohlone College Art Gallery, Fremont, California
Pretty Little Thing
• Santa Cruz Art League Gallery, Santa Cruz, California Relationships
1992 • University of Georgia Art Gallery, Athens, Georgia
Monstra
• Palazzo Vagnotti, Cortona, Italy
Monstra Estate 1992
• Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia
X
• Beret International Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Sentimental Art
Film Exhibitions
1995 • University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
Best of Flicker
1994 • Chassie Post Gallery, New York, New York
Best of Flicker
• Chassie Post Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Best of Flicker
• Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia
Best of Flicker
1992 • The 40 Watt, Athens, Georgia
Homegirl, MF, Period, The Offering, and Best of Flicker
1991 • Image Film/Video, Atlanta, Georgia
Best of Flicker
• The Downstairs Gallery, Athens, Georgia
Purge
Teaching Experience
2002-Present • Adjunct Professor, City College, San Francisco, California
Watercolor, Basic Design, Advance Design, and Basic Drawing
2004-Present• Instructor, Art with Elders, Alameda Hospital, California
2003 • Instructor, UC Berkeley-Extension, San Francisco, California
Collage
2002-2003 • Instructor, Taking the Leap, Emeryville, California Page 5
Marketing and Professionalism for Fine Artists
2001-2002 • Adjunct Professor, Mission College, Santa Clara, California
Basic Drawing and Basic Design
1999-2001 • Assistant Professor, Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri
Painting, Basic Drawing, Advance Drawing, Figure Drawing,
Basic Design, and Three-Dimensional Design
1999 • Adjunct Professor, Los Medaños College, Pittsburg, California
Basic Design
1998-1999 • Adjunct Professor, Mission College, Santa Clara, California
Figure Drawing and Independent Studies
• Adjunct Professor, Hartnell College, Salinas, California
Beginning and Advanced Painting
1995 • Art Instructor, Mastick Senior Center, Alameda, California
1994 • Artist-in-Residence, SF County Correctional Facilities, San Bruno, California
1992 • Graduate Student Instructor, UGA & UGA Studies Abroad in Cortona, Italy
Basic Drawing, Advance Drawing, and Advance Painting
Lectures
2004 • Montana State University, Billings, Montana, (Multiple Lectures and Presentations)
• University of Kentucky (Visiting Artist—Multiple Lectures and Presentations)
2003 • Oakland Art Gallery, Out of Line
2002 • San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Curator Presentation
• Taking the Leap, Curator Presentation
• Arts Benicia Gallery, Fight Like a Girl!
2001 • University of Kentucky, Studio of One’s Own
• Aquadome, Vaginal Art (in conjunction with The Vagina Monologues)
2000 • Truman StateUniversity, Hissy Fit
• Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Science, Hissy Fit
• Community College Southern Nevada, Adorn Your Prison
1999 • Truman State University, Loathing the Temptation
• Truman State University, Art without Frames: Installation Art
• Truman State University, Latino Art’s Influence on Contemporary Art
• Florida International University, Presentation of Current Work
1994 • Berkeley Art Center, Artists' Dialogue • Richmond ArtCenter, Artists' Dialogue
1993 • Berkeley Art Center, Artist Salon
1992 • University of Georgia, Social Responsibility and the Artist: A Demand or a Diversion,
with James Herbert and Jim McKay, director of Girls Town and Our Song
• Georgia Museum of Art, Artists' Dialogue
Bibliography
2005 • Fly Away: Kaleidoscope of butterflies alight, ready to be picked up for free, San Francisco Chronicle
• Critic’s Choice/Pura Vida, The East Bay Monthly, April Issue
• Featured Artist, Other Magazine, June Issue, (multiple images)
• Pssss, SF Weekly
• Artist Profile, Bamboo Girl, Issue #12
2004 • Party Arty, San Francisco Magazine
• Take This, West Bay, East Bay Express
• Edgy Curate This: Richmond’s Nod to Alt Art, Contra Costa Times
• The Rise of the Second City, NY Arts
• Ultra-hip Exhibit Beckons Squares of Art World, San Francisco Chronicle
• Gen X Show in Your Face, The Billings Outpost
• The Female Perspective, The Journal Star
2003 • Reviews: Nancy Mizuno Elliott at 21 Grand, Artweek
• Arts in Review, interview on UC Berkeley’s KALX 90.7
• The Artists’ Struggle, Oakland Tribune
• Art: Isis Rodriguez, Nancy Mizuno Elliott & Kathy Aoki, The Rake
• Chalkboard Jungle, East Bay Express
• Night and Day, SF Weekly
• Out of Line: The Many Faces of Feminism, SF Station Page 6
• Chicks Awry: Extra Spice at Oakland Art Gallery, East Bay Express
• Artistic Expression: Stockton Art Shows Prove More is Less, The Record
2002 • Art Critic’s Choice: POW!: The Power of Women in Illustrative
and Sequential Art, SF Bay Guardian
• The Art Always Takes Center Stage, Contra Costa Times, Cover Story A&E Section
• Four Artists, Four Directions, Pacifica Tribune
• Silver Season: Exhibit Celebrates 25 Years of Visual Arts at Ragdale, Pioneer Press
• Girl Art, Boy Art, The Guardsman
• Reviews: Fight Like a Girl! at Arts Benicia, Artweek
• In the Spotlight, Artist Strikes Blow Against Stodginess, Contra Costa Times
• Cartooning Inspires Artists in Fight Like a Girl, Oakland Tribune
• Fight Like a Girl! The Art of Defiance, Benicia Herald
• Fight Like a Girl Opens, BeniciaNews.com
• In Agnes Scott Show, Feminism and Other Issues, Atlanta Journal Constitution
2001 • Oysters, Pearls, and Easy Girls, MsFit
2000 • Art of Darkness, The Times
1999 • AIDS Art, The South Valley Bee
• Addressing Life, Visalia Times Delta
• AIDS Theme Spreads to the Art Gallery, The Campus
1998 • Celebrate Art's Therapeutic Power, Oakland Tribune
• Pictures from an Exhibition, Daily Southtown
• A New Way of Looking at the Other Side, Campus Crier
1997 • Art to Art, Sacramento Bee
• Critic's Pick, Sacramento Bee
• Just Clowning Around, SN&R
1996 • Common Touch, Sentinel
1994 • Art in Pursuit of Beauty, West County Times
• Pretty Little Thing Breaks Sex Stereotypes, Monitor
• Flicker: Confessions of a Closet Filmmaker, Flagpole
• Flicker Turns 3, The Athens Observer
• Works of Athens Filmmakers Displayed at Best of Flicker, The Red and Black
1992 • Flicker–Filmmaking in Athens, TCI Cable Station • Review of X Exhibition, Flagpole, The Red and Black, and Athens Banner Herald
• Social Responsibility and the Artist: A Discussion, Flagpole
Additional Art Activities
2005 • Juror, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California
• Review Panelist—AlamedaCounty Juvenile Justice Center,
Alameda County Art Commission, California
• Review Panelist—Organization Support,
Craft and Cultural Arts Department, City of Oakland, California
• Curator, Nancy Boy, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California and
LH Horton Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, California
2004 • Review Panelist—Temporary and Permanent Public Art,
Craft and Cultural Arts Department, City of Oakland, California
2003 • Committee Member, Public Art Committee and Arts Forum, Richmond, California
• Juror, Mill Valley Artisans, Mill Valley, California
• Juror, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California
• Juror, Marin Art Council, Marin, California
• Juror, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
• Curator, Out of Line, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, California
• Review Panelist—New Creative Partnerships,
Craft and Cultural Arts Department, City of Oakland, California
• Juror, PIDO, Point Isabel Regional Park, El Cerrito, California
2001-2003 • Exhibitions Director/Curator, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California
2001 • Juror, Prism Benefit, Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri
1996-1997 • Columnist and Correspondent, Alameda Times-Star, Oakland, California
1994-1997 • Administrative Director, Contra Costa Civic Theatre, El Cerrito, California
1995-1996 • Board Treasurer and Open Studios Chair, Pro Arts, Oakland, California
1992-1994 • Gallery Manager, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California Page Seven
• Technical Director, Set Designer, Camera/Audio Technician,
Becky and Jodi’s Good Eats, TCI Cable, Alameda, California
1990-1992 • Founder/Administrative Facilitator, Art Is Yes, Athens, Georgia