Nancy Worthington

PO Box 2558
Sebastopol, CA USA, 95473
E-mail:  Domjoy@aol.com
web:  www.domjoy.com

SELECTED EDUCATION AND TRAINING

1972     M.F.A., Sculpture, Pennsylvania State University
1969     B.A. Fine Arts, James Madison University
1973     Art Psychotherapy Internship, Ohio

PREFERRED MEDIA

Kinetic Constructions and Sculptures
Multi-media drawings, Prints and Wall Reliefs                                                                                                                                                                                                

SELECTED INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

2002     France-Ameriques, “Exposition Franco-Americaine”, Paris, France, Catalog

1998     First Venice Annual, "Masks in Venice"

1997    Galerie Everarts, Paris, France

1996    2nd International Female Artists Biennial, Stockholm, Sweden

1996     "Latent August", Tokyo

1995     U.N. 4th World Conference on Women, Beijing, China

1993     Grand Palais, 109eme Salon, Paris, Catalog

1992     Musee de Mougins, Mougins, France, Catalog

1985     "XVIII Bienal lnternacional de Sao Paulo, Museo de Art Moderna

            de Sao Paulo,  Brazil," Catalog

1983     International Association of Art, 10 Congress, Helsinki, Finland, Invitational

1981     "The Exchange Show--San Francisco-Berlin", Gallerie Franz Mehrig, Berlin,

            Germany, Catalog

1980     "First International Festival of Women Artists," NY Glypotek, Copenhagen,

            Denmark, Catalog       

SELECTED INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

2001        Kendall-Jackson Winery, Sonoma County, CA

2000        “Automaton”, Skyranch, San Jose, CA

1999        "Elvis & Marilyn", Silicon Valley Institute of Art and Technology, San Jose, CA

1998        Museum of Arts Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

1996        "Interactive Environments", Art Tech, San Jose, CA

1993        Institute for Design and Experimental Art,

               Sacramento, California

1988        Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1984        San Jose Museum of Art San Jose, CA, Catalog

1979        California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA

1979        University of California, Davis, CA

1976        San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1976        Montalvo Center for the Arts, Saratoga, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2003     “Art Against War Poster Exhibition”, New York, NY

2003     Alliance Francaise, San Francisco, CA

2001     “The Impact of Ylem—20 Years of Art on the Edge”, San Francisco, CA

2001     Spear Tower, San Francisco, CA

2001     George Lucas Complex, Marin, CA

2000     S.J. Performing Arts Center, San Jose, CA

2000     San Jose Museum Southerby's auction "Cool Stuff", San Jose, CA

1998     Gallerie Internationale, Palo Alto, CA

            1997     "Finding the Fulcrum", Leonardo Magazine 30th Anniversary

                   Exhibition, San Francisco, CA

1996       Bechtel International Center, Stanford, CA

1995     "Latent August", Pier One, San Francisco, CA

1994     "Book Works", 7th Bienial Exhibit, Pacific Center for the

             Book Arts, SF, CA

1993     "Techno Art", Spectrum Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1993     Alliance Francaise, San Francisco, CA

1992     CA Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA

1989     University of Wyoming Art Museum. Laramie, WY

1984     San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA     

1984     "CADRE '84" San Jose, California, Catalog

1982     "Twelfth International Sculpture Conference", Oakland, California

1982-84  "Forgotten Dimension...A Survey of Small Sculpture in CA Now",

   Traveling Exhibit, SF International Airport to public spaces in CA, Illinois, Colorado and

               Florida, Catalog

1982     Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1975     Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA

SELECTED AWARDS

1998     Certificate of Merit, 1st Venice Annual, Venice, Italy

1996     Gold Metal Winner, 2nd International Female Artist Biennial,

            Stockholm, Sweden

1988     Represented the U.S.A., 18th International Bienal,

            Sao Paulo, Brazil

1982     Honorable Mention, "West '82/Art and the Law"

1979     San Francisco Arts Commission Award: Solo Exhibition

1978     Nomination, Artist of the Year, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA

1978     Award for set design, Theatre of Man, San Francisco

1977     Artist in Residence, California Arts Council

SELECTED MUSEUM & PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

U.S. Dept. of State, Art in Embassies Program, Washington, D.C.

National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.

Silicon Valley Institute of Art and Technology, San Jose, CA

SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Arabella Decker, Montara, California, Art Collector

John J. Davis, Esq., San Francisco, CA, Attorney

Patricia D'Alessandro, Sacramento, CA, Art Collector

Dr. Greta Berman, Princeton, N.J., Art Historian

Marion Chapman, Esq., Oakland, CA, Attorney

Alfred Knoll, Esq., Oakland, CA, Attorney

Elizabeth Rigali, San Francisco, CA, Art Collector

Elaine Cook, San Francisco, CA, Art Collector

Dr. Ann Sutherland Harris, Pittsburgh, PA, Art Historian

Meryle Holmes, San Jose, CA, Art Dealer

Dr. Susan Platt, Seattle, Washington, Art Historian

Gianluca Salotto, Switzerland, Art Collector

Dr. Judith Fein, Sonoma County, Art Patron

Keith Roizman, Los Angeles, CA, Architect

SELECTED REVIEWS

Dryer, Dianne, "Nancy Worthington' Social Commentaries",

            Artweek, 3/19/77

Arts Magazine, February 1981, Illustration

Jan, Alfred, "Exhibitions: Polemetics Through Art" Artweek, Vol. 10,

            No. 15, 4/15/84

Ghent, Gregory. "Nancy Worthington at Zara", Visual Dialogue, Vol. 3,

            No. 3, Mar-May 1978, Illus.

Frankenstein, Alfred, "A Haunting Series of Boxes", SF Chronicle,

            1/15/77, illus.

"Art With a Social Conscience", SF Examiner, 1/5/78

Weeks, H.J. "Nancy Worthington at Zara", Art Voices South, Vol. 2,

            No. 3 (May-June 1979 (illus.)

"Art Shock: Strategy to Raise Consciousness", Sonoma Business

            Magazine, March 1994

Swartz, Susan, Press Democrat, "Femalines", May 7, 1995

Art Pictorial, Vol. 6, Tokyo, Japan, January 1996

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & VIDEOS

Albright, Thomas.  Art in the SF Bay Area, 1945-80.An Illustrated History. 

            Univ. of CA Press, 1981

Jones, Virginia Watson.  Contemporary American Women Sculptors,

            Onyx Press, 1986, illustrated

Specimen UI2, The American Rat Race", Leonardo, Pergamon Press,

            Oxford, U.K., V. 42, No. 1, 1991

Worthington, Nancy.  Femalines, Torrance Publishing.  Co, 1994

Art Pictorial, Vol. 6, January 1996, Tokyo, Japan

Owens, G.L. International Women Artists, 1997 and 2001

"Constructive Criticisms", Documentary Video, 13 minutes.

National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.

            (videocassette available)

KGO-TV 7. Studio interview (videocassette available)

World of Art Magazine, Issue 5, Volume 2, December 2002

NT Times, Sunday, February 23, article by Dean Murphy

Le Monde, article, February, 2003

100 Contemporary Artists, Masters of Today, Petru Russu, Editor, 2003

 “The Terror Project—George Dubya series, Nancy Worthington”, World of Art Magazine, Issue 6, Volume 3, pp. 44-45, May 2003

REPRESENTATION

Meryle Holmes Fine Arts, San Jose, CA