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PROFESSOR OF ART EMERTITA, State University of New York at Oneonta, New York
Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching 2001
MFA Syracuse University, Printmaking & Artist's Books
BA State University of New York at Oneonta, “With Honors In Art” Studio Art Major/Art History Minor
SELECTED VITAE:
I have been exhibiting my paintings, prints and drawings since 1968. I've created installations and one-of-a-kind sculptural books since 1985 using a variety of materials and techniques. Starting out I developing and taught innovative book structures constructed of paper. Over time my books have evolved into elaborately constructed sculptural book objects housing a number of individual books and are made of wood, metal and include movable parts. Below is a very selected list of my achievements. Full vitae upon request.
Work in permanent collections:
Harvard University
Yale University
Vassar College
The Corcoran Gallery of Art
University of Indiana at Bloomington
University of Michigan
University of Delaware
Library of Congress
Rochester Institute of Technology
Wesleyan University
Bucknell University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Women’s Studio Workshop
Saint Stephen Museum, Hungary
Syracuse University, Studio Arts Collection, Syracuse, N.Y.
State University of New York at Oneonta, N.Y.
State University of New York at Albany, N.Y.
Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica, N.Y.
Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, N.Y.
Prints in Private Collectors throughout the U.S., Australia, England, Sweden & South America
Included in over two hundred statewide, nationally and internationally exhibitions including:
• Games Without Rules, one person exhibition State University of New York at Oneonta, NY
* Artists of Central New York, Munson-Williams-Proctor Museum, Utica, NY
* Made in New York, Schweinfurth Museum, Auburn, NY, Best of Show 2014
* Exploration: Foreman Gallery, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY
* Book Exhibition, Philadelphia Free Library, Philadelphia, PA
* Fit To Be Bound, Book Exhibition, Everson Museum of Syracuse, NY
* Handmade: Paper, Prints, Drawings, Artists Books, Mural Gallery, Stamford, NY
* Nancy Callahan, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
* Ingenuous Pages: Book Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, SUNY Oneonta, NY
* Nancy Callahan, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
* Seven Women, Mercer Street Gallery, NY, NY
* Cooperstown National Exhibition, Cooperstown, NY, Henry Cooper Sculpture Award 2013
* As the Crow Flies, Schweinfurth Museum, Auburn, NY
* Book Exhibition, Saint Stephen Museum, Szekesfehervar, Hungary
* Must You Eat Crackers In Bed?, book installation, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY & Schweinfurth Museum, Auburn,NY
* Nancy Callahan, Bright Hill Press, Treadwell, NY
* Domestic Bliss, book installation, Schweinfurth Museum, Auburn, NY
* Taking Flight, Group Exhibition, Hilton-Bloom Gallery, Gilbertsville, NY
* International Book Exhibition, Bright Hill Press, Treadwell, NY
* Ellipse Art Gallery, Book Exhibition, Arlington, Virginia
* Lee Art Center Gallery, Book Exhibition, Arlington, Virginia
* Studio 2, SUNY Oneonta Fine Arts Gallery, Oneonta, NY
* Ink Shop Gallery, Ithaca, NY
* International Book Exhibition, Bright Hill Press, Treadwell, NY
* Book Arts Exploration, New Art Forum, Kingston, MA,
* Book Exhibition, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY
* Traditional to Innovative, Schweinfurth Museum, Auburn, NY
* Book Explorations, New Art Forum, Kingston, MA
* Unbound: Reshaping Artist’s Books, Henry Street Settlement, NYC
* Book/Ends:Visual Text, Albany Center Galleries, Albany, NY
* International Book Arts Exhibition, Szekesfehervar, Hungary
* Book Invitational, HarperCollins, NYC
* Faculty Exhibition, Center for Book Arts, NYC
* Thundering Waters Gallery, Ithaca, NY
* The Book Unbound, University of West Virginia at Morgantown, West Virginia
Workshops & lectures given statewide, nationally and internationally:
* Center for Book Arts, NYC, 2X annually for ten years
* Women’s Studio Workshop, 16 workshops 16 summers at Summer Institute
* Art-In- Education Program in public schools, at over 100 locations in the past 30 years
* Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, lecturer 3X
*Art History Conference, SUNY Oneonta, keynote speaker 2X
* Fine Arts Institute, Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, USSR
* Saint Stephen’s Museum, Szekesfehervar, Hungary
* Artist’s Book Course, twice annually, SUNY Oneonta since 1999
* Empire State Partnership Summer Institute, RIT and CW Post
* Hollins University, Virginia
* Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY, four times
* Lee Art Center, Arlington, Virginia
Fellowship recipient and resident at the following locations:
* Research Fellowship, The Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, NY
* Book Arts Fellowship, WSW, Rosendale, NY
* Byrdcliffe Artists’ Colony, Woodstock, NY
* International Book Arts Residency, Mor, Hungary
* Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA
* Fine Arts Institute, Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, USSR
Book & Video Publications :
Inside Out, ISBN: 1-893125-62-9, an edition of 30 artist’s books that I wrote, designed and produced was publisher by Women’s Studio Workshop (see attached image). It was funded through grants from the National Endowment for the Arts & New York Foundation for the Arts
Mechanized Shorthand Device, YouTube posted Feb. 2014
Articles about the Artist and Her Work:
500 Handmade Books, Volume II, featured artist, Lark Publication, 2013
500 Handmade Books Volume I, featured artist, Lark Publication, 2008
Becerra, Margarita, Mountains and Valleys, video, Syracuse, N.Y.: Becerra, 1989
Kroepper, Jean, How to Make Cards and Books, Davis Publications, 1997
Gallo, Diane, ”Guilford Woman is on the Cutting Edge of Art,” This Week Magazine, Binghamton, N.Y.:
The Evening Press, 1981, Vol.1 No.39, pp.1 &3
Kramer, Julie et. al., Six Artists Who Are Women, Binghamton, N.Y: WSKG Public Broadcasting, 1987, video aired through out the United States 1987-1995
Kramer, Julie, et.al., “Artist Nancy Callahan,” Art Scene, Binghamton, N.Y.: WSKG Public TV Station, 1983, video aired 1983-84
LaPlantz, Shereen, Cover To Cover: Creative Techniques For Making Beautiful Books, Journals & Albums, Asheville, North Carolina: Lark Books, 1995, pp.96-97.
Spandorfer, Merle, et. al., Making Art Safely, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1993, p. 7.13.
Stewart, Mary, Launching the Imagination: A Comprehensive Guide to Basic Design, New York, New York, McGraw Hill, 2002, pp 4-10-4-12 & 12
Stewart, Mary, “From the Traditional to the Transformative: Two Approaches to Visual Books” MAPC, The Journal for the Mid American Print Council, 1996, Vol.4 Issue 1, pp 8-10
Trusty, Tom, Focus Artists’ Books, Boise, Idaho: Boise State University, Hemingway Western Studies Center and Boise, Idaho Public Broadcasting, 1993, video aired over university & public broadcasting stations in Idaho
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