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CONTEMPORARY REPRESENTATIONAL ART

Nancy Scheinman

Prints | Biography


NANCY SCHEINMAN
BORN1958, York, PA

EDUCATION
1980Washington University School of Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO, M.F.A. 1985 and
B.F.A. with Honors,
New York Studio School, New York, NY
1979-80Pellacani and Barsi, Pietrasanta, Italy
1976Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2000"Gardeners Delight", National Museum of Women in the Arts,
Washington DC
1999Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea: Florence, Italy
"Contemporary Printmakers", Evergreen House, Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, MD
1997"Entre Americas: Seis Artistas Contemporaneas Norteamericanas" Museo
de Arte Moderno de Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic Museo de Arte
Contemporaneo, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Galeria Nacional de Arte Contemporaneo, Museo Arte Costarricense,
Costa Rica
1996Centro Estudios Literarios Arte Romulo Gallegos, Caracas, Venezuala
"Angels, Cherubs and Putti: The Artist’s Muses", Noyes Museum
1995"Winter Soltice", Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
"Singular Vision, Multiple Choices", Towson University, Baltimore, MD
"Scheinman and Gereny: Profound Visions", University of Maryland College
Park, MD
1994"Party Line", Trenton City Museum, Trenton , NJ
1987"Mid Four Exhibit", Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2000, 2001,1998, 1996,1994,1993, 1991:Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2000, 1999Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY
2001The Gordon Center, Owings Mills, MD
1996-97Coplan Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1995-96Allen Shepard Gallery, Piedmont, NY
1991-92,1995Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
1994"Domestic Daydreams", Capitol Gallery, Washington DC
1989"New Paintings", School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
1987Port Washington Public Library, Port Washington, NY
1985, 1986"New Paintings", Seghi Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1982, 1984"Works on Paper" Martin Schweig Gallery, St. Louis, MO

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2002"Mixed Media", Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN
2000"Fantastic Whimsy", Catonsville Community College, Baltimore, MD
Bender Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
1999"Shared Sensibilities", Bender Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
"Unity of Spirit, Spirit of Unity", traveling exhibition originating at the
Norman and Sarah Brown Art Gallery, JCC, Baltimore, MD, American Jewish
Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, Cultural Arts Center, Karmiel, Israel
1986-98Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
Regional Invitational Exhibition, Maryland Art Place (MAP), Baltimore, MD
1998Newark Museum Benefit Exhibition, Hertz Corp., Park Ridge, NJ
"A Celebration of Arts in Maryland", Government House, Annapolis
1995, 1997Coplan Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1997"Prints from Goya Girls Press", Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, MD
"New American Paintings", Open Studios Press
"Directors Choice" Allen Sheppard Gallery , Piedmont, NY
1991-97Benefit Exhibition, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
1996Feria Iberoamericana de Arte (FIA), Caracas, Venezuela
1995Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Center, Hong Knog (IAF)
"Exhibition of Gallery Artists", Kraushaar Galleries, New York
1994Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Norfolk, VA Curator: Steinbaum
"New American Paintings" Open Studios Press Curator: Elisabeth Sussman,
Whitney Museum of Fine Art
1991-94Faculty Exhibit Maryland Institute College of Art Continuing Studies
1991"Arts Salute in Honor of the Governor and the General Assembly", Center
Stage, Baltimore, MD
1990Giannetta Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
"Maryland State Arts Council Awards Exhibit" BAUhouse, Baltimore, MD
"Working Papers", School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
1987-88"Director’s Choice", Joy Moos Gallery, Miami, FL
1986-87"St. Louis Artists Today", St. Louis Artists Guild. St. Louis Art
Museum, Curator: Marie Louis Kane
"Personal Narratives", Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
"Art St. Louis", Lammert Building Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1986"Focus New York, Best and Brightest of East Village and Soho"
Barbara Gillman Gallery and Joy Moos Gallery, Miami, FL
"Washington University Faculty Exhibit", Steinberg Gallery, St. Louis, MO
"Important Women Artists of Missouri", A juried traveling slide exhibition
"The Animal Show", Seghi Gallery, St. Louis, MO
"Drawing The Line", Federal Reserve Bank, Kansas City, MO, Curator:
Michael Shapiro
"Contemporary Women Artists of St. Louis", St. Louis Community College,
St. Louis, MO
1985Littlejohn-Smith Gallery, New York, NY

SELECTED MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC
Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Distinguished Maryland Artists Collection, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, MD
Browning-Ferris Industries, Washington, DC
InterAmerican Development Bank, Washington, DC
Maryland Casualty Insurance Company, Baltimore, MD
McDonalds Corporation, Chicago, IL
Mark Twain Bancshares, St. Louis, MO
The Pension Center, Inc., New York,NY

AWARDS AND HONORS
2002, 1990Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Grant
1998-2002Maryland State Arts Council, AIE Visual Artist Grant
2002, 1997, 1994Open Studios Press Competition Winner
1999Invitation to Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy
1991,1988City Arts Individual Artist Grants, Mayors Advisory on Art and
Culture, Baltimore, MD
1987Nelson Atkins Museum, "Mid Four Exhibit", Active Sponsors Award
Aaron Gallery Prize, "St. Louis Artists Today"
1986Merit Award, Contemporary Women Artists of St. Louis Exhibit
1984Merit Award, Allen Priebe Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin
1976Ford Foundation Grant for study at Washington University,
St. Louis, MO

PUBLICATIONS
Guiliano, Mike, "Strokes of Genius," Baltimore City Paper, 3/8/2000
Guiliano, Mike, "Top Ten of 98, The Year in Art," Baltimore City Paper, 12/16/98
Dorsey, John, "Bold Colors, Stunning Images," The Baltimore Sun, 10/1/98
Guiliano, Mike, "Untold Stories," Baltimore City Paper, 9/30/98
Krotki, Amanda, "Painting Stories," Baltimore Jewish Times, 9/25/98
Voris, Sally, "Blank Wall At Ilchester Inspires Mural’s Creation," Baltimore Sun in Howard County, 4/13/98
Jimenez, Arnoldo Rivera, "Vienen del norte," La Nacion, Costa Rica, 2/19/97
Guiliano, Mike, "Nature Girls: Scheinman’s Odes to Women’s Strength and Mystery," Baltimore City Paper, 10/9/96
Ingraham, Loni, "Artist’s work travels to exhibit in Caracas, " Towson Times, 7/17/96
"Seis mujeres enlazan la America dividida," El Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela, 7/16/96
Minaya, Virginia, "Baltimore: foco de creadores perifericos," El Universal, Caracas, 6/24/96
Hurlburt, Robert, "A Variety of Visuals Draws Crowds to Boca Raton’s Gallery Center," Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, 1/22/96

Bellos, Alexandra, "Symbol Pleasures," West End Word," 3/95
Parr, Debra Riley, "Similarities Belie Artists’ Diverse Paths," St. Louis Post Dispatch, 3/9/95
The Open Studios Press, "New American Paintings," 94, 97
Dorsey, John, "Narrative paintings glow with color at Gomez Gallery," The Baltimore Sun, 7/20/94
Giuliano, Mike, "Bodyscapes and Cityscapes," Baltimore City Paper, 7/27/94
Giuliano, Mike, "Wish You Were Here," Baltimore City Paper, 6/15/94
Giuliano, Mike, "Mixed Media, Muted Messages, Scheinman’s Time Tunnel," Baltimore City Paper, 10/93
Ingraham, Loni, "Rodgers Forge Artist Finds Destiny in Paint," Towson Times, 9/22/93
Dorsey, John, "Scheinman’s Art is a Colorful Narrative," The Baltimore Sun, 9/21/93
Greenberg, Mellinda, "Scrapping Tradition," Baltimore Jewish Times, 9/17/93
Smith, Linell, "Nancy Scheinman Offers a Brush with World of Art," The Baltimore Sun, 8/15/93
Duffy, Robert W., "Works of Three Artists are a Study in Contrast," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 2/21/92
Wood, Carol, "Two Artists, Two Worlds at Knight Gomez," Baltimore City Paper, 4/12/91
Dorsey, John, Art Review, The Baltimore Sun, 4/4/91
Giuliano, Mike, Art, Baltimore Evening Sun, 4/4/91
Dorsey, John, "BAUhouse’s Unknown Artists-Awards Exhibit," Baltimore Sun, 7/20/90
Bellos, Alexandra, "Reflective Surfaces Link Dissimilar Works," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 7/3/90
Gilam, Abraham, "Personal Experiences Shape the Artwork of Two Women," Jewish Light, 6/20/90
Dorsey, John, "Artist’ Work Compliment Each Other at Knight Gomez," The Baltimore Sun, 4/20/90
Hamilton, Megan, "School 33’s Biennial is a Long Player," Baltimore City Paper, 9/1/89
Purchase, Steve, Art, Baltimore Evening Sun, 6/1/89
Dorsey, John, "Art: Emotion vs. Precision," Baltimore Sun, 5/24/89
Turner, Elisa, "Show has Corporate Tone," Miami Herald, 9/1/88
Rice, Nancy, "Alison Ferring, Dianne Jurenka, Nancy Scheinman: Small Works," St Louis Post Dispatch, 12/3/87
Harris, Jim,,"Guild Show Features Some Surprises," St. Louis Post Dispatch, 5/9/87
Goldman, Betsy, "Nancy Scheinman’s ‘Personal Narratives’ Are Exhibited," St. Louis Jewish Light, 2/4/87
Harris, Jim, "Scheinman’s Paintings, Dempsey’s Sculptures," St. Louis Post Dispatch, 1/1/87
Derrickson, Howard, "Emerging Artists to be showcased at Elliot Smith Gallery," West End World, 1/15/87
Pollack,Sydell, "A Widely Varied Group Show Proves Successful at Seghi Gallery," St. Louis Global Democrat, 8/18/86
Cook, Ken, "Local Artists find home in Washington Avenue Lofts," St. Louis Business Journal, 1/27/86
Kohen, Helen L., "’Focus New York’ hails latest in art," The Miami Herald, 1/10/86
Porter Jr., E.F., "Monstrosity and Whimsy in Show at Seghi Gallery," St. Louis Post Dispatch, 12/25/85
Rice, Nancy, "Nancy Scheinman," The New Art Examiner, 4/82
King, Mary, "Works by Helfman, Scheinman," St. Louis Post Dispatch, 2/19/82
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