Nancy Bea Miller
Born: 1963
New
York City, NY
1987-91 Four Year
Certificate, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
1987 Tyler
School of Art, Elkins Park, PA.
1983-84 University of
Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, junior year abroad program
1981-85
B.A.,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
2006 Only
Human 2,
Manayunk Art Center, April 2-30, Philadelphia, PA
2005 People,
Places and Things,
Rosemont School of the Holy Child,
March
18- April 15, Rosemont, PA.
Recent
Work, ArtistsÕ
House Gallery, January, Philadelphia, PA, January 7-31.
2004 Paintings
from the Valerie Lamb Smith Residency, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Library,
1301 Cherry Street, September 15-October 15. Philadelphia, PA,
Only
Human, The Manayunk Art Center, June 4-26.
Philadelphia, PA
2002 Recent
Oil Paintings
ArtistsÕ House Gallery, October 3-30th, Philadelphia, PA.
2001 Work, ArtistsÕ House Gallery, January
3-29th,Philadelphia, PA
1991 One
Person, Cape
May County Art League, Cape May, NJ.
Selected Group
Exhibitions:
2006 Contemporary
Realism, Susan
Maasch Fine Art, Bangor, Maine
Gallery
and Invited Artists, Sherry
French Gallery, New York City, NY
Artistic
Dialogue, invitational, ArtistsÕ House
Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
143rd
Annual Small Oils Exhibit, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Painting=Poetry, Sherry French Gallery, New York
City, NY
Full
Circle/Random Journey, University of Northampton, Northampton, U.K.
Flowers
in February,
Sherry French Gallery, New York City, NY
2005 Small
Works,
ArtistsÕ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Joining
Forces, (4
person exhibit) The American College, Bryn Mawr, PA
Two
Friends, Two Visions, Ocean City Arts Center, Ocean City, NJ
142nd
Annual Exhibition of Small Paintings, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Notre
Dame de Namur Group Invitational, Wayne, PA
2004 15
Exposures, US
Artists American Fine Art Show, Philadelphia, PA, October 21-24. Juror:
David Cohen. (Show
traveled to Richard Stockton College, Stockton, NJ, and Chester County Art
Association, West Chester, PA.)
ÒDear
FleisherÉÓ an
invitational benefit exhibition at the Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Looking
for America
(juried show of 50 American Artists) Washington Gallery, Bethesda, MD
Summer
Group Show,
Artists House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Self-Portraits, Curator: Elizabeth Osborne, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia,
PA.
61st
Annual Juried Show, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia PA.
2003 Art
of the State 2003,
Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, PA.
Annual
Juried Show,
Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA.
Annual
Awards Exhibit,
Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA.
PAFA
Fellowship Show,
Yellow Springs, PA.
140th
Annual Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Need
in Deed Heart Show (invitational), Philadelphia, PA, February.
2002 Close
to Home, (2
person exhibit) Manayunk Art Center, Philadelphia, PA.
CriticÕs
Choice,
program and exhibition, Curator: Gerrit Henry, Main Line Art Center, Haverford,
PA.
Annual
Juried Exhibition,
Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA.
2001 138th
Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
1999 Small
Works,
ArtistsÕ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1998 Philadelphia
Cartoonists,
University City Arts League, Philadelphia, PA.
Summer
Group,
ArtistsÕ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
1997 Exhibition
of works from the Charles Crawley Collection, ArtistsÕ House Gallery,
Philadelphia, PA.
1996 Two
Person Show,
Burrison Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
1995 Self
Portraits: Visions, Hallucinations & Reflections,
Trenton
City Museum, Trenton, NJ.
PAFA
Fellowship show,
West Chester University, West Chester, PA
1994 Person
Show,
Germantown Academy, Fort Washington, PA.
1993 Philadelphia
Self-Portrait,
Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA.
Artist's
Cultural Exchange,
Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA.
Friends
of the Tim Mark Endowment invitational, Media, PA.
Annual
Juried Exhibition,
Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA.
Contemporary
Figurative Works,
Artist's House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
1992 Four
Artists,
Artist's House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Art
at the Armory,
Philadelphia, PA.
In
Person 1992: A Celebration of the Human Form,
Community
Arts Center, Wallingford, PA.
PAFA
Fellowship Show,
Woodmere Art Museum, Chestnut Hill, PA.
Nine
Women Artists,
Manayunk Community Center for the Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
Artists
Choose New Artists, Main Line Center for the Arts, Haverford, PA.
1990 Fellowship
Show, Michener
Art Museum, Doylestown, PA.
1989 Hand
Rehabilitation Center Competition,
Thomas
Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.
1988 PAFA
Fellowship Show,
Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA.
2006 Finalist, The ArtistÕs Magazine 23rd Annual Competition, Still Life category
Cover
Artist, The
Journal, Literary
magazine of Ohio State University, Spring issue
2005 Art
& Change Grant,
The Leeway Foundation
Invited
Judge, Ocean City
Arts Festival, Ocean City, NJ
2004 Panelist, ÒContemporary Women in the ArtsÓ,
Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, June 30.
2003 Fellowship
in the Arts, The
Independence Foundation.
The
Valerie Lamb Smith ArtistÕs Residency, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, alumni award.
The
Lynch Award, Need
in Deed Heart Show 2003.
Honorable
Mention, Wayne Art
Center Juried Show.
Honorable
Mention, PAFA
Fellowship Show, Yellow Springs PA.
2002 Critic-in-Residence
program, chosen by
critic Gerrit Henry, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA.
2001 Francis
Speight Award For Excellence in the Visual Arts, Manayunk Community Center for the
Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
1995 Berthe
Goldberg Memorial Award (second time winner), PAFA Fellowship show.
1993
Varda
Dorell Memorial Award,
Juror: Susan Moore,
Abington Art Center
1991 Thomas
Eakins Award for Figure Painting, PAFA.
Bergman
Memorial for Outstanding Achievement, PAFA.
1990 Cecilia
Beaux Award for Portraiture, PAFA.
Benjamin
West Award for Technical Excellence, PAFA.
Berthe
Goldberg Memorial Award, PAFA Fellowship Show.
1989 First
Prize for Hand Drawing, Thomas Jefferson Hospital Hand Center Competition, Philadelphia, PA
June, 2006, The Philadelphia
CityPaper, ÒFirst Friday FocusÓ review by Lori Hill
October 8, 2005, Main Line Times,
p.T3, ÒA Passion for PortraitsÓ by Marie Fowler, review with reproductions of
the Joining Forces exhibit
October 2005, Art Matters, by Linda
Dormont, p.33, feature article with reproduction on the Joining Forces exhibit
May 12, 2005, Ocean City Sentinel,
ÒTwo Friends, Two Visions Glow at O.C. Art CenterÓ by Ed Wismer, p. A11. review
with photograph.
May 1, 2005, The New York Times,
reproduction in color and blurb, p. NJ33.
April 27, 2005, City Suburban News,
pp 1 and 4, Two Friends, Two Visions article with photo and illustrations.
April 2005, Exceptional Parent
magazine, p.33 and cover teaser, article and illustrations
February 2005, The Advocate,
magazine of the Autism Society of America, edition one volume 38, Cover and
inside story, pp. 22-25, ÒA Portrait of AutismÓ by Vanessa Collier, fully
illustrated with paintings and photographs.
January 14, 2005, AroundPhilly.com,
review of ArtistsÕ House Gallery show, by R.B. Strauss, with three images of
paintings
January 14, 2005, ArtBlog, ÒSnow and Swimming pools on
3rd StreetÓ, review of ArtistsÕ House Gallery show by Roberta Fallon, with
three reproductions of paintings
December 31, 2004, The Philadelphia
Inquirer, p.w26, full-color reproduction of a painting from the January Õ05
Artists House show.
September 8, 2004, Mothering
Magazine on-line, ÒAutism in Daily LifeÓ by Katharine Beals. With three
paintings reproduced in color.
June 24, 2004, ARTblog
(www.artblog.com), review of ÒOnly HumanÓ by Libby Rosoff,
Three color reproductions.
June 24, 2004, Main Line Times,
p.t8, review of ÒOnly HumanÓ by Marie Fowler, with one color reproduction.
June 17, 2004, The Philadelphia
Inquirer, p.w35, mention of ÒOnly HumanÓ and one b & w reproduction.
October-December 2003, Preview
Magazine, p.8, ÒA Lifetime of Learning About ArtÓ, article with color
reproduction, by Michelle McCaffrey.
Fall 2002, Kalliope, a journal of
womenÕs literature & art, Vol.XXIV, NO. 2, full-page reproductions p.36 -
45, and bio p.119.
October 6, 2002, The Philadelphia
Inquirer Sunday Magazine, by Judy West,
Design Editor, p.48 (with
illustration).
October 2002, Art Matters, Old City
Preview, by Deborah Kravetz, p.9.
June 2002, Art Matters,
Exhibitionists page by Jerry Oller, p.26, color photo.
May 2, 2002, Chestnut Hill Local,
Local Artbeat feature by Marie Fowler, p.29, interview and critique, with
photograph and reproduction.
April 17, 2002, City Line News,
Front page, article with two reproductions.
April 17, 2002, The Review,
Interview by Saranne Miller, p.3, with photograph and reproductions. March 31,
2002, The Philadelphia Inquirer, review of the ÒCriticÕs ChoiceÓ show, by
Victoria Donahoe, Inquirer Art Critic.
March 2002, CriticÕs Choice show
catalog, Critique by art critic Gerrit Henry, with one reproduction.
Summer 2001, Penn School of Arts
and Sciences Newsletter, interview by Peter Nichols, with photograph, p.6-7.
October 8, 1998, City Paper, by
Robin Rice, Cover story on the Philadelphia CartoonistÕs Show, with
illustrations.
Fall 1996, Arts Happening, by
Anne-Marie Mulgrew, Cover story with photographs.
May 29,1996, The Review, by Carole
Boynton, p.13 and 27.
April 26,1996, City Paper, by Vance
Lehmkuhl, p.46.
Fall 1995, Fellowship Perspective,
by Joseph Routon, p.6.
Collections (selected)
The University of Northampton, Northampton,
U.K.
The Charles Crawley Collection,
Philadelphia, PA.
The Hankin Group, Chester County,
PA.
Bedford Property Investors,
Lafayette, CA.
Dr. Katharine Beals and Dr. David
Musto, Philadelphia, PA
Ms. Louise Beardwood, Philadelphia,
PA
Dr. Laura Bloom, San Diego, CA
Dr. David Bushnell and Ms. Kim
Pelkey, Philadelphia, PA
Mrs. Connie Carlson, Gladwyne, PA
Dr. Colleen Christian and Dr. Court
Schmidt, Philadelphia, PA
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coates, Franca,
Italy
Mr. Mike Colameco, West Cape May,
NJ
Mr. and Mrs. William Cuff, Chadds
Ford, PA
Mr. and Mrs. Alastair Dalton,
Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
Dr. Julie Dorsey, New Haven, CT
Dr. John Eliason and Ms. Alex
Voorhees, Philadelphia, PA
Ms. Lisa Figlioli, Greenwich, CT
Dr. Sarah Foster, Philadelphia, PA
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hashaian,
Philadelphia, PA
Sra. Judy Arnold Hernandez, San
Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Ms. Kristin Howlett, Yorba Linda,
CA
Dr. Kim Kahng and Mr. David
Weisner, Wyndmoor, PA
Mr. Andrew Kerr, Amsterdam, Holland
Ms. Nancy Kestenbaum, New York City,
NY
Ms. Elizabeth Kostova and Mr.
Georgi Kostovi, Ann Arbor, MI
Mrs. Adelaide Kuzmack, Port
Jefferson Station, NY
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lee,
Philadelphia, PA
Dr. and Mrs. Jean Lemmon, Naples,
FL
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lunbeck, Chilmark,
MA
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Mann, Berkeley,
CA
Mr. and Mrs. John Mayhew,
Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.
Mr. David Melnick, Wilmington, DE
Mr. Jeffrey Meyers, Swarthmore, PA
Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Nagle,
Philadelphia, PA
Mr. and Mrs. William Nicosan,
Reston, VA
Dr. and Mrs. John Powell, Leicester,
England, U.K.
Dr. and Mrs. Taylor Randall, Salt
Lake City, UT
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Riesenbach,
Cherry Hill, NJ
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Rose, Boston,
MA
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Rutman, Johns
Island, SC
Mr. and Mrs. Langhorne Smith,
Newtown Square, PA
Mrs. Stanley P. Stern,
Philadelphia, PA
Mr. and Mrs. Lee E. Tabas,
Haverford, PA
Ms. Deborah Valenti-Epstein,
Philadelphia, PA
Mr. and Mrs. William Waddill,
Orinda, CA
Mme. Sonia Weyers, Grez-sur-Loing,
France
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Wilburn,
Edgewater, MD
Related Work Experience
1991-2002 Art Conservator, Raymond M.
Spiller and Associates, Philadelphia, PA.
1996 Cartoonist,
Twin Toons, book of cartoons about twins, published by Laugh Line Press. (an
ALA Notable book)
1988-91 Fine Arts
Library Assistant, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
1981-82 Student
Intern, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA.