MARK, PAPER, SCISSORS | May 1 - June 26, 2010

Nancy Murphy Spicer
Formerly of Boston, MA is now based in Bristol, UK
nancy@murphyspicer.com


EDUCATION

- 1986 – 1991 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, postgraduate study
- 1979 St. Mary’s College, BFA, Notre Dame, IN


EXHIBITIONS

Work on View-Ongoing

- Pierogi Flatfile, New York, NY, 2008-ongoing, Curated by Joe Amrhein
- The Drawing Center, Viewing Program Artists Registry, New York, NY, 2006-ongoing, Curated by Nina Katchadourian


Solo Exhibitions

Upcoming:
- University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, Maine, 2010

- Bernard Toale Gallery, Provisional, Boston, MA, September 2007
Curated by Joseph Carroll, Director, Bernard Toale Gallery, Solo show featuring four site-specific installations and a video

- Boston Drawing Project, Bernard Toale Gallery, Poured Tape Drawings, Boston, MA, September 2007
Curated by Joseph Carroll, Director, Bernard Toale Gallery
Solo show featuring new drawings inspired by earlier installations

- Bernard Toale Gallery, Cardboard Actions, Boston, MA, 2006
Curated by Joseph Carroll, Director, Bernard Toale Gallery
Site-specific installation including three-channel video

- Art Complex Museum, Nancy Murphy Spicer, Duxbury, MA, 2004
Curated by Catherine Mayes, Art Complex Museum
Large scale exhibition in 3,000 square foot gallery featuring site-specific works and two series of drawings

- Boston Drawing Project, Bernard Toale Gallery, Nancy Murphy Spicer: New Drawings, Boston, MA, 2004, Curated by Joseph Carroll, Director, Bernard Toale Gallery
Solo show featuring new drawings inspired by earlier poured paint installations


Curatorial Projects

- Spike Island Open Studios 2009, For Real, Bristol, UK, May 2009
Curated and exhibited in show including 5 UK and 5 US artists highlighting the shift from flatness to dimensionality, Funding provided by Spike Island Associates Programme


Selected Group Exhibitions

- RoosArts, Mark Paper Scissors, Rosendale, New York, 2010
Artists: Jason Bubbiotti, Travis Head, Nancy Murphy Spicer, Mia Pearlman, Adie Russell, Erik Schoonebeek, Tamara Zahaykevich

- Boston University, 808 Gallery, Traces and Places, Boston, MA 2010
Group exhibition with artists: Hannah Burr, Nancy Murphy Spicer, Jennifer Kaufman, Chris Nau and Laurie Reid

- VIVID, The Act of Drawing on Film, Birmingham, UK, 2009
Group exhibition at exhibition including historical and contemporary works focused on drawing (videos, films, performances and installations). Artists: Stuart Brisley, Valie Export, Dryden Goodwin, Milan Grygar, George Saxon and Vicky Smith, Mark Lawrence Stafford, Rachel Lowe, Jordan McKenzie, Nancy Murphy Spicer and Jennifer West

- Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Drawings That Work, Boston, MA, 2009
Drawing biennial

- Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Anonymous Drawings #9, Berlin, Germany, 2008
Group drawing show of international artists

- Montserrat College of Art, Many Kinds of Nothing: Buddhist Spirit in Contemporary Art,
Beverly, MA September/October 2008, Curated by Shana Dumont
Group show with works by Roni Horn, Dan Senn, Nancy Murphy Spicer and Liz Sweibel
Murphy Spicer works comprised of a large-scale physical drawing (Hanging Drawing Half Drawn) and a conceptual performance work (Watching Water): Exhibition was named one of the Ten Best Shows of 2008 by The Boston Globe

- Carroll & Sons, Opening Show of Gallery Artists, Boston, MA, Sept. 2008
Selection of drawings from a new series entitled Hanging Drawing Shapes

- Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, 20th Boston Drawing Show, Boston, MA 2007
Curated by Magdalena Campos Pons
Biennial competition for artists from across the United States
Murphy Spicer work comprised a physical drawing installation, related video and public invitation for individual drawing sessions in the gallery

- Memphis College of Art, Seamless, Memphis, TN, 2004
Curated by Cynthia Thompson, Director, Memphis College of Art Gallery
Site-specific installation created over a two-week residency

- Tufts University, Tufts First Annual, Medford, MA, 2004
Curated by Amy Schlegel, Director, Tufts University Art Gallery
Site-specific installation created over a three-week residency

- Fitchburg Art Museum, New England/New Talent, Fitchburg, MA, 2004
Curated by Kristina Durocher, Curator, Fitchburg Art Museum
Series of site-specific works created over a two-week residency

- Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, 18th Boston Drawing Show, Boston, MA, 2004
Curated by Raphaela Platow, Curator, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University
Murphy Spicer work comprised of site-specific, poured paint installation

- Forest Hills Educational Trust, The Four Elements, Boston, MA, 2003
Jury: Nick Capasso, DeCordova Museum, James Hull, Green Street Gallery, Elisabeth Alsheimer, Wanas Foundation
Site-specific work in forest setting

- Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Chris Nau and Nancy Murphy Spicer: Flat Not Flat, Atlanta, GA, 2003
Curated by Lisa Fischman, Director, Atlanta College of Art Gallery
Two-person show in 3,000 square foot gallery comprised of site-specific works made during residency

- Boston Drawing Project, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA, 2001 to 2002
Curated by James Hull, Director, Green Street Gallery
Drawings held in flatfiles for ongoing viewing by curators and public

- Green Street Gallery, Chris Nau and Nancy Murphy Spicer, Jamaica Plain, MA, 2002
Curated by James Hull, Director, Green Street Gallery
Collaborative work created on-site over two-week residency

- Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, 17th Boston Drawing Show, Boston, MA, 2001
Curated by Bill Arning, Curator, List Center for Visual Art, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dimensional drawing installed on-site in gallery


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

- Boston Globe, December 24, 2008, Top Ten Shows of 2008, Cate McQuaid
- Art New England, December/January 2007/08, Spotlight Review, David Raymond
- Boston Globe, October 25, 2008, 'Nothing is happening: Minimalist works help provoke a meditative state,' Cate McQuaid
- Many Kinds of Nothing catalog, Montserrat College of Art Gallery, October 2008
- bigredandshiny.com, December 23, 2007, Drawing the Line at Mills Gallery, David Avruch
- Boston Globe, December 20, 2007, Drawing show works around the edges, Cate McQuaid
- meganandmurray.com, September 24, 2007, Nancy Murphy Spicer at Bernard Toale Gallery, Megan
McMillan
- Boston Globe, September 13, 2007, A Touch with Abstraction, Cate McQuaid
- Art Papers, January/February 2005, Review of ‘Seamless’, David Hall
- Number Magazine, Winter 2005, ‘Seamless’, Paul Behnke
- Memphis Commercial Appeal, October 15, 2004, ‘Seamless’ a model of beauty, Frederic Koeppel
- Seamless brochure, Memphis College of Art, 2004, essay by Cynthia Thompson
- Boston Globe, July 11, 2004, Pretty, vacant: High-quality local work gets showcase at Tufts, Cate McQuaid
- Boston Phoenix, March 5, 2004, Goodies at the DeCordova and the Fitchburg, C. Millis
- New England/New Talent catalog, Fitchburg Art Museum, February 2004
- Boston Globe, February 1, 2004, At 'The Drawing Show,' works literally leap off the page, Cate McQuaid
- South End News, January 22, 2004, A painterly touch in BCA’s Drawing Show, Shawn Hill
- Art New England, November/December 2003, Regional Reviews, Lauren O’Neal
- Art Papers, November/December 2003, Reviews, Robin Bernat
- Sculpture Magazine, September/October 2003, Review, Marty Carlock
- Art New England, June/July 2003, Regional Reviews, Shawn Hill
- Flat Not Flat brochure, Atlanta College of Art, May 2003, essay by Lisa Fischman
- Boston Globe, January, 2002, Critic’s Pick, Brickbottom Gallery show
- Boston Globe, December 29, 2002, Best of 2002, Cate McQuaid
- Boston Globe, August 23, 2002, Some Edgy Artists Play with Space, Cate McQuaid
- Boston Globe, August, 2002, Critic’s Pick, Green Street Gallery show


GRANTS/AWARDS

- Spike Associates, Berlin Travel Grant, 2010
- Spike Associates Grant, For Real curatorial project, 2009
- Boston Globe, ‘Many Kinds of Nothing’ exhibition named one of Ten Best Shows of 2008, Cate McQuaid
- Nomination for Institute of Contemporary Art Boston Foster Prize, 2008
- Artists Resource Trust, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, 2006
- Somerville Arts Council, Artists Fellowship, Somerville, MA, 2001 and 2005
- International Art Critics Association, Second Place in the category of Best Show in an Alternative Space, 2004
- Boston Globe, Green Street Gallery exhibition named one of Ten Best Shows of 2002, Cate McQuaid
- Massachusetts Cultural Council, Professional Development Grant, Boston, MA, 2001


ARTIST RESIDENCIES

- Bath Storefront Project, Bath, UK, 2009
- Tufts University, Art Gallery, Tufts University, Medford, MA 2004
- Memphis College of Art Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN, 2004
- Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA, 2003
- Green Street Gallery, Boston, MA, 2002


VISITING ARTIST/TEACHING

- University of the West of England, Bristol, UK, 2010
- Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA, 2008
- School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, February 2008
- Boston Center for the Arts, Mills Gallery, 2007
- Memphis College of Art Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN, 2004
- Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA, 2003
- New England School of Art and Design, Boston, MA, 2003
- Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, Boston, MA, 2003 University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA, 2002