Nan Wollman
Los Angeles, CA 90031

Solo Exhibitions
2007 "New Perspectives", A two person exhibition at The Creative Arts Center, City of Manhattan Beach, Manhattan Beach, CA.
2003 "Sculptures and Cyanotype Prints", Solo Exhibition at Avenue 50 Studio, Highland Park, CA.
2001 Two person exhibition at the Firehouse Gallery, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR.
2000 Three person exhibition with Mark Abrahamson and Audrey Burnstein at Hopper House Art Center, Nynac NY. 1999
  Solo Exhibition of Cyanotypes, The Coffee Table, Los Angeles, CA.
  Featured Artist, Harmony Works, Redondo Beach, CA.
1998 "Common Spirits" Solo exhibition at Lynchburg Fine Arts Center, Lynchburg, VA.
1997 "Fanciful Furniture", two person exhibition with Michael Creed at Forestheart Studio, Woodsboro, MD.
  Two person exhibition at the Winston-Salem Arts Council Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC.
1996 Two person show with Steven Bayless at Studios on the Square, Roanoke, VA
1995 "Common Spirits" exhibition with installation "Commune" at the Len G. Everett Gallery, Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL.
1993 Sculpture and cyanotype exhibition at North Harris Community College, Houston, TX
1992 "Soil and Flesh" cyanotype installation at The Print Center, Philadelphia PA.
1991 Cyanotypes at the Woods Hall Photo Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AB.
1990 Sculptures at the Carrington/Gallagher Gallery, San Antonio, TX.


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Selected Awards & Honors
2008 Legacy Award, “Photography at High Speed”, Millard Sheets Center for the Arts, Pomona, CA
2002 Merit Award, California Works Exhibition, California State Fair, Sacramento, CA.
1998 "Compliments of the House Award" from "The Lynchburg Area Juried Show", Lynchburg Fine Arts Center, Lynchburg, VA.
1996 Honorable Mention from "The Lynchburg Area Photography Show" Dillard Gallery, Lynchburg Fine Arts Center, Lynchburg, VA.
1995 Award from "The Lynchburg Area Photography Show" Dillard Gallery, Lynchburg Fine Arts Center, Lynchburg, VA.
1994 Sculpture Award at "Galex 28" Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL.
  Artistic Excellence Award at "The 15th Annual Maple City Fine Arts Exhibit" Geneseo, IL.
1992 Honorable Mention Award at the "Water Tower Annual" Louisville Art Association, Louisville, KY.
1991 Third Place Award at "1991 Biennial Exhibition" Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, NM.
  Edith McAshan Cash Award at "Counterpoint" Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, TX.
1990 Cash Award, "23rd Annual National Show" Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX.


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Selected Exhibitions
2009 "Bring The Past to Light; New Art from Old Images", Arroyo Arts Collective, at the Charles F. Lummis Home, Los Angeles, CA.
2008 "Home Is Where the Art Is", Dale Youngman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
  "Tri-State Sculptors Member Exhibition," East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN.
  "Alternatives 2008”, Quay School of Art, Wanganui, New Zealand
2007 “Nice work if you can get it”, 2007 Rio Hondo Faculty Show, Rio Hondo College, Whittier, CA.
  “2007 California Open Exhibition” , TAG - The Artists Gallery, Santa
Monica, CA. Juror; Peter Frank.
Tri-State Sculptors Member Exhibition, Rocky Mount Art Center, Rocky Mount NC.
“Found; an Art Show of Recycled Objects” Cactus Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
“News: An Exploration of Topics That are in the News or Should Be”, 2ND City Council Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA. Juror; Meghan Daum
2006 “Alternatives”, Quay School of Art, Wanganui, New Zealand. Traveling exhibition to Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York.
2005 Tri-State Sculptors Member Exhibition, Appalachian State University, Boone, N.C.
  "Works on Paper Exhibition", Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA. Juror; Ruth Weisberg.
2004 “The F-Stops Here”, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA.
  "Abstract:Photography", Gallery 218, Walker's Point Art Association, Milwaukee, WI.
2003 "Suitcase Exchange Show", University Gallery, Department of Art, UNCA, Asheville, NC.
  "SuitcaseExchange Show", Model Center for the Arts, Elon University, Elon, NC.
  "Metamorphosis", Gallery Figueroa, Los Angeles, CA
  "Shelter", Avenue 50 Studio, Highland Park, CA.
  "The Bedlam Holiday Group Show", Bedlam Arts, Los Angeles, CA.
  "100% Natural", Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA.
  Selected Works from the Permanent Collection, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg IL
2002 "American Portfolio", Chemeketa Community College, Salem OR
2000 "OK to Touch", Invitational at Angels Gate Cultural Center,
3601 So. Gaffey Street, San Pedro, CA 90731
1999 "The Print Show "- at the Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR.
  "$50 to $500 Holiday Show" - at Articulture, Hermosa Beach, CA.
  Juried Exhibition, Vision Gallery, Chandler Arts Commission, Chandler, AZ
  "Furnishings from Nature" Exhibition - FireHouse Gallery, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR.
1998 Invitational, Zone One Contemporary Gallery, Asheville, NC.
1997 "No Place Like Home" - Art Centric Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1996 "Craft Forms '96" - Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA.
  "Mixed Bag: mixed media invitational" - the Boardroom Gallery, Winston-Salem Forsyth Arts Council, Winston-Salem, NC.
1995 "14th Annual Henley Southeastern Spectrum"Associated Artists and Milton Rhodes Galleries, Winston-Salem, NC.
  "The 17th Annual Made in VA Exhibition" Vista Fine Crafts, Middleburg, VA.
  "Studios Midwest 10th Anniversary Exhibition" Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL.
1994 "Quad-State Juried Exhibition" Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL.
1993 "Second Annual Regional Invitational" Gallery West Art House, Davenport, IA.
1992 "28th Annual National Juried Competition" Academy of the Arts, Easton, MD.
1991 "The Amarillo Competition, 1991" Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo TX
  "Confluences" 9th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, TX.
1990 "24th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show " Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX.
   


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Recent Publications
2007 Easy Reader, August 30, 2007, volume 38, number 1, photo p. 7, 34  
  Hixon, Michael, “Unique ‘Perspectives’”, The Beach Reporter, August 30, 2007, volume 31, number 30, p. 63, 70, photo p. 63, 70  
  2007 Gottlieb, Shirle, “Bringing it on!”, Press Telegram, April 27, 2007, photo p. 25.
2006 Fabbri, Malin; and Fabbri, Gary; Blueprint to Cyanotype. Stockholm, Sweden, Malin Fabbri, AlternativePhotography.com, 2006. photo p. 52.
2004 "Insight; Nan Wollman", The Crafts Report, January 2004, photo p. 22.
2003 Friedrich, Kristine. "Home for the Holidays; Gallery Looks at What Residency, or Lack Thereof, Means", Los Angeles Downtown News, December 15, 2003, p. 21
2002 "Suitcase Exchange Show," The Window, Fall 2002: October/November/December, volume VI, issue 4, p. 4.
  Wilson, Anne. "Sculpture Exhibits Come in All Sizes," Triad Style, October 16, 2002, volume 19, number 42, p. 13.
2000 Gottlieb, Shirle. “Calling on your inner child”, Press-Telegram, Long Beach, CA, (September 29th, 2000,) p.4
  “Art and Text by Nan Wollman”, Sarasvati, 11, May/June 2000, photo, pp. 4-5.
  “Visual Art”, Ellipsis: Literature and Art, 36, Spring 2000, photo p. 54-6.
  “Printmaking gets a closer look”, Register-Guard, Eugene, OR, Jan 9, 2000.
  Gallery Decker, Edith. “Fun. Fancy. Funky. Furniture.”, Grants Pass Daily Courier
1999 Grants Pass, OR, (July 15th, 1999) p. B1 and photograph.
  Wollman, Nan, interviewed by Carol Duvall for “The Carol Duvall Show”, HGTV, Los Angles, CA., Fall 1999.
  Hudson Valley Arts Center, The Artful Mind, Great Barrington, MA, May. 1999.
  “Artist creates light sculpture”, The Independent, Hillsdale, NY, May 1999.
  “Arts Center featuring sculpted light works by Nan Wollman this month”, Register Star, Hudson, NY, May 1999
1998 Wollman, Nan, interviewed by Michelle Bolen for “Good Morning Virginia,” WEST ABC-TV, Lynchburg Fine Arts Center, Lynchburg VA, 6am, Aug 21, 1998.
  Patterson, Kristin. “Two exhibits showcase talent of Virginia women”. The News and Advance. (August 7, 1998) p. D1
  “The Lights Fantastic”, The Paper, May , 1998, photo; cover, p. 9.
1993 “Artists in the News”, Arts Beat Magazine, August , 1993, p. 2.
1991 Pyne, Lynn. “Sophisticates show debuts at Ashland”. The Phoenix Gazette, (April 15, 1991) p. D1.
1990 Texas Fine Arts Association, “At the Edge II: A National Print and Drawing Exhibition”, Austin, TX. 1990
  Del Mar College, “24th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show”, Corpus Christi, TX. 1990.
1989 Del Mar College, “23rd Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show” , Corpus Christi, TX. 1989
1987 State University of New York in Syracuse, Syracuse, NY 1987. “Banff in Syracuse ‘87", Contact, Issue 68, March, 1987, p C-9

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Selected Commissions
Steel "Flowers" for Susan Boscarino, Takoma Park, MD.
Steel “Award" Houses for The Shelter Partnership, Los Angeles, CA.
Sign and gate decoration for “Step Up On Second”, Santa Monica, CA.
Steel chandelier, Margaret and Hank Fishkin, Lynchburg, PA.
Steel sign for “Harmony Works”, Redondo Beach, CA.
Steel sign for “Superclown”. Old Torrance, CA.
Steel gate “Pond”, Renato and Laura Flores, Los Angeles, CA.
Steel and stone table, Marilyn Martin, Lynchburg, VA
Steel and glass hanging lamp, Claudia Marchini, Grants Pass, OR
Steel lamp, Shelley Reuben, Lynchburg, VA.
Steel and glass table, Katherine Sohigian, Venice, CA.
Steel and wood table lamp, Marjorie Wollman, Phila. PA., with Michael Creed
Steel chandelier, Margaret and Hank Fishkin, Lynchburg, VA
Steel wall sconce and assorted housewares, Susan Boscarino, Takoma Park, MD.
Steel fireplace mantle, Anne Kerr, Appomattox, VA
Glass water sculpture, Anne Kerr, Appomattox, VA
Steel and glass table with light, Lee Wessof, Los Angeles, CA
Lamps, Steel headboard and assorted housewares, Royce Morales, Los Angeles, CA
Stair Railing, Glenda and Dan Madrid, Los Angeles, CA

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Residencies
1994 The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA.
1993 The Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT.
1992 "Studios Midwest" Galesburg, IL.
1991 Emerging Professional Artist, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN.
1986-87 Participant, The Banff Center, School of Fine Arts, Banff, AB., Canada.

Gallery Affiliations
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Rental and Sales Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
The Funky Chicken Art Project, Dahlonega, GA.
Harmony Works, Redondo Beach, CA.

Professional Affiliations
Arroyo Arts Collective, 2003-Present
Tri-State Sculptors Guild, 2002 - present
L.A. Art Association, 1999 - 2004
Board of Directors, Riverviews, Lynchburg, VA. 1996 - 98
International Sculpture Center; 1995 - present

Education
1990 M.F.A. in sculpture, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX.
1986 B.F.A. in ceramics, The University of the Arts, Phila. College of Art, Phila., PA.


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