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  Nava Atlas - Resumé

EDUCATION

State University at New Paltz, Master of Arts in Art Studio, 2007
University of Michigan, B.F.A., 1977
School of Visual Art, NYC, year of study, 1975-76

SOLO, TWO, AND THREE-PERSON EXHIBITS

Three-person traveling exhibit, 2010-2012
“In Retrospect: Artist’s Books and Works on Paper by Maureen Cummins, Ann Lovett, and Nava Atlas” (catalog)
    Abcedarian Gallery, Denver, CO - April-May, 2010
    Hope College, De Pree Gallery, Holland, MI  - Aug - Sept., 2010
    SUNY Ulster, Muroff-Kotler Gallery, Stone Ridge, NY- Nov.-Dec. 2010
    Lafayette College, Skillman Library Gallery, Easton, PA - Jan.-March 2011
    Visual Studies Workshop, Siskind Gallery, Rochester, NY - April-May 2011
    Wells College, String Room Gallery, Aurora, NY - Spring 2012

Two-person traveling exhibit, 1985-1989
“Nava Atlas and Chaim Tabak, A Collaborative Exhibition: The Radwaste and
Stonehenge Books” (catalog)
    Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS,
    Carnegie Center for the Arts, Dodge City, KS
    Washburn University, Mulvane Art Center, Topeka, KS
    Pittsburg State University, University Gallery, Pittsburg, KS
    Emporia State University, University Gallery, Emporia, KS
    SUNY at New Paltz, College Art Gallery, New Paltz, NY
    SUNY at Alfred, Nelson Fosdick Gallery, Alfred, NY
    SUNY at Oswego, Tyler Art Gallery, Oswego, NY

1999    Mixed Media Galleries, New Paltz - “Map of the Interior”
1985    Arnold Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI - “Recent drawings”

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011    Center for Book Art, New York, NY: “With Food in Mind”
            Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE - “The Book: A  
                 Contemporary View” (catalog; also traveling to: Towson University,
                 Center for the Arts Gallery, Towson, MD)
    
2010    Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY - “Fit to Be Bound” The Edge of Art: NY
                State Artists Series (catalog)
           La Tienda Exhibition Gallery, Santa Fe, NM - “Pages”
           23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR - “Pop-Up Now!” (catalog)
           Duke University, Perkins Library Gallery, Durham, NC -
          “Book + Art: Artist’s Books from the Sallie Bingham Center”

2009    Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Silver Spring, MD - “Bookends: The Book as Art”
           Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY at New Paltz, NY -
                  “analog catalog: Investigating the Permanent Collection”

2008    Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN - “Dog-Eared: Revealing the Content of   
                 Artist’s Books”
           Oakland Community College, Womencenter, Farmington Hills, MI -
               “From Our Perspective”
           Suffolk Museum, Suffolk, VA - “Beyond Reading: Books as Art”
           ARC Gallery & Educational Foundation, Chicago, IL -
              “Are We There Yet? 40 Years of Feminism”
          Victoria Arts Connection Gallery, Victoria, B.C., Pacific Festival of the Book   
          The Mohr Gallery, The Community School of Music and Art, Mountain View, CA -
              “Conceptually Bound”

2007    Cal. State University, Univ. Art Gallery, Chico, CA - “Conceptually Bound”
           Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA - “Artist’s Books 2007”
           Studio Place Arts, Barre VT -  “Maps and Journeys”
           Micromuseum, Brooklyn, NY - “Spectrum”
           Iona College, New Rochelle, NY - The Female Gaze”
           Arts + Literature Laboratory, New Haven, CT - “Book in Hand”

2006     Washington Pavillion of Arts and Science, Sioux Falls, SD -
                “Do Not Fold, Bend, Spindle, or Mutilate”
            Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, NY - Invitational Exhibit

2005 and earlier
    Samuel Dorsky Museum (formerly College Art Gallery), SUNY New Paltz, NY
“Recent Acquisitions”
    Hand in Hand Galleries, NYC - “Book Arts”
    Bowie State College, Bowie, MD - “Humor, Wit, and Whimsy”
    Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY - “Painted Surfaces”
    Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn NY - “Brooklyn Artists”

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
New York Public Library, NYC, Collection of Drawings and Prints
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, NY
Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science, Sioux Falls, SD
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, U. of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC

ARTISTS’ BOOK COLLECTIONS: Museums
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Hunt Memorial Library, Boston, MA
Brooklyn Museum Library, Brooklyn, NY
Museum Meermanno, The Hague, Netherlands
Museum of Modern Art Library, Collection of Artists’ Books, NYC
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Collection of Artists’ Books, Washington, DC
Victoria and Albert Museum, National Arts Library, London, England

ARTISTS’ BOOK COLLECTIONS: Colleges, Universities, and Public Libraries
Amherst College, Robert Frost Library Collection of Artists’ Books, Amherst, MA
Baylor University, Crouch Library, Artist Book Collection, Waco, TX
Carleton College, Gould Library, Special Collections, Northfield, MN
Carnegie Mellon University, Hunt Library, Arts and Special Collections, Pittsburgh, PA
Duke University, Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture, Durham, NC
Florida Atlantic University, Arthur and Mata Jaffe Center for Book Arts, Boca Raton, FL
Indiana University-Purdue University,  Herron Art Library, Indianapolis, IN
Lafayette College, Lafayette College Libraries, Special Collections, Easton, PA
Miami-Dade Public Library, Special Collections, Miami, FL
Michigan State University, Michigan Libraries, Special Collections, East Lansing, MI
New York Public Library, Berg Collection, New York, NY
Oberlin College, Clarence Ward Art Library, Oberlin, OH
Pratt Institute of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Notre Dame University, Hesburg Library, Special Collections, Notre Dame, IN
Reed College Library, Special Collections, Portland, OR
Rhode Island School of Design, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Providence, RI
Ringling College of Art  & Design, Kimbrough Memorial Library, Artists’ Book Collection, Sarasota, FL
San Jose State University, King Library, Special Collections, San Jose, CA
Savannah College of Art and Design, Artist’s Book Collection, Savannah, GA
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection , Chicago, IL
Scripps College, Denison library, Special Collections, Claremont, CA
Skidmore College, Scribner Library, Special Collections, Saratoga Springs, NY
Smith College, Smith College Library, Mortimer Rare Book Room, Northampton, MA
Stanford University, Green Library, Special Collections, Palo Alto, CA
Swarthmore College, McCabe Library, Special Collections, Swarthmore, PA
Texas Tech University, Southwest Collections, Lubbock, TX
University of California, Los Angeles, Arts Library, Los Angeles, CA
University of California, San Diego, Mandeville Collections, San Diego, CA
University of Cincinnati, Langsam Library, Special Collections, Cincinnati, OH
University of Connecticut, Dodd Research Center, Storrs, CT
University of Pennsylvania, Penn Library, Philadelphia, PA
University of Miami, Richter Library, Special Collections, Miami, FL
University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections, Burlington, VT
University of Washington, University Libraries, Special Collections, Seattle, WA
Wesleyan University, Olin Library, Middletown, CT
Yale University Library, Arts of the Book Collection, New Haven, CT

AWARDS AND GRANTS
Graduate Research and Creative Projects Grant, SUNY New Paltz
Grand Prize, 2006 Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Award

REFERENCES
Who’s Who in American Art
Contemporary Authors