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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
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