Selected Exhibitions:
Narratives in Clay: Contmporary Ceramic Lithography, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana
“Winter 1968” Townsend Center for the Humanities, University of California, Berkeley
De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California
New Work In Porcelain, b. sakata garo fine arts, Sacramento, CA
Counterproof, Incline Gallery, San Francisco, California
PUSH PLAY , Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, Washington.
Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, California
Ceramics Biennial, Tampa Museum of Art.
The Complex Serigraph. Cabrillo Gallery, Aptos, California. With Randy Hussong.
In Plain View, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco. With Richard Shaw.
Faculty Show, Department of Art Practice. Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California,Berkeley
“Tell me a Story: Contemporary Narrative Ceramics”, White Plains Public Library, White Plains, NY
Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Mills Art Museum, Mills College, Oakland CA.
Solo exhibition: “Quiet City.” Paintings in oil. Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California, Berkeley
Work and Other Activities:
Lecturer, Ceramic Sculpture, University of California, Berkeley
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Ceramic Sculpture, Mills College, Oakland, California
“Nancy Selvin,” Interview by David Linger. Publication: “Ceramics: Art and Perception”
Guest Lecturer, Chico State University, Chico, California
“Image and the Seductive Surface” National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts.
Panelists Richard Shaw, David Linger, and Andy Brayman; Lesley Baker moderating.
Guest Lecturer, California College of the Arts, Oakland, California
Guest Lecturer with Nancy Selvin, Sonoma Center for the Arts, Sonoma, California
Heath Ceramics Summer Workshop Series: Traditional Italian Maiolica with David Linger and Mark Sistrand.
Sausalito, California
Guest Lecturer, California College of the Arts, Oakland, California
National AIDS Memorial Grove, San Francisco, California: founding member, first chair.
Columbia Foundation: advisor on normalization of attitudes toward homosexuality in America
Awards and Honors:
Paper Clay Merit Award, Ceramics Biennial, Tampa Museum of Art
Jay DeFeo Prize for excellence and promise, Mills College
Sinton Scholarship, Alumnae Scholarship, Graduate Research Grant, Mills College
University of California, Berkeley: Highest Distinction in General Scholarship, Highest Honors in Art, University Citation for Outstanding Achievement, Certificate of Excellence in Ceramics
Sargent Scholarship, University of California, Berkeley
Judith Stronach Prize for Literature, Prose Category, University of California, Berkeley
Rudy Bruner Silver Award for Urban Excellence, for enhancement of the urban landscape, as
chair of the National AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Park, San Francisco, California
Education:
Master of Fine Arts, Mills College, Oakland, California.
Bachelor of Arts in Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley
