NANCY FLOYD

Selected Accomplishments

Book Publication

She’s Got a Gun, book length manuscript, 150 images, Temple University Press. [forthcoming in Spring 2008] Refereed.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

• 2008 Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA. Look Out! She's Got a Gun! (Forthcoming)
• 2006 Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR. James M. Floyd Memorial.
• 2003 Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA. Weathering Time, video projection.
• 2002 Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA. Weathering Time.
• 1999 Southern Light Gallery, Amarillo College, Amarillo, TX. Stopping Power.
• 1998 Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA. Stopping Power.
• 1997 University of the Redlands, Redlands, CA. Stopping Power.
• 1996 The WorkSpace Gallery, Boulder, CO. Stopping Power.
• 1993 Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, Los Angeles, CA. A Legacy of Choices in a Technological Era.
• 1993 Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Pittsburgh, PA. Nuclear Families.
• 1992 Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA. Texas Tales of an American Family.

Performances

• 2008 Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA. Shooting Lessons Here. (Forthcoming)
• 2001 University Theatre, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. All I Want is to Photograph and to be Photographed.
• 2000 University Theatre, Georgia State University. Photograph Play. Collaboration with Gayle Austin & Constance J. Thalken.
• 1998 School of Art and Design Galleries, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. Shooting Lessons Here.
• 1997 CenterSpace Salon, Woodruff Art Center, Atlanta, GA. Shooting Lessons Here.

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2001-06 Game Face: (2006) Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Miami, FL, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, Phoenix Central Library, Phoenix, AZ; (2005) The Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ, Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, Jacksonville, FL.; (2004) St. Louis Science Center, St. Louis, MO; World Financial Center, New York City, NY; Fisher Gallery at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; (2003) Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, IL.; (2002) Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA.; NCAA Hall of Champions, Indianapolis, IN.; The Women’s Museum, Dallas, TX.; (2001) Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC.
• 2004 Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA. 10th Anniversary Group Exhibition of Gallery Artists.
• 2002 Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA. Transforming.
• 2002 Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA. In Here.
• 2002 Longwood Arts Project, Bronx, NY. Bitch School.
• 2000 White Columns, New York, NY. Wine, Women and Wheels.
• 1999 Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA. From Your House to Our House.
• 1998 The Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA. Teaching Art: Regional Faculty Invitational.
• 1997 The Clement Gallery, Toledo, OH. Fun with Dick and Jane.
• 1997 Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL. Bang! The Gun as Image.
• 1996 California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA. In Our Sights: Artists Look at Guns.
• 1992-90 The Atomic Photographers Guild: (1992) II International Radiation Victims Conference, Berlin, Germany; Stadtgalerie Saarbrucken, Saarbrucken, Germany; (1991) Weltkongreß der Non-governmental Organizations, Paris, France; Niedersachsisches Umweltministerium, Hannover, Germany; Tagung der Partnerstadte von Hiroshima und Nagasaki, Kiel, Germany; 10. Weltkongreß der IPPNW, Stockholm, Sweden; (1990) Frauen-Museum, Bonn, Germany; Neue Gesellschaft fur Bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany.
• 1992-87 A Different War: Vietnam in Art: (1992) Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, OH; Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; (1991) CU Art Galleries, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; Davenport Art Museum, Davenport, IA; Wight Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; (1990) Madison Art Center, Madison, WI; Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH; Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; (1989) DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA; Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA; Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA; Higgins Armory Museum, Worchester, MA; Russell Library, Middletown, CT; (1987) Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C.

Gallery Representation

• Solomon Projects
• 1037 Monroe Drive, Atlanta, GA 30306
• Phone: 404.875.7100
• fax: 404.875.0270
• info@solomonprojects.com

Selected Awards

• 2003 Best Art Installation, Critics Pick Award, Creative Loafing, Atlanta, GA. For Weathering Time.
• 2002 Weathering Time named one of the top ten art shows of the year, Creative Loafing, Atlanta, GA.
• 2002 Artist Project Grant, City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta, GA.
• 2002 Artist Studio, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA. 1997-2002.
• 2001 Artist-In-Residence, Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA.
• 2000 First Place, ANA 29. Juror Lucy Lippard. Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT.
• 2000 Finalist, The Andrea Frank Foundation, Inc., New York, NY.
• 1998 Artist-In-Residence, Light Work, Syracuse, NY.

WWW Sites

• International Centre for Women in Photography
• The Advanced Research Institute, School of Art & Design, Staffordshire University.
• http://www.staffs.ac.uk/cgi-bin/ariadne/show?artist=floyd_n

• California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA.
• http://138.23.124.165/exhibitions/gun_show/multiple_choice/default.html
• http://138.23.124.165/exhibitions/gun_show/floyd/stopping_power.html

Education

• California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA. Master of Fine Arts, 1987
• Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL. Master of Arts, 1985
• University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1982

Selected Publications

• Browder, Laura. Her Best Shot: Women and Guns in America. University of North Carolina Press, 2006, Ill. p. 220.
• Stange, Mary Zeiss. Heart Shots: Women Write About Hunting. Stackpole Books, 2003, Ill. p. 247.
• Floyd, Nancy. Weathering Time. Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA. Exhibition catalog. Essay by Dr. Jane Blocker.
• Gollesman, Biddle & Shapiro. Game Face. Random House, 2001, Ill. p. 189.
• Matthews & Wexler. Pregnant Pictures. Routledge, 2000, Ill. pp. 96-97.
• Stange & Oyster. Gun Women: Firearms and Feminism in Contemporary America. New York University Press, 2000, Ill. pp. 8-11.
• Floyd, Nancy. From Your House to Our House, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, 1999, Ill. p. 26.
• Floyd, Nancy. “Stopping Power.” Contact Sheet, Light Work, Summer 1999, Ill. pp. 30-35.
• McCaughey, Martha. Real Knockouts, New York University Press, 1997, Ill no. 5-6.
• Floyd, Nancy. “The Personal Legacy: The Healing of a Nation.” Art Paper, Volume 12, No. 3, February 1993, p. 16.
• Del Tredici and Kunze. Bombensicher: Atomic Photographers Guild, Published in Germany, 1991.
• Floyd, Nancy. "Nuclear Families." Public Culture, Fall 1990, pp. 144-153.
• Lippard, Lucy R. A Different War: Vietnam in Art, The Real Comit Press, 1990, Ill. p. 105.

Television

• 1996 Story on the Stopping Power exhibition, Southern Light Gallery. ABC, Channel 10 News. Amarillo, TX.
• 1996 Story on the In Our Sights exhibition, California Museum of Photography. ABC, Channel 13 News. Los Angeles, CA.

Radio Interviews

• 1991 Kort, Michel. KNPC Radio. Los Angeles, CA.
• 1987 Kleiner, Lydia. "Vietnam Art." National Public Radio.

Film

• 1996 Rowland, Wendy. Packing Heat. National Film Board of Canada. Cast Member.

Selected Art Reviews

• Tuttle, Lisa. “Nancy Floyd.” Sculpture, March 2004, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp.70-71.
• Cullum, Jerry. “A History Told in Popsicle Sticks.” Atlanta Journal/Constitution, 13 December 2002, Sec. Q, p. 6.
• Feaster, Felicia. “No Place Like Home.” Creative Loafing, 27 November-3 December 2002, p. 61.
• Feaster, Felicia. “Fresh Pork.” Creative Loafing, 22-28 May 2002, p. 61.
• Cullum, Jerry. “From Your House to Our House.” Art Papers, May/June 2000, pp. 36-37.
• Fox, Catherine. “‘Your House, Our House’ is all Our Houses.” The Atlanta Journal/Constitution, 26 November 1999, Sec. R, p. 8.
• Fox, Catherine. “In Search of the Real Us.” The Atlanta Journal/Constitution, 20 June 1997, Sec. E, p. 24.
• Dubin, Jan. “Stand By Your Gun.” Los Angeles Times, 3 April 1995, Sec. F, p. 2. Knaff, Devorah. “The Good, The Bad, The Guns.” The Orange County Register, 24 March 1995, Show, p. 67.
• Davis, R. Eric. “Image as Issue at Issue.” Artlies, October/November 1994, p. 6. Wilson, William. “Underexposed: Some Gems in the Rough.” Los Angeles Times, 6 August 1994, Sec. F, p. 4.
• Curtis, Cathy. “Millennium’s End Through a Lens, Darkly.” Los Angeles Times, 7 December 1993, Sec. F, p. 2.
• Raczka, Robert. “Irradiating Suburbia.” Afterimage, May 1993, pp. 15-16.
• Pagel, David. “The Nuclear Nexus.” Los Angeles Times, 4 March 1993, Sec. F, p. 5.
• Dubin, Zan. “Art Show Uses Space Seriously.” Los Angeles Times, 14 August 1992, Sec. F, p. 22.
• Rugoff, Ralph. “Art and War: Taking Vietnam Personally.” LA Weekly, 12 April 1991, pp. 33 - 34.
• Sullivan, Meg. “Arts Tour of Duty.” Los Angeles Daily News, 23 March 1991, pp. 4-5.