SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018

Joshua Tree Art Gallery, Joshua Tree, CA. She’s Got a Gun.

2017

CUE Art Foundation, New York, NY. Weathering Time.

2017

Whitespace, Atlanta, GA. Weathering Time.

2015

The Pearl Conard Art Gallery, Ohio State University, Mansfield, OH. Weathering Time

2011

Flux 2011, Atlanta, GA. Weathering Time, 1982–2010: Video Projection.

Quickshot, Atlanta, GA. Organized by Solomon Projects. Olympic Shooters.

2009

Brenau Gallery, Brenau University, Gainesville, GA. She’s Got a Gun.

2008

Solomon Projects, Atlanta. She’s Got a Gun.

2006

Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR. James M. Floyd Memorial.

2003

Solomon Projects, Atlanta. Weathering Time, video projection.

2002

Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA. Weathering Time

1998

Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA. Stopping Power.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019

SHOWING (WORK X FAMILY): (2019) The Art Gallery at the Fulginiti Pavilion, Center for Bioethics and Humanities, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO (2018) University Art Gallery, California State University Stanislaus, Turlock, CA.

2018

Space Nau Bostik Ferran Turné 11, Barcelona, Spain. 5th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography.

Site: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY.  Contemporary Photography 2008-2018. Curated by Kristen Gaylord, Beaumont & Nancy

Newhall Curatorial Fellow in the Department of Photography at MoMA

Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.  Every (single) Day.

2017

Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta. Fast Forward / Rewind.

Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA. Unloaded. Curated by Dashboard.

Artwork Network Gallery, Denver CO. Critical Mass Top 50 Show: Markers of Time. Curated by David Rosenberg.

2016

Work | Release, Norfolk, VA.  Under the Gun.  Ten photographs.

2016

Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia, Athens. Continuum.

Rosemary Duffy Larson Gallery, Broward College, Davie, Florida. Girls and Guns, three-person exhibition.

Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA. Community Slide Show: Deconstructing Dynasty. Curated by Vesna Pavlovic. https://vimeo.com/179503182

Atlanta Photography Group Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Portfolio 2016. Weathering Time, eight photographs. Curated by Lisa Sutcliffe, Photography Curator, Milwaukee Museum of Art.

Soho Photography Gallery, NYC. National Photography Competition. Juror Elisabeth Biondi.

Drawl Southern Contemporary, Little Rock, AR. The Gun Show.

2015

Works Gallery, San Jose, CA. American Gun Show.

Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, San Antonia, Texas. Everyday is Ordinary.

The Lubeznik Center, Michigan City, Indiana. Looking Glass: Exploring Self-Portraiture.

2013

Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta. Georgia Artists Selecting Georgia Artists.

2012

Scope Miami, Hagedorn Gallery, Miami, Florida

Billboard Art Project, Atlanta, GA. A Road To Nowhere.

FotoFreo 2012, Perth, Australia. Divergence.

Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA. She Got Game.

Leigh Gallery, Clemson University, Clemson, SC. Alignments.

2011

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain. Heroines.

Sol Mednick Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia. Behind the Atom Curtain: Life and Death in the Nuclear Age.

2010

Jackson Fine Art, Westside Project Space, Atlanta. POST-Her.

Seigfred Hall, Ohio University. Rehearse, Rewind, Repeat: Photography, Video and Performance.

Hand in Hand: (2010) Athens Institute of Contemporary Art, Athens, GA.; The Chaffee Art Center, Rutland, VT; (2009) Western Kentucky University Gallery, Bowling Green KY.

2009

Centre for the Living Arts, Mobile, AL. FADE.

Cherry Lion Gallery, Atlanta. What’s Happening Now?

2008

McMaster Gallery, Columbia, SC. PHOTOGRAPHY: SOUTHEAST an Invitational Exhibition.

2007

Robert B. Menschel Media Center, Syracuse, NY. A Just Image: Selections from the Light Work Collection

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.

2000

White Columns, New York, NY. Wine, Women and Wheels

Laemmle Grand Fourplex Theatre, Los Angeles, CA. Before & After.  Part of Projections: Intermission Images IX, Side Street Projects.

The Mattress Factory, Atlanta, GA. 808 East Main Street.

Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT. 808 East Main Street.

1997

Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA. Multiple Identities.

The Clement Gallery, Toledo, OH. Fun with Dick and Jane.

Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL. Bang! The Gun as Image.

1996

Side Street Projects, Santa Monica, CA. Detours ’96: Venice.

California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA. In Our Sights: Artists Look at Guns.

1995

Moreau Galleries, Notre Dame, IN. Women Facing Fear.

Gallery 400, Chicago, IL. Arresting Images.

1203 Art Space, San Antonio, TX. Redefining Legacies.

1994

Lawndale Art and Performance Center, Houston, TX. Image as Issue.

Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Underexposed.

Abc No Rio, New York, NY. No More Nice Girls.

1993

Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA. At the End of the 20th Century: Values?

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; Nancy Floyd, page 2 of 3 Higgins Armory Museum, Worchester, MA; Russell Library, Middletown, CT; (1987) Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C.

1992-88

James M. Floyd Memorial: (1992) Hampshire College Gallery, Amherst, MA; (1990) Toyama, Japan, Hokkaido, Japan; Okinawa, Japan; (1989) Hiroshima, Japan.

BOOKS

2008

She’s Got a Gun, book length manuscript, 140 images, Temple University Press, 2008. Refereed. The book is part history of American gun women, part memoir of Floyd’s Texas childhood and the loss of her brother, and a picture book with 150 historical images of women with guns, 35 of which were taken by Floyd.

OTHER SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2018

Molloy, Audrey. “No. 13.” Aint–Bad Magazine, Savannah, GA. 20 Ill.

Romeo, Angela.  “GENDER BENDERS – Blurring the Lines.” Coachella Valley Weekly, 29 August 2018. View HERE

Floyd, Nancy.  “Narrative Portfolio: Weathering Time.” Droste Effect Magazine, Bulletin #14, Curated by Matilde Soligno and Vincenzo Estremo, 14 May 2018, 14 Ill. View HERE

Kensett, Andrew.  “Take the Picture: Capture, Collect, Archive, Photograph.” Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography, September 2018. 1 Ill.

Wray, Tara.  “Nancy Floyd, Decatur, GA & Mary Frey, MA, CT, and NY.” Some Days Just Are, 7 May 2018, 13 Ill. View HERE

Nash, BettyJoyce.  “Nancy Floyd, She’s Got a Gun.” Lock & Load: Armed Fiction, 29 July 2018. View HERE

2017

Nicole, Maturo.  “Runner Up Nancy Floyd.” Aperture Foundation, 2017.  10 Ill. Visit HERE

“Nancy Floyd: Weathering Time.” CUE Art Foundation, New York, NY. Exhibition Catalog, 14 Ill.  Print and online.

“The Other Eden.” Papersafe Magazine, Issue 9, October 2017, Ill. pp. 36-45.

Curry, Taylor.  “Nancy Floyd.”  Ain’t Bad Magazine, 19 September 2017, 15 Ill. Visit HERE

Floyd, Nancy.  Emergency Index, Vol. 6, 2017.  Ill. pp. 6-7.

2016

Kreider, Melissa. “Crashers.” Don’t Smile, May 2016, 5 Ill. Visit HERE

“Portfolio 2016.” Atlanta Photography Group Gallery, Atlanta, GA. Exhibition Catalog, 8 Ill. Kreider, Melissa. “Crashers.” Don’t Smile, May 2016, 5 Ill. http://dont-smile.com/exhibitions-1/crashers

2015

Curry, Taylor. “Nancy Floyd.” Ain’t Bad Magazine, 24 October 2015, 15 Ill / 1 video. http://www.aint-bad.com/article/2015/10/24/nancy-floyd/

“Women.” Musée Magazine, No. 13, 5 November 2015, Ill. pp. 322–323. http://museemagazine.com/magazine/musee-magazine-issue-no-13

Floyd, Nancy. “Weathering Time.” Five Points: A Journal of Literature and Art, Summer 2015, Ill. pp. 65–72.

Darrow, Susannah. “Studio Visit: Nancy Floyd in Atlanta.” Burnaway, 20 February 2015. http://burnaway.org/interview/nancy-floyd-in-atlanta/

2011

Heroines, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, 2011, pp. 35, 296; Ill. P. 208.

2006

Browder, Laura. Her Best Shot: Women and Guns in America. University of North Carolina Press, 2006, Ill. p. 220.

2003

Stange, Mary Zeiss. Heart Shots: Women Write About Hunting. Stackpole Books, 2003, Ill. p. 247.

2002

Floyd, Nancy. Weathering Time. Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA. Exhibition catalog with an essay by Dr. Jane Blocker.

2001

Gollesman, Biddle & Shapiro. Game Face. Random House, 2001, Ill. p. 189.

2000

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, pp. 8–11.

1999

Floyd, Nancy. “808 East Main Street, League City, Texas.” From Your House to Our House, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, 1999, p. 26.

Floyd, Nancy. “Stopping Power.” Contact Sheet, Light Work, Summer 1999, pp. 30–35

1997

McCaughey, Martha. Real Knockouts: The Physical Feminism of Women’s Self-Defense, New York University Press, 1997, Ill no. 5–6.

Blakely, George. Bang! The Gun as Image, Florida State University, 1997.

1993

Floyd, Nancy. “The Personal Legacy: The Healing of a Nation.” Art Paper, Volume 12, No. 3, February 1993, p. 16

1991

Del Tredici and Kunze. Bombensicher: Atomic Photographers Guild, Published in Germany, 1991.

Floyd, Nancy. “Nuclear Families.” Framework, Spring 1991.

Goin, Peter. “The Nuclear Survey.” Center Quarterly, #45, pp. 4–10.

1990

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, p. 105.

1987

Reynolds, Jock. War and Memory: In the Aftermath of Vietnam, Washington Project for the Arts, 1987, p. 11.

SELECTED INTERVIEWS

2017

Lois Reitzes. “City Lights: Nancy Floyd.” WABE Atlanta. 24 November 2017.
https://www.wabe.org/episode/city-lights-nancy-floyd-medium/

SELECTED AWARDS

2018

Aaron Siskind Foundation Individual Photographer’s Fellowship, New York, NY. View HERE

Finalist, 93rd Annual International Competition, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA. 

Jurors José Diaz, Chief Curator, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh and Lisa Sutcliffe, Herzfeld Curator of Photography and Media Arts, the Milwaukee Art Museum.

Honorable Mention, 2019 Contemporary Photography Award, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA. 

Juror, Lucy Gallun, Assistant Curator, Department of Photography, The Museum of Modern Art.

Finalist, French & Michigan Publication Program, San Antonio, TX.

2017

Finalist, Aperture Portfolio Prize, New York, NY. View HERE

2016

CUE Arts Foundation Fellowship, New York, NY. Mentor, Leslie Hewitt.

Finalist, Clarence John Laughlin Award, New Orleans, LA. Juror: Publisher Steven Albahari, 21st Editions.

2015

SPE Future Focus Project Support Grant, Society for Photographic Education, Cleveland, OH.

Artist-in-Residence, Jentel Artist Residency Program, Banner, WY.

Artist-in-Residence, Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA.

2014

John Gutmann Photography Fellowship Award, San Francisco, CA.

Artist-in-Residence, Sweetwater Creek State Park, Lithia Springs, GA. 2012–2014.

2013

Artist-in-Residence, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO.

Faculty Summer Research Award, Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design, Georgia State University (also received in 1997–1999, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2011)

Summer Research Funds, Office of the Vice-President for Research and Economic Development

2011

Welch Faculty Research Grant, School of Art and Design, Georgia State University

Research Initiation Award, College of Arts and Sciences, Georgia State University (also received in 1997, 2001, 2004)

2010

Artist-In-Residence, The Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency, Joshua Tree, CA.

2007

Atlanta Celebrates Photography Grant, GA

2003

Best Art Installation, Critics Pick Award, Creative Loafing, Atlanta, GA. For Weathering Time.

2002

Weathering Time installation named one of the top ten exhibitions of the year, Creative Loafing, Atlanta, GA.

Artist Project Grant, City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta, GA.

Artist Studio, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA. 1997–2003.

2000

Finalist, The Andrea Frank Foundation, Inc., New York, NY

1999

Artist-In-Residence, Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA

1998

Artist-In-Residence, Light Work, Syracuse, NY.

SELECTED REVIEWS

2017

Hansell, Sally.  “Race, History, and the Body Theatrical in Atlanta, Georgia.” ArtCritical, 6 December 2017.  View HERE

Sirlin, Deanna.   “At Whitespace, Nancy Floyd is artist and subject, archivist and curator.”  ARTSATL, 13 November 2017. View HERE

 Feaster, Felicia.  “Gun Culture is Focus of Ambitious Show Presented by Dashboard.”  The Atlanta-Journal Constitution. 1 May 2017. View HERE

Jason Francisco. “Still Life: Nancy Floyd and Whitespace.” Burnaway, 22 November 2017.http://burnaway.org/review/still-life-nancy-floyd-whitespace

2016

Crandell, Ben. “The Unexpected Targets of ‘Girls and Guns.’” South Florida Review, 3 September 2016. http://www.southflorida.com/theater-and-arts/sf-girls-and-guns-exhibit-broward-college-20160830-story.html

2014

Smith, Aline. “Nancy Floyd: Weathering Time.” Lenscratch,  18 August 2014. http://lenscratch.com/2014/08/nancy-floyd-weathering-time/

2012

“She Got Game.” Arlington Mercury, 2 March 2012. http://arlingtonmercury.org/reviews/she-got-game

2009

Browder, Laura. “She’s Got a Gun.” Winterthur Portfolio 43, Summer 2009, no. 2/3, pp. 269–270.

Whitney, Cindy. “Book Review: She’s Got a Gun.” Gender & Society, July 2009; vol. 23, pp. 414–416.

2008

“Author Discusses Impact of Women and Guns,” Appalachia State University News, 4 November 2008.

Mahawatte, Royce. “She’s Got a Gun.” Financial Times Review, 12 April 2008.

Jubera, Drew. “Armed with a Camera,” The Atlanta-Journal Constitution, 11 April 2008, Sec. F, pp. 1,4.

Feaster, Felicia. “Nancy Gets Her Gun,” Creative Loafing, 5–11 March 2008, Vol. 36, No 44. cover image, pp. 27–32.

Feaster, Felicia. “Women and Guns” audio slideshow, Creative Loafing. 5–11 March 2008.
http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/nancy_gets_her_gun/Content?oid=423951

2007

Tribby, Mark. “She’s Got a Gun.” Booklist, 15 December 2007, vol. 104, no. 8, p. 8.

“She’s Got a Gun.” Publishers Weekly, 10 December 2007, vol. 254, no. 49.
http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-59213-155-6

Kurzner, Lisa. “Artist Profile.” Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles, October 20

2004

Tuttle, Lisa. “Nancy Floyd.” Sculpture, March 2004, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp.70–71.

SELECTED LECTURES

2018

Presentation, Walking Through the Desert with My Eyes Closed, Society for Photographic Education Northeast Regional Conference, Jackson, Wyoming.

Artist Talk, She’s Got a Gun. Joshua Tree Art Gallery, Joshua Tree, CA.

2017

Artist Talk, Weathering Time, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA.

Conversation with New York artist Leslie Hewitt, CUE Art Foundation, New York, NY.

Artist Talk, Weathering Time, Cooper Union, New York, NY.

Allan P. De Loach Memorial Prize in Photography Juror/Artist Talk, Vanderbilt University Department of Art, Nashville, TN.

2016

Presentation, Weathering Time: Thirty-four Years, Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

Artist Talk, Weathering Time, Visual Arts Department, Emory University, Decatur, GA.

2015

Artist Talk, Weathering Time, Atlanta Photography Group Gallery, Atlanta

Presentation, Walking Through the Desert with My Eyes Closed, Western Literature Association Conference, Visual Culture of the Urban West, Reno, NV.

Artist Talk, Walking Through the Desert With My Eyes Closed, Photography Program, University of Nevada, Reno, NV.

2013

Artist Talk, Walking Through the Desert With My Eyes Closed, Visual Arts Department, Emory University, Decatur, GA.

Artist Talk, 10.9, Troy Moore Library, Georgia State University, 2012

2011

Presentation, Gun Women in Pictures, The Southeastern Women’s Studies Association Conference, Structural Adjustments: Queering Privatization, Framing Disaster, Atlanta.

2010

Artist Talk, She’s Got a Gun, Pomona College, Claremont, CA.

Artist Talk, She’s Got a Gun, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA.

2008

Presentation, She’s Got a Gun, Women’s Studies Distinguished Lecture Series, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, 2008

Artist Talk, Georgia State University Art Gallery, 2008

Presentation, She’s Got a Gun, Charis Books, Atlanta, 2008

Artist Talk, She’s Got a Gun, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, 2008

Panel discussion, Speaking of Photography, moderated by Susan Todd-Raque, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta.

Panel discussion, PHOTOGRAPHY: SOUTHEAST, moderated by Kathleen Robbins, McMaster Gallery, Columbia, SC.

2006

Artist Talk, James M. Floyd Memorial. Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR.

2004

Weathering Time. The Society For Photographic Education, Southeast Regional Conference. Athens, GA.

2003

Artist Talk, Weathering Time. Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA.

2002

Tour of Weathering Time installation with the Georgia Museum of Contemporary Art ArtMerge Group.

Artist Talk, Transforming. Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA.

Artist Talk, Kennesaw State University, School of the Arts, Kennesaw, GA.

2000

Presentation, She’s Got a Gun. 10th Annual Women and Society Conference. Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY.

Artist Talk, Atlanta College of Art. Atlanta, GA.

Artist Talk, War, Nuclear Power, Guns, and Other Obscure Topics. Nexus Contemporary Art Center. Atlanta, GA.

1999

Artist Talk, The Female Form: Women, Art and Politics. Organized by the State University of West Georgia, Department of Art. Ballroom Studios. Atlanta, GA.

Presentation, She’s Got a Gun. Society For Photographic Education, National Conference. Savannah, GA.

Artist Talk, Gallery Eleven50. Atlanta, GA.

1998

Presentation, Stopping Power. The Mid-Atlantic American Culture/Popular Culture Conference, University of West Virginia. Morgantown, WV.

Presentation, Stopping Power. First Reading XVII, A Conference on Research-in-Progress in Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies, University of Minnesota. Duluth, MN.

Artist Talk, Stopping Power. Part of Third Sunday, organized by Artist in Residence International and Rail Road Earth. Atlanta.

1997

Artist Talk, Stopping Power. Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University. Tallahassee, FL.

Film screening and Presentation, Packing Heat. Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.

1996

Moderator, In Our Sites: Women Artists Look at Guns. San Francisco Camerawork. San Francisco, CA.

Artist Talk, Confessions of a Gun Totin’ Feminist. The Western Social Science Association Conference. Reno, NV.

Moderator, In Our Sites: Artists Look at Guns. The Society For Photographic Education, National Conference. Los Angeles, CA.

GALLERY

EMPLOYMENT

Professor Emeritus, Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.

EDUCATION

1987

California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA. Master of Fine Arts

1985

Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL. Master of Arts

1982

University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. Bachelor of Fine Arts

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Lightwork, Syracuse, NY

Joshua Tree Highlands Program, Joshua Tree, CA

High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA