BIO: “I was born and raised in the Chicago area and escaped what I anticipated would be a confining future to the vast open space of Colorado”.  Nancy Lovendahl makes sculpture for both inside and outside environments in ceramic, stone, metal and mixed media exploring issues of race, gender and human nature. Her artwork can be found in private & public collections and museums such as The Smithsonian Institution in Wash., DC, The Keramikmuseum, in Westerwald, Germany and The National Gallery in Tbilisi, Georgia.  She has won numerous monumental Art in Public Places awards in cities such as Dallas and Denver. Lovendahl exhibits internationally and nationally with recent solo exhibitions at The Red Gate Gallery Residency in Beijing, The Colorado Springs Fine Art Center and in group shows such as, "Remains", at The Sarajevo Winter Arts Festival, Bosnia-Herzegovina. She has been awarded residencies & The Service in Education Award from Pitkin County, CO. Nancy lives & works on the western slope of Colorado with her husband and cat, Miso.

RESUME:

EDUCATION:
1972-74 University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL
1974-75 Colorado Mountain College, Glenwood Springs, CO 

1980-82 University Without Walls, Loretto Heights College, Denver, CO, BA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2025 Nature Human, Michael Warren Contemporary, Denver, CO
2021 Small Glimpses, Many Times: Mt. Sopris Edition, The Launchpad, Carbondale Creative, CO 

2020 Small Glimpses, Many Times, The Colorado Springs Fine Art Center at Colorado College, Co Spgs, CO- catalogue
Small Glimpses, Many Times, MichaelWarrenContemporary, Denver,CO
Small Glimpses, Many Times, The Art Base, Basalt, CO

2017 Reclamation Suite, William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO
2014 What is Here? What is There? The USA and China, The Wyly Art Center, Basalt, CO
Intercessions, William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO

2012 Nancy Lovendahl, Keramikmuseum, Westerwald, Germany

2009 The Red Gate Gallery Resident’s Exhibition, Fei Jia Cun, Beijing, China 

2008 Selected Works, Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO- catalogue
2002 An Oasis of Wonder, The Aspen Institute, Adelson Gallery, Aspen, CO
2001 Breath of Spring, Carson Masuoka Gallery, Denver, CO

1997 The Art of Dance, Colorado Mountain College, Glenwood Springs, CO

1992 Nancy Lovendahl, Barney Wyckoff Gallery, Aspen, CO 

1985 Nancy Lovendahl, Carson Sapiro Gallery, Denver, CO

1984 Nancy Lovendahl, Loewenstern Gallery, Houston, TX 



SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2022 Art of the State Triennial, Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, CO
Art Base Circle, Art Base Arts Center, Basalt, CO
Movers & Shakers, 25th Year Anniversary, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
2021-24 LandMark, Saddlebrook Park, Arvada, CO (a 3 year environmental public art exhibition)
2020 Sculpturally Distanced, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2019 The Fuzhou International Lacquer Exhibition, Fuzhou, China- catalogue 

Colorado Abstract +10, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO

2017 The Evocative Garden, NCECA Annual Exhibition, Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, Portland, OR- catalogue

2016 Colorado Women in Abstraction, Metro State University Gallery for the Visual Arts, Denver, CO 

2014 Being, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO (two person show)

Unbound-Sculpture in the Field, Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, CO- catalogue
2013 Catalyst: Colorado Sculpture, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, CO- catalogue 

2012 Pirosmani IV, The National Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia- catalogue
2011 America Now and Here, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO

Women Work: Support Women Artists Now (SWAN), Carbondale Creative, Carbondale, CO

2010 9th Studio Biennial, Atelier Munsteiner, Stiphausen, Germany- catalogue 

2007 Women’s Touch: Ceramics, AIR Gallery, New York, NY 

2006 Ex Ovo Omnia: From the Egg, Everything; Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO (two person show) 

Organics, The Red Brick Arts Center, Aspen, CO (two person show)

2005 Drawings into Sculpture, Montgomery Center for the Arts, Skillman, NJ

Texas National, Stephen Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX- catalogue 

2003 ISC@GFS, International Sculpture Center at The Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ- catalogue 

2002 Aspen Biennial, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO

1995 Art & Politics, The Aspen Institute; Deutsches Institut fur Normung e. V. and Obere Galerie, Berlin, Germany
1993 No Town An Island, Fuel Gallery, Seattle, WA and The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1992 Spring Exhibition, Virginia Miller Gallery, Miami, FLA

1989 Lovendahl & McKinney, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO (two person show) 

Survey, Elements Gallery, NYC, NY
1986 Looking at Earth, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.- catalogue
The New West, Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Colorado Springs, CO- catalogue
1985 Untitled, Esther Saks Gallery, Chicago, ILL

1984 Ninth Biennale International de Ceramique D'art, Vallauris, France- catalogue

1983 Colorado Biennial, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO- catalogue

SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
Work is held in numerous public and private collections nationally and internationally, such as: The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; The American Embassy, Belize; The Keramikmuseum, Westerwald, Germany; The National Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia; The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center; The Kirkland Museum, Denver, CO; Karen and Robert Duncan, Lincoln, NE; Laura Donnelley, Snowmass, CO. 


RESIDENCIES & AWARDS:
2021 Service in Education Award, Pitkin County, CO for creating The Claudette Carter ARTmentors Program, at The Art Base, Basalt
2020 Grant, NW Colorado Council of Governments, Energize CO Gap Fund
2019 Art in Public Places (AIPP) Commission Award, Sweet Grass Dance, Anderson Park, Wheat Ridge, CO
2016 AIPP Commission Award, The Power of Limits, Western Colorado University, Gunnison, CO

2015 Artist in Residence Fellowship, The Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY 

2014 AIPP Commission Award, Flowmotion, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2013 Artist in Wilderness Residency, Wilderness Workshop, Carbondale, CO
2012 Private Commission Award, The Gathering, Rural Western Colorado
2009 Artist in Residence, The Red Gate Residency Program, Beijing, China 
1998 Best New Public Art, "Best of Denver"- Westword, Denver, CO
AIPP Commission Award, The Elements, City of Cuernavaca Park, Denver, CO
1997 AIPP Commission Award, Backbone of Our Community, Oak Bluff, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, TX
1992 Corporate Commission Award, Phillips Petroleum Corporation, Denver, CO

1985 Artist in Residence Fellowship, Colorado Council for the Arts 

Honorable Mention, Looking at Earth, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Wash., D.C. 

1984 Certificate of Merit, Ninth Biennale International de Ceramique D'Art, Vallauris, France
Education Fellowship, Colorado Council for The Arts and Humanities, Denver, CO

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:

2024 Sculptor Nancy Lovendahl challenges perceptions on race and community in latest work, Sarah Girgis, The Aspen Times, June 19 ed.
2020 Small Glimpses, Many Times Full Color Exhibition Catalogue, Co Spgs Fine Art Center @ Colorado College

2018 Nancy's Place, Andrew Travers, Aspen Times Weekly, May 10 ed., pg. 13

2016 Nature Studies, by Taryn Bickley, Photography by Robert Kittila, LUXE Magazine, pg 264-269
Colorado Women In Abstraction, by Ray Rinaldi, Denver Post, Aug 12, 2016

2014 Review: Nancy Lovendahl, Intercessions at William Havu Gallery, by Michael Paglia, Westword, Oct 8 ed
2013 TV Profile, Rocky Mountain PBS TV, Arts District - Catalyst: The Denver Botanic Gardens

2012 Art Reconnecting With Nature, by Ron Kuchta, Editor, Am Ceramics Magazine; 

New Ceramics - The European Ceramics Magazine; page 18 in the Profiles Section.
Pressing Art Into Prints: Lovendahl Joins Monothon at Anderson Ranch, Aspen Business Journal, 3/2, 2012

2009 Art Matters - Studio Visit with Nancy Lovendahl, by The Aspen Art Museum, Grassroots TV

2007 Colorado Report, Art In America, January Issue, pg. 82

Aspen Artbeat Series: Nancy Lovendahl, for Plum TV, Chris McDonald, Producer/Director
2006 EGGS & TREES Catalog Essay, Arlene Raven, Ph.D., former critic The Village Voice, NYC, NY

2003 A Show With A Good Sense of Humor, NY Times Art Review; by Benjamin Genocchio, Sunday Ed., Aug. 10
An Oasis Of Wonder, Review by Laura Dixon, SCULPTURE MAGAZINE, April issue, Vol.22, #3, page 75

2002 Art Takes Action, by E. Jefferson, Denver Post - Sunday Lifestyles Section, July 28 issue

2000 Thine Art, Denver Awash in Public Art, by Wm. Porte, Denver Post- The Scene Section, Sept. 20,
1999
Recent Commissions, Sculpture Magazine, February Issue

1998 Public Art IN REVIEW, US Public Art Installation Annual, Art In America
Elements Of Style, by Mary V. Chandler, Rocky Mountain News, April 9 issue

1996 DART Art, More Than Icing On The Cake, by Gail Sachson, Dallas Post/Peoples Publication.,Aug. 15 Ed, pg 2B 

1995 Nine Aspen Artists, by Barbara Seidel, Third Eye Press, San Francisco, Ca, pgs. 74- 86.
1994 Sticks and Stones, The Sculpture of Nancy Lovendahl, by N. Clegg, Aspen Mag., Mid-Summer Ed, pgs 83-5, 110 

1993 Five Colorado Sculptors, by Terry Hart, Air Destinations Mag, United Airlines, Late Winter Ed.

1992 Studio Tour, Artspeak Publication, Albuquerque, NM, Dec. Edition

1991 Four Artists, Aspen Magazine, Summer Arts Edition
1990 Review of the Aspen Art Park, by The BostonGlobe,
Re-published in The Aspen Daily News, 8/12.

1986 The New West Reviews: Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News, Jan. 16 Edition

1985 Clay: Beyond Function Reviews, The Aspen Times, October 10 Edition

Rocky Mountain News, February 1 Week-end Edition

1984 American Craft Magazine, Aug/Sept. Issue Ceramics Monthly Magazine, September Issue

1983 An Interview With Nancy Lovendahl, by the Aspen Art Museum, Produced by Channel 12 TV.
Colorado Biennial Reviews: Muse Publication, CCAH, Dec. Edition

1981 Nancy Lovendahl, Craft Range Magazine, Vol. 12, No. 4