Lookout, 2000

Nanci Erskine  

Artist Statement:

I'm an oil painter and 2 dimensional artist who likes tangled things, botanical worlds and a sense of mystery.

Over the 30+ years I've been active as an artist, I've exhibited nationally in galleries and university settings, and have my work placed in the following collections:

Northwest Museum of Art and Culture, Spokane, WA.
FirstBank, Headquarters, Lakewood, CO
Exempla St. Joseph Hospital, Denver, CO (commissioned piece).
Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO (commissioned piece).
Kaiser Permanente, Fort Collins, CO
American Century Investments, Denver, CO 
Safeco Insurance Corporation, Redmond, WA 
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA 
Seattle Arts Commission Print Collection, Seattle, WA.
Stonybrook School, Stonybrook, Long Island, NY. 
University of Oregon -Art and Architecture Building, Eugene, OR
Mundt McGregor Law Firm, Seattle, WA
Art in Public Places, City of Fort Collins, CO 2008, 2010 and 2011 commissions.

Education:

University of Oregon - BFA
University of Iowa - MA / MFA painting and drawing

Awards & Distinctions:

Creative Capital Workshop Grant, Beet Street/Creative Capital Foundation, April 2012
Honorable Mention – Rocky Mountain Biennial, (juror- Jan Ernst Adlmann), April 2004
Individual Artist Fellowship, Painting – Colorado Council on the Arts, March 2002
Merit Award – Colorado 2002 Juried Exhibition, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 2002
Individual Artist Fellowship, Drawing – Colorado Council on the Arts, January 1998
Instructional Innovation Award, Eighth Mary Scott Lecture Series, Colorado State University ,
November 1998
Merit Award – “Drawing From Perception"(juror- Rackstraw Downes) 1998

Exhibitions:

partial listing:
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 Pierce College, Tacoma, WA
2006 Davis and Cline, Ashland, OR
2005 Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
Cornell College, Luce Gallery, Mount Vernon, IA
2003 Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA, “Toxic Beauty"
2002 Diane Nelson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
2001 Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA
2000 Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA, “Dangerous Terrain"
1999 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO – monotypes/paintings
1998 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO – drawings
Foothills Unitarian Church, Fort Collins, CO – paintings
1997 Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA “Other Regions-New Paintings About Place"
Pierce College, Tacoma, WA “Nanci Erskine -New Paintings"
US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO- “Expanse of Nature", Drawings
1995 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, Directions Gallery

SELECTED SMALL GROUP / JURIED / INVITATIONAL
2015 Annual Contemporary Art Survey, Lincoln Center , Fort Collins- juror, Dean Sobel
2014 Curfmann Gallery, Colorado State University, “Contemporary Colorado"
juror -Nora Burnett Abrams- MOCA Denver
“Aria" Artworks Loveland, 6 women artists
“Must Love Art", CCC-Fort Collins
2013 Kanon Collective, Denver, CO – “Botanicals"
Studio 12 Gallery, Denver, CO – “Scapes"
Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO – “No Place Like Home"
2012 Gallery Bleu, Fort Collins, CO (2-person) “Concealed/Revealed"
Pierce College, International Print Exchange, Tacoma, WA – “Heads Up"
Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO “Studio Tour Sampler"
Spark Gallery, Denver, CO- “Guilty Pleasures", William Biety, juror
Core New Art Space, Denver, CO- “Spirituality"
2011 Poudre River Ars Center, Fort Collins, CO “Art for Conservation"Legacy Land Trust
2010 Poudre River Arts Center, Fort Collins, CO “Art for Conservation"
2009 Denver International Airport and Capital Building, Denver, CO“Creative Capital"

Professional/Teaching Experience:

Morehead State University, KY 1989-90
College of William and Mary, VA 1990-91
Colorado State University, CO 1993-2005
exhibiting artist for 30 years 
 

Artistic Influences:

the quiet, the lyrical, the dense, the metaphorical

Tags:

Botanical, atmospheric, poetic, landscape, colorado artist, contemporary.