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Nancy Dwyer - Works

Everybody's Angry, 2013
Paper maché, plaster, latex paint, monofilament
68 x 54 x 50 inches
SGI2620
Selfish Idiot, 2014
Blown glass, beads, monofilament, metal rod
46 x 35 x 3 inches
Unique
SGI2862
What, 2014
Carved salt crystals, river rocks, electrical wiring
Size variable (shown: 12 x 54 x 14 inches)
Unique
SGI2861
RICH, 1989
Acrylic on canvas
70 x 90 inches
GLG2411
FOOD, 1990
Galvanized metal
30 x 105 x 21 inches
GLG2420
GOOD MOOD FOOL, 1988
Flashe on canvas
70 x 90 inches
GLG2413
ME, MAN, MEN, MEAN, 1987
Laminate on wood
17 1/4 x 56 1/4 x 25 1/8 inches
GLG2414
CO2-Breathless, 1990
Steel mesh
37 x 60 x 20 inches
GLG2427
H2O-Drink, 1990
Corrugated, galvanized steel, wheels & water
32 x 100 x 60 inches
GLG2428
Window Seat (The Window Always Wins), 1997
Upholstered cushions, painted metal
19 x 67 x 30 inches
GLG2410
Yoga Woman, 1982
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 48 inches
GLG2417
Lady Cop, 1982
Acrylic on canvas
72 x 48 inches
GLG2416
Cholesterol, 1982
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 72 inches
GLG2415
Entitled To What, 2006-12
Digital print on canvas, grommets
96 x 120 inches
Entitled To What, 2006
mixed media
dimensions variable
Selfish Idiot, 2002-03
Painted balls, paint on wall
74 x 112 x 4 inches
GLG2422
NOT Dead Yet, 2012
Paper mache, paint & wood, wallpaper (self-adhesive vinyl) & inkjet print in paper mache frame
Dimensions variable. Sculpture: 50 1/4 x 14 1/2 x 52 1/4 inches
GLG2421
Thinking Machine, 2010
Wood
9 x 17 x 10 1/2 inches
Edition of 12
SGI2424
Deep (2), 2005-06
Acrylic on wood
52 1/2 x 64 1/2 x 2 inches
Deeper, 2005
Acrylic on canvas
47 x 61 x 2 inches
Deep (3), 2005-06
Acrylic on wood
52 1/2 x 64 1/2 x 2 inches
Deep (1, Sculpture), 2005
Pine, glass shelf
14 x 22 x 18 inches
Edition of 3
Deep (2, Sculpture), 2006
Solid poplar
9 1/4 x 13 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches
Edition of 3
Deep (2, Print), 2005
Digital print on paper
18 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches
Edition of 6
Deep (2, Print), 2005
Digital print on paper
18 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches
Edition of 6
Down (Print), 2005
Digital print on paper
18 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches
Edition of 6
Down, 2005
Acrylic on wood
38 x 59 x 2 inches
Chemical Bond, 1989
Acrylic on canvas
70 x 90 inches
GLG2412
Happy Birthday John, 2003
3-D animated loop on DVD,
DVD player
Edition of 5
Doctor K, 1986
Wood, laminate, plexiglass, astroturf, acrylic paint
14 x 20 x 2 inches
GLG2419
War Boy, 1983
Aluminum, laminate, wood & paint
62 1/2 x 55 x 5 inches
GLG2418
Expect Delays, 2014
Digital animation on six tablets with shelf
13 x 36 inches
Edition of 5
SGI2752

Artist Biography

CV

Born in New York City, 1954
Lives and works in Burlington, VT.
www.nancydwyer.com

EDUCATION

2000-2002
Masters degree in Interactive Telecommunications, New York University

1974-76
B.F.A., Cum Laude, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY

1975
Empire State College, "Studio Program", NYC

1972-74
State University College, New Paltz, NY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017
Western New York Collects: Nancy Dwyer, Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University, NY

2015
Nancy Dwyer, Sandra Geirng Inc, New York, NY

2014
What, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2013
Painting & Sculpture, 1982-2012, Fisher Landau Center for Art, Long Island City, NY

2006
New Work,Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY
Nancy Dwyer,Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, VT

2001
Coming Up Next…, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand

1998
Cristinerose Gallery, New York, NY

1997
Galerie Xippas, Paris, France

1996
Cristinerose Gallery, New York, NY
Say What?, Burchfield-Penny Art Center, Buffalo, NY (catalog)

1995
Galleria Emi Fontana

1994
Gallerie Renos Xippas, Paris, France

1992
Less is Less, Galerie Renos Xippas, Paris, France
Empty Promises, Josh Baer Gallery, NYC
Galleria Emi Fontana, Milan, Italy

1991
Linda Cathcart Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1990
Josh Baer Gallery, NYC

1989
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL

1988
Meyers/Bloom, Santa Monica, CA
Josh Baer Gallery, NYC

1987
Josh Baer Gallery, NYC

1986
Josh Baer Gallery, NYC
Cash/Newhouse, NYC

1985
Semaphore Gallery, NYC

1984
Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas
Cash/Newhouse, NYC

1983
Semaphore Gallery, NYC (January)
Semaphore Gallery, NYC (November)

1982
A & M Artworks, NYC

1981
A & M Artworks, NYC
Studio d'Arte, Cannaviello, Milan, Italy

1980
Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
Artists Space, NYC

1977
Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016
Language as Representation, Fisher Landau Center for Art, Long Island City, NY

2015
Taking Pictures, The Burlington City Arts Centre, Burlington, VT

2012
Literature, Language, Words, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI

2009
The Pictures Generation, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

2005
Summer Selections 2005, The Fields Sculpture Park at Omi International Art, Center, Ghent, NY
City Art: New York’s Percent for Art Program, Center for Architecture, New York City

2004
Allure Electronica, Wood Streets Galleries, Pittsburgh PA (catalogue)

1999
Cruise Control, Cristinerose Gallery, New York City

1998
Pop Abstraction, Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA (catalogue)
Picture/ Image/ Word, Lemmerman Gallery, New Jersey City University, New Jersey
Word, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia (catalogue)

1997
Wood Work, Fisher Landau Center, Long Island City, NY

1996
Landcsape Reclaimed, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT (catalogue)
Box, Fotouhi Cramer Gallery, New York City
Casts of Character, The John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

1995
Garbage, Thread Waxing Space, New York , NY
Options, John Weber Gallery, NYC
Its Only Rock and Roll: Rock and Roll Currents in Contemporary Art, organized by David Rubin, traveling thru 1998, opening at the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinatti (catalogue)
Laughter Ten Years After, traveling, Center for the Arts, Wesleyan University (catalogue)

1994
Bad Girls, organized by Marcia Tucker, The New museum of Contemporary Art,
NYC (catalogue)
Bad Girls West, organized by Marcia Tanner, Wright Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles,
CA
Translucent Writings, organized by Grita Insam, The Neuberger Museum, State University of New York at Purchase (catalogue)
Garbage, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Paintings, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago IL
Inflatables, Internos Arte & Design, Milan, Italy

1993
Die Sprache der Kunst (The Language of Art), Kunsthalle Wein, Vienna, Austria; traveling to Kunstverein Frankfurt, Germany (catalogue)
Peccato Di Novita (The Sin of Novelty), Galleria Emi Fontana, Milano, Italy (catalogue)
Made in the U.S.A., Caldic Collection, Rotterdam, Holland
Artists of Gateway, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH

1991
Josh Baer Gallery, NYC
Word as Image: American Art 1960-1990, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
Night Lines, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Words & #s, Museum of Contemporary Art, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
Bilt und Wort in Der Kunst Heute, Von Der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal Germany
Constructions of Meaning, University Galleries, Center For the Visual Arts, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Beyond the Frame: American Art 1960-1990, Setagaya Art Museum, Setagayaku, Tokyo travels to: The National Museum of Art, Osaka and Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka
American Artists of the ‘80’s, Museo D’Arte Contemporanea, Trento, Italy
Masterworks of Contemporary Sculpture, Painting and Drawing: The 1930’s to the 1990’s, Bellas Artes, Santa Fe, NM

1990
Information, organized by Robert Nickas, Armando Rascon, Peter Wright, Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Cabrita Reis, Gerardo Burmeister, Nancy Dwyer, Stephan Huber, Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Porto, Portugal
The Children’s AIDS Project: A Benefit Exhibition, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Word As Image: American Art 1960-1990, travelling exhibition, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI, June 15-August 26; Oklahoma City Art Houston, TX, February 23-May 12
Crossing the Line: Word and Image in Art, 1960-1990, Montgomery Gallery, Pomona College, Pomona, CA
In the Beginning. . ., organized by Bill Radawec, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
Twenty Years of Landfall Press, Landfall Press, NYC
No, Not That One It’s Not A Chair, organized by Ellen Fleiss, Galerie 1900-2000, Paris, France
Word Perfect, Curatorial Laboratory Project #3, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

1989
What Does She Want? Current Feminist Art from the First Bank Collection, curated by Lynne Sowder, travelling exhibition; Carleton College, Northfield, MN, Women’s Art Registry of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Recent Sculpture, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Images of American Pop Culture Today III, Laforet Art Museum, Harakujo, Tokyo, Japan
Prospect ’89, curated by Peter Weiermaier, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt Am Main, West Germany
Psychological Abstraction, curated by DESTE Foundation, House of Cyprus, Athens, Greece
Fictions, curated by Jerome Sans, Les Grands Espaces and Aubes 3935 Galerie, Mirabel Montreal International Airport, Montreal, Canada

1988
Media Post Media, curated by Collins and Milazzo, Scott Hanson Gallery, NYC
The Multiple Object, organized by the Fine Arts Planning Group, Bank of Boston Gallery, Boston, MA
Cultural Geometry, organized by the Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, DEKA Foundation, House of Cyprus, Athens, Greece
Sculpture Parallels, Sidney Janis Gallery, NYC
Altered States, curated by Rosetta Brooks, Kent Fine Art, NYC
Artschwager, His Peers and Persuasion, 1963-1988, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA and Leo Castelli Gallery, NYC
New Work, Josh Baer Gallery, NYC

1987
Monsters, Barbara Toll Gallery, NYC
1987 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC
Decca Dance, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC
Real Pictures, Wolff Gallery (an exhibition to benefit AMFAR), NYC
The Castle, curated by Group Material”, Documenta 8, Kassel, Germany
Romance, curated by Ronald Jones, Knight Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Who’s Who, curated by Marvin Heifferman, Hoffman Borman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Subtext, Kent Fine Art, NYC
Group Show, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Eau de Cologne, Monika Spruth Gallery, Koln, Germany
(of Ever-Ever Land i speak), curated by Christian Leigh, Stux Gallery, NYC
Art Auction, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Alan Belcher, Nancy Dwyer, Allan McCollum, Le Case d’Arte, Milan, Italy
Signs of the Times, curated by Jerome Sans, Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
Messages, curated by Deanna Barron, Carlo Lamagna Gallery, NYC
The Beauty of Circumstance, curated by Ronald Jones, Josh Baer Gallery, NYC
Computer Assisted, curated by David S. Rubin, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA

1986
Group Show, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Corporate Lobby Show, Mokotoff Gallery, NYC
Group Show, Cash/Newhouse, NYC
Group Show, Metro Pictures, NYC
Vito Acconci, Nancy Dwyer, Matt Mullican, 303 Gallery, NYC

1984
Prints and Drawings for Collectors, The New Gallery for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
New York Now - Works on Paper, Nordjylland Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark
Body Politic, curated by Steven Kaplan, Tower Gallery, NYC

1985
Artists Call, Metro Pictures, NYC
New Sculpture, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
After Photography: Drawings, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH (catalogue)
A Decade of New Art, curated by Linda Cathcart, Artists Space, NYC
Summer Selection, Castelli Graphics, NYC
Group Show, Semaphore Gallery, NYC
New Figure, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
Kitchen Benefit, Brooke Alexander Gallery, NYC
Drawings, Knight Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Contemporary American Prints, Recent Acquisitions, Brooklyn Museum, NY

1983
Group Show, Semaphore Gallery, NY
Semaphore at N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL
That Obscure Object of Desire, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Face It; 10 Contemporary Artists, Ohio Foundation of the Arts, Inc., TouringExhibition Program (travelling exhibition, catalogue)
The Heroic Figure, Sao Paulo Biennial, Sao Paulo, Brazil (travelling exhibition, catalogue)

1982
New Drawing in America, The Drawing Center, NYC
Public Vision, White Columns, NYC
The Central Park Show, Gallery Annex, Central Park, NYC
Three Invited, Semaphore Gallery, NYC
Art and Media, The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, IL
Nineteen in New York, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Paper, Semaphore Gallery, NYC
London/New York, Lisson Gallery, London, England
Beasts, by Richard Flood (catalogue), P.S.1, Long Island City, NY
Image Scavengers, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

1981
Re-representation, Hartford School of Art, Hartford, CT
Group Show, Texas Gallery, Houston, TX
Drawing, Metro Pictures, NYC

1980
Frankfurt Billboard Design, organized by Andreas Kremer, Frankfurt, Germany
Group Show, A & M Artworks, NYC
Hallwalls: Five Years, The New Museum, NYC
Group Show, Droll-Kolbert Gallery, NYC

1979
Group Show, The Drawing Center, NYC

1978
Group Show, University Art Gallery, Albany, NY
Group Show, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL

1977
Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY

1976
Artists Space, NYC


AWARDS

2003
Anonymous Was A Woman Award

2002
Pollack-Krasner Grant

1984-85
New York State Council of the Arts, Sponsored Project Grant (for designing billboards posted
throughout the state)

1982
National Endowment for the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship Grant

1980
New York State Creative Arts Public Services Grant

1974-76
Seymour Knox Scholarship


PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

2004-2006
Things Change Seating areas along the Euclid Avenue Rapid Transit Line, Cleveland OH

2001-2002
Inhale/ Exhale Granite benches at two entrances to the Nevada Art Museum, Reno, Nevada

2000
Fountain Of Youth stainless steel cascading water fountain, Menorah Park Center for the Aging, Peter B.Lewis Aquatic Therapy Center lobby
Something Else 7.5 minute 3D animation for the 'Fremont Street Experience' in downtown Las Vegas, with Oliver Wasow, commissioned by the City of Las Vegas, Nevada

1998-2000
Vergessen/ Errinnen (Forget/ Remember), Granite and Corian outdoor benches, Krems, Austria (in process)

1998-99
Waves Of Wanting, exterior aluminum wall reliefs. Winner of public art competition at Artisima Art Fair, Torino, Italy

1996-97
911 Oasis, public gathering area outside the 911 Emergency Communications Facility in Chicago, Il. Sponsored by the city of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs

1993-95
Word-Landscapes, etched precast stone running along the corridors of the Criminal Justice Center, Philadelphia PA, sponsored by the Philadelphia Percent for Art Program
Ich Verstehe Nicht and Rede Doch Tachles, public gathering areas along the banks of the Danube Canal, Vienna, Austria (project suspended indefinately)

1991-95
Multiple Choice, outdoor seating sculpture, and Hallway Highways,hallway flooring, for Port Richmond High School, Staten Island, New York, sponsored by Percent for Art NYC, funded by the NYC Board of Education

1992-94
Who's On First? and Meet Me Here, outdoor granite seating sculpture for the Cleveland Indians Baseball Park and the Cleveland Cavaliers Basketball Arena, funded by the Gateway Project, Cleveland, OH

1989
Its Better Live, subway posters sponsored by the Public Art Fund, New York City

1985
Obsession Overruled, billboards displayed at locations throughout New York City and State, funded by the NYState Council of the Arts


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2004- Present
University of Vermont, Assistant Professor, Sculpture

1996-2003
School of Visual Arts, Fine Arts, New York City, Instructor

1995-97, 99
Rockland County Community College, Adjunct Computer Art Faculty

1986
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, Visiting Faculty

1985
University of Tennessee, Visiting Painting Faculty

1984
Rutgers University, Drawing Workshop, New Brunswick, NJ

1979-80
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, Visiting Faculty


VISITING ARTIST LECTURES AND PANELS

1979
S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo, NY

1980
U.S.C. at San Diego, CA
Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY

1982
Hartford School of Art, Hartford, CT

1984
Glassel School of Art, Houston, TX

1985
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT

1987
Yale University, New Haven, CT

1990
Duschamp Panel, Chicago Art Fair

1991
Wexner Center, Columbus OH

1992
University of Wisconsin at Green Bay
University of Wisconsin at Fond du Lac

1993
Heckscler Museum, Huntington NY

1994
School of Visual Arts, NYC
Art and Text Panel, College Art Association Conference, NYC

1996
University of Memphis, TN

1997
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY. "Art At The End of the Millenium" Series


RELATED PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS

1992
Artist-in-Residence in the John Michael Kohler Arts Center's Arts/Industry Program at the Kohler Company's Iron Foundry

1994
Bad Girls Logo design for exhibition and catalog at the New Museum, NYC

1996
Destime, Swatch wristwatch design for the 1997 Artist Series Swatch Collection
Iris print editions published by MuseX, a publisher interested in digital imagery, Los Angeles, CA

2001
Artist-in-Residence at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Chase Manhattan Bank, NYC
Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
Memphis Brooks Museum, Memphis, TN
Rooseum, Malmo, Sweden
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
The Progressive Corporation, OH
The Phoenix Museum of Art, AZ
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
The Emily Fisher Landau Collection, NY


ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

1976
The Buffalo Courier Express, June 15
The Buffalo Evening News, June 8

1977
The Buffalo Evening News, April 11

1980
Ashberry, John. New York Magazine, October 6
Zimmer, B. The Soho Weekly News, October 6
Rickey, Carrie. The Village Voice, June 23
Rickey, Carrie. The Village Voice, July 9

1981
Kalil, Susie. Artweek, Vol.12, No.25, August 11
Flash Art, Italy, No.102
Tatransky, Valentin. Arts Magazine, June

1982
Goldberg, RoseLee. Post-TV Art, Portfolio Magazine, July/August
Tatransky, Valentin. Arts Magazine, June
Linker, Kate. Public Vision, Artforum, November

1983
Smith, Roberta. The Village Voice, February 15
Smith Roberta. The Whitney Biennial: Taking Consensus, The Village Voice, February 15
Linker, Kate. Artforum, May
Howell, John. New York Beat, December

1984
Kleyn, Robert. Protective Mimicry,Vanguard, March
Krainak, Paul. Art Comes to Marketplace Rock, Aquarian Weekly, April 25
Whitfield, Tony. Body Politic, New York Beat, May 9
Levin, Kim. We Remember MOMA, The Village Voice, May 22

1985
Kleyn, Robert. Cover Story, ZG Magazine, Spring, No.13, cover repro.

1986
Indiana, Gary. Talking Back, The Village Voice, February 11
Indiana, Gary. United States, The Village Voice, May 20

1987
Smith, Roberta. The New York Times, February 20
Brooks, Rosetta. Universal Pictures, Artscribe, March/April, pp.59-61, repro.
Zeaman, John. The latest 'art' for art's sake, The Record, April 12, pp.E1-E3, repro.
Wolff, Theodore F. Fun, flashy, fashionable, The Christian Science Monitor, April 16, pp. 22-23, repro.
Pincus, Robert L. Whitney Biennial Falters, The San Diego Union, April 19, pp.E1 & 10, repro.
Baker, Kenneth. Biennial With A Unity, San Francisco Chronicle, April 20
Pierson, Melissa. A Two Year Itch: Whitney Biennial, Artfinder, May
Cameron, Dan. The Whitney Biennial, Flash Art, Summer, No.135, pp. 86-87 repro.
Gardner, James. A Pleasant Walk Through the Whitney Biennial, The Commonwealth, June 5, pp.356-357, repro.
Westfall, Stephen. Nancy Dwyer at Josh Baer, Art In America, No.7, July, pp. 123-125, repro.
Christy, George. The Great Life, The Hollywood Reporter, August 6
Knight, Christopher. A cultural self-portrait, warts and all, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, August 7, p.41, repro.
Huntington, Richard. Gusto, September 18
Eau de Cologne, published by Monika Spruth, Koln, Germany, November, pp.26-27, repro.

1988
Smith, Roberta. Art: 'Media Post Media', A Show of 19 Women The New York Times, January 15
McCoy, Pat. ( of Ever-Ever Land i speak), Artscribe, January/February, pp.73-74, repro.
"Hardy, Ellen. Carlo Lamagna, Arts Magazine, February
Snap, The Los Angeles Times, February, p.92, repro.
Nugent, John Peer. Jay Chiat's Second Coming, The Los Angeles Times, February, p.125, repro.
Cyphers, Peggy. Women and Phenomenon, Cover Magazine, February, p.12, repro.
Miller, John. Reviews: 'Media Post Media',/i>, Artscribe Magazine, May
Taylor, Paul. Art, Object Lessons, House and Garden, October, p.68, repro.
Levin, Kim. The Last Word, The Village Voice, December 6, p.121
Weissman, Benjamin. Nancy Dwyer at Meyers/Bloom, Artforum, December, p.130, repro.
Atkins, Robert. New This Week, 7 Days, December 14, p.67
Nickas, Robert. Entropy and the New Objects, El Paseante, Issue no.10, December, p.64, color repro.

1989
Fehlau, Fred. Nancy Dwyer at Meyers/Bloom, Art Issues, January, p.25, repro.
Decter, Joshua. Nancy Dwyer at Josh Baer Gallery, Arts Magazine, February, p.104
Heartney, Eleanor. Nancy Dwyer at Josh Baer Gallery, Artnews, March, p.177, repro.
Artner, Alan G. Artist's Use of Words Gives New Translation, The Chicago Tribune, June 23, p.54, repro.
Tucker, Marcia. Nancy Dwyer Makes Trouble, Artforum, November, cover and 6 repros., p.14
Pixi, G. Nancy Dwyer, Juliet Magazine, February, p.42, repro.

1990
Dalesio, di Gabriella. Voglio Dare Voce E Spazio Alla Marginalita, Cultura Arte, November, pp.90-92, repro. 91
Smith, Roberta. Nancy Dwyer, Review, The New York Times, October 19, p. C36
Nancy Dwyer, The New Yorker, Galleries-SOHO Review, October 7, p.22
Jones, Alan. Nancy Dwyer, Arts Magazine, Review, December, p.100, repro. p.99
Kalina, Richard. Nancy Dwyer at Josh Baer, Art in America, December, pp.166-167, repro. p.167
Cullinan, Helen. Take Them at Their Word, The Plain Dealer, December 31, C1, repro.
Non, ce n'est pas une chaise, c'est de l'art, Bon A Tirer, December, p.58, repro.
Brass, Perry. Word Art at the Aldrich, Ridgefield Press, December, p.13, repro.
Raynor, Vivien. Medium and Message Blend in 'Language and Art' at Aldrich, The New York Times, November, p.26, repro.
Denizot, Rene. Et Dieu Dans Tout Ca?, Galeries Magazine, Oct/Nov., pp. 127-29, repro.
Meyers, Terry R. Nancy Dwyer, Lapiz, Vol. 73, p. 75, repro.
Cullinan, Helen, Take Them at Their Word, Review, The Plain Dealer, December 31, repro.

1991
Nancy Dwyer, Review, Atelier, January, p.36, repro.
Nancy Dwyer, Review, Contemporanea, No. 24, January, p.96, repro.
Medford, Sarah. Letter Perfect, Harper's Bazaar, February, p. 172, 182.
Nancy Dwyer, Review, Artscribe, January/February, p.86, repro.
Night Lines at the Centraal Museum, Flash Art , March/April, repro.
Zahm, Olivier. No, not that one. It's not a Chair, Review, Art Press, March, p. 100.
A Pot of Gold, Rainbows for Interview Magazine, March, p. 111, repro.
Het woord als Kunst, Utrechts Nieuwsbland, April 26, p. 5, repro.
Wieczorek, Marek. 'Night Lines' Turns Utrecht Into Vegas North, The Journal of Art, September, p. 11, repro.
Turner, Jonathan. Night Lines, ARTnews, Reviews, Vol. 90, No. 8, October, p. 145.
Worte um Bilder, Westdeutsche Zeitung WZ, Vol. 27, No. 5, repro.
Sich Buchstablich der Kunst Annahern, Wuppertal Magazin, July, repro.
Kandel, Susan. Art Reviews: Nancy Dwyer, Los Angeles Times, November 1, p. F18.
Lauf, Cornelia. Neon Lights Artscribe, Nov/Dec, p. 84, repro.
Cameron, Dan. The Accidental Spectator, Parkett, No. 30, pp.160-164, repro.

1992
Ardenne, Paul. Nancy Dwyer, Art Press, Issue 167, March, repro.
Zahm, Olivier. Paris: Nancy Dwyer, Artforum, April, pp. 107-108, repro
Nancy Dwyer Review, The New Yorker, November 16, p. 20
Levin, Kim. Nancy Dwyer, Village Voice, Voice Choice, Dec.1,p.65

1993
Litt, Steven. A Gateway for Public Art, The Plain Dealer (Cleveland), January 10
Heartney, Elenor. FIAC 93: New York and the Art of Survival, Art Press, No.184, October, pp.E7-E10, repro.
Torri, Maria Grazia. Peccato Di Novita, Flash Art (Italian) no.179, November, p.85

1994
Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter. And When They Were Bad..., Los Angeles Times, January 16, pp. 4,77
Smith, Roberta. A Raucous Caucus of Feminists Being Bad, The New York Times, January 21, p.C5
Hess, Elizabeth. And Everything Nice?, Village Voice, February 1
Knight, Christopher, 'Bad Girls': Feminism on Wry, Los Angeles Times, February 8
Baker, Kenneth. Bad Girs Do Cry, San Francisco Examiner-Chonicle, February 13
Plagens, Peter. Bad Girls For Goodness Sake, Newsweek , February 14, p.53
Baker, Kenneth. 'Bad Girs' in New York, San Francisco Chronical, February 27
Gallery Go Round, Paper magazine. February
Repro.,The Hartford Courant, April 6
Zimmer, William. 'Everything I Say Is Art Is Art', She Said, The New York Times, May 1, repro.

1996
DiCosta, Giovanna, Review, Flash Art, No196, Feb/Mar. , repro.
Yablonsky, Linda Nancy Dwyer, TimeOut, Issue no.32-May1-8, p23, repro.
Muchnic, Suzanne Hot Off the Inkjet, Los Angeles Times, June 6, Section F
Karen S.Chambers. Arts & Letters,Upper and Lower Case-The International Journal of Graphic Design and Digital Media, Volume 23, Number 1, Summer 1996, p.22 (repro.)

1997
Elizabeth Licata, Nancy Dwyer: Coming DownTo Words,review and interview, Artvoice (Buffalo, NY), Vol.8, Issue 8, Cover illustration and page 3

1998
Ken Johnson, The New York Times, June 5
Ilka Scobie, The Monolith Um..., Artnet Magazine, featured review, July 17
Public Art in Review, Art In America Annual Guide 1998-99, p.38, photo
Grady T. Turner, Nancy Dwyer at Cristinerose, Art In America, November, p.97

2005
Steven Litt, Euclid Avenue Plans to Map Out Scenic Rouste, The Plain Dealer, January 26, 2005

2009
Cotter, Holland. At the Met, Baby Boomers Leap Onstage. The New York Times. 23 April 2009.
Weaver, Thomas James. Met Show Features Faculty' Artist's Work. University of Vermont, 6 May 2009.


CATALOGS AND BOOKS

1982
Lawson, Thomas. A Fatal Attraction, Art and Media
Olander, William. Face It: 10 Contemporary Artists, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

1983
Image Scavengers, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philidelphia, PA, December 8, 1982-January 30, 1983

1987
Jones, Ronald. The Beauty of Circumstance Josh Baer Gallery
The Painting And Sculpture Collection: Acquisitions Since 1972, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, published and edited by Paul Anbinder, p.124, repro.

1988
Media Post Media, curated by Collins and Milazzo, Scott Hanson Gallery, NYC, pp.16-17, repro.
Cultural Geometry, organized by the Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, DEKA Foundation, House of Cyprus, Athens, Greece, p.48, repro.
Artschwager, His Peers and Persuasion 1963-1988, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, pp.36-37, repro.
Drohojowska, Hunter. Stop Yelling at Me-Nancy Dwyer Solo Exhibition, Meyers/Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica, CA and Josh Baer Gallery, NYC, pp.4-13, repro.

1989
What Does She Want? Current Feminist Art from the First Bank Collection, curated by Lynne Sowder, Carleton Art Gallery, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, and Women's Art Registry, Minneapolis, MN, p.10,repro
Prospect '89, curated by Peter Weiermaier, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt Am Main, West Germany, pp. 70-71, repro. p.71, pp.247-248
Psychological Abstraction, curated by DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art", Athens, Greece, pp.10 & 27, repro.

1990
Cabrita Reis, Gerardo Burmeister, Nancy Dwyer, Stephan Huber, Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Lisbon, Portugal, p.14, repro.
Word As Image: American Art 1960-1990, essays by Gerry Biller, Russell Bowman and Dean Sobel, published by the Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, repro. p. 44
Crossing the Line: Word and Image in Art, 1960-1990, essay by Mary Davis MacNaughton,
published by Montgomery Gallery, Pomona Gallery
Word Perfect, Curatorial Laboratory Project #3, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

1991
Word & #s, essays by Barry Rosenberg and Carol A. Nathanson, Museum of Contemporary Art,
Wright State University, Dayton, OH
Bild und Wort in der Kunst Heurt, Von der Heydt-Museum,Wuppertal, Germany
Night Lines, essay by Ellen de Bruijne, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Beyond the Frame ed. Deirdre Summerbell, Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo
The Refco Collection Essays by Eleanor Heartney, Anne Rorimer and James Yood, Chicago, IL
Constructions of Meaning essay by Peter F. Spooner, University Galleries, llinois State University, Normal, IL
Formica and Design; From the Countertop to High Art, ed. Susan Grant Lewin, Rizzoli, New York
Heckling Catalog (FluxAttitudes), designed by Nancy Dwyer, ed. by Cornelia Lauf and Susan Hapgood,
Imscoot Uitgevers, Gent, Belgium

1993
A Collection: Made in the USA, Caldic Collection, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Pecato Di Novita (The Sin of Novelty), essay by Francesca Pasini., Galleria Emi Fontana, Milan, Italy
The Edge of the Millenium ed. Susan Yelavich, Cooper Hewitt National Museum of Design,Smithsonian Institution
Die Sprache der Kunst (the Language of Art) ed. Toni Stooss, Kunsthalle Wien, Austria

1994
Translucent Writings, ed.Desiree Scheller, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
Bad Girls (designed Bad Girls "smile" logo)ed.Marcia Tucker, The New Museum of Contemporary Art and MIT Press

1996
Say What?, essay by Nancy Weekly, Burchfield-Penny Art Center, Buffalo, NY

1998
Nancy Dwyer- Lost For Words, essay by Rosetta Brooks, ed. by Cristina Paravicini, Cristinerose Gallery, NYC

2001
Coming Up Next..., essay by Justin Patin, Chief Curator, Dunedin Public Art Gallery

2003
Allure Electronica, Wood Street Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

2005
City Arts: Public Art in New York City, essay by Elenor Heartney

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New York Times
March 2013

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Artforum
September 2009

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The Burlington free press
June 2009

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University of Vermont
May 2009

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New York Times
April 2009

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