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NANCY YOUDELMAN
Born: 1948, New York City
E d u c a t i o n
1973-1976 University of California, Los Angeles, M.F.A. conferred June 1976
1971-1973 California Institute of the Arts, B.F.A. conferred June 1973
1966-1971 California State University, Fresno, major study: English Literature, Costume & Make-up for the Theater and Art
S e l e c t e d E x h i b i t i o n s
2024 Lucy’s Coat & Other Mysteries, solo exhibition, ADZ Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
2024 Dreamwork, solo exhibition, as-is.la, Los Angeles, California
2024 She Laughs Back: Feminist Wit in 1970s, University Library Gallery, Sacramento State University, California
2023 Mapping an Art World: Los Angeles in the 1970s-80s, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
2023 The Feminist Art Program (1970-1975): Cycles of Collectivity, CalArts Redcat, Los Angeles
2023 Doll-Soul, ADZ Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
2023 Thresholds of Parameters, California State University, Fresno
2022 Body on the Line, Collection Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, New York City
2022 Women in the House, Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2022 Commemorating 50 Years Since Womanhouse, Anat Ebgi Gallery, Los Angeles
2022 Agency: Feminist Art & Power, curated by Karen Gutfreund, Museum of Sonoma County, Catalogue, Santa Rosa, California
2022 Let Me Talk, Brand Library & Art Center, Catalogue, Glendale, California
2021 Pearl Tree & Other Works, solo exhibition, The Fourth Wall, Catalogue, Oakland, California
2020 Out of Place: A Feminist Look at the Collection, Brooklyn Museum, New York
2020 Materia Medica, Francois Ghebaly, Los Angeles, California
2019 The Female Gaze, Women Surrealists in the Americas and Europe, Heather James Fine Art, New York, New York
2019 The Secret Lives of Dresses: Nancy Youdelman & Suzanne Lacke, The Fourth Wall, Oakland, California
2019 Suzanne Lacy: We Are Here, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California
2019 GARB, Art Center School of Design, Pasadena, California
2019 The Texture of Time & Memory, Clovis Community College, California
2018 Fashioning a Feminist Vision 1972-2017, solo exhibition, California State University, Northridge
2017 Fashioning a Feminist Vision 1972-2017, solo exhibition, catalogue Fresno Art Museum, California
2018 Bending Towards the Light of the Sun, Art Space Gallery, Fresno City College, California
2018 Beside Myself, JTT Gallery, curated by Dan Herschlein, New York, New York
2017 The Art of the Cooks of Peace Press, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2016-17 F*ck U in the Most Loving Way, Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, California
2016 Why Not Judy Chicago?, curated by Xabier Arakistain, CAPC Musée d'Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
2015 Why Not Judy Chicago?, curated by Xabier Arakistain, Alhóndiga Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
2015 Casting Shadows: Work in Dimension and Relief, Julie Heller Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2015 Cut of the Same Cloth, Nancy Youdelman and Arshag Amerkhanian, Jewel FM Art Gallery, Fresno, California
2015 XX Redux, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, California
2014-2015 Nancy Youdelman: Embellished, solo exhibition, Tai Modern, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2014 From There to Here: Nancy Youdelman, Four Decades as a Feminist Artist, solo exhibition, Borland Gallery, Pennsylvania State University
2014 A ‘Womanhouse’ or a Roaming House? ‘A Room of One’s Own’ Today, A.I.R. Gallery, Curated by Mira Schor, Brooklyn, New York
2014 Metamorphosis: Clothing and Identity, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, curated by Deborah Corsini, California
2014 Good Dog! Art of Man’s Best Friend, Turtle Bay Museum, Exploration Park, catalogue, Redding, California
2014 Equilibrium, Women’s Caucus for Art National Exhibition, catalogue, Chicago, Illinois
2013 Generations, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, catalogue, Tallahassee
2013 Bound, Phoenix Gallery, Women’s Caucus for Art National Exhibition, catalogue, New York, New York
2013 Dogs Are Forever, solo exhibition, Eight Modern, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2012 The Dearest Allen Series, Letters to Allen and Who Was Betty Potter?, solo exhibition, Gallery 25, Fresno California
2012 Honoring Women’s Rights, Women’s Caucus for Art, catalogue, Steinbeck Center, Salinas, California
2012 Momentum, 825 Gallery, Women’s Caucus for Art National Exhibition, catalogue, Los Angeles, California
2011 Coming Out of the Closet: Clothing Art as an Emergent Form, Mary Brogan Museum of Art & Science, Tallahassee, Florida
2011 Hidden Cities, New Century Artists Gallery, Women’s Caucus for Art National Exhibition, catalogue, New York, New York
2011 unCommon Threads, El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance California
2011 Outside the Realm, solo exhibition, Eight Modern, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2010 Centennial Alumni Exhibition, Conley Art Gallery, California State University, Fresno
2009 A Studio of Their Own California State University, Fresno, curated by Dr. Laura Meyer
2008 Small Treasures, Fresno Art Museum, Curated by Michael Mazur, California
2008 30th Anniversary Exhibit, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California
2008 Assemblage, Gallery 25, Fresno, California
2008 Threads of Memory, solo exhibition, Eight Modern, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2007 Other People’s Memories-Found Photos, Mendocino College Art Gallery, Ukiah, California
2007 Women’s Work, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, California
2007 Modern Dimensions, Eight Modern, Sante Fe, New Mexico
2007 Clothing as Metaphor, Edna Carlsten Gallery, University of Wisconsin
2007 Exquisite Acts & Everyday Rebellions, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia
2006 Where Truth Lies, Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
2006 Clothing, Metaphor & Memory, Mohr Art Gallery at Finn Center, Community School of Music & Art, Mountain View, California
2006 Recent Work, Gallery 25, Fresno, California
2005 Nancy Youdelman, Mark Paron, Walter Robinson and Cara Alhadef, Chanel, San Francisco California, Sponsored by
SFMOMA, Chanel and Vanity Fair
2005 Assemblage, Merced Art Center, Merced, California
2004 Uncommon Threads, solo exhibition, University of California Center, Fresno, California
2004 Nancy Youdelman, Carolyn de Anda, Chris Sorenson Studio, Fresno, California
2004 Recent Work, Chris Sorenson Studio, Fresno, California
2003 Leaves 2003, installation, Conley Art Gallery, CSU Fresno, California
2002 Remembering, Artists Look at 9/11/01, Merced Arts Center, Merced, California
2002 Next Wave 2, Fresno Art Museum, California
2002 Four Generations of Armenian Artists, Fresno Art Museum, California
2002 Recent Work, University of California Center, Fresno, California
2002 Buttons and Beads, Oholone College, Fremont, California
2001 Five From Fresno, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California
2001 Then and Now—Women of the Feminist Art Program, 1970-71, Fresno Art Museum, California
2000 Lost Wax/Foundry Friends, Invitational Exhibit, California State University, Fresno
2000 Faculty Exhibition, California State University, Fresno
2000 Disembodied Garments, solo exhibition, curated by Jaquelin Pilar, Fresno Art Museum, California
1999 Nancy Youdelman/Nancie Holliday, Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, California
1999 Faculty Exhibition, Art Space Gallery, Fresno City College, California
1998 New Members, Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, California
1998 Clothing Transformations, Fresno Pacific University, California
1997 Fresno Art Museum, with Robert Cremean & Olga de Amaral, California
1996 Feminist Directions 1970/1996, curated by Amelia Jones and Laura Meyer, Sweeney Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside
1995 Nancy Youdelman, Assemblage, Fresno Air Terminal, California
1994 The Celebration of Women’s Art, California State University, Fresno
1994 USA Within Limits, Oficina Das Artes Do Livro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1994 22 Years in the Studio, Artist-in-Residence, Fresno Art Museum, California
1992 500 Years Since Columbus, Triton Art Museum, Santa Clara, California
1990 Solo exhibition, Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1989 40 Years of California Assemblage, Traveling exhibition, Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles
1988 Presentation—Conception/Perception, Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, Fullerton Museum, California
1987 Solo exhibition, Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1986 Southern California Assemblage: Past and Present, College of Creative Studies Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara
1986 Southern California Assemblage: Past and Present, Cabrillo College Gallery, Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, California
1986 California Institute of the Arts, Alumni Exhibition, Valencia, California
1985 58F Plaza-A Time Remembered, California State University, Fullerton
1984 Hold Everything, Palos Verdes Art Center, California
1984 Metro Rail Consultants, Los Angeles, California
1983 At Home, Long Beach Museum of Art, California
1982 Art and Survival, curated by Sandy Ballatore, Traction Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1981 LAVA 81, curated by Melinda Wortz, Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, Los Angeles, California
1983 Solo exhibition, Molly Barnes Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1981 Queen of Glass, solo exhibition, Downtown Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1981 Sleeping Beauty, Loyola Marymount University, Westchester, California
1980 Shattered Glass, solo exhibition, Dunaway O’Neil Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1978 The Object Observed, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, California
1978 The Subject is Object, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1978 Garment Works, Santa Ana College Art Gallery, California
1977 William DeLappa, Nancy Youdelman and Los Four, Fine Arts Gallery, Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, California
1977 100+ - Current Directions in Southern California Art, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Century City, California
1977 Attitudes Toward Space: Environmental Art, Mount Saint Mary’s College, Los Angeles, California
1975 Impetus: The Creative Process, curated by Josine Ianco Starrels, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, California
1975 Gallery as Studio, Lang Art Center, Scripps College, Claremont, California
1975 Assemblage and Collage in Southern California, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Century City, California
1975 Women in the Printing Arts, Woman’s Building, Los Angeles
1975 First Annual Photography Show, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, California
1975 Self Portrait Show, Woman’s Building, Los Angeles
1975 Robert Goulart, Janice Lester and Nancy Youdelman, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Norwalk, California
1975 Self Portraits, solo exhibition, Vanguard Gallery, Fullerton, California
1974 Tableaux: Remnants, solo exhibition, Grandview Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1974 First Annual California Sculpture Exhibition, cash prize winner, California State University, Northridge
1974 Sixth Annual Small Images Show, California State University, Los Angeles
1974 Sculpture & Assemblage, Art Rental Gallery, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
1974 Invitational Drawing Show, 58-F Plaza Gallery, Orange, California\
1973 Make-up Show, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia
1973 Opening Invitational, Womanspace, Los Angeles, California
1973 Costume Show, California State University, Fresno
1973 Women U.S.A., Laguna Beach Museum of Art, California
1973 Sixteenth Annual Art Unlimited, Downey Art Museum, California
1972 Fifth Annual Small Images Show, Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles
1972 Womanhouse, Los Angeles, project of the Feminist Art Program at California Institute of the Arts, Valencia
1972 I Tried Everything, collaborative work with Suzanne Lacy, Dori Atlantis, Jan Lester, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia
1971 First Exhibition, Feminist Art Studio, Rap Weekend, Fresno, California
P r o f e s s i o n a l E x p e r i e n c e , R e s i d e n c i e s , G r a n t s
Recent acquisitions: The Museum of Modern Art in New York City purchased I Tried Everything”, (1972) for their permanent collections. Also, the Brooklyn Museum and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art acquired works for their collections.
Keynote speaker, California Art Education Association Conference, Anaheim California, November 5, 2021
Panelist for Judy Chicago event sponsored by the Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art, de Young Museum, San Francisco, November 10, 2021
Zoom Studio Visit, National Museum for Women in the Arts, October 28, 2021
Panelist, Feminist Art, Here & Now, California State University Northridge, moderated by Betty Ann Brown, November 10, 2018
Recipient, Tree of Life Foundation Grant, 2016
Presenter, Ninth Annual Encaustic Conference, June 5 – 7, 2015, Provincetown, Massachusetts
Six-week teaching residency at Penn State, Feb 25 – April 7, 2014. The course, Judy Chicago @PSU, Art, Pedagogy, Exhibition & Research, facilitated by Dr. Karen Keifer-Boyd and Nancy Youdelman and featured an exhibition Out of Here, with student work created during the course.
Presenter for Judy Chicago Symposium. Feminist Art Education April 5 & 6, 2014.
Guest Lecturer, Florida State University, February 29, 2012
Honored at a special event at the Getty Center for artists included in Lyn Kienholz’s book, LA Rising: SoCal Artists Before 1980, December 7, 2010
Guest presenter at the opening of Through the Flower's (Judy Chicago’s foundation) exhibition Home Sweet Home, in Belen, New Mexico, August 7, 2010
Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation Visual Artist Grant Recipient 2007
2006-08 Chairperson of the Fresno Art Museum’s Council of 100. Organized in 1986, the Council is a unique organization devoted to recognizing outstanding women in the arts. Working in collaboration with the Fresno Art Museum, the Council has garnered recognition for its Distinguished Woman Artist Award. Fresno’s was the first museum in the country to create a serious program featuring the work of important women artists.
Chair of Symposium Committee for American Originals: A Lifetime of Art, a panel discussion on September 9, 2006 with June Wayne, Ruth Weisberg, Rachel Rosenthal, Bella Feldman, Inez Storer, Angie Bray, Olga Seem & Junko Chodos, Fresno Art Museum
Lecture, Community School of Music & Art, Mountain View, California, February, 2006
Pollock/Krasner Foundation Grant Recipient 2005
Full-Time Lecturer, California State University, Fresno, Department of Art & Design, Sculpture, 1999-2013
Adjunct Faculty, Art Department, State Center Community College District, 1995-2007
Artist Lecture, Ohlone College, Fremont, California, January, 2002
Artist Lecture and graduate student workshop, California State University, Northridge, September, 2001
Feminist Art Symposium, March 1-3, 2001, California State University, Fresno. Lead panelist and member of planning committee, commemorating the 30 year anniversary of the first feminist art class taught by Judy Chicago in 1970-71
Staff member, Fresno Art Museum, education department, 1994-99
Artist in Residence, Fresno Art Museum, 1994
Graphic artist, New West Magazine, Beverly Hills, California, 1978-80
C.E.T.A. Artist Grant, member of L.A.C.E., 1978
Guest Artist, Cerro Coso College, Ridgecrest, California, 1977
Guest Lecturer, Western Washington State, 1977
Photo Editor for Our Own Hands: A History of the Women Artist’s Movement in Southern California, published by Double X, 1976-77
Member of Double X, a group of women artists in Southern California dedicated to cultural and educational projects reflecting a feminist philosophy, 1975-77
Teacher at Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, 1976
Teaching Assistant in sculpture at UCLA, 1974-76
Member of Grandview Gallery, a feminist co-op gallery, Woman’s Building, 1973-75
Writer for Artweek, 1974-75
Artistic Consultant for the Rolling Stones concert, Los Angeles, July, 1975
F e m i n i s t A r t P r o g r a m:
Original student in the first feminist art class for women only that was organized and taught by Judy Chicago at California State University, Fresno in 1970. Continued with the Feminist Art Program at Cal-Arts with faculty members Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro, 1971-73.
W o m a n h o u s e:
Students and faculty of the program at Cal-Arts worked together and transformed an abandoned mansion into an environment reflecting the dreams, ideas and emotions of women. Related performances were presented during the exhibition of Womanhouse, January 21-February 27, 1972. This collaborative project received international media attention and has been covered in numerous books as well as a documentary film that was made by Johanna Demitracas.
Selected Bibliography
Dinsdale, Emily, Judy Chicago on Her Radical Feminist Art Project, Womanhouse, Dazed, Online Journal, https://www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/55976/1/judy-chicago-on-her-radical-feminist-art-project-womanhouse May 5, 2022
Dendinger, Julie M., Mid-Century Mainstay to Reflect Artists’ Exploration of Home, Valencia County News-Bulletin, https://news-bulletin.com/mid-century-mainstay-to-reflect-artists-exploration-of-home/ May 5, 2022
Brown, Betty Ann, One Work: Nancy Youdelman, Fashioning a Feminist Vision: 1972-2017, Art And Cake, Online Journal https://artandcakela.com/2018/11/05/one-work-nancy-youdelman-ellens-regret/ November 5, 2018
Mattera, Joanne, An Aggregate of Forces: 60 Women Artists Over 60, Joanne Mattera Art Blog, https://joannematteraartblog.blogspot.com/2017/08/an-aggregate-of-forces-60-women-artists.html August 2, 2017
Munro, Donald, Restyling Memories, The Munro Review, https://munroreview.com/2017/05/22/restyling-memories/ May 22, 2017
Nancy Youdelman: The Texture of Time and Memory, film, 18 minutes 57 seconds, written and directed by Julia Woli Scott, filmed and edited by CMAC (Community Access Media Collaborative) Fresno California, 2017
Peace Press, The Art of the Cooks of Peace Press, exhibition catalog, 2017
Fresno Art Museum, Fashioning a Feminist Vision 1972-2017, exhibition catalog, 2017
Julie Heller East, Casting Shadows, exhibition catalog, 2015
Chapman University, XX Redux: Revisiting a Feminist Collective, exhibition catalog, 2015
Harper, John, Good Dog! Art of Man’s Best Friend, exhibition catalog, 2014
Landi, Ann, Nancy Youdelman, Eight Modern, ARTnews, Summer, 2013
Hoel, Hannah, Dogs Are Forever, THE Magazine, May, 2013
McLister, Iris, Nancy Youdelman, Visual Art Source, May, 2013
McGraw, Kate, For the Love of Dogs, The Albuquerque Journal North, April 12, 2013
Limon, Enrique, And They Call it Puppy Love, Santa Fe Reporter, April 10, 2013
Women’s Caucus for Art, Bound, exhibition catalog, 2013
Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Generations, exhibition catalogue, 2012
Women’s Caucus for Art, Honoring Women’s Rights, exhibition catalog, 2012
Women’s Caucus for Art, Momentum, exhibition catalog, 2012
Fields, Jill, Entering the Picture, Judy Chicago, The Feminist Art Program, and The Collective Visions of Women Artists, essay by Nancy Youdelman, pgs. 64-77, Routledge, 2012
The Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science, Coming Out of the Closet: Clothing as an Emergent Form, exhibition catalogue, 2011
Singh, Abhilasha, Outside the Realm, ArtSlant, August 14, 2011
La Palma, Marina, Nancy Youdelman: Outside The Realm, THE Magazine, September 2011
Eight Modern, Nancy Youdelman Outside the Realm, exhibition catalog, 2011
Kienholz, Lyn, LA Rising: So Cal Art Before 1980, California Arts Foundation, 2011
Women’s Caucus for Art, Hidden Cities, exhibition catalog, 2011
Batson, Jill, Dress to Transgress, The New Mexican, April 11, 2008
McGraw, Kate, Castoffs Reinvented, Albuquerque Journal, April 11, 2008
Walker, Hollis, The Women Behind the Art, Albuquerque Journal (Santa Fe North section), May 2, 2008
Statton, Liza, Nancy Youdelman: Threads of Memory, THE Magazine, June 2008
Munro, Donald, Art That Clicks, The Fresno Bee, June 22, 2008
Munro, Donald, For Youdelman, Connecting Through Art, The Fresno Bee Beehive, August 25, 2008
CSUF University Journal Online, Newsmakers: Nancy Youdelman, video interview, October 2008
Walker, Hollis, “We Are What We Wear, and Hide in Our Closet”, Santa Fe/North, May 25, 2007
Tanenbaum, Molly, “Metallic Memories”, Mountain View Voice, February 3, 2006
Nancy Youdelman, Sculpture, Exhibition catalogue, essay by Gail Levin, Community School of Music and Art, Mountain View, California, 2006
Mike Kelley, Foul Perfection, edited by John C. Welchman, Cambridge and London, MIT Press, 2003
Strumwasser, Gina, “Nancy Youdelman”, The Muse, Fresno Art Museum, Summer, 2002
Jones, Amelia & Meyer, Laura, Feminist Directions 1970/1996, Exhibition Catalogue, Sweeney Art Gallery, University of Riverside, 1996
Broude, Norma & Garrard, Mary D., The Power of Feminist Art, Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1994
Hale, David, “Artwork Pays Tribute to Women of Yesterday”, Fresno Bee, February 21, 1994
La Palma, Marina, “Material Implications, Nancy Youdelman, Ovsey Gallery”, Artweek, May 10, 1990
Muchnic, Suzanne, “Vintage Memories: Nancy Youdelman”, Los Angeles Times, May 4, 1990
Wight Art Gallery, UCLA, Forty Years of California Assemblage, Exhibition catalog, 1989 p. 226
Raczka, Robert, Fullerton Museum Center Re: Presentation – Conception/Perception, Exhibition Catalogue, October 1988
Quinn, William, “UCLA Grad, Nancy Youdelman’s Art Showing”, UCLA Daily Bruin, May 11, 1987
Askey, Ruth, “Nancy Youdelman”, ArtScene, May, 1987
Muchnic, Suzanne, Los Angeles Times, May 8, 1987
Welles, Eleanor, “Fantasies of the Past”, Artweek, February 26, 1983, p. 5
Wolfe, Gretchen, “Nancy Youdelman: Shattered Glass” Fiber Arts, January 1980, p. 74
Iskin, Ruth E., “Shattered Illusions of History”, Artweek, January, 26, 1980
O’Conner, Maureen, “Form Follows Fashion”, Artforum, December 1979
Brown, Sheridan, “Art In Her Fashion”, Women’s Wear Daily, July 5, 1979
Wilson, William, “A Still Life Chop Suey at Barnsdall”, Los Angeles Times, September 24, 1978
Askey, Ruth, “Double X Curates Women’s Show”, Artweek, July 29, 1978
Askey, Ruth, “Nancy Youdelman”, Visual Dialog, Winter, 1977-78
“The Nation”, Art News, March 1977, p.92
Askey, Ruth, “Six Artists, Six Spaces, Artweek, February 5, 1977
Wilding, Faith, “24 Women Making Art”, Artweek, January 15, 1977
Wilson, William, “Art Walk”, Los Angeles Times, December 5, 1975
App, Timothy, “Gallery As Studio”, Artweek, November 1, 1975
Wortz, Melinda, “Women’s Art Experiences”, Artweek, September 9, 1975
Polak, Clark, “The Surfacing of L.A. Artists”, Los Angeles Free Press, April 11, 1975
Notebloom, Stan J., “Nancy Youdelman’s Self Portraits”, Artweek, February 1, 1975
King, Susan, “Lester and Youdelman”, Artweek, May 11, 1974
Wilson, William, “Works to the Rafters in Women’s Building”, Los Angeles Times, May 3, 1974
Wortz, Melinda, Artweek, March 2, 1974
Ostrow, Ricki, “Personal Subtle Messages in ‘Small Images’ Exhibit”, Cal State L.S. Newspaper, January 8, 1974