RESUME
Born
1948, New York City, NY
Education
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 1973Selected One Person Exhibitions
2008 Threads of Memory, Eight Modern, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2006 Recent Work, Gallery 25, Fresno, California
2006 Clothing, Metaphor & Memory, Mohr Art Gallery at Finn Center,
Community School of Music & Art, Mountain View, California
2004 Recent Work, Chris Sorenson Studio, Fresno, California
2003 Leaves 2003, installation, Conley Art Gallery, Fresno, California
2002 Recent Work, University of California Center, Fresno, California
2000 Disembodied Garments, Curated by Jaquelin Pilar, Fresno Art Museum, California
1998 Clothing Transformations, Fresno Pacific University, California
1995 Nancy Youdelman, Assemblage, Fresno Air Terminal, California
1994 22 Years in the Studio, Artist-in-Residence, Fresno Art Museum, California
1990 Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1987 Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1983 Molly Barnes Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1981 Queen of Glass, Downtown Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1981 Sleeping Beauty, Loyola Marymount University, Westchester, California
1980 Shattered Glass, Dunaway O’Neil Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1975 Self Portraits, Vanguard Gallery, Fullerton, California
1974 Tableaux-Remnants, Grandview Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 From the Center: Now!, Woman Made Gallery, juried by Lucy R. Lippard, exhibition catalogue, Chicago, Illinois
2009 A Studio of Their Own: The Legacy of the Fresno Feminist Experiment, Conley Art Gallery,
California State University, Fresno, Curated by Dr. Laura Meyer, exhibition catalogue
2008 Small Treasures, Fresno Art Museum, California
2008 30th Anniversary Exhibit, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California
2008 Assemblage, Gallery 25, Fresno, California
2007 Other People’s Memories-Found Photos: A Dialog with the Anonymous,
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
2005 Nancy Youdelman, Mark Paron, Walter Robinson and Cara Alhadeff, Chanel Boutique,
Maiden Lane, San Francisco California, Sponsored by SFMOMA, Chanel and Vanity Fair
2005 Assemblage, Merced Art Center, Merced, California
2004 Uncommon Threads, University of California Center, Fresno, California
2004 Nancy Youdelman, Carolyn de Anda, Chris Sorenson Studio, 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 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 Bronze Exhibit, California State University, Fresno
2000 Faculty Exhibition, California State University, Fresno
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
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
1994 The Celebration of Women’s Art, California State University, Fresno
1994 USA Within Limits, Oficina Das Artes Do Livro, San Paulo, Brazil
1992 500 Years Since Columbus, Triton Art Museum, Santa Clara, 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 Center, Fullerton, California
1987 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, Santa Cruz, 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
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
Professional Experience, Residencies, Grants
• 2009 Artist lecture and panelist during symposium for A Studio of Their Own, organized by Dr. Laura Meyer
September 17 & 18, California State University Fresno and the Fresno Art Museum
• 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. It is a coveted
award that has brought the Fresno Art Museum statewide and national recognition. Fresno’s was the first museum
in the country to create a serious program featuring the work of important women artists in what was a male
dominated art world
• 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, at the Fresno Art Museum
• Artist Lecture, Community School of Music & Art, Mountain View, California, February, 2006
• Pollock/Krasner Foundation Grant Recipient 2005
• Lecturer, California State University, Fresno, Department of Art & Design, Sculpture, 1999-present
• 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 in the Woman’s Building, 1973-75
• Writer for Artweek, 1974-75
• Artistic Consultant for the Rolling Stones concert, Los Angeles, July, 1975
Feminist Art Program
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.
Womanhouse
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.