Lisa Nankivil
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Contact Information
contact name: Lisa Nankivil
phone: (612) 281-1224
email: lisanankivil@msn.com
location address:
Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art
250 Third Avenue North, Studio 300
Minneapolis, MN 55401
open to public: yes
hours: by appointment
mailing address:
same
Similar Artists:
Lisa Nankivil works in the modernist tradition of European and American abstraction.
Related Organizations:
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Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art, Minneapolis
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Highpoint Editions, Minneapolis
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Minneapolis College of Art and Design
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Center for Independent Artists, Minneapolis
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Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, St. Paul
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Artists Space, New York
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Experience
EDUCATION:
1993-95 Minneapolis College of Art and Design, BFA/Painting
1991-92 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
RELATED ACTIVITIES & COMMUNITY SERVICE:
2009 Exhibition co-curator, "X LIBRIS: The Re-Purposed Book," Traffic Zone Gallery, Minneapolis
2008 Guest lecturer, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
2002-present MFA Mentor, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Master of Fine Arts Program
2000-06, 2009-present Board of Directors, Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art, Minneapolis; Chair, 2004-05
2000 Guest artist, "Compleat Scholar" Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Awards
FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS:
2004-05 Jerome Foundation Fellowship
Exhibitions/Performance History
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2009
Famously Private: New Work by Lisa Nankivil, Traffic Zone Gallery, Minneapolis
2008
Lisa Nankivil: World's Edge, Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago
2005
Lisa Nankivil: Betty & Veronica, Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago
2002-03
Lisa Nankivil: Recent Paintings, Winona Arts Center, Winona, Minn.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2010
Art Chicago 2010, Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago
Baltimore Fair for Contemporary Prints & New Editions, Baltimore Museum of Art, Highpoint Editions (Minneapolis)
Sustainable Currents, Traffic Zone Gallery, Minneapolis
2009
Red Dot Art Fair, Miami, Florida, Myers Contemporary (Annapolis, Md.)
Editions/Artists' Books Fair 2009, X Initiative, New York City, Highpoint Editions (Minneapolis)
Dirty Dozen, Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago
Halpert Biennial '09, Turchin Center for Visual Arts, Boone, N.C.
Southeast Minnesota Regional Art Exhibition, St. Mary's University, Winona, Minn.
Art Chicago 2009, Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago
2008
Music & Art, Performance/concert series, Chelsea Art Museum, New York City
Editions/Artists' Books Fair 2008, The Tunnel, New York City, Highpoint Editions (Minneapolis)
Highpoint Editions: Recent Publications, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis
Group Dialogue, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Abstraction: Summer 2008, Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago
Art Chicago 2008, Thomas McCormick Gallery (Chicago) & Highpoint Editions (Minneapolis)
2007-08
Out West: The Great American Landscape, Meridian International Center, Washington, D.C.; National Art Museum of China, Beijing; Gallery of Sinkiang Academy of Arts, Urumqi; Shanxi Art Museum, Xi'an; Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai; Qingdao Modern Art Center, Qingdao; Guangzhou Museum of Fine Arts, Guangzhou; Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Center, Hong Kong; Dana Gallery, Missoula, Mont.
2007
Art Miami 2007, Miami, Florida, Thomas McCormick Gallery (Chicago)
Taizo Kuroda, Kumiko Namba, and Lisa Nankivil, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
In the Zone, Traffic Zone Gallery, Minneapolis
Art Chicago 2007, Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago
2006-07
Spirited Expressions, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2006
Emergence, Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art, Minneapolis
Spring Forward, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Art Chicago 2006, Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago
2005
Michael Gaughan / Kirk McCall / Abinadi Meza / Lisa Nankivil, Jerome Foundation Fellowship Exhibition, MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis
Art Chicago 2005, Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago
2004
Art Chicago 2004, Navy Pier, Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago
Los Angeles Art Show (FADA), Thomas McCormick Gallery (Chicago)
2002
Art on the Town, Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art, Minneapolis
2000
Necessary Differences II, Soap Factory, Minneapolis
Minnesota Biennial: 2D 2000, Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul
1997
Other Realities, MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis
1996
The New Generation, Suzanne Kohn Gallery, St. Paul
Group Show, Acadia Gallery, Minneapolis
1995
Explorations, Paul Whitney Larson Gallery, University of Minnesota, St. Paul
Necessary Differences, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
PROJECTS & COMMISSIONS:
2009
Highpoint Editions, Minneapolis - Visiting artist
X LIBRIS: The Re-Purposed Book, Traffic Zone Gallery, Minneapolis - Co-curator, with Harriet Bart and Dennis Michael Jon
2008
Highpoint Editions, Minneapolis - Visiting artist
Collections
SELECTED PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis
Borusan Center for Culture and Arts, Istanbul, Turkey
Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis
Gary Lee Partners, Chicago, New York, & San Francisco
Harris Private Bank, Chicago
Leonard, Street and Deinard, Minneapolis
Missie Bender Design, Chicago
Northland Organic Foods, St. Paul
Palazzo Resort, Las Vegas, Nev.
Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis
Encantado Resort, Santa Fe, N.M.
Surdna Foundation, New York
Valspar, Minneapolis
William J. Clinton Foundation, New York & Little Rock, Ark.
Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, Chicago, & San Francisco
Steven & Dottie Diamant, Los Angeles
Luke Donald & Diane Antonopoulos, Northfield, Ill.
Leslie Hindman, Chicago
Kenneth & Phyllis Langsdorf, St. Louis, Mo.
Galleries
CURRENT REPRESENTATION:
Thomas McCormick Gallery
835 West Washington Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60607
tel. (312) 226-6800
www.thomasmccormick.com
Highpoint Editions
912 West Lake Street
Minneapolis, MN 55408
tel. (612) 871-1326
www.highpointprintmaking.org
Publications
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS:
Aamodt, Britt. “More than Words: The Re-purposed Book.” Exh. review. MNartists.org, September 10, 2009.
Abbe, Mary. “Turn of the Page.” Star Tribune, September 11, 2009, illus.
_____. "Art Review: A Gallery Crawl." Star Tribune, September 26, 2008, illus.
_____. “Biennial Redux, a Welcome Revival.” Star Tribune, May 5, 2000.
_____. In the Galleries. “Talking Pictures Tell the Stories in College Exhibition.” Star Tribune, January 18, 1997.
Aerial, Heidi. “’Necessary Differences II’ at the Soap Factory.” Pulse (Minneapolis), November 1-7, 2000.
Albright, Audrey. “Artists Capture the Great American West.” Exh. review. The World and I Online, March 2007, illus.
Briggs, Patricia. The A List. “Necessary Differences II” City Pages (Minneapolis), November 8, 2000.
_____. “Lisa Nankivil” In Lisa Nankivil: Betty & Veronica. Exh. cat. Chicago: Thomas McCormick Gallery, 2005.
Caniglia, Julie. The A List. “Other Realities.” City Pages (Minneapolis), January 22-29, 1997.
Fallon, Michael. "Future Anterior: Lisa Nankivil." ART PAPERS (January-February 2010): 61, illus.
_____. "Art of the State." City Pages, June 28, 2000.
Felien, Clea. “Other Realities” Southside Pride, January 1997.
Hanson, Doug. “These Artists are Doing it for Themselves.” Star Tribune, October 27, 2000, illus.
Hendricks, Bill. “It’s Been Too Long.” 2005 Jerome Foundation Fellowship Exhibition. Art Changes Lives (dot) Com, October 4, 2005.
Makholm, Kristin. “Lisa Nankivil.” In 2005 Jerome Foundation Fellowship Exhibition. Exh. cat. Minneapolis: Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 2005.
Mattera, Joanne. "Fair and Fair Like: Miami 2009." Review. Joanne Mattera Art Blog. December 18, 2009, illus.
_____. "Fair Factor: Art Miami." Review. Joanne Mattera Art Blog, December 10, 2007, illus.
McCullough, Ken. Obsidian Point: A Triptych. Cover illustration. Red Wing, Minn.: Lone Oak Press, 2003.
"My Picks: Luke Donald" Golfweek 34 (March 21, 2008).
Peterson, William. “Lisa Nankivil.” Exhibition essay. Santa Fe, N.M.: Gerald Peters Gallery, 2007.
Rahn, Meg. "A Conversation with Artist Lisa Nankivil." Interview. Presstime (Fall-Winter 2008): 4-5, illus.
Scott, Amy. Out West: The Great American Landscape. Exh. cat. Washington, D.C.: Meridian International Center, in cooperation with the National Art Museum of China, Beijing, 2007.
Traudes, Cristof. "Non-linear Lines." Downtown Journal, November 23, 2009.
Water-Stone Review 8 (2005): 290, illus.
Biographical Information
Country of Citizenship:
United States
Birth Place:
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Active Place:
Minneapolis-St. Paul; New York; Chicago; Santa Fe
Minnesota County:
Hennepin
Artist Information
Roles
Painter