Distillations

Nancy Goldring was a founding director of Sculpture in the Environment (SITE, Inc.) from 1970-1973 where she wrote for On Site magazine and developed concepts for public art projects. A ground-breaking collaborative at the time, SITE strove to develop a way of conjoining art and architectural practice that would profoundly influence future developments in the area of public art. Goldring was among the first to devise large scale, site specific, slide projection installations in the late 1970s and continued developing the medium to eventually include sound components. The installations were devised for museums (Southeast Museum of Photography, Lyman Allyn Museum, and the Houston Center of Photography) as well as gallery spaces. Her work has been associated with the avant garde architects of the 1970s whose major focus was on drawing, and in particular, those in Italy concerned with rendering design concepts rather than building them. The core of her work is essentially a graphic one. Her experimental process of combining analog images with graphic ones was groundbreaking (See Photography of Invention: American Pictures in the 1980s, Joshua Smith and Mary Foresta Smithsonian, 1989). This kind of collaging was later adapted by photoshop but produces very different results. In retrospect her work seems prescient. Goldring was among the very few women working between art and architecture in the early 1970s, and in many ways helped to open the area for more women.

HONORS AND AWARDS
Residency, Bogliasco Foundation 2018
Curator, American Institute of Architecture, Annual exhibition, Summer 2013
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, 2013
NYFA Emergency Grant 2012
The Distinguished Scholar Award, Spring 2003, Montclair State University
Santa Fe Art Institute, Artist’s Residency, Spring 2002
Fulbright Southeast Asia Fellowship, 1994-1995
New York State Council on the Arts, Inter-Arts collaboration with Ze’Eva Cohen, 1986-7
Polaroid 20 x 24 Camera, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
Fulbright Fellowship, University of Florence, Italy, 1967-68
   

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ISBN: 978-1-954081-66-6
Binding: Hardbound
Pages: 120pp
Publication Date: Fall 2022
Size: 11.8” x 8.5” Landscape
World Rights: Available

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

Reflessi di Storia CFT Collection, Permanent exhibition, Parma, Italy from Dec. 2019
Photographic work by Nancy Goldring, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, New York, Sept-Nov, 2018
Nancy Goldring: Urban Amnesia, Casa Achada,Centro Mariodionisio, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2016
Projections: Place without Description by Nancy Goldring, Devi Art Foundation, The Sarai Center for Developing
Studies,
sponsored by Goethe House and Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Delhi, 2012-2013
Vanishing Points (Punti di Fuga), The Monitor Space, Casa di Architettura, Rome,
April 2012: Galleria Martini Ronchetti, Genoa Sept. Jan 2013
Nancy Goldring, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY, Sept 2010
The Last Days of Print Culture, European Institute, Columbia University, NY, Sept 2009
Lo Studiolo di Nancy Goldring, Palazetto di Eucherio Sanvitale, Parma, Italy, Sept 2008
Sense of Place, KIKA Gallery, Parma, Italy, Sept 2008
Palimpsest, Gallery 138, New York City, March 2006
Palinsesto, Palazzo Pigorini, Parma, Italy, Feb -April, 2005, catalog with essays by David Levi Strauss,
Paolo Barbaro (Mazzotta Ed.)
Nancy Goldring, Foto Fo, International Month of Photography, Galerie Z, Bratislava, Czech Republic, cat. repro, Nov
2003
Duet, San Vitale, Comune di Parma, Italy, cat. essay by Paolo Barbaro, Sept 2003
Legend, Lyman Allen Museum, New London, CT, Sept 2002
Foto Fest, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX, March 2002
Sites and Sets, Baruch College, Sept 2001
Distillations, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL, Oct 2000
DIF, web gallery, University of Houston, March 2000
Distillations, National Centre for Photography as an Art Form, Bombay, India, Nov 1997
The Ocular Proof, ACTA International, Rome Italy, Oct-Nov 1996
Speculations, R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO, April 1996
Cibachrome Foto-Projections, Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO, March 1994
Foto-Projections, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, Sept-Oct 1993
Dream Stills, Jayne H. Baum Gallery, New York, March-May 1993
Images of Myanmar: Inle Lake and Pagan, Arts for Transit, Grand Central Station, New York,
April-June 1992
Cibachrome Foto-Projections, Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO, March 1992
Drawings With Foto-Projections, Istituto d’Arte Dosso Dossi, Ferrara, Italy, Sept 1991
Drawings With Foto-Projections, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, March 1991
Nancy Goldring, Jayne H Baum Gallery, New York, Dec 1990
Nancy Goldring: Recent Works, Cox Gallery, Drury College, Springfield, MO, Oct 1988
University of California, Berkeley, Extension at San Francisco, March-June 1988
Nancy Goldring, Jayne H Baum Gallery, New York, Feb-March 1988
Settings, Michael Bennett Gallery, New York, Nov-Dec 1986
Nancy Goldring, Istituto d’Arte Dosso Dossi, Ferrara, Italy, June –July 1986
Mostra Nancy Goldring, Galleria San Fedele, Milan, Italy, May-June 1986
Recurrences, A&M Artworks, New York, Nov-Dec 1984
Studio on Stromboli, Mississippi Museum of Art, The Open Gallery, Jackson, MS, March -April 1983
Drawings with Foto-Projections, The Herzliya Museum, The American Cultural Center of Tel Aviv,
Haifa University, 1981-1983
Trepidation of the Spheres: Drawings with Foto-Projections, Camera Club, New York, 1981
Drawings with Foto-Projections, SOHO 20, New York, Feb-March 1980
Drawings and Foto-Projections, The Carlson Gallery, University of Bridgeport, CT, Nov-Dec 1979
Foto-Drawings, Gladstone Gallery, New York, April 1979
Recent Work, Politecnico di Roma, Italy, Nov-Dec1978
Image of the Home, (in conjunction with G. Fiorenzoli and Michael Webb), The Institute for Architecture and
Urban Studies, New York City, Feb-March 1978; Nassau County Museum (N.Y.I.T.), April-June 1978
Drawings with Foto-Projections, Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, Feb 1977
Nancy Goldring: Drawings, Comfort Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, PA, Nov 1976

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Confluence: Tradition in Contemporary Art, Luo Zhongi Art Museum, Chonqing, China Dec. 2020
Blue in Green curated by Alyssa E. Fanning, Platform Project Space, New York City, Dec 2019
Sympathetic Magic, Westbeth Gallery, March-April, 2018
The Nature Lab, LABspace, Hillsdale, NY, Feb-March, 2018
“Oltre il Paesaggio”, Palazzo Grillo, Genova, Sept-Jan 2018
Anonymous Drawing, Kunsterverlein, Russelheim, March-April 2016
Prime Matter, Senaspace, NYC, Oct-Nov. NYC; Drawing Museum, Laholm, Sweden Sept.-Dec. 2015
INTERSECTIONS: 23 Fulbright Photographers Explore Our World, Reagan Pavilion, Washington DC, Oct.Nov.
2014
Night Tide, Diet Gallery, curated by Jarrett Earnest, Miami, May-July 2014
The Last Brucennial, NYC, March 2014
Maravee Anima, Castello Susans, Sabrina Zannier, curator, Udine Italy, Oct –Dec 2013
Come Together, Sponsored by the Brooklyn Rail, Oct-Dec 2013
Heat, Chaos, Resistance, Radiator Gallery, LI City, Oct-Nov 2013
Photographs and Photobooks, Freemans, Philadelphia, Sept 2013
Berlin Sun Theatre, Whitney Museum, Feb. 2013, photographic projections for performance by Michael Taussig.
After Effects, NYFA, curated by the New York Foundation for the Arts, Chelsea, April 2013
Anonymous Drawing, Ufferhallen, Berlin March 2013,
Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Southeast Museum of Photography: Leah King-Smith, Nancy Goldring,Barbara Norfleet, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Smyrna FL, November 10, 2012 – February 9, 2012
Faculty Exhibition, Montclair State University, Sept.-Dec. 2012
From Life. Radiator Gallery, LI City, NY, April 6-May 1, 2012
Classical Mythology in Modern and Contemporary Art, The Benton Museum, CT, Jan 17-March 11, 2012
Jüdische Frauen in der Bildenden Kunst, Inselgalerie, Berlin, DE, Nov 2011
PAPER TRAILS: Works from the New York Metro, Pearce Gallery, Whitecliffe College of Art and Design, Auckland, NZ July 2010
Antidote, Curated by Christopher Schade, Verge Art Fair, Dylan Hotel, New York, NY, March 2010
Everywhere/Nowhere, The Spiritual Temperament in Current American Art, Siri Fort Auditorium,New Delhi, India, Feb 2009
Studio School, New York, Oct 2008
Brooklyn Rail, Pace Wildenstein, New York, Sept 2008
Italian Sense of Place, George Segal Gallery, Montclair, NJ, Feb-April 2008
Bridge Art Fair, Miami, Dec 2007
Arte in Piazzetta, International Rassegna di Arte Graphica, Cesena, Italy, Dec 2007
Bridging Cultures Through Art, Les Atlassides Gallery, Marrakech, Morrocco, Nov 2006
Director’s Choice, William Benton Museum, Storrs, CT, Summer 2006
Rapsida, Gallery 138, New York, June 2005
New York New York, Smith College Museum of Art, Jan 2005
Waking Dreams, University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville, VA, Jan-April 2004
The Lights of Home, Gallery 138, New York, April 2004
Masala: Diversity in South Asian Art, William Benton Museum, Storrs, CT, Jan 2004
The Affordable Art Fair, New York, Nov 2003
Shuttered Cuba, Alva Gallery, New London, CT, Summer 2003
Gallery Showcase, Sotheby’s, New York, Feb-March 2002
New Acquisitions: Building the Collection, William Benton Museum, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, March-April 2002
Snapshot, The Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD, Nov 2000
Legacies, Alva Gallery, New London, CT, March 2000
Transcending Boundaries, College of Fine Arts, Shanghai University, National Museum, Beijing, Faculty Exhibition Oct 1999
New Work, Open Gallery, New York, March 1999
Selections from the Permanent Collection, International Center of Photography, New York, Nov 1998-Jan 1999
Fresh Work 2, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL, June-Sept 1998 (catalog) World Artists for Tibet, online gallery, www.art4tibet1998.org/Goldring.htm The Avon Collection, International Center for Photography, New York, Sept-Oct 1997
Diverse Visions/Photographic Perspectives, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, April-June 1997
The Architecture of Memory, Widener Gallery, Trinity College, Hartford, CT, Feb 1997
Moving Forward, SOHO20, New York, Sept 1996
New in the Nineties, Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY, March-April 1996
Center of Photography, Tokyo, Japan; Osaka World Trade Center Museum, Jan 1996
Seeking the Sublime: Neo Romanticism in Landscape Photography, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL,April-June 1995
Landscape, Photo Center Gallery, New York University, March 1995
All About Boats, Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO, July-Aug 1993
Fragile Power: Explorations of Memory, The Newton Arts Center, Newton, MA, Nov 1993
Ellis Island, Palazzo Cini, Ferrara, Italy, May-June 1993 (traveling through Italy)
Points of View, The Campion Corporation, Stamford, CT, March-April 1992
The Frame: Multiplied and Extended, Pacific Security Gallery, Los Angeles, Jan-March 1992
American Art Today: New Directions, The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, Jan-Feb 1991
Selections 5, Polaroid at Fotokine, Cologne, Germany, Oct 1990
Ellis Island, New York, 1990-1992
Art and the Law, The West Collection, Traveling exhibition 1990-91
Constructed Spaces, Photographic Resource Center with Boston Architectural Center, 1990
The Great Photo Show, Photo-Fest, Houston, TX, Feb 1990, (Co-curator)
Aperture Photographers, Burden Gallery, New York, Dec 1989-Jan 1990
The Extended Photograph, Raritan Valley Community College, North Branch, NJ, Oct 1989
Apparitions: Installations and Photographs, Jayne H.Baum Gallery, New York , Sept-Oct 1989
Photography of Invention: Pictures of the Eighties, National Museum of American Art, Washington D.C.,
April 1989. Cat. by Joshua Smith (M.I.T. Press) (traveling to Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and Walker Art Center)
Fictive Strategies, Squibb Corporation, Joseph Rauch, Princeton, NJ, Feb-March 1989
Sequence (Con) Sequence, Bard College, Annandale on Hudson, NY, Feb-March 1989, Cat. by Julia Ballerini,
(Aperture: New York)
Behind the Scenes: Photographers’ Devices, White Columns Gallery, New York, 1989
Ideas in Imagery: Postmodern Photography, R.H. Love Gallery, Chicago, IL, Sep-Nov 1988
Photography on the Edge, Haggarty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI, March -June 1988
Greater Than or Equal to 30” x 40”, Jayne H Baum Gallery, New York, March-June 1988
Poetic Injury: the Surrealist Legacy in Postmodern Photography, The Alternative Museum, New York,
Nov 1987-Feb 1988. Cat. by Roger Denson and Rosalind Kraus
Holiday Invitational Exhibit, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, Dec 1987
The Art of Moroccan Textiles, Baruch College Gallery, New York, Nov-Dec 1987
Enduring Visions, The Copley Society, Boston, March, 1987
Artists Against AIDS, Jayne H Baum Gallery, New York, June 1987
The Constructed Image, Allen-Wincor Gallery, New York, April-May1985
Architectural Spaces, Hanelwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, Nov 1984
Artists as Filmmakers, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, April 1984
Riti di Passaggio, Galleria AAM, Rome, Italy, Dec 1983-Jan 1984
Inside Spaces, organized by The Museum of Modern Art, New York 1983
Arteder: Feria Internacional de Muestras, Bilbao, Spain, April-May 1983;1982
Terra 2, International Exposition of Intentional Architecture, Museum of Architecture, Wroclaw, Poland, June 1981;
XIV Cong. of International Union of Architects, Warsaw, Poland. Cat. by Stefan Muller
Artist as architect/Architect as Artist, Sullivant Gallery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, April 1981
A Show Within a Show, The Whitney Counterweight #3, Rabinowich Gallery, New York, Feb 1981
SOHO20 COOPERATIVE, Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, June 1980
Independent American Photographers, International Center for Photography, Warsaw, Krakow, Kantorwice,
Gdansk, Poland, June-Oct, 1980
Group Exhibition, SOHO20, New York, Dec 1980
The Photographer’s Hand, The International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House, Rochester, NY,
July Sept 1979, traveled by S.I.T.E.S. 1979-81
Open Atelier for Design and Architecture, New York, (NYSCA grant), April 1979
Landscape-Cityscape-Seascape, Part II, Parsons-Dreyfuss Gallery, New York, Dec-Jan,1978-1979
Women Artists from New York, State University of New York, curated by Lawrence Alloway, Stony Brook, 1978
Group Exhibition, Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, Sept 1977
Photographs, National Park Service, Museum of Natural History, New York, Sept 1973
SITE, Inc. group exhibition, New York University, Lehman Campus, Sept 1973