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Nancy Tobin • 973.271.7521 • nancytobin@mac.com
Curriculum Vitae
Selected Exhibitions
- West Michigan Arts Competition 2020 , LowellArts, Lowell, MI
- 2009 BCIE Annual (Highlighting the Print and Papermaking Fellowship), Rutgers University Newark, NJ
- Art Connections 5, George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 2008 Boson Exotic, Rupert Ravens Contemporary, Newark, NJ
- What’s New, Montclair Public Museum, Montclair, NJ
- Currents, Ben Shahn Galleries, William Patterson University, Wayne, NJ 2007 Sanctuary, Rupert Ravens Contemporary, Newark, NJ
- Nowhere Here, two-person exhibition with Cheol Yu Kim, Mikail Zakin Gallery, Demarest, NJ
- Essex Exposed, Pierro Gallery of South Orange, South Orange, NJ
- Daylight Savings, City Without Walls/Seton Hall Law School Gallery, Newark, NJ
- Viz, Trans-Genre Event, with poet Jerome Rothenberg, Bowery Poetry Club, New York, NY
- What’s New, Montclair Public Library, Montclair, NJ
- Dynamic Exchange: Collaborative Works of Jerome Rothenberg, UCSD Library, San Diego, CA
- 2006 Surface Tension: New Paintings by Nancy Tobin, ArtSpace 129, Montclair, NJ
- Surface Tension: Works on Paper by Nancy Tobin, Block Gallery, Montclair, NJ
- NurtureArt: Nurturing the Edge, Cue Foundation, New York, NY
- Visible Word, The Center for Performing Arts at DeBaun, Hoboken, NJ
- Winter Salon, ArtSpace 129, Montclair, NJ
- 2005 Circular Logic, The Rosalind & Alfred Lippman Gallery, Short Hills, NJ
- Red, Glen Ridge Women’s Club, Glen Ridge, NJ
- As She Sees It: 8 Women Artists, Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
- Artworks! Arts in the Marketplace, Arts Council of Morris, Florham Park, NJ
- Infiltrations, 1978 Maplewood Arts Center, Maplewood, NJ
- 2004 Focus on Collage, four-person exhibition, ArtSpace 129, Montclair, NJ
- Self-Portrait 2004, Northwest Cultural Council, Barrington, IL
- Remembrances of Things Past, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
- 10th Annual Gulf Coast National, Texas Artists Museum, Port Arthur, TX
- Pareidolia, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
- The Odds, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
- Autumn in America, State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY
- Contemporary Abstracts, Alameda Art Center, Alameda, CA
- Compact Competition, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
- Portal Spaces Exhibit, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
- 2003 12th National Juried Show, Art Center of Northern New Jersey, New Milford, NJ 2000
- Taking the Leap, Heritage Square, Emeryville, CA
Education
- 1994-1998 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
- 1978-1981 Kendall College of Art, Grand Rapids, MI
Publications
- Three Poems (book of paintings and poems with poet Jerome Rothenberg), published by Hawk’s Well Press, 2007
- Event, a Trans-Genre Anthology: (highlighting collaboration with poet Jerome Rothenberg, edited by Roxanne Power Hamilton, published by Viz. Inter-Arts, 2007
- Art Start (instructional guide for Quiltage collage technique), written and illustrated by Nancy Tobin, Quiltage Press, 2003
Illustrated five highly acclaimed children’s educational books:
- Fraction Fun by David A. Adler, illustrated by Nancy Tobin, Holiday House, 1996
- Shape Up! By David A. Adler, illustrated by Nancy Tobin, Holiday House, 1998
- How Tall, How Short, How Faraway by David A. Adler, illustrated by Nancy Tobin, Holiday House, 1999
- Drip, Drop: How Water Gets to Your Tap by Barbara Seuling, illustrated by Nancy Tobin, Holiday House, 2000
- Flick A Switch: How Electricity Gets to Your House by Barbara Seuling, illustrated by Nancy Tobin, Holiday House, 2003
Bibliography
- The Montclair Times, “Winter Salon: Women’s Work,” March 16, 2006
- Star Ledger, “Women’s Issues as Artists See Them,” by Dan Bischoff, April 10, 2005
- Maplewood Matters, “Patchwork Masterpieces,” Fall 2003
Affiliations
- NurtureArt, Brooklyn, NY
- City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
- Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ
- Book Arts Roundtable, Baird Center, South Orange, NJ
- Viridian Print Studio, Livingston, NJ
Public Collections
- Jane Voorhees Zimmereli Art Museum at Rutgers University
- Hunterdon Museum of Art
- Bergen Museum
- Jersey City Museum
- Montclair Art Museum
- Morris Museum
- Newark Museum
- Noyes Museum of Art
- Art Museum of Princeton University
- New Jersey State Museum
Private Collections
- Patricia Bell Collection
- David Gibson Collection
- Lora Hersh Collection
- Diane and Jerome Rothenberg Collection
Awards
- New Jersey Print and Paper Fellowship 2008
- Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions
- Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
- Liquitex Artist of the Month, September 2007
- Award of Excellence: Contemporary Abstracts, Alameda Art Center
- Third place: 10th Annual Gulf Coast National, Texas Artists Museum
- Two-Color Solar-Plate Printmaking, Viridian Print Studio, Livingston, NJ
- Trace Monoprints, Viridian Print Studio, Livingston, NJ
- Quiltage: Creating Your Own Masterpiece (one-day workshops for middle-school children)
- Eye-Popping Art: Exploring the World of Three-Dimensional Art (one-semester curriculum for grade-school classes)
Other Professional Experiences
2021-Present
Proprietor of ArtRat Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Working from a storefront space in Grand Rapids' Heartside Neighborhood, I create and display new work as well as providing a venue for exhibitions and events to engage the local arts scene.
2003-Present
Owner of Quiltage, LLC (publishing and educational company)
I coined the term “Quiltage” for the process I use to create collages that repurpose artwork using techniques reminiscent of quilt-making.
I developed a teaching philosophy and instructional manual that bring out the artist in everyone and include them in creating fine art.
1986-2003
Owner of TobinDesign (graphic-design and illustration studio) I provided creative solutions for the publishing, corporate and product markets. TobinDesign clients included Herman Miller, Steelcase, Random House, Scholastic and Hasbro Toys.
1983-1986
Senior Art Director, Johnson and Dean, Grand Rapids, MI
1982-1983
Art Director, Sefton Associates, Grand Rapids, MI
1981-1982
Art Director, Grand Rapids Magazine, Grand Rapids, MI