Nancy Exarhu
Nancy Exarhu
411 Carswold Dr
Clayton, MO 63105
314/3089206
nexarhu@gmail.com
Education
Washington University, St. Louis, MO. M.F.A. in Printmaking, 1992
Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence, Italy. Licenza di Pittura (Painting Diploma), 1984
Solo Shows
2018 CAM Open Studios, Studio Escargot, St. Louis, MO
"Animula..."Gallery Ro, Thessaloniki, Greece
2017 "Pill(ow)s of happiness",Window installation, St. Louis Artists Guild
CAM Open Studios, Studio Escargot, St. Louis, MO
"Animula", Window installation, Technohoros Art Gallery, Athens, Greece
2016 "Animula", Window installation at Craft Alliance Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Studio Escargot, photography, St. Louis, MO
CAM Open Studios, Studio Escargot, St. Louis, MO
2014 Photography, Yellow Bear Studio, St. Louis, MO
"A ognuno il suo posto", Association Tadlachance, Villatala, Liguria, Italy
"Traces", St. Louis Artists' Guild, St. Louis, MO
2013 "Paper Moons", the Vino Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2012 Studio Escargot, photography, St. Louis, MO
"Graffiti", Photobiennale, Thessaloniki, Greece
2011 Studio Escargot photography in Afytos, Greece
2010 Studio Escargot photography in Afytos, Greece
2009 Photography @ CDROM, St. Louis, MO
2008 "The fabric of life", Ethical Society, St. Louis
2007 “Bonbons pour l’oeil”, Association Tadlachance, Cuges-les-Pins, Provence, France
“Voices”, Energizer Corporate Headquarters, Chesterfield, MO
2006 "Voices Program ". Artist in residence at Claytonl High School, Clayton, MO
"Photography ". Studio Escargot, St. Louis, MO
2005 "20 Paintings". RCGA, St. Louis, MO
"Voices Program ". Artist in residence at Nerinx Hall High School, St. Louis, MO
2004 "In Circles". Studio Escargot, St. Louis, MO
2003 "The Suitcase suite", Statthaus, Cologne, Germany
2001 "Portraits of Perfect Strangers". Rosenfeld-Harris Studio, Clayton, MO
1999 "New Work". Left Bank Books, St. Louis
1996 "Mneme-Amnesia". Design Center, St. Louis
1995 "Post (S)criptum". Left Bank Books, St. Louis
1994 "Cine-vision". Ibids Caffe, University City, MO
1993 "Circle of Rhetoric". The Gallery at the University City Public Library, St. Louis
1992 "M.F.A. Thesis Show". Washington University, Bixby Gallery, St. Louis
"Ariadne's Cerebral Gardens" (Installation). International Association for People-Environment Studies (IAPS) 12
Porto Carras, Halkidiki, Greece
"Installation". Washington University, Lewis Center, St. Louis, MO
1991 "Thin Blue Line",(Installation). Washington University, Lewis Center, St. Louis
Group Shows
2019 "i helona ke i lehona", Ro Art Space, Thessaloniki, Greece
2018 "Invisible Cities", Collaborative artists book curated by Karen Kunc. Cà Zenobio, Collegio Armeno Moorat Raphael, Venice, Italy
"Piece of paper", St. Louis Artists Guild
"Media in the mix", Fontbonne College Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2017 SOHA holiday show, SOHA gallery, St. Louis, MO
"13 squared", St. Louis Artists Guild, St. Louis, MO
"Snap to Grid", LACDA, Los Angeles, CA
"Constructed Visions", St. Louis Artists Guild, St. Louis, MO
2016 SOHA holiday show, SOHA gallery, St. Louis, MO
"Invisible Cities", Constellations Studio, Lincoln, NE
"Global Cultures", Mancester Arts Courtroom Gallery, St. Louis, MO
"Birds and Seashells", Installation, Meramec Comunity College Gallery, St. Louis, MO
"Petit Paris d'Athènes", Sponsored by the French Embacy and the Institute Français, Athens, Greece.
"A Woman in her place", Art and Design Gallery, SIU, Edwardsville, IL
"A Woman in her place", G.W. Carver Center for the Arts and Technology, Tarson, MD
"Quadratfuss", Annex:art, Berlin, Germany
2015 SOHA holiday show, SOHA gallery, St. Louis, MO
"A Woman in her place", Emory and Henry College, Virginia
"A ogniuno il suo posto, II", Association Tadlachance, Villatala, Liguria, Italy
"A Woman in her place", City Arts, Wichita, KS
"A Woman in her place", Butler Community College, ElDorado, KS
2014 SOHA holiday show, SOHA gallery, St. Louis, MO
"A ogniuno il suo posto", Association Tadlachance, Villatala, Liguria, Italy
2013 Photo Op, St. Louis Artists Guild
2012 "Off the wall", Photobiennale, Vlassis Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
2011 12x12, SoHa Gallery, St.Louis
Poetry Scores Invitational, Mad Art Gallery, St.Louis
Technohoros Gallery, Athens, Greece
Collector's choice, St.Louis Artist's Guild
2010 Vlassis art group show
Vino Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2008 "Patterns and pixels", Art Saint Louis
2007 “Bird Houses”, Clayton Home and Garden Tour, CHS, Clayton, MO
"Voices Program Partecipants ". A&E at the Centenne Arts Center in Grand Center, St. Louis, MO
2006 "Through the Looking Glass". Art St. Louis Gallery
2005 Art St. Louis Off-Site Exhibition. Fleishman-Hillard, St.Louis, MO
"A Dash of Estrogen ". Art St. Louis Gallery
"Surfaces". Art St. Louis Gallery
"Voices within ". St. Louis Artists Guild
"Journeys of the Mind ". St. Louis Artists Guild
2004 "Collector's Choice V". St. Louis Artists Guild
2000 "Pressed and pulled IX National Juried Printmaking Exhibition", Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA
1998 "State of the Book". Walker's Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
1997 "State of the Book". Madison, WI
1996 "Five by Five". Windows on Washington, WCA, St. Louis
1995 "Contemporary Women Artists".
Southeast Missouri State University Museum Gallery, Cape Girardeau, MO
1994 "Emulsion media II: Another Exposure to Alternative Photography", Martin Schweig Studio & Gallery, St. Louis
"Contemporary Women Artists St.Louis IX", (Juried Show). Carousel Gallery, St. Louis
"Printmart 1994". Steinberg Gallery, St. Louis
"Barriers", (Juried Show). The Center for Photography, St. Louis
"Shepherd State College Works on Paper, Print Competition", (Juried Show). Shepherd College Gallery of Art, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
1993 Gallery at the "Aura" Art Center. Thessaloniki, Greece
"National Exposure", (Juried Show). ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
"Face to Face: Moving Towards "The Other", (Juried Show),
sponsored by the SLWCA and the Regional Arts Commission
Carousel Gallery, Faust Park, St. Louis
"Printmart 1993". Steinberg Gallery, St. Louis
"14th Annual Paper in Particular National Exhibition", (Juried Show). Columbia College, Columbia, MO
1992 "Contemporary Women Artists 1992" (Juried show). SLWCA, The Security Building, St. Louis
"Printmart 1992". Steinberg Gallery, St. Louis
1991 "S.O.F.A. Prints". Washington University, Bixby Gallery, St. Louis
"M.F.A. (First Year) Show". Randal Gallery, St. Louis
"Printmart 1991". Washington University, Steinberg Gallery
1990 "Small works". Art St.Louis Gallery, St. Louis Center.
1989 Laumeier Sculpture Park, Gallery Shop, St. Louis
"Fourth Annual International Exhibition of Miniature Art" (Juried show).
Metro Toronto Convention Center, Toronto, Canada
"Miniature Art". Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Canada
"Watercolor USA"(Juried show). Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
1988 "Martin Fischer + invites". Gallery 29, Geneva, Switzerland
" Minotaure"(Installation). La Menuiserie, Ilot 13, Geneva, Switzerland
1987 "Collage". St.Louis Design Center, St. Louis, MO
Residencies
2013 photography at St. Louis Artists' Guild
2010 printmaking school at Mesta, Chios, Greece
2009 Nerinx Hall
2007 Association Tadlachance, Cuges-les-Pins, France
Mann e Mints Academy, St. Louis, MO
2006 CHS, Clayton, MO
2005 Nerinx Hall High School
Awards
2000 Honorable mention "Pressed and Pulled IX NationalJuried Printmaking Exhibition"
1994 Best in Show award from the "Shepherd State College Works on Paper, Print Competition"
1993 Finalist but not recipient at the Mid-America NEA for Photography
Merit Award from the "Face to Face: Moving Towards "The Other" Juried Show
1992 Member's Award from the "Contemporary Women Artists" Juried Show, sponsored by the SLWCA
Washington University School of Fine Arts Grant for the participation at the IAPS 12 International Conference on Socio-Environmental Metamorphoses
Publications
A Woman in her Place, Catalog, 2015
Article on the IAPS 12 Conference participation with the installation "Ariadne's Cerebral Gardens" in the September 1993 issue of the Architecture Magazine, "Hyli kai Kterio", Thessaloniki, Greece
Artwork featured on the cover of the 1993 issue
of Washington University's literary magazine, the Eliot Review
Artwork featured on the poster for the Eliot in View. Spring 1992
Artwork published in the Eliot Review of spring 1991and fall 1991
Other exposure
2016 Paticipated at the Chaco Cayon Project world premiere performance, Meramec Comunity College Theater, St. Louis, MO
2011 Balkan Botanical Garden Conference
Partecipated with an one act play and a blue print workshop
2010 Edge Festival, Milan
Designed the costumes and sets for the play: "La scongiura dei giocattoli", di Tania Kitsou.
Printing with the sun. Workshop during the residency at Mesta, Chios, Greece.
1995 March 17. KWMU National Public Radio. Interviewed by Mark Manelli on the occasion of the "Post (S)criptum" exhibition.
1993 June. "Women waiting". Slide lecture on own work. SLWCA, St. Louis County Library Headquarters, Frontenac, MO
1992 July. IAPS 12 International Conference on Socio-Environmental Metamorphoses,
Porto Carras, Halkidiki, Greece
Participated with a paper and an installation.
1991 August. Projekt La Grande Chaudeau. Approches Intereuropeennes
Interdisciplinary meeting of European Artists in Aillevillers, France
Participated with a workshop on printmaking without a press.
1988 August. Approches Intereuropeennes 2
International Conference of emerging European Artists Geneva, Switzerland
Participated with a slide show and an installation.
Max Holtz
Free lance Photographer
