EXHIBITIONS
Work on View Ongoing
Pierogi Flatfile, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2008-ongoing, curated by Joe Amrheim
The Drawing Center Viewing Program, New York, NY, 2006-ongoing, curated by Nina Katchadourian
Solo Exhibitions
RoosArts Gallery, re:location, Rosendale, New York, 2011
University of Maine Museum of Art, Hanging Drawings, Bangor, Maine, USA, 2011
Bernard Toale Gallery, Provisional, Boston, MA, September 2007
Boston Drawing Project, Bernard Toale Gallery, Poured Tape Drawings, Boston, MA 2007
Boston Drawing Project, Bernard Toale Gallery, Cardboard Actions, Boston, MA, 2006
Art Complex Museum, Nancy Murphy Spicer, Duxbury, MA, 2004
Boston Drawing Project, Bernard Toale Gallery, New Drawings, Boston, MA, 2004
Curatorial Projects
Spike Island Open Studios 2009, For Real, Bristol, UK, 2009
Exhibition of works by five US and five UK artists
Group Exhibitions
Chapter, Ubersong, Cardiff, Wales, 2011, (performance), curated by Yvonne Buccheim
Roos Arts, Mark Paper Scissors, Rosendale, New York, 2010, curated by Heige Kim
Feature Inc., Power to the People, New York, New York, 2010, open invitation
Boston University, 808 Gallery, Traces and Places, Boston, MA, 2010, curated by Lynne Cooney
Brattleboro Museum, Drawing Itself: A Survey of Contemporary Practice, Brattleboro, VT, 2010,
curated by Craig Stockwell
VIVID, The Act of Drawing, Birmingham, UK, 2009, curated by Kaye Winwood
Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Drawings That Work, Boston, MA, 2009,
curated by Andrew Stein Raftery
Spike Island Open Studios, For Real, Bristol, UK, 2009, curated by Nancy Murphy Spicer
Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Anonymous Drawings #9, Berlin, Germany, 2008
Montserrat College of Art, Many Kinds of Nothing, Beverly, MA, 2008, curated by Shana Dumont
Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, 20th Drawing Show, Boston, MA, 2007,
curated by M. M. Campos Pons
Barbara Krakow Gallery, Annual AIDS Benefit Exhibition, Boston, MA 2005, 2006
Bernard Toale Gallery, Chris Martin, Boston, MA, 2006, curated by Chris Martin
Nave Gallery, 2005 Somerville Arts Council Grant Winners Show, Somerville, MA, 2005
Green Street Gallery, 150 x 150, Jamaica Plain, MA, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Memphis College of Art, Seamless, Memphis, TN, 2004, curated by Cynthia Thompson
Tufts University, Tufts First Annual, Medford, MA, 2004, curated by Amy Schlegel
Fitchburg Art Museum, New England/New Talent, Fitchburg, MA, 2004, curated by Kristina Durocher
Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, 18th Boston Drawing Show, Boston, MA, 2004,
curated by Raphaela Platow
Forest Hills Educational Trust, The Four Elements, Boston, MA, 2003,
curated by James Hull, Nick Capasso
New England Biolabs, Beverly, MA. Jan Arabas and Nancy Murphy Spicer, 2003
Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Flat Not Flat, Atlanta, GA, 2003, curated by Lisa Fischman
Brickbottom Gallery, Surrounded, Somerville, MA, 2003
Green Street Gallery, Chris Nau and Nancy Murphy Spicer, Jamaica Plain, MA, 2002,
curated by James Hull
Boston Drawing Project, Bernard Toale Gallery, The Drawing Show, Boston, MA, 2001,
curated by J. Hull & B. Toale
Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, 17th Boston Drawing Show, Boston, MA, 2001,
curated by Bill Arning
Somerville Museum, 2001 Somerville Arts Council Grant Winners Show, Somerville, MA, 2001
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
“(Murphy) Spicer's work is low-key and delightful, as if she's showing you a treasure map
of a place you thought you already knew.” – Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe
“Somewhere indefinable between painting, sculpture and drawing resides Nancy Murphy Spicer's Drawing Objects.” – Shawn Hill, South End News
Boston Globe, December 24, 2008, Top Ten Shows of 2008, Cate McQuaid
Art New England, December/January 2007/08, Spotlight Review, David Raymond
Boston Globe, October 25, 2008, 'Nothing is happening: Minimalist works help provoke a meditative state,' Cate McQuaid
bigredandshiny.com, December 23, 2007, Drawing the Line at Mills Gallery, David Avruch
Many Kinds of Nothing catalog, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, Massachusset, 2008
Boston Globe, December 20, 2007, Drawing show works around the edges, Cate McQuaid
20th Drawing Show catalog, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, essay by Maria Magdalena Campos Pons
meganandmurray.com, September 24, 2007, Nancy Murphy Spicer at Bernard Toale Gallery, Megan McMillan, http://www.meganandmurray.com/2007/09/nancy-murphy-sp.html
Boston Globe, September 13, 2007, A Touch with Abstraction, Cate McQuaid
Art Papers, January/February 2005, Review of ‘Seamless’, David Hall
Number Magazine, Winter 2005, ‘Seamless’, Paul Behnke
Memphis Commercial Appeal, October 15, 2004, ‘Seamless’ a model of beauty, Frederic Koeppel
Seamless brochure, Memphis College of Art, 2004, essay by Cynthia Thompson
Boston Globe, July 11, 2004, Pretty, vacant: High-quality local work gets showcase at Tufts, Cate McQuaid
Boston Phoenix, March 5, 2004, Goodies at the DeCordova and the Fitchburg, C. Millis
New England/New Talent catalog, Fitchburg Art Museum, February 2004
Boston Globe, February 1, 2004, At 'The Drawing Show,' works literally leap off the page, Cate McQuaid
South End News, January 22, 2004, A painterly touch in BCA’s Drawing Show, Shawn Hill
Art New England, November/December 2003, Regional Reviews, Lauren O’Neal
Art Papers, November/December 2003, Reviews, Robin Bernat
Sculpture Magazine, September/October 2003, Review, Marty Carlock
Art New England, June/July 2003, Regional Reviews, Shawn Hill
Flat Not Flat brochure, Atlanta College of Art, May 2003, essay by Lisa Fischman
Boston Globe, January, 2002, Critic’s Pick, Brickbottom Gallery show
Boston Globe, December 29, 2002, Best of 2002, Cate McQuaid
ArtsMedia, September 5, 2002, Gallery Section, Rachel Strutt
Boston Globe, August 23, 2002, Some Edgy Artists Play with Space, Cate McQuaid
Boston Globe, August, 2002, Critic’s Pick, Green Street Gallery show
GRANTS/AWARDS
Spike Associates, Travel Grant, Venice, Italy, 2011
Spike Associates, Travel Grant, Berlin, Germany, 2010
Spike Associates, Curatorial Project Funding, For Real exhibition, Bristol, UK, 2009
Ten Best Shows of 2008, Boston Globe, (Montserrat College of Art exhibition), 2008
Institute of Contemporary Art Boston Foster Prize, Finalist, 2008
Artist’s Resource Trust, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, 2006
Somerville Arts Council, Artists Fellowship, Somerville, MA, 2001 and 2005
International Art Critics Association, Second Place. Best Show in an Alternative Space, 2004
Ten Best Shows of 2002, Boston Globe, (Green Street Gallery exhibition), 2002
Massachusetts Cultural Council, Professional Development Grant, Boston, MA, 2001
RESIDENCIES
Memphis College of Art Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN, 2004
Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA, 2003
VISITING ARTIST/TEACHING/LECTURES
University of the West of England, Bristol, UK, 2010, 2011, 2012 (BA level)
Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA, 2008 (MA level)
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 2008
Memphis College of Art Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN, 2004
Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA, 2003
New England School of Art and Design, Boston, MA, 2003
Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, Boston, MA, 2003
University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA, 2002
EDUCATION
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, postgraduate study, Boston, MA, 1986 – 1991
St. Mary’s College, B.F.A., Notre Dame, IN, 1979