نانسي ديفيدسون
南希·戴维森

Let ‘er Buck

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Nancy Davidson is a New York based artist who makes sculptures, installations, photographs and videos. Davidson grew up in Chicago and received her M.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1975 where she began her professional career. In 1979 Davidson moved to New York City. Her awards and fellowships include a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Anonymous Was a Woman Award, the Pollock-Krasner Award. In 2005 Creative Capital Foundation funded Davidson’s proposal to place enormous inflatable cowgirls in public spaces. Her project Dustup was exhibited at Betty Cuningham Gallery (New York) in September 2012. In October 2013 The Boca Museum of Art (FL) will exhibit Dustup with other works including videos, sculptures and photographs. Davidson’s work has been featured in solo exhibitions at Robert Miller Gallery (New York), Institute of Contemporary Art (Philadelphia, PA), Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati, OH) and Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA). The New York Times, Art in America, Artforum and Frieze are among the publications that have reviewed her work.
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Nancy Davidson was born in Chicago. She received her MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1975. Throughout her career, Davidson has been awarded numerous grants including ones from the Anonymous Was a Woman Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Massachusetts Council in the Arts, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation and Creative Capital. She has also been awarded residencies at the Yaddo and MacDowell colonies. Davidson’s sculptural works have been exhibited in a host of notable museums, including the Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, PA, The Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Stamford, CT, and the N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL.The artist currently lives and works in New York City.