Frances Myers Department of Art University of Wisconsin-Madison [email protected]
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Frances Myers Department of Art University of Wisconsin-Madison [email protected] http://www.francesmyers.com BIOGRAPHY: Born, Racine, Wisconsin BS, MS, MFA, University of Wisconsin-Madison (printmaking and painting) Studied, San Francisco Art Institute TEACHING: 1996- Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1990-96 Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1988-89 Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1986-88 1983-84, 1980-82, Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1982 Lecturer, University of California-Berkeley 1979 Distinguished Professor of Art, Lucie Stern Chair, Mills College, Oakland, California 1974-75 St. Martin’s School of Art, London, England 1974-75 Birmingham College of Art and Design, Birmingham. England HONORS AND GRANTS: 2007 Research Grant, UW Graduate School, Research Assistant 2006 Graduate School Grant for Travel Abroad 2006 Sabbatical (semester research Leave) 2000 Research Grant, Univ. of Wisconsin Graduate School (semester research leave) 1999 Kellett Mid-Career Award, Univ. of Wisconsin Graduate School 1999 Sabbatical (semester research leave) 1998 Professional Dimensions, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the Sacajawea Award Commission Artist 1997-98 Vilas Associates Fellow, Graduate School Award, Univ. of Wisconsin/Madison 1995 Faculty Development Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Semester I 1995 Graduate School Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, summer salary/equipment 1994 Elected Full Member (Academician): National Academy ofArt, New York City 1994 Graduate School Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, summer research 1994 Invited to apply for the Dodd Chaired Professorship, University of Georgia-Athens 1993 Elected Associate Member: National Academy of Design, New York City 1993 Graduate School Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison (travel, equipment) 1991 H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, academic year research 1991 Graduate School Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison (equipment) 1990 Graduate School Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, summer research 1989 Graduate School Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, summer research 1987 Artwork of the Month (July), Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1986 AVA Nomination, Awards in the Visual Arts, SECCA, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1985-86 National Endowment for the Arts Artist’s Fellowship 1977-78 Wisconsin Arts Board Grant 1977 H. Lester Cooke Foundation Grant, Washington, D.C. 2 1974-75 National Endowment for the Arts Artist’s Fellowship SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C. Musee des Arts Decoritif, Paris, France United States Department of State British Print Council, London, England Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, University of California-Los Angeles Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC Portland Oregon Art Museum National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. University of North Carolina-Charlotte Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas Achenbach Foundation, Museum of Fine Arts, San Francisco, California British Arts Council, London, England Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States Information Service Carnegie-Mellon Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Cincinnati Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio Columbia University, New York, New York Santa Clara College, Santa Clara, California Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, Michigan Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison University of Minnesota-Minneapolis University of Georgia, Athens Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, Illinois University of Southern Illinois-Carbondale University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Wisconsin Center for Educational Research University of Dallas, Irving, Texas Texas Tech University-Lubbock Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois 3 Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison Wustum Museum of Art, Racine, Wisconsin INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS: 2011 185th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy Museum, New York, New York, catalogue 2011 RAM, Racine (Wisconsin) Art Museum, “Tribute to Frank Lloyd Wright”, 3-person exhibition of artists who include Wright’s buildings in their oeuvre, catalogue 2010 Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, a Survey of Wisconsin Art 2010 “New World/Old World” curated invitational exhibition, Nash gallery, Univ. of Minnesota, in conjunction with the Mid –America Print Council Conference, Oct-Nov, featured in the catalogue 2010 “Patterned Remarks” Print Portfolio exhibited at the Southern Graphics Conference in Philadelphia; subsequent exhibitions at the San Francisco State University, Univ. of Puget Sound, and Minneapolis College of Art & Design 2010 “The Women’s Show”, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2009-10 Sundance Cinema, Madison, WI, group exhibition 2009 “Prints as Activism”, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI, group 2009 “184th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art,” National Academy Museum, New York, NY, color catalogue 2009 Smart Video Festival, “The Mountain Moves,” Grand Rapids, MI 2009 “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, group exhibition 2008 Columbia College Gallery, Chicago, IL, Southern Graphics Traveling Exhibition; enlarged image of Myers’ print on window. 2008 “Remarkable Women,” annual show, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2008 “Girls and Company,” Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, group 2009 “The Allure of the Multiple,” group exhibition, 7th Floor Gallery, UW Art Dept, Madison, WI 2008 “Four Aces, Large-Scale Prints,” Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MO, and Louisiana State University Galleries 2008 “Women Artists of the 20th Century,” Anne Gary Pennell Art Gallery, Sweet Briar college, Virginia, Color catalogue 2008 “Printed in Omaha,” a Retrospective Exhibition of the UNO Print Workshop, University of Nebraska at Omaha Gallery, Color catalogue, Myers print on cover 2008 “Remarkable Women Show,” Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2008 “The Horizon is Dead, Long Live the Horizon,” Video screenings, Dept of Art & Design, Grand valley State Univ, Allendale, MI 2008 “Remarkable Women Show,” Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2008 UW Faculty Exhibition, Chazen Museum of the Univ of Wisconsin-Madison 2008 “Governor’s Awards in Support of the Arts: A 25-year Retrospective,” Wilson Center for the Arts, Brookfield, WI 2007 “The 182nd Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art,” National Academy Museum, New York, NY, catalogue 2007 “Tracing Distant Shorelines,” An International Portfolio Exchange Between China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, 4 presented at the Southern Graphics Council Conference, Richmond, VA 2007 “Video: Fruit Loops,” An exhibition and performance of Contemporary Animation & Video shown at the Southern Graphics Conference, Kansas city, MO 2007 “The Exquisite Snake,” Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, group exhibition 2006 “Ideas, Dialogue, Conscience: Current Work by UW Madison Print Faculty,” Watrous Gallery, Overture Center, Madison, WI 2005 “Deseigno,” 180th Annual Exhibition of American Art, National Academy Museum, New York, NY 2005 The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy Exhibition and Auction, Los Angeles, California 2005 “The RAIN Event: Postcards to the CAC (Contemporary Arts Center),” New Orleans, LA 2005 “Cultural Transport/Moving targets Project,” IMPACT 4 International Printmaking Conference, Poznan, Germany 2005 “Printmakers Ball Preview Exhibition,” Anchor Graphics, Chicago, Illinois 2005 “Turn the Tide” silent auction and benefit for New Orleans flood victims, Winnebago Studio, Madison, WI 2005 “Remarkable Women,” Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2004 “Artists Interrogate: Politics and War,” video, “Breakfast with Iraq,” The Milwaukee Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI 2004 “A Decade of Art from the Wisconsin Academy Gallery,” the Overture Center, Madison, WI 2004 The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy Exhibition and auction, Madison, WI 2004 “Contemporary Paintings, Drawings and Prints,” RiverEdge Galleries, Mishicot, Wisconsin 2004 “Remarkable Women Show,” Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2004 “Multiple Perspectives,” Macalester College, St. Paul, MN 2004 “Mind Travel,” Artist Print exchange: National Art School, Sydney, Australia and School of Applied Art, Border Technikon, East London, South Africa 2004 “Beyond the Boundaries: Digitally Enhanced Photographs,” Fairfield Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, WI 5 2003 International Independent Film/Video Series, at CESTA, Tabor, Czech Republic, videos shown 2003 Anthology Film Archives, New York City supported by the Czech Center, videos shown 2003 National Academy of Design, New York, 178th Annual Members’ Exhibition (color catalogue) 2003 “IMPACT III,” conference, exhibitions, Johannesberg, South Africa,