Nancy Pobanz Overview

Solo Exhibits

2014 RiverSea Gallery, Astoria, Oregon

2012 White Lotus Gallery, “Stormy Writings,” Eugene, Oregon

2007 Center for the Humanities, “Desert Media,” Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

2006 White Lotus Gallery, “In Confidence,” Eugene, Oregon

2003 Mirror Pond Gallery, “Desert Silence,” Bend, Oregon, benefit for Oregon Natural Desert Association

2003 White Lotus Gallery, “Lost,” Eugene, Oregon

2002 Bush Barn Art Center, Focus Gallery, “Fiber Assemblage,” Salem, Oregon

2000 ONDA Gallery, “Fiber Assemblage,” Portland, Oregon

1999 Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, Oregon (now: Contemporary Crafts Museum &Gallery)

1998 Jacobs Gallery, “Earth/Fibers/Words,” Eugene, Oregon

1996 La Velle Winery, Veneta , Oregon

1994 Grapevine Gallery, Eugene, Oregon

1992    Phoenix Gallery, Baguio City, Philippines

 

Two-Person Exhibits

2009 The Arts Center, “Works on Paper,” Corvallis, Oregon

2000 Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, Oregon

1997 Mt. Angel Abbey Library, Mt. Angel, Oregon

1997 Galesburg Art Center, Galesburg, Illinois

1990 Duntog Gallery Kami, Baguio City, Philippines

1989 Thomas Jefferson Cultural Center, Manila, Philippines

 

Group Exhibits

2017-2019 White Lotus Gallery, yearly invitationals, Eugene, Oregon

2016 Playa Artists in Residence, “Sediments Sequences + Solitude,” juried, World Forestry Center, Portland OR

2016 Atelier 6000 Bend OR; Umpqua Valley Arts Association Roseburg OR

2016 White Lotus Gallery, Drawings, invitational, Eugene, Oregon

2016 Corvallis Art Center, “All Around Oregon Annual,” Corvallis, Oregon

2015 White Lotus Gallery, drawing invitational, Eugene, Oregon

2015 Verum Ultimum Gallery, "Tributary," Portland, Oregon

2014 Pacific University, invitational book arts, Forest Grove, Oregon

2013 White Lotus Gallery, invitational, Eugene, Oregon

2013 Atelier 6000, “Hidden Agendas,” book arts exhibit, Bend, Oregon

2012 Corvallis Art Center, “50 Years,” Corvallis, Oregon

2012 Corvallis Art Center, “All Around Oregon Annual,” Corvallis, Oregon

2012 Atelier 6000, High Desert Journal exhibit, Bend, Oregon

2011 White Lotus Gallery, gallery artists, Eugene, Oregon

2009 Sebastopol Center for the Arts, "Bibliophoria," juried book art exhibition, Merit Award

2008 Baguio Arts Guild, 20-years: group retrospective exhibit, Baguio City, Philippines

2008 White Lotus Gallery, invitational, Eugene, Oregon

2007 Seattle University, Kinsey Gallery, invitational, Seattle, Washington

2007 Oregon State University, La Sells Center, Corvallis, Oregon

2004-6 Northwest Designer Craftsmen traveling exhibition, juried by Lloyd Herman

2005 White Lotus Gallery, Eugene, Oregon, book arts invitational

2002-3 Sun Gallery, “Covers and Content: Artists’ Books,” (two exhibits) Hayward, California

2001 SOFA Chicago, Snyderman Gallery exhibit, Chicago, Illinois

2001 Friends of Fiber Arts International (juried), 10th Anniversary Exhibit, Chicago, Illinois

1999 Artisans, book arts show, Mill Valley, California

1999 Everett Center for the Arts, book arts, Everett, Washington

1999 Bush Barn Art Center, “Visible Poetry: The Word as Abstraction” (invitational), Salem, OR

1999 West Coast Paper Company, Seattle, Washington.  Purchase Award

1999 Mesaros Galleries, “Bound to Happen” book arts, West Virginia Univ, Morgantown, W.V.

1996 Benton County Historical Museum (invitational), Philomath, Oregon

1994 Maude Kerns Art Gallery, Eugene, Oregon

1994 Artisan’s Cooperative Gallery, three-person show, Portland, Oregon

1992 Luz Gallery, “Bookarts,” Manila, Philippines

1991 Galeria de las Islas, Manila, Philippines

1991 Duntog Gallery Kami, Baguio City, Philippines

1990 Luz Gallery, “Bookarts,” Manila, Philippines

1988 Hyatt Art Gallery, three-person show, Baguio City, Philippines

1988 La Azotea, Baguio City, Philippines

1988 Hyatt Art Gallery, women’s group show, Baguio City, Philippines

1988 Pinaglabanan Galleries, Manila, Philippines

1987 Renaissance Gallery, three-person show, Baguio City, Philippines

1986 Carolyn Staley Gallery, “Northwest Artists’ Books,” Seattle, Washington

1985 Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington

1984 University of Washington Libraries, book arts, Seattle, Washington

1982 Maple Creek Gallery, San Diego, California

 

Awards, Honors & Residencies

2015-present   Artist-in-Residence, Rimrock Draw Rockshelter archaeology dig, University of Oregon

2012 Playa Residency Program, Summer Lake, Oregon, April 9 – May 4

2011 Playa Residency Program, Summer Lake, Oregon, May 16 – June 10

2009 Sebastopol Center for the Arts, "Bibliophoria," juried book art exhibition, Merit Award

2001 University of Colorado at Boulder, Visiting Artist, Boulder, Colorado

1999 West Coast Paper Company, Seattle, Washington, Purchase Award

1987 Duntog Foundation (five months), Baguio City, Philippines, Artist-in-Residence

 

Reviews & Publications of my Work

Sediments Sequences & Solitude, catalog, Play Artists-in-Residence 2016

Skein of Light (cover art), by Karen McPherson, poetry, 2014 

500 Handmade Books, Volume 2, Lark Books, 2013

Handmade Books, Lark Studio Series, invitational, 2010

High Desert Journal, fall 2009, centerfold feature

EcoBooks, by Terry Taylor, Lark Books, invitational, 2009

500 Handmade Books, Lark Books, 2008

Visual Communication, by Williams and Newton, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2008

The Decorated Journal, by Gwen Diehn, Lark Books, 2005

Looking Forward Glancing Back, catalog for NWDC traveling exhibition, 2005

Sculptural Bookmaking, by Ann Ayers & Ellen McMillan, Davis Publications, 2003

The Source, (Bend, Oregon) review of Mirror Pond solo exhibit, by Elizabeth Quinn, 9/4/2003

Eugene Register-Guard, review of White Lotus Gallery solo exhibit, by Bob Keefer, 2/2/2003

Eugene Weekly, review of White Lotus Gallery solo exhibit, by Guanghong Z. Atman, Jan. 2003

Artweek, review of ONDA solo exhibit, by Lois Allan, January 2001

Eugene Register-Guard, “Woman’s Art Truly Down to Earth,” by Guanghong Atman, 11/19/2000

Handmade Books and Cards (artist book), by Jean G. Kropper, Davis Publications, 1997

Eugene Weekly, “Art’s Edge,” review of LV Gallery solo exhibit, by Lois Wadsworth, 12/12/1996

The Gold Ore (Baguio City, Philippines), “A Baguio Story,” by Ana Khan Gin, 10/19/1992

The Globe (Manila), “Pioneers in Papermaking,” by Elizabeth V. Reyes, 3/10/1991

Color Trends, “Abaca” (abaca paper artwork), by Karen Selk, 1990

Asia Magazine, “Trends,” by Margaret Sheridan, 10/5/90

Manila Chronicle, “Baguio Arts Colony,” by Elizabeth V. Reyes, 1/28/1990

The Sunday Times (Manila), “The Papermakers,” by Elizabeth Lolarga, 5/7/1989

Fine Print (San Francisco), review of Carolyn Staley Gallery exhibit in Seattle, by Charles Seluzicki, March1987

Fine Print, "Botanical Papers Studio" (NP studio in Seattle), by Sandra Kirschenbaum, 7/1985

Small Press, “Santa Fe Book Arts Fair,” (artwork featured), by Gerald Hausman, Nov-Dec 1984