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