Nancy Rubins

NANCY RUBINS Artist Bio

NANCY RUBINS
Born in Naples, Texas.
Lives and Works in Topanga Canyon, California.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND COMMISSIONED WORKS

2010 “Works for New Space, Stainless Steel, Aluminum, Monochrome I & II,” GAGOSIAN
GALLERY, Beverly Hills, California
“Skins, Structures, Landmasses,” GAGOSIAN GALLERY, Beverly Hills, California

2006 ABig Pleasure Point,@ at Lincoln Center, New York with The Public Art Fund.
ACollages,@ PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.
SCULPTURE CENTER, New York.

2005 FRAC Bourgogne, Dijon, France.
ASmall Forest, @PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.

2003 FONDATION CARTIER POUR L=ART CONTEMPORAIN, France.
NEUEN GALERIE, Graz, Austria

2001 PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.
GAGOSIAN GALLERY, Beverly Hills, California.

1999 PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.
MIAMI ART MUSEUM, Florida.

1997 PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.
ASPEN ART MUSEUM, Aspen, Colorado.
ARTPACE, San Antonio, Texas.

1995 GALERIE PHILOMENE MAGERS, Cologne, Germany.
RHONA HOFFMAN GALLERY, Chicago, Illinois.
AProjects 49,@ THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York.

1994 PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.
ANancy Rubins: Airplane Parts and Building, A Large Growth for San Diego,@ curated by Kathryn Kanjo, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO, San Diego, California.

1993 AMattresses and Cakes,@ PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.
KUNSTVEREIN LINGEN, Lingen, Germany.
AAperto,@ VENICE BIENNALE, Italy.


1992 GALERIE PATRICK DE BROCK, Antwerp, Belgium.
MILLER NORDENHAKE, Cologne, Germany.
BURNETT MILLER GALLERY, Los Angeles, California.

1991 THE DRAWING CENTER, New York, New York.

1987 AMonument to Megapolises Past and Future,@ (collaboration with Chris Burden), LOS ANGELES CONTEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS (L.A.C.E.), Los Angeles, CA.

1986 ASprockets Moon,@ (collaboration with Chris Burden), NEW LANGTON ARTS, San Francisco, CA.

1982 AWorlds Apart,@ Commission, WASHINGTON PROJECT FOR THE ARTS, Washington, D.C.
O.K. HARRIS GALLERY, New York.

1980 O.K. HARRIS GALLERY, New York.
ABig Bil-Bored,@ CERMACK PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER, Berwyn, Illinois.

1979 Commission, FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY, Tallahassee, Florida.

1978 80 LANGTON STREET, San Francisco, California.


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS


2004 APaper,@ PATRICIA FAURE GALLERY, Santa Monica, CA.

2003 AAmerican Academy Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS, New York.
A100 Artists See God,@ INDEPENDENT CURATORS INTERNATIONAL, Curated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston, Traveling Exhibition.
AThe American Landscape,@ PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.
ASculpture,@ MICHAEL KOHN GALLERY, Los Angeles.
ABelvedere Dell=Arte, Orizzonti@, FORTE BELVEDERE, Firenze

2002 AMarkings: Constructing form through drawing,@MAK CENTER FOR ART AND ARCHITECTURE, Los Angeles, CA.
AParallels and Intersections: Art/Women/California, 1950-2000,@ San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose CA.

2001 ASummer 2001,@ PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.

2000 AMetal,@ STEFFANY MARTZ, New York.

1999 AThe Great Drawing Show 1550 to 1999," KOHN TURNER GALLERY,
Los Angeles, CA.
Group Show: Walton Ford, Suzanne McClelland, Santi Moix, James Nares, Elliott Puckette, Nancy Rubins, and Michael Zwack, PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.
APowder: The Myth of Mortality,@ ASPEN ART MUSEUM, Colorado.

1998 Group Show: Suzanne McClelland, Elliott Puckette & Nancy Rubins, PAUL KASMIN
GALLERY, New York.

ASunshine & Noir. Art in L.A. 1960-1997,@ LOUISIANA MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, Travels to: Castello di Rivoli, Rivoli, Italy; Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA.

1997 AArt on Paper,@ WEATHERSPOON ART GALLERY, The University of North Carolina, Greensboro.
ATrash. When Waste Materials Become Art,@ Museo d=Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
d=Trento e Rovereto, Trento, Italy.
ASummer 97,@ Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York.
ARecent Acquisitions in Contemporary Drawings,@ MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York..
ASunshine & Noir. Art in L.A. 1960-1997,@ LOUISIANA MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, Humlebaek, Denmark. Travels to: Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg, Germany.

1996 ASculpture: Donald Baechler, Konstantin Kakanias, Nancy Rubins,@ PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.
ASerge Spitzer, Fred Sandback, Nancy Rubins, BURNETT MILLER GALLERY, Santa Monica, CA.

1995 A1995 Whitney Biennial@ curated by Klaus Kertess, WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, NewYork, March 22 - June 4.
AThe Mind has a Thousand Eyes,@ BURNETT MILLER GALLERY, Santa Monica, California.
ASummer 1995,@ PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.

1994 ASummer >94,@ PAUL KASMIN GALLERY, New York.
AUntitled...,@ POSTMASTERS GALLERY, New York.
ACountry Sculpture,@ LE CONSORTIUM, Dijon, France.
A(cut)-Los Angeles-90'ernes Kunstscene,@ KUNSTFORENINGEN, Copenhagen, Denmark.
AInternational >94,@ SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK, Long Island City, New York.

1993 AThoughts That Fit Like Air: Herbert Hamak, Noritoshi Hirakawa, Thom Merrick, Nancy Rubins,@ ART & PUBLIC, Geneva, Switzerland.
AEnclosion: Sonia Labouriau, Kirsten Mosher, Dan Peterman, Nancy Rubins,@ NEW YORK KUNSTHALLE, New York.
AArtificial Paradises: Balks, Burden Gormely, Hayward, Potter, Rubins,@ BURNETT MILLER GALLERY, Los Angeles, California.
AAperto,@ 45th VENICE BIENNALE, Venice, Italy.
ADifferentes Natures : Visions de l=Art Contemporain,@ Etablissement Public pour l=Amenagement de la region de la Defense, Lindau, France.
AOrdnung und Zerstorung,@ Kulturreferat der Landeshauptstadt, Munich, Germany.
AThe Elegant, Irreverent and Obsessive: Drawing in Southern California,@ ARTS GALLERY , California State University, Fullerton, California.
ASimply Made in America,@ THE ALDRICH MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART,
Ridgefield, Connecticut; (traveling to: THE CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER,
Cincinnati, Ohio; KNOXVILLE MUSEUM OF ART, Knoxville, Tennessee; BUTLER MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Butler, Ohio; KRANNERT MUSEUM OF ART, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.

1992 ALax,@ GALERIE KRINZINGER, Vienna, Austria.
AMatthew Barney, Sam Reveles, Nancy Rubins,@ STEIN/GLADSTONE GALLERY, New York.
APedro Cabrita Reis, Nancy Rubins, Franz West,@ BURNETT MILLER GALLERY, Los Angeles, CA.
AHelter Skelter: L.A. Art in the 1990s,@ MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Los Angeles, CA.


1991 AMarking Time: Nancy Rubins, Angela Bulloch, John Reilly, Jacob El Hanani@ THE DRAWING CENTER, Center for the Study and Exhibition of Drawings, New York.
ALost & Found,@ SCULPTURE CENTER, New York.
AObject/Context,@ THE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM, University of Pennsylvania, PA.

1990 AArt in the Anchorage 1990: In the Vaults of the Brooklyn Bridge,@ CREATIVE TIME , NY

1988 ASculpture at the Point,@THREE RIVERS ARTS FESTIVAL" Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1987 ASpatial Considerations,@ MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF THE ART, Baltimore, Maryland.
AArtist=s Statements,@ U.N. Plaza, Vienna, Austria.

1986 AGroup Show at the Alexandra Hotel,@ Los Angeles, California.
ASouthern California Assemblages,@ SANTA BARBARA CONTEMPORARY ARTS FORUM, Santa Barbara, California.

1985 AA Decade of Visual Arts at Princeton: Faculty 1975-1985,@ THE ART MUSEUM, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.

1983 ASix Mobile Homes,@ NEW LANGTON ARTS, San Francisco, California.

1982 ASculptors at U. C. Davis, Past and Present,@ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS, Davis, California.

1981 AMERICAN ACADEMY AND INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND LETTERS, New York.

1980 AArt on the Beach,@ Battery Park Landfill, CREATIVE TIME, New York.

1977 AWorks in the World,@ UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.
AInstallation,@ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS, Davis, California.


BIBLIOGRAPHY

2006 Schjeldahl, Peter. AFlying High,@ THE NEW YORKER, August 7, 2006.
Pogrebin, Robin. ALincoln Center=s Proponent of Populism, Widening the Reach,@ THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 26, 2006.
Robinson, Walter. AWeekend Update,@ ARTNET, July 25, 2006.
AHang 10,@ DAILY NEWS, July 23, 2006.
Cohen, David. ABringing the Beach to Lincoln Center,@ THE NEW YORK SUN, July 13, 2006.
AWith a Paddle,@ THE NEW YORKER, July 10, 2006.
Lowenstein, Kate. AOut There,@ TIME OUT, July 6, 2006.
Kimmelman, Michael. AWeek Ahead: July 16-22" THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 2006.
ANancy Rubins: Big Pleasure Point,@ PUBLIC ART FUND, July 2006.
ANancy Rubins Big Pleasure Point at Lincoln Center - Press Release,@ PUBLIC ART FUND, July 2006.
Finkel, Jori. AA Bouquet of Boats Blooming at Lincoln Center,@ THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 25, 2006.
ANancy Rubins: Artist-in-Residence,@ SCULPTURE CENTER, June 19, 2006
Vogel, Carol. AMarooned Art,@ THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 2, 2006.
AArt for All,@ LINCOLN CENTER CALENDAR, June 2006.
Pincus, Robert L. AFor Nancy Rubins, Some >Poetic Justice=,@ SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE, Jan 15, 2006.

2005 Schlosser, Jim. AArtist transports sculpture from junkyard to front yard,@ GREENSBORO NEWS-RECORD, October 17 2005.
ATrashy Treasures.@ PLENTY, June/July 2005.
Hirsch, Faye. ANancy Rubins at Paul Kasmin.@ ART IN AMERICA, May 2005.
Baker, R.C. AShow World: Nancy Rubins at Paul Kasmin Gallery.@ VILLAGE VOICE, February 9-12 2005.
Spiher, David. ASculpting Woods of Steel.@ GAY CITY, February 3-9, 2005.
AArt Museums and Libraries: Nancy Rubins.@ THE NEW YORKER, February 7, 2005.
ANancy Rubins.@ FLAVORPILL, February 1, 2005.
AAirplane Parts Take Flight,@ AOPA ePILOT, January 21, 2005.
ADon=t Miss: Nancy Rubins,@ TIME OUT, January 20-26, 2005
Kastner, Jeffery. AScene and Herd: Chris Burden and Nancy Rubins=s departure from UCLA.@
ARTFORUM, January 20, 2005.
ANancy Rubins at Paul Kasmin Gallery,@ ABSTRACT ART ONLINE, January 15, 2005.
Loos, Ted. AA Good Tail Fin is Hard to Find,@ THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 9, 2005.

2004 Schwendener, Martha. ABarry Flanagan, Robert Indiana, Frank Stella, et al.@ ARTFORUM, August 2004.


2003 Virilio, Paul. AUnknown Quantity,@ Three color reproductions, Thames & Hudson, New York.
AThe American Landscape,@ WWW.VILLAGEVOICE.COM, July
AAnother Country,@ ARTREVIEW, July/August

2002 AAfter the Towers,@ The New Yorker, July 15, 2002.
Baker, Kenneth. AGetting History All Tangled Up: San Jose Exhibition Fails to Convey Women=s Struggles as artists@ San Francisco Chornicle, July 1, 2002
Beeler, Monique. APost-war Contributions of State=s Female Artists@ The Argus, The Review, The Tribune, The Herald, The Times-Star July 12, 2002
Cheng, Scarlet. ACalifornia Grrrls, The Major Survey >Parallels and Intersections:Art/Women/ California= sheds light on an oft-neglected group of female artists from 1950-2000" Calendar Live, Sept 29, 2002
Fischer, Jack. AGathering a half-century from Women=s Perspective@ San Jose Mercury News, June 30, 2002 (with Rubins image)
F.,L. Untitled. Alaska Airlines Magazine. July 2002, p. 8.
Fuller, Diana Burgess and Daniela Salvioni. Women/Art/California: Parallels and Intersections, 1950-2000. University of California Press, 2002. (Rubins on page115-7)
Koppman, Debra. A>Parallels and Intersections: Art/Women/California, 1950-2000'@ Artweek. Vol 33, No. 5, June 2002, p. 6
ALecture on Women and Art@ Town Crier, Los Altos, CA, July 17, 2002.
Nasatir, Judith, ASecond Sight,@ HOUSE & GARDEN, September 2002.
Pagnoux, Estelle. AWomen: Feminism influences art: Fifty Years marked by History, Technology.@ Stepping Out: Silicon Valley Community Paper, Sept 4, 2002
Spruill, Neely Barnwell. AWomen=s World@ Elle Decor August/September 2002, p 36
W., J. A>Parallels and Intersections: Art/Women/California, 1950-2000'@ ArtForum
International. May 2002, p. 75.

2001 Review. Artforum, December.
Review. The New Yorker, April 23 & 30.
Review. Abstract Art Online, April11.
Spears, Dorothy. Review. Art on Paper, July-August.
Sheets, Hilarie M. Review. Art News, Summer.
Princenthal, Nancy. Review. Art in America, October.


2000 AParallels and Intersection: A Remarkable History of Woman Artist In California, 1950-2000,@ University of California Press, Berkeley.

1999 "Artist Doesn't Miss the Boat," The San Diego Union Tribune, November 15.
Los Angeles Times, November 12.
Ollman Leah, Art Reviews, L.A. Times, October 1.
Weil, Rex, Artnews, September.
Costello, David, ACollecting,@ The Wall Street Journal, July 30.
De Xaxas Mas, Xavier, ANancy Rubins fascina e irrita en EE.UU. Con su arte hecho con material de basura@La Vanguardia, July 4.
Soloman, Deborah, AHow to Succeed In Art,@ The New York Times Magazine, June 27.
Morgan, Robert, Exhibitions Review, Review, May 15.
Hayt, Elizabeth, AMonuments of Junk Artfully Compacted,@ The New York Times, May 2. Blackburn, Meg, Art Listings,NY Arts, Vol. 4 No.5, May.
AArtist of the Month: Nancy Rubins,@ Tatler, May.
Vincent, Stephen, Previews, Art & Auction, April 15.
Bravo, Armando Alvarez, ANancy Rubins: a partir da la chatarra,@ el Nuevo Herald, February 14.
Turner, Elisa, AThe Artist as a body-snatcher: And now she is lusting after Concord Corpse,@ The Herald, February 7.
Dietsch, Deborah, AFlying Debris,@ Sun Sentinel, February 4.
Kaylan, Melik, AThe Natural@, Town & Country, January.

1998 Wallach, Amei. AVision of the Void Behind the California Sun.@ The New York Times,
November 29.
Johnson, Ken. Review, The New York Times, April 3.
Weschler, Lawrence. AL.A. Glows.@ The New Yorker California Issue, February 23 & March
2.

1997 AAspen Art Museum presents...@ The Aspen Times, June 14-15.
Aspen Daily News, June 19.
Bowyer Bell, J. Review, Review, March 15.
Bradley, Jeff. AIs it Art?@ The Denver Post, August 26, p. 8E.
Chamberlain, Karen. ADefying Gravity, Accepting History.@ ASPEN ART MUSEUM -Museum News, Summer, p. 5, 7.
Cotter, Holland. ARising Spiral of Modernism.@ The New York Times, February 14, p.C31. Cotter, Holland. AIdeas From the Air Wrapped in Paper.@ The New York Times, December 19.
Dalton, Jennifer. Review, Review, March 15.
McGlynn, Tom. Review, On The Walls-Critical Reviews, March 15-April 26.
Pederson, Victoria, Review, Paper Magazine, April 1997.
Richard, Frances. Review, ArtForum, Summer 1997.
Shaw, Leslie Ava. Review, Cover, Volume #11, #3.
Yablonsky, Linda. Review, Time Out New York, March 23-April 3.

1996 Adams, Brooks. AThe Abstract Century.@ Art in America, July.
Morgan, Robert. ASculpture...@ Time Out, July 10 - 17.
Reindl, Uta.@Nancy Rubins.@ (Philomena Magers), Kunstforum, February-April.
Photo - The Sciences, May/June.
Photo - New Observations, January - February, Issue #110, p. 20.
AVisual Message.@ Scholastic Art, April/May (Children=s publication).

1995 A1995 Biennial Exhibition.@ WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, February-April.
AArt.@ The New Yorker, March 13, p. 20.
AArt.@ The New Yorker, May 29, p.21.
Artner, Alan G. ANancy Rubins Never Discards a Good Idea.@ Chicago Tribune, March 24, p. 42.

Baker, Kenneth. AWhitney Biennial Steers Clear of Culture Wars.@ San Francisco Chronicle, April 11, Datebook, p. E1 +.
Conkelton, Sheryl. Projects: Nancy Rubins (brochure, no. 49). New York: The Museum of Modern Art.
Conners, Thomas.@Chicago.@ Sculpture, July-August, p.45.
Duncan, Michael.@Transient Monuments.@ Art in America, April, pp.78-83.
Fujimori, Manami. Bijutso Techno Monthly Art Magazine. March, Volume 47, No. 703.
Gardner, James. @Opinion: Whitney Biennial.@ Sculpture, July-August, pp.6-7.
Gimelson, Deborah. AThe New Whitney Biennial: A Balanced and Decorous Snooze.@ The New York Observer, January 23.
Goldberger, Paul. AThe Art of His Choosing.@ The New York Times, February 26.
Haile, Michael.@UCLA 8 at the Whitney.@ UCLA Magazine, Spring, p.19.
Heartney, Eleanor.@The Whitney Museum Biennial.@ Art Press, June, p. I-III.
James, Jamie.@New York=s Whitney Biennial.@ Times of London, April 19.
Jusidman, Yishai.@inSITE.@ Art Issues, January-February, pp.46-48.
Karmel, Pepe.@Whitney Biennial.@ ARTnews, May, p. 147.
Karmel, Pepe.@Anything Goes As Long As It=s Not Boring.@ ARTnews, September, p.126-129.
Kazanjian, Dodie.@Material Matters.@ Vogue, July, p. 138-141 +.
Kertess, Klaus.@Bahind the Biennial.@ Vogue, March, pp. 272-73.
Kimmelman, Michael.@A Quirky Whitney Biennial.@ The New York Times, March 24, Section C, pp.1,32.
Kramer, Hilton. AIt=s Not a Pretty Story: Whitney=s Cakes >n= Christ.@ The New York Observer, April 3.
Lingemann, Susanne.@Elegant-doch fehlt der biss.@ Art, June (German).
Rugoff, Ralph. AThe Show of Shows.@ Harper=s Bazaar, March.
Schjedahl, Peter.@Airfill.@ The Village Voice, February 14, p. 82.
Smith, Roberta.@At the Modern, A Deliberate Crash Landing.@ The New York Times,
February 10, p. 28.
Solomon, Deborah.@All Persuations, No Whiners.@ The Wall Street Journal, March 24, p. 12.
Volk, Gregory.@Nancy Rubins: Museum of Modern Art.@ ARTnews, Summer, p. 124.
Yood, James.@Nancy Rubins: Rhona Hoffman Gallery.@ Artforum, November, p. 95-6.
Strickland, Carol. AWhitney Biennial Straddles the Fence.@ The Christian Science Monitor, April 14, p.11.

1994 ABlack Page,@ Utne Reader January February, p. 144.
AHelter Skelter: LA Art in the 90's.@ Artweek, September 8, cover.
AInSITE 94 festival artistico de gran transendencia.@ Summa, August 23, p. 17, section B.
AMore than 100 artists and 38 institutions collaborate for biennial exhibition of installation and Site-specific art.@ Uptown Newsmagazine, October, pp. 22-23.
ANancy Rubins: Airplane Parts and Building: A Large Growth for San Diego.@ San Diego Daily Transcript, September 23, p. 19.
Biemiller, Lawrence.@ A Sculptor Whose Complement of Materials and Forms Challenges the Comfort Zone.@ Chronicle of Higher Education, January 12, p. A47.
Bouley, Nathalie,@Blancheurs Lyriques ou Country Sculptures.@ Le Bien Public, June 9.
Criqui, Jean-Pierre, ACountry Sculpture,@ exhibition review, Artforum, November.
Duncan, Michael, AL.A. Rising,@ Art in America, December, pp. 72-82.
Harris, Susan.@Nancy Rubins.@ Art Press, March, p.95.
Knight, Christopher, ANew Border Customs,@ The Los Angeles Times, October 1, p. F7-F8.
List, Henrik. @New Border Kulissen.@ Berlingske Tidende, March 19.
McKenna, Kristine, AShe=s Big on the Art of Recycling,@ The Los Angeles Times, August 13.
Metz, Barbara and Rafferty, Miriam.@inSite 94: A Binational Art Happening.@ San Diego Daily Transcript, September 23, pp. 6-7.
Muchnic, Suzanne.@Looking for Art That=s Literally All Over the Map?@ Los Angeles Times, September 18, pp. 57-58.

Myles, Eileen, ANancy Rubins at Paul Kasmin,@ Art in America, January, p. 103.
Newhall, Edith, Talent Readyt for Takeoff, New York Magazine, December 5.
Pincus, Robert L., AinSITE94 Is No Mere B-Week Exhibit; It=s a Transborder Spectacle,@The San Diego Tribune, September 18, p. E-2.
Plagens, Peter, ASculpture Made to Border,@ Newsweek, October 31, p.64.
Rasmussen, Christine, AInsightful Art Exhibit Opens Eyes,@ the Daily Aztec,September 23.
Saltz, Jerry, AL.A. Rising,@ Art & Auction, April, Cover & pp. 88-91, 122.
Smith, Roberta, AArt in Review,@Postmasters Gallery exhibition review, The New Times, February 25, p. C22.
Vega, Patricia.@Obras de ruptura, abiertas a multiples lecturas en inSITE 94.@ La Jornada, September 25, p. 27.
Vogel, Carol. AInside Art.@ The New York Times, December 16.

1993 ADie Avantgarde bei Dance.@ Abendzeitung, May 6, p. 32 (Germany).
AU.C.L.A.=s Fab Four of the Art World,@ Artswork, U.C.L.A. School of the Arts, Fall,
pp. 1, 3, 10, 11.
ATortenzwischen Matratzen Plaziert.@ Lingener Tageszeitung, March 12 (Germany).
AInstallation von Nancy Rubins.@ Lingener Tageszeitung, March 9 (Germany).
ABeeck: Installation Grosser Erfolg.@ Lingener Tageszeitung, March (Germany).
ANancy Rubins.@ BT, August, pp. 40-41 (Japan).
ANeue Kunst auf Bruchigen Untergrund.@ Art, August, p. 53 (Germany).
AReview.@ Osnabrucker Stadtblatt, April (Germany).
AVenice Biennale.@ Artist, July, pp. 306, 311 (Taiwan).
AKunstverein Sucht Matratzen.@ Lingener Tageszeitung, February 17 (Germany).
Bratschi, Isabelle. ALes oeuvres de quatre artistes font exploser l=espace Art et Public.@
Le Courrier, December 2 (Switzerland)
Dattenberger, Simone.@Kuchen in Fortunas Fullhorn.@ Suddeutsche Zeitung, May 7 (Germany).
Duncan, Michael.@L.A.: The Dark Side.@ Art in America, March.
Gebhardt, Ines.@Torten mit Steuergeldern finanziert.@ Lingener Tageszeitung, March 25 (Germany).
Gockel, Cornelia.@Kreislauf von Werden und Vergehen.@ Suddeutsche Zeitung, May 19 (Germany).
Grandjean, Emmanuel. ALa Galerie Art & Public se met en quatre.@ Le Nouveau Quotidien, December 21 (Switzerland).
Hess, Elizabeth.@Materialized Girls.@ Village Voice, April 16.
Johnson, Ken. ALove and Rubbish.@ Art in America, April, pp. 113-15.
Kort, Michael.@Speaking to the Human Spirit.@ U.C.L.A. Magazine, Spring, pp.22-29.
Kuhn, Anne-Elisabeth.@Kaisers Neue Kleider.@ Lingener Tageszeitung, March 29 (Germany).
Liebmann, Lisa.@Sculpture.@ Grand Street, no. 46, pp. 47-63.
Meier, Alfred. ANancy Rubins.@ Punkt,March, p. 26 (Germany).
Nesweda, Peter. ALAX.@ Forum International, January-February, pp. 154-55.
Nyffenegger, Francoise. APluralite.@ Tribune de Geneve, December 2, p.35 (Switzerland).
Pagel, David. APieces of Weight: Artificial Paradises.@ Los Angeles Times, July 22,
section F, p. 10.
Reindl, Uta M. AMattresses and Cakes.@ Kunstforum, July, p. 402 (Germany).
Rubins, Nancy. AThe Question of Gender in Art.@ Tema Celeste, Winter, p. 56.
Schepers, Heiner. AUber Skulptur von Nancy Rubins Sprechen.@ Lingener Tageszeitung,
March 16.
Schjeldahl, Peter. AAwash in the Venice Biennale.@ Los Angeles Times, June 20, pp. 4, 88.
ANancy Rubins.@ The New York Times, April 16.
Smith, Roberta. AExamining Culture Through Its Castoffs.@ The New York Times, November 28, pp. 39, 44.
Smith, Roberta. Review, The New York Times, April 16.

Zimmer, William. AIndustrial-Strenghth Sculpture with Economy-Size Politics.@ The New York Times, March 28.

1992 AArt.@ The New Yorker, April 27, p. 13.
AArt.@ The New Yorker, June 15, p. 12.
AArt on the Edge.@ Topanga Messenger, March 26, p. 13.
AHelter Skelter.@ Artforum, April, p. 103.
ANancy Rubins.@ Kolner Stadt-Anzeiger, July 3, p. 6 (Germany).
AViews.@ I.D., May-June, pp. 6-9.
Adams, Brooks. ANancy Rubins.@ Art in America, December, p. 123.
Baker, Kenneth. AHelter Skelter, A Defining Moment in L.A. Art.@ San Francisco Chronicle, March 19, pp. 1. 4.
Cotter, Holland, AArt in Review.@ The New York Times, July 9, section C, p. 28.
Drohojowska, Hunter. AL.A. Raw.@ ARTnews, April, pp. 78-81.
Faust, Gretchen, AMarking Time.@ Arts Magazine, February, p. 86.
Frank, Peter AArt Pick of the Week.@ LA Weekly, May 1, p. 131.
Gerstler, Amy. Artforum, Summer, p. 11.
Gipe, Lawrence. AHelter Skelter.@ Flash Art, May-June, p. 149.
Kimmelman, Michael. AHelter Skelter= Reveals the Evil of Banality.@ The New York Times, March 22, section B, pp. 1, 4.
Knaff, Devorah L. AGrim Legacy of the Millennium.@ The Riverside Press Enterprise, February 2.
Knight, Christopher. AAn Art of Darkness at MoCA.@ Los Angeles Times, January 28.
Kosenko, Peter. APutting Disgust on Display.@ In These Times., April 1, pp. 20-21.
Lambrecht, Luc. AHezachte monument van Nancy Rubins.@ November 1 (Belgium).
Littlefield, Kinney. AHelter Skelter Scintillates.@ Long Beach PressTelegram, February, 16.
AThe Shadowed Side of Sunny Southren California.@ The Orange County Register, February 2, section H, pp. 26-27.
Maslon, Laura Stevenson. AArt Chatter.@ Art Talk, March, p. 32.
Montgomery, Lee. AHelter Skelter.@ Daily Breeze. January 28, section C, pp. 1-2.
Muchnic, Suzanne. AArt in the City of Angels and Demons.@ Los Angeles Times, January 26, pp. 4-5, 76-78.
L=arte? Che Garaonda@ Il Messaggero, February 5 (Italy).
Sponsors of the New Exhibition Hope to Fend Off L.A. Bashers.@ New Jersey Star Ledger, February 2.
O=Brian, John. Tema Celeste, Summer, p. 84.
Pagel, David. ANancy Rubins.@ Flash Art, March.
AHelter Skelter.@ Art Issues, May-June, pp. 32-33.
ANancy Rubins.@ Flash Art, Summer, pp. 116-17.
AReflections on a Fascination with Trash.@ Los Angeles Times, March 26, section F ,p.4.
Pincus, Robert L. AL.A.=s Apocalypse is Almost Now.@ The San Diego Union Tribune, March
1, section E, p. 2.
Plagens, Peter. AThe Wonder Years.@ Newsweek, december 14, pp. 76-77.
Richard, Paul. AHelter Skelter: Naughty by Nature.@ The Washington Post, March 22.
Rugoff, Ralph. AMOCA=s >Helter Skelter= and the Art of Our Times.@ LA Weekly,
January 31, p. 18.
Saltz, Jerry. AMatthew Barney, Sam Reveles, Nancy Rubins.@ Flash Art, November-December,
p. 136.
Skelley, Jack. AHelter Skelter.@ Downtown News, January 13, pp. 1. 13-14.
Smollk, Von Noem. AMull, Kunst und Leben.@ Kolner Stadt-Anzeiger, July 21(Germany).
Sullivan, Meg. AHelter Skelter.@ Daily News, January 24, pp. 5-7.
Suzuki, Yoko. AFrom Rheinland.@ BT, September, p. 154 (Japan).
Trenkler, Thomas. AGanz Schon LAX.@ Wirtschafts Woche, November 5. Pp. 78-79 (Austria).
APerverses Holterdiepolter.@ Wirtschafts Woche, April 29, pp. 68-70 (Germany).
Urban, Hope. AThe Other Side of L.A.@ Daily Bruin, January 28, pp. 1, 17, 20-21.

Weintraub, Bernard. AArt and the Underside of L.A.@ The New York Times, March 4, section B, pp. 1, 4.
Wolf, Steven. AGimme Skelter.@ Downtown News, April 6.

1991 Diamond, Barbara. AHeater Art Steams neighbors.@ The Orange County Register, January 4.
Mott, Patrick. AArt or an Eyesore?@ Los Angeles Times, January 5, section N, p. 1.
Volzke, Jonathan. ALaguna Couple Survive Test of Metal.@ The Orange County Register,
January 4.

1990 AThe Anchorage.@ The New Yorker, August 20, p. 14.
AMall Brawl.@ The Village Voice, May 1.
Delmar, John davies. AWhat=s Under the Brooklyn Bridge?@ New York Newsday, August 27.
Gameman, Amy. ANew Sculpture: A Matter of Waste.@ The Wall Street Journal, January 30, section A, p. 16.
Larson, Kay. ABridge Over Troubled Waters.@ New York Magazine, August 13,pp.70-71.
Lerner, Raissa. ACreative Time Reopens Hugh Anchorage Space.@ The Phoenix, July 19.
Ray, Charles. Forehead: Writing and Art Journal, Beyond Baroque Foundation, Vol. 2,
pp. 89-93.
Smith, Roberta. AIn a Show on the Issues, the Focus is Outrage.@ The New York Times, July 27, section C,p. 24.
Wachunas, Tom. AArt to Match Bridge=s Awesome Anchorage Space.@ The Phoenix, July 19.
AReady to Compliment Art in the Anchorage.@ The Phoenix, July 26.

1989 AAlderman Behold Art Proposals.@ Berwyn Life, May 26, p. 1.
ABerwynites Want to Strike Sculpture.@ Chicago Sun Times, p. 7. Berwyn Life, December 8, p. 1.
Holt, Steven. AAfval als Basis.@ Industrieel/ontwerpen, No. 4, August (Belgium).

1988 AThe Breaking of American Art.@ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 28.
AA Different Kind of Art.@ The Pittsburgh Press, May 17, p. 1.
Hornisak, Bill. ASculpture at the Point.@ Chicago Tribune, May 18, p. 1.
Lowry, Patricia. A17 day Event Goes Avant-Garde.@ The Pittsburgh Press, May 29, Section F,
pp. 1, 4.
AFestival=s sculpture at Point stimulating, Uneven.@ The Pittsburgh Press, June 4, section B,
pp. 5, 7.
Mannella, Susan. ADeer, Deer, Who Left All This at the Point?@ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 18, p. 1.
Miller, Donald. AArts. Culture Overtake Festival Entertainment.@ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 4, pp. 1, 16.
ASculptures Aim to Turn Art into Life.@ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 7.

1987 Curtis, Cathy, AMonument to Megalopolises past, Future at LACE.@ Los Angeles Times, December 18.

1986 Baker, Kenneth. ASprocket=s Moon.@ San Francisco Chronicle, April 2.

1984 Hieronymus, Clara. AWorld=s (sic) apart A Still.@ The Tennessean, September 9, section C,
pp. 1,4.

1983 AD.C. Sculpture Bound for Music City.@ The Tennessean, January 10.
AOutdoor Art Goes Avant-Garde.@ USA Today, march 8, p. 1.
ARipley=s Believe It Or Not.@ February.
AYour Tax $$ Paid for this Hunk of Junk.@ National Enquirer, January 25.
White, Peter T. AThe Fascinating World of Trash.@ National Geographic, April, pp.452-53.


1982 AArts Group Tries to Save Sculpture.@ The Washington Times, July 31, section B, p. 4.
ABut is it Art?@ Norwalk Hour, August 24.
C.B.S. Nightly News, July 25.
N.B.C. Nightly News, July 24.
AWashington talk, 60 second debate.@ The New York Times, August 17, section B, p. 18.
Bowman, La Barbara. AJudge Ends Scrape.@ The Washington Post, July 31, section B p.7.
Hall, Carla. AAs the Whirl turns.@ The Washington Post, August 1, p. 18.
Lewis Jo Ann. ASculpting Up a Storm.@ The Washington Post, July 17, section B, pp. 1,5.
ASculpture in a Tornado.@ The Washington Post, October 18, section C, p. 7. December 18, section C, pp. 1, 9.
Nodal, Al, AWhen the City is the canvas.@ The Washington Post, June 8, section D, p. 1.

1981 AGets the Job Done.@ Berwyn Life, June 1.
ALetters to the Editor.@ Berwyn Life, July 8.
ALetters to the Editor.@ Chicago Reader. August 14.
Shopping Centers Today, January, p. 1.
Balser, Randy. AThe Junk Sculpture is Art.@ Berwyn Life, June 21.
DeZutter, Hank. AArt Battle in Berwyn: The Concrete Monster From Out of State.@ Reader, July 10, pp. 3, 34.
Ervin, Michael. ABut is it Art?@ Heartland, Spring, p. 22
Herguth, Bob, APublic Eye.@ Sunday Sun Times, August 16, p. 12.
Starr, Autumn. AThe Making of the Berwyn Sculpture.@ The Oz Express, October 17,p.10.
Voedisch, Lynn. AShoppers Battle, Admire or Ignore Artwork in Malls.@ Suburban Sun Times, January 29.
Wisby, Gary. ABerwyn >Bil-Bored@ Stirs Up a Storm.@ Sunday Sun Times, April 5.
ABil-bored= Sculptor Chisels away Criticism.@ Sunday Sun Times, May 17, p. 8.
1980 A.B.C. Nightly News, November 24.
C.B.S. Evening News with Walter Cronkite, November 24.
ALetters to the Editor.@ Berwyn Life. December 31.
AMatula Blasts Art as a Health Hazard.@ Berwyn Life, December 30.
N.B.C. Nightly News, November 25.
The New York Times, August 12, p. 18.
N.P.R. AAll Things Considered.@ December 15.
APlaza Statue a Mixed Bag, Council Says.@ Berwyn Life, November 2.
ASculpture of Used Appliances Has Residents Crying Foul.@ Schenectady Gazette, November
25.
Arndt, Michael. AMetal Ode to Shoppers.@ Suburban Tribune, November 21, p. 2.
Emmerman, Lynn. AHunk of junk? It=s called Art.@ Chicago Tribune, November 24, p.2.
Ferorelli, Enrico. AWall Street Comes Alive.@ Fortune, July 14, p. 116.
Glueck, Grace. AArt People.@ The New York Times, May 16.
ASummer art Scene: From 42d St. South.@ The New York Times, August 8.
Larson, Kay. ABeached.@ Village Voice, July 23-29, pp. 70-71.
Manson, Ken. APlaza Suite, Is it art or Junk?@ Berwyn Life. November 21, p. 1.
Norklin, Kathy. AThe Landfill, Monster and Dreams.@ Washington Market Review, Summer.
Russell, John. AArt: Noguchi Spaces At the Whitney,@ The New York Times, February 8.
Tallamer, Jerry. ASome Piece of Junk.@ New York Post, February 16.
Zimmer, William. Review, Soho News, June 25.

1979 Brown, Christopher. AReichart and Rubin (sic), Assertive Sculptures.@ Artweek, June 2, p. 7.
Dollar, Steve. AEverything But the Kitchen Sink.@ Florida Flambeau, December 10, p. 22.
EDUCATION


1976 M.F.A., University of California, Davis
1974 B.F.A., The Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore

TEACHING POSITIONS

1988 to present University of California, Los Angeles
1990 California Institute of the Arts, Spring
1987-1988 University of Southern California, Los Angeles
1986-87 University of California, Los Angeles, Spring
1985 University of California, Irvine, Fall semester
1982-83 University of California, Los Angeles
1981 The Maryland Institute, College of Art, Spring semester
1981 Princeton University, Winter
1979 Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, Fall semester
1976 San Francisco Art Institute, Fall semester

AWARDS

2003 American Academy of Arts & Letters, Academy Award in Art
2000 Maryland Institute College of Art Alumni Award
1997-1998 Flintridge Foundation
1993 Rockefeller Foundation Travel Award
1991 The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, Awards in Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking,
Photography, and Craft Media
1981 N.E.A.
1981 Creative Artists Public Service Grant, New York State Council for the Arts
1980 N.E.A.
1977 N.E.A.


SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Burgundy Frac, Dijon, France
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Sun America Collections, Los Angeles
ArtPace, Houston
Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville
Hof de Neuen Galerie, Graz
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

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