Nellie Appleby
Born in 1973 in the Mountains of Virginia, grew up in Africa.
Exhibitions (** denotes solo or two-person show)
2010
in light of recent events, curated by spectre horizon for art fair week, Museo Vault, Miamii, FL
BIOPHILIA, Dimensions Variable, Miamii, FL **
2009
Artistas en pleno Medio Ambiente, Galería Metropolitana, Mexico City, Mexico
Hunt or Gather New work by Michael Lease and Nellie Appleby, Saville Gallery, Cumberland, Maryland**
2008
-Thick as Thieves, curated by AJ Liberto, Skydive, Houston, Texas
-Transitos Alternos - Brooklyn Nueva York - Guadalajara Jalisco, Museo Ex-Convento del Carmen, Guadalajara, Mexico
-Anima Mundi with Vita Litvak and Amanda Sauer, Gallery at Flashpoint, Washington DC
2007
-Past Meets Present, The Off Grounds Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
-Toward a New Kinship Constellation, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
-A Man Called Alex, Founders Hall, VCU, Richmond, Virginia
-We and Us, Playspace, California College of Art, San Francisco, California
-safety squash, window installation, ADA Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2006
-ADA flat files, ADA Gallery, Scope Art Fair, Miami
-Art to make it rain, outdoor installation, ADA Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
-Capirotada/All Mixed Up, Leonard Codex Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
-Loose Current, Bad Switch, VCU MFA Candidacy show, Quirk, Richmond, Virginia
-W/E, Claremont University, Los Angeles, California
-VCU Presents MFAs, Capital One, Richmond, Virginia
2005
-make stars, Paninoteca, Brooklyn, New York **
2004
-Botanica and Friends, Paninoteca, Brooklyn, New York **
-I Live Here, RKL Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
-Stinky Paradise, The Mighty Robot, Brooklyn, New York
-Shabbat, Leonard Codex Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2003
-NANG/collaborations, Nellie Appleby and Nikolai Vivarat-Goodich, NATURE,
Charlottesville, Virginia**
-Danielle Reide and Nellie Appleby, Le Yeux Du Monde, Charlottesville, Virginia**
-Rubulad Sells Out, Rubulad, Chelsea, New York City
-On Fire, Rubulad, Long Island City, New York
-AUNSPAUGH 1984-2003, Fayerweather Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
2002
- The Beautiful Room, The Cave, Brooklyn, New York**
-Wild Kingdom, Rubulad, Brooklyn, New York
-The Fringe Festival, IX Center, Charlottesville, Virginia
2001
-We Love Our Customers, The Hungarian Consulate, New York City
-In the Lake, Malca Fine Art, New York City
-Photography Show, NATURE, Charlottesville, Virginia
2000
- Pretty Excitable, Wildfist Gallery, Brooklyn, New York**
-In the Air, Artland, Brooklyn, New York**
1999
- Cuba Work, The Downtown Artspace, Charlottesville, Virginia**
-Country Love with Douglas Foster, XYZ Gallery, Blacksburg, Virginia**
-Treehouse, Penland School, Penland, North Carolina
1998
-Flour Halls, Tung Fa Noodle Factory, Brooklyn, New York
1997
- Early David, The Nazareth Space, New York City**
-Future International Artstars, The Downtown Artspace, Charlottesville, Virginia
Education
-Master of Fine Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia. 2007
-Aunspaugh Post Baccalaureate Fine Arts Program with Virginia of Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. 2003
-Two month intensive class/residency in Alternative Photography Processes taught by Dan Estabrook, Penland School, Penland, North Carolina. 1999
-Summer Domestic Resurrection Circus, Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover,
Vermont. 1997
-Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. 1996
-Art Practice, Central Saint Martins, London, England. 1992
Awards, Grants and Residencies
2007-8-Water Sentinels Grant for collecting data on the health of the Clinch River in Virginia, from the Sierra Club, San Francisco
2006-7
-Graduate Curatorial Fellowship with Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, from Virginia Commonwealth University
-Travel Grants for exhibitions in NYC, Miami and San Francisco, from Virginia Commonwealth University
-Research Grant for investigating art in the Botanical Garden context, from Virginia Commonwealth University
2005-Vermont Studio Center two-month residency with Artists Grant, Johnson, Vermont
2002-3 -Virginia Museum of Fine Art Fellowship
Articles and Publications
-The Studios of Key West catalogue, my essay on Biophilia project, October 2010
-Gurus of the Garden, Belle Magazine, Richmond VA, May 2009.
- Transita el Arte, El Mural, newspaper review, Guadalajara, Mexico, August 2008.
-VCU MFA 2007 catalogue, review by Larry Rinder.
-Arts and Sciences Magazine of the University of Virginia, A Studio of Ones Own, July 2003, http://magazine.clas.virginia.edu/x4911.xml
Professional Activities
2010 Visiting lecturer, Florida International University
2009- Edible Schoolyard teacher with Tricycle Gardens and Peter Paul Development Center, Richmond , VA
2008 - Panel presenter/discussion, Mid-America College Art Association, Whatever it takes, Indianapolis, Indiana, October 2008
-Visiting lecturer, Photography class ‘Concepts’ for college juniors, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
2006-7
- Presenter at the Virginia Council of Graduate Schools Graduate Student Research Forum, 2006, Richmond VA.
-Curator for Ginter Gallery II, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, VA
-President of the Graduate Arts Association, Virginia Commonwealth University
-Teaching Assistant for Basic Photography, Virginia Commonwealth University
1998-2005
-Co-curator and organizer of ‘Cheap Art Parties’, showing hundreds of artists’ work, simultaneously with films, performance, and bands. Ten have been held in Williamsburg, Brooklyn since 1998 at galleries which include, The Cave, Wildfist, The Mighty Robot, and Secret Project Robot.
2000-5
- Assistant to painter Chris Martin
-Photography assignments for Levi-Strauss, Big Management, Freeze Records…
2003-5 Window Dresser and props creator for Bergdorf Goodman and COACH, NYC
2002 Full time gardener at Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia
2001 Co-curator with Chris Martin of ‘Made in Brooklyn’ exhibition of 100 artists work at Cono’s Pizza, Brooklyn, New York
1998-9 Visiting Artist / Photography Teacher at Robert Wagner High School of the Arts, Queens, New York