Curriculum Vitae
Contact Information
5238 Coronado Avenue, #508, Oakland, CA 94618;
nancylegge22@gmail.com; (415) 336-6615
Profile
A practicing professional artist working in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1987. The figurative work, primarily in porcelain, bronze and glass, explores abstraction and its expressive possibilities.
Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions
Seager/Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, The Object in Art, December 2023
Seager/Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, Kindred Spirits, Two Person Show, October, 2023
Seager/Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, Persons of Interest, August 2023
Seager/Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA Material Matters, March 2023
Seager/Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, Material Matters, 2022
Seager/Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, Gifted, 2021-22
Seager/Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, Figuring It Out, 2021
Seager/Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, Material Matters, 2019
Seager/Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, Natural Inclinations, 2018
Seager/Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, Finding the Figure, Solo Exhibition, 2018
The San Francisco Design Center, San Francisco, CA, Kneedler/Fauchere Showroom, 2018
Seager/Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, Powder and Smoke, 2017
Seager/Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, Material Matters, 2017
Seager/Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, Summer Salon, Gallery Figures, 2016
Seager/Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, Personae, Solo Exhibition, 2015 — [Click here to view catalog]
Art Market San Francisco with Seager Gray Gallery, 2015, 2016
Seager/Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, All in the Family, 2015
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY, Figuratively Speaking, National Juried Show, 2014
Susan Street Fine Art, Solano Beach, CA, Sculpture Spotlight: Nancy Legge and Carl Dahl, 2014
Seager/Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, Women’s Work, 2014
Seager/Gray Gallery,Mill Valley, CA, Summer Salon, 2013
Seager/Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, Figures in Abstract, 2012
Pryor Fine Art, Atlanta, GA, Fall Salon, 2011
Pryor Fine Art, Atlanta, GA, Introductions, 2011
Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA, New Work by Gallery Artists, 2011
Susan Street Fine Art, Solano Beach, CA, Forever and Floating, 2011
L.H. Horton Jr. Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA, Visions in Clay, 2010.
San Francisco Fine Art Fair with Donna Seager Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2010
Lincoln Arts and Cultural Foundation, Lincoln, CA, Feats of Clay XXI, 2008
Kellogg University Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, Ink and Clay 34, 2008
Kellogg University Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, Ink and Clay 33, 2007
Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA, Finding the Figure, Waldemar Mitrowsk and Nancy Legge, 2006
The Branson School Gallery, Ross, CA, From Callanish to California, solo exhibition, 2005
CFA Gallery, San Anselmo, CA, San Francisco International Art Exposition, 2005
PRO ARTS Gallery, Oakland, CA, New Visions: Introductions ’04, A Juried Exhibition of California Artists, Juried by Rene di Rosa and Jack Rasmussen, 2004
CFA Gallery, San Anselmo, CA, The Figure in Art: New Explorations of a Bay Area Tradition, 2004
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, White on White: New Figurative Sculpture, solo exhibition, 2004
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, elements: 2 painters and a sculptor, 2004
Tierra Solida, Santa Barbara, CA, Clearly Black & White, curated by Michael Arntz, 2003
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror’s Award, 2003
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, Sculpture, curated by Manuel Neri, 2003
Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA, Memorias: El Dia de los Muertos, an invitational show celebrating the Day of the Dead, 2002
Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael, CA, It Figures…A Showcase of Figurative Works by Eighteen Marin County Artists, 2002
Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, Falkirk 2002 Marin Artists Exhibition, curated by Claire Carlevaro, The Art Exchange, 2002
Galerie Elektra, Sausalito, CA, new bronzes exhibited,1999 – 2004
Publications and Other Affiliations
O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, 13th Annual Wabi-Sabi Exhibition, Juried by Nancy Legge, June, 2016
Nancy Legge, Personae, Catalog for Seager/Gray Solo Exhibition, August, 2015
Marin Independent Journal, July 6, 2006, “The Mystery of Stone and Human Form,” Working Artist Profile by Christine Brenneman.
500 Figures in Clay Ceramic Artists Celebrate the Human Form Lark Books, 2004.
Artweek, November, 2004, Review of New Visions: Introductions ’04, A Juried Exhibition of California Artists.
Ceramics Monthly, Work featured in “Upfront,” February, 2003.
Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA, Wit and Wisdom Small Works from the Pacific Rim Sculptors Group, Curated by Beth Goldberg and Nancy Legge, 2005.
Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA, Exhibitions Selection Committee, 2004 - 2008.
Member, International Sculpture Center
Education
Pratt Institute, New York, NY
The Studio School, New York, NY
The National Academy of Design, New York, NY
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, (Workshop with Kirstie Rea)
Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA , (Workshops with Stephen De Staebler and John Toki)
Taking the Leap, Emeryville, CA, (A professional practices program for visual artists)
Representation
Pryor Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Seager/Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Susan Street Fine Art, Solano Beach, CA