Born 1956, Monticello, Minnesota. Raised in League City, Texas Lives and works in Bend, Oregon

Chronology

1987 - California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA. Master of Fine Arts
1985 - Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL. Master of Arts
1982 - University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. Bachelor of Fine Arts

Publications

2021 - Floyd, Nancy. Weathering Time. International Center of Photography / GOST Books, New York/London.
2008 - She’s Got a Gun, book length manuscript, 140 images, Temple University Press, 2008. Refereed. The book is part history of American gun women, part memoir of Floyd’s Texas childhood and the loss of her brother, and a picture book with 150 historical images of women with guns, 35 of which were taken by Floyd.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2024 - Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR. For the Love of Trees.
2024 - Fairbanks Gallery of Art, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. Walking Through the Desert with My Eyes Closed.
2022 - Scalehouse, Bend, OR. Walking Through the Desert with My Eyes Closed. 2021
PhEST International Photography Festival, Monopoli, Italy. Weathering Time. Whitespace, Atlanta, GA. Walking Through the Desert with My Eyes Closed.
2019 - Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR. Weathering Time.
2018 - Joshua Tree Art Gallery, Joshua Tree, CA. She’s Got a Gun.
2017 - CUE Art Foundation, New York, NY. Weathering Time.
2017 - Whitespace, Atlanta, GA. Weathering Time.
2015 - The Pearl Conard Art Gallery, Ohio State University, Mansfield, OH. Weathering Time
2011 - Flux 2011, Atlanta, GA. Weathering Time, 1982–2010: Video Projection.
2011 - Quickshot, Atlanta, GA. Organized by Solomon Projects. Olympic Shooters.
2009 - Brenau Gallery, Brenau University, Gainesville, GA. She’s Got a Gun.
2008 - Solomon Projects, Atlanta. She’s Got a Gun.
2006 - Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR. James M. Floyd Memorial.
2003 - Solomon Projects, Atlanta. Weathering Time, video projection.
2002 - Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA. Weathering Time
1998 - Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA. Stopping Power.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024 - PLAYA, Summer Lake, OR. Wildfire + Water.

2023 - Photo Vogue Festival, Milan, Italy. Projections, Weathering Time.

2022 - Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD. Fickle Mirror: Dialogues in Self-Portraiture.
The Keller Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. Threshold Before/After.
Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards Exhibition: (2022) PHOTO 2022 International Festival of Photography, Melbourne, Australia; Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea; Printed Matter, NY, NY; (2021) Paris Photo, Paris, France.

2021 -
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA. Underexposed: Women Photographers from the Collection. Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL. American Epidemic: Guns in the United States.
Verzasca Foto Festival, Valle Verzasca, Switzerland. Projections, Weathering Time.
Lagos Photo Festival, Lagos, Nigeria. Projections, Weathering Time.
Jakarta International Photo, Jakarta, Indonesia. Projections, Weathering Time.
GALLERI IMAGE, Aarhus, Denmark. Not Bliss But Relief. A Photobook / printed material exhibition during Photobook Week Aarhus. Curated by Daria Tuminas.

2019 -
SHOWING (WORK X FAMILY): (2019) The Art Gallery at the Fulginiti Pavilion, Center for Bioethics and Humanities, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO (2018) University Art Gallery, California State University Stanislaus, Turlock, CA.

2018 -
Space Nau Bostik Ferran Turné 11, Barcelona, Spain. 5th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography.
Site: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY. Contemporary Photography 2008-2018. Curated by Kristen Gaylord, Beaumont & Nancy
Newhall Curatorial Fellow in the Department of Photography at MoMA
Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. Every (single) Day.

2017 -
Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta. Fast Forward / Rewind.
Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA. Unloaded. Curated by Dashboard.
Artwork Network Gallery, Denver CO. Critical Mass Top 50 Show: Markers of Time. Curated by David Rosenberg.

2016 -
Work | Release, Norfolk, VA. Under the Gun. Ten photographs.

2016 -
Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia, Athens. Continuum.
Rosemary Duffy Larson Gallery, Broward College, Davie, Florida. Girls and Guns, three-person exhibition.
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA. Community Slide Show: Deconstructing Dynasty. Curated by Vesna Pavlovic. https://vimeo.com/179503182
Atlanta Photography Group Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Portfolio 2016. Weathering Time, eight photographs. Curated by Lisa Sutcliffe, Photography Curator, Milwaukee Museum of Art.
Soho Photography Gallery, NYC. National Photography Competition. Juror Elisabeth Biondi.
Drawl Southern Contemporary, Little Rock, AR. The Gun Show.

2015 -
Works Gallery, San Jose, CA. American Gun Show.
Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, San Antonia, Texas. Everyday is Ordinary.
The Lubeznik Center, Michigan City, Indiana. Looking Glass: Exploring Self-Portraiture.

2013 -
Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta. Georgia Artists Selecting Georgia Artists.

2012 -
Scope Miami, Hagedorn Gallery, Miami, Florida
Billboard Art Project, Atlanta, GA. A Road To Nowhere.
FotoFreo 2012, Perth, Australia. Divergence.
Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA. She Got Game.
Leigh Gallery, Clemson University, Clemson, SC. Alignments.

2011 -
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain. Heroines.
Sol Mednick Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia. Behind the Atom Curtain: Life and Death in the Nuclear Age.

2010 -
Jackson Fine Art, Westside Project Space, Atlanta. POST-Her.
Seigfred Hall, Ohio University. Rehearse, Rewind, Repeat: Photography, Video and Performance.
Hand in Hand: (2010) Athens Institute of Contemporary Art, Athens, GA.; The Chaffee Art Center, Rutland, VT; (2009) Western Kentucky University Gallery, Bowling Green KY.

2009 -
Centre for the Living Arts, Mobile, AL. FADE.
Cherry Lion Gallery, Atlanta. What’s Happening Now?

2008 -
McMaster Gallery, Columbia, SC. PHOTOGRAPHY: SOUTHEAST an Invitational Exhibition.

2007 -
Robert B. Menschel Media Center, Syracuse, NY. A Just Image: Selections from the Light Work Collection

2001-06 -
Game Face: (2006) Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Miami, FL, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, Phoenix Central Library, Phoenix, AZ; (2005) The Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ, Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, Jacksonville, FL.; (2004) St. Louis Science Center, St. Louis, MO; World Financial Center, New York City, NY; Fisher Gallery at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; (2003) Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, IL.; (2002) Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA.; NCAA Hall of Champions, Indianapolis, IN.; The Women’s Museum, Dallas, TX.; (2001) Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC.

2000 -
White Columns, New York, NY. Wine, Women and Wheels
Laemmle Grand Fourplex Theatre, Los Angeles, CA. Before & After. Part of Projections: Intermission Images IX, Side Street Projects.
The Mattress Factory, Atlanta, GA. 808 East Main Street.
Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT. 808 East Main Street.

1997 -
Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA. Multiple Identities.
The Clement Gallery, Toledo, OH. Fun with Dick and Jane.
Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL. Bang! The Gun as Image.

1996 -
Side Street Projects, Santa Monica, CA. Detours ’96: Venice.
California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA. In Our Sights: Artists Look at Guns.

1995 -
Moreau Galleries, Notre Dame, IN. Women Facing Fear.
Gallery 400, Chicago, IL. Arresting Images.
1203 Art Space, San Antonio, TX. Redefining Legacies.

1994 -
Lawndale Art and Performance Center, Houston, TX. Image as Issue.
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Underexposed.
Abc No Rio, New York, NY. No More Nice Girls.

1993 -
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA. At the End of the 20th Century: Values?

1992-90 -
The Atomic Photographers Guild: (1992) II International Radiation Victims Conference, Berlin, Germany; Stadtgalerie Saarbrucken, Saarbrucken, Germany; (1991) Weltkongreß der Non-governmental Organizations, Paris, France; Niedersachsisches Umweltministerium, Hannover, Germany; Tagung der Partnerstadte von Hiroshima und Nagasaki, Kiel, Germany; 10. Weltkongreß der IPPNW, Stockholm, Sweden; (1990) Frauen-Museum, Bonn, Germany; Neue Gesellschaft fur Bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany

1992-87 -
A Different War: Vietnam in Art: (1992) Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, OH; Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; (1991) CU Art Galleries, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; Davenport Art Museum, Davenport, IA; Wight Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; (1990) Madison Art Center, Madison, WI; Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH; Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; (1989) DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA; Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA; Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA; Nancy Floyd, page 2 of 3 Higgins Armory Museum, Worchester, MA; Russell Library, Middletown, CT; (1987) Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C.

1992-88 -
James M. Floyd Memorial: (1992) Hampshire College Gallery, Amherst, MA; (1990) Toyama, Japan, Hokkaido, Japan; Okinawa, Japan; (1989) Hiroshima, Japan.

Awards

2023 -
Wildfire + Water: Artists and Scientists Collaborating for Change Residency. Residency, Exhibition & Symposium. PLAYA, Summer Lake, OR.
Career Opportunity Program Grant, Oregon Arts Commission and the Ford Family Foundation, OR. Capacity Building Grant, The Ford Family Foundation, OR.
Nominee, The Murray Reich Distinguished Artist Award, New York Foundation for the Arts.

2022 -
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, New York, NY.
Nominee, The Murray Reich Distinguished Artist Award, New York Foundation for the Arts.

2021 -
Longlisted, Weathering Time publication, Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize, London/Frankfurt.
Shortlisted, Weathering Time publication, Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation First PhotoBook Award, New York/Paris.
Career Opportunity Program Grant, Oregon Arts Commission and the Ford Family Foundation, OR.
Shortlisted, Weathering Time publication, The International Center of Photography / GOST Books, The Rencontres d’Arles Book Awards, Arles, France.

2020 -
Semi Finalist, 95th Annual International Competition, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA. Jurors, David Campany, Managing Director of Programs at the International Center of Photography, NY and Larissa Goldston, Director/Owner of Universal Limited Art Editions, NY.

2019 -
The International Center of Photography/GOST First Photo Book Award, New York, NY and London.
Shortlisted, The Hopper Prize. Jurors, Mia Lopez, Assistant Curator, DePaul Art Museum, Chicago and Patricia Restrepo, Assistant Curator and Exhibitions Manager at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX.
Honorable Mention, 2019 Contemporary Photography Award, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA. Juror, Lucy Gallun, Assistant Curator, Department of Photography, The Museum of Modern Art.

2018 -
Aaron Siskind Foundation Individual Photographer's Fellowship, New York, NY.
Finalist, 93rd Annual International Competition, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA. Jurors, José Diaz, Chief Curator, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh and Lisa Sutcliffe, Herzfeld Curator of Photography and Media Arts, the Milwaukee Art Museum.
Finalist, French & Michigan Publication Program, San Antonio, TX.

2017 -
Finalist, Aperture Portfolio Prize, New York, NY.
High Museum of Art Purchase Award, Atlanta, GA. In collaboration with Atlanta Photography Group Gallery, Atlanta, GA.

2016 -
CUE Arts Foundation Fellowship, New York, NY.
Finalist, Clarence John Laughlin Award, New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans, LA.
Faculty Summer Research Award, Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design, Georgia State University. (also 1997-1999, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013)

2015 -
SPE Future Focus Project Support Grant, Society for Photographic Education, Cleveland, OH.

2014 -
John Gutmann Photography Fellowship Award, San Francisco, CA.

2013 -
Summer Research Funds, Office of the Vice-President for Research and Economic Development, Georgia State University.

2011 -
Welch Faculty Research Grant, School of Art and Design, Georgia State University.
Research Initiation Award, College of Arts and Sciences, Georgia State University. (also 1997, 2001, 2004)

2009 -
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art Archive, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY. Invitational.

2007 -
Atlanta Celebrates Photography Grant, GA.

2003 -
Best Art Installation, Critics Pick Award, Creative Loafing, Atlanta, GA. For Weathering Time.

2002 -
Weathering Time named one of the top ten exhibitions of the year, Creative Loafing, Atlanta, GA. Artist Project Grant, City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta, GA.
Artist Studio, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA. 1997-2002.

Collections

Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Lightwork, Syracuse, NY
Joshua Tree Highlands Program, Joshua Tree, CA Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL

Books from Nancy FLOYD