Nancy Kozikowski
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Artist's Statement

After 25 years of making tapestries I feel that the geometric designs which have evolved in my work express a life of their own. Working within and against the limitations of the loom and evolving from vegetable dyes to unlimited chemically dyed colors, these designs have begun to express power, movement and light.
    I have tried to release the pattern from the surface of the tapestry and create a fluid, gentle, shallow and spontaneous space. I want to release the image from the medium--into the imagination of the viewer.

     Awards and Commissions

2002          “Block Cycle” 20’ x 8’ tapestry commission, Block Distributing,  San Antonio, TX
2002     “Z and S” tapestry commission , New Mexico Junior College, Hobbs NM
2002     “RT Red” tapestry commission, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
2001     “Magnifico honoree for 2001”
2001     “Red Chief Blanket”, 8’ x 30’, Bernalillo County Court House, Albuquerque, NM
1997     “Bravo Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts in 1996, Albuquerque, NM
1996     “Wave Theory” 5.5’ x 20’, U.S.A.A. Insurance, Colorado Springs, CO
1995     “Tangled Belts” 5 48”x48”, Hale and Dorr, Boston, MA
1993     “Covanant” 4.5' x 10' commission, Congregation Albert, Albuquerque, NM
1992     "Thread of New Mexico," 18.5' x 42", City of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM
1991     "Blue Tallis," 14' x 14',  Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York
1990     "Runways," 6' x 20', Albuquerque International Airport, Albuquerque, NM
1983     Santa Fe Arts Festival
1981     Governor's Award, State of New Mexico
1978     Albuquerque Museum, Textile Award
1974     “Red Chief Blanket”, 8’X30’  Hyatt Regency Hotel, Phoenix, AZ 
1972     Northwest Craftsman's Exhibition
1971     Albuquerque Museum, Textile Competition
             Pacific Northwest Handweavers' Conference

 
 
 

Selected One-person Exhibitions

2003  “Common Denominator” Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1994  "Tapestries, Paintings, Drawings," Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
 1993  "Woven Targets, Painted Arrows,"Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
 1992   J.Cacciola Galleries, New York
 1991   "Nancy Kozikowski: New Tapestries & Paintings," Dartmouth Street Gallery,    Albuquerque, NM
 1990   Guadalupe Historic Foundation, Santa Fe, NM
 1989   Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
           Weaving Southwest,Taos, NM
 1988   Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
           American Business Interiors, Albuquerque, NM
 1986   Robert Four Gallery, Paris 
 1985   Wool Warehouse Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
 1983   Gallery 10, New York
           St. John's Episcopal Church, New York 
 1982   Houshang's Gallery, Dallas, TX
           Enthios Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
 1981   Open Ring Gallery, Sacramento, CA
           The Governor's Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
 1980   Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
 1979   Zapiecekk Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
 1978   Clay and Fibre Gallery, Taos, NM
 1975   Elaine Horwitch Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
 1974   Museum of Contemporary Folk Art, Los Angeles
           Hill's Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
           Elaine Horwitch Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
           Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
 1973  Elaine Horwitch Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
          Hill's Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
 1970 Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR


 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2003   “Live Draw” DCA, Venice CA
2003   “Abstract Art” Anderson Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2003   “Live Drawing” Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2003   “New Mexico in Kansas” Rice Gallery, Overland Park, KS
2001   “Thread of New Mexico” Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque NM
2001   “Nancy Kozikowski Invites II” Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2000   “From Lausanne to Beijing—Beijing 2000 International Tapestry Art Exhibition” 
1999   “Nancy Kozikowski Invites” Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1999   “Vital Signs” Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque NM
1997   “Rock   Scissors   Paper”, Anderson Contemporary Arts, Albuquerque, NM
1996   “Human Nature”, Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1996   “Southwest ‘96”, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1996   “Craft at Gump’s:  The Helen Heninger Years, Craft & Folk Art Museum, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
1995    Cynthia Woody Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1995   “Objective  Non Objective”, Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1995    “Common Ground 95”, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
1994    "Contemporary Concepts IV", Los Colores Museum, Albuquerque, NM
            "National Tapestry Invitational Exhibition", Art Space/Lima, Lima, OH
            "Metamorphosis", Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 
            "High On Fiber", Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ                                                               
            "Fiber at the End of the Century", Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, OR
1993    Los Colores Museum, Corrales, NM                                                            
            "The Bold Perspective," Matteucci Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
            "Tapestries by Selected Artists from Weaving Southwest," The Historic Taos Inn New Mexico
            1993 National Tapestry Invitational, Northern Arizona University Art Museum,Flagstaff 
            "The Art of Albuquerque," Magnifico! Albuquerque Festival of the Arts, Albuquerque Convention Center
1992    "The Art of Albuquerque," Magnifico! Albuquerque Festival of the Arts, Albuquerque Convention Center
1991    "National Tapestry Outlook," American Tapestry Alliance, Alum Gallery, Goshen, VA
            "Textiles from Around the World," Textile Arts Foundation, Federal Reserve Bank Gallery, Boston
            "Los Colores de Nuevo Mexico: Contemporary Concepts,"  Los  Colores Museum, Corrales, NM
            "Little Gems," Fenn Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
            "Magnifico: Albuquerque Festival of the Arts," Albuquerque, NM 
1990    "Southwest '90 : A Fine Arts Competition," Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM
            "The Art Of Albuquerque, 1990," Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM 
            Gumps Gallery, San Francisco
            Society for Art in Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA
            Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1989    "Small Works Invitational," The Center for Tapestry Arts, New York
            University of Maryland
            Roswell Museum, Roswell, NM
            Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1988   "Images of Contemporary Tapestry, '88," University of Northern Arizona,     Flagstaff, AZ
            Invitational, Pioneer's Museum, Colorado Springs, CO
            Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
            Houshang's Gallery, Dallas, TX
           "A Women's Invitational Exhibit," Santa Fe Festival of the Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1987   "Contemporary Images of Traditional Ideas," Dartmouth Street Gallery,     Albuquerque, NM
1985    Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
            Second Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1982    Kauffman Gallery, Houston, TX
            Old Warsaw Gallery, Alexandria, VA
            The Elements Gallery, Greenwich, CT
1981    The Craftsman's Gallery, Scarsdale, NY
            Santa Fe Arts Festival International, Santa Fe, NM
1980    Shaw Rimington Gallery, Toronto, Canada
            "Space and Image," Ni-Wo-Di-Hi Gallery, Austin, TX
1979   Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM                                                   
1978   "Annual Invitational," Roswell Museum, Roswell, NM
           "Convergence '78," Colorado State College, Fort Collins, CO
1977   De Colores Gallery, Denver, CO
1975   "National Invitational," Chenley Cowles Museum, Tacoma, WA
            Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM
1973    "Invitational," Fairtree Gallery, New York
1972    Northwest Craftsman Invitational, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1962    Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe
1959    Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe

 


 

Selected Collections

Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Art Museum, Washington, DC
Lisa and Ben Holt, San Antonio, TX
Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
American Numismatic Association
Ash Collection
Ellis Island Collection
Hale and Dorr, Boston, MA
Inter-State Assurance Co., Des Moines, IA
KRQE Television, Albuquerque, NM
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
National Bank of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM
Neutrogena Corporation, Los Angleles, CA
New Mexico Savings and Loan  Corporation, Albuquerque, NM
One Commerce Square, Philadelphia, PA
Scudder, Stevens, and Clark, Boston, MA
St. Thomas Church, Abiqui, NM
Scottsdale Country Club, Scottsdale, AZ
Soltex Polymer Corporation, Houston, TX
The Vatican, Rome

Selected Bibliography

2003  “Beijing: Tapestry Art Biennale” Nancy Kozikowski, Fiberarts Magazine
2003 “Abstract Art” Stuart Ashman, Suzanne Deats, Fresco Fine Art Publications
2003 “Artists at Home” Emily Drabanski, New Mexico Magazine, Publisher
2002 “Girl’s Guide to Elvis” Broadway Books/Random House
“From Lausanne to Beijing—Beijing 2002 International Tapestry Art Exhibition” catalogue 2000
 “Thread of New Mexico” catalogue 2001
 Ballatore, Sandy. "Weaver Merges Art Forms." Albuquerque Journal, March 17,1989:C1.
 Bennett, Kate. "N.M. Weaver Mounts Show in New York," The Albuquerque Journal, January 12, 1992:G2.
 Bennett, Kate. "Making Art in Albuquerque," Crosswinds, January/February, 1993:11.
 Chaney, Dale. "New Mexico: Another Dimension Looms," The Saturday Evening Post, April, 1990:83
 Comber, Mary J. "Nancy Kozikowski: Balancing Opposites," Fiberarts, May 1990:10.
 Gibson, Daniel. "Kozikowski Weavings," Southwest Profile, September/October 1984:59-61.
 Grant, Barby. "Kozikowski's to be honored for art," Ruidoso News, September 16, 1982:14. 
 "Great Style." Elle, December 1991:72. 
 "Janusz & Nancy Kozikowski," Fiberarts, May/June 1976: 28-31.
 Nancy Kozikowski Tapestries Paintings Drawings, Dartmouth Street Gallery
 Press, Albuquerque, NM, 1994.
 "NM artist sending tapestry to Pope," The New Mexican, Oct 2, 1979:1.
 Raether, Keith. "Weaving is their way of life," The Albuquerque Tribune, March 7, 1979:B-1.
 Reed, Ollie, Jr. "Neon Tapestries," The Albuquerque Tribune, January 21, 1992:C1,3.
 Stewart, Tabori & Chang. American Crafts: A Sourcebook, 1983.
 Traugott, Joseph. "Tapestries' Subtle Color Shifts Hypnotizing," Albuquerque Journal, May 1, 1983:D2.
 "Weavers to show in Poland," The New Mexican, November 17, 1978: Weekend:3. 
 "Woven Targets/Painted Arrows," NuCity, May 21 - June 3, 1993:13. 

 

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