ARNY NADLER
Represented by Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MO
www.brunodavidgallery.com
Associate Professor of Art, Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, Washington University in St. Louis
EDUCATION
1994 M.F.A. Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1991 B.F.A. Washington University School of Art, St. Louis, MO
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 Arny Nadler: Firstlings, Galusha Gallery, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
2024 Arny Nadler: Firstlings 2017-2023, Borzello Gallery, Knox College, Galesburg, IL
2023 Arny Nadler, Firstlings: Sculptures + Works on Paper, Alexander Brest Gallery, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL
2023 Arny Nadler, Firstlings: Sculptures + Works on Paper, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2021 Ivan Albreht & Arny Nadler, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2020 Arny Nadler, Firstlings: Sculptures + Works on Paper, Bruno David Gallery, Clayton, MO
2018 Evident, Recent Work by Ken Wood & Arny Nadler, Meramec Contemporary Art Gallery, St. Louis Community College
2013 Gilt, Schmidt Art Center, Southwestern Illinois College, Belleville, IL
2012 Whelm, Gallery 210, University of Missouri-St. Louis, Out-door permanent installation
2011 Infrastructure, Mitchell Museum, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, IL
2010 Infrastructure, Good Citizen Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2010 Grosse Point Confluence, Sculpture on the Grounds Exhibition, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2009 New Work, Millstone Gallery at COCA, St. Louis, MO
2008 Beacons, Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2007 Caveat, Perkinson Gallery, Millikin University, Decatur, IL
2006 New Work, Tinnin Fine Arts Center, Three Rivers Community College, Poplar Bluff, MO
2005 Wintering, Maryland Hall For The Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD , One artist chosen annually for year-long outdoor exhibition
2001 Imperfect Adaptations / Inevitable Endings, Gallery 210, University of Missouri St. Louis
2001 Fallen, Bonsack Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1998 Favorite Son, Len G. Everett Gallery, Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL
1995 Adaptations, A.R.C. Gallery Invitational 1, Chicago, IL
SELECTED JURIED AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 This Moment of Rupture, VisArts, Rockville, MD, Juried national survey of contemporary ceramics
Margaret Boozer, juror
2021 Bilingual: Abstract & Figurative, Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2021 Blanche/Blanc, group exhibition, Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2021 The Rule of Three, Daum Art Museum, Sedalia, MO
A selection of sculptural ceramics from the Daum’s permanent collection.
2020 No Dead Artists 2020, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA, An international juried exhibition of contemporary art.
Jurors: Nato Thompson, Jessie Schott Haynes and Carey Mack Weber
2020 Material Identity, Artworks Center for Contemporary Art, Loveland, CO, Jurors Jiseon Lee Isbara and Jessica Kooiman Parker
2020 Visions in Clay 2020, San Joaquin Delta College, LH Horton Gallery, Stockton, CA, Exhibition juror Nancy Selvin
2019 Modern and Contemporary American Ceramics from the Permanent Collection, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
2019 Summer Exhibition, Bruno David Gallery, Clayton, MO
2019 The International Cluj Ceramics Biennale 2019, Cluj, Romania (catalog only)
https://clujceramicsbiennale.com/en/2019-biennale/2019-artists.html
2019 Korean International Ceramic Biennale 2019, (juried on-line exhibition)
2019 Craft Revolution, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
Exhibition juror Staci Steinberger, Assistant Curator, Decorative Arts and Design, LACMA
2019 Clay Bodies, Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
2018 Visions in Clay 2018, San Joaquin Delta College, LH Horton Gallery, Stockton, CA
Exhibition juror Beth Ann Gerstein, Executive Director, American Museum of Ceramic Arts
2017 Ceramattack, Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2017 Natural Tensions, Oliver Clark, Arny Nadler, and Miranda Clark, Todd Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2017 Spaces Sculpture Trail, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL
2016 Diverted Reality, Evelyn E. Jorgenson Gallery, Moberly Area Community College
2016 Jeske Sculpture Park, Ferguson, MO.
2014 Inaugural Sculpture Exhibition, Newport Beach Civic Center Park
2009 Western Michigan University Sculpture Tour, Kalamazoo, MI
2008 The Cedarhurst Biennial Sculpture Competition and Maquette Exhibition, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, IL
2008 Burlington County Sculpture Garden, Pemberton, NJ, Judge: Amy Lipton, Director, The Fields Art Omni International, Ghent, NY
2008 Sculpture Key West, Key West, FL
2007 21st Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition, Boone, NC
One of ten artists juried into exhibition. 74 artists submitted a total of 162 sculptures to this competition.
2007 Sculpture Exhibition, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2006 Inaugural Exhibition, The Catherine Konner Sculpture Park, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
2006 Benini Sculpture Foundation, Johnson City, TX
2006 The Harveyville Project, Lawrence, KS
2005 First Sculpture Biennial Invitational, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN
2005 Kingston Sculpture Biennial, Kingston, NY
2004 Union University Sculpture Tour, Jackson, TN, Juried exhibition
2004 First International Juried Biennial Exhibition, Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum, Hamilton, OH
2003 Sky, Blue, Heavens, Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, IN
2003 Network Gallery, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2003 Greater Midwest International Exhibition XVIII, Central Missouri State Art Center Gallery, Warrensburg, MO
2003 Marshall Arts @ Delta Axis, Memphis, TN
2002 Erga Topika, Thomas Jefferson School, St. Louis, MO
2002 Sculptors 5, Innsbrook Resort & Conference Center, Innsbrook, MO
2002 Three Artists, Crowe T. Brooks Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2001 Shape & Content; An Exhibition of Contemporary Prints and Sculpture, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
2001 Go Figure Invitational, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO
2000 Aspects of Being, Hunt Gallery, Webster University, Webster Groves, MO, Curated by Terry Suhre, Gallery 210, University of Missouri-St. Louis
1999 Washington University Faculty Show, Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL
1997 Critical Mass Exhibition, Bixby Gallery, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
1997 Chicago Artist 1997, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
1997 Artful Furniture, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
1996 Around The Coyote Invitational, Chicago, IL
1995 A Sight for Sore Eyes, Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994 Around The Coyote Invitational, Chicago, IL
1994 Invitational Art Auction, Chicago Fine Arts Exchange, Chicago, IL
1994 A.R.C. Regional, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL
REVIEWS, PUBLICATIONS AND BLOGS
Ladue News, August 5, 2021. “Exhibition on Display at Clayton’s Bruno David Gallery Juxtaposes Figurative and Abstract Works”, by Bryan Hollerbach
AEQAI, Ceramics Shows at Weston Gallery, DAAP Meyers Gallery, Manifest Gallery, and the Contemporary Arts Center, March 27, 2021, by Jonathan Kamholtz
Praxis Interview Magazine, WYBCX Yale Radio, by Brainard Carey, May 2, 2018
https://museumofnonvisibleart.com/interviews/arny-nadler/
The Montage, Sculpture and Printmaking Collide in New Exhibition, by Chris Hutson
http://www.meramecmontage.com/artlife/sculpture-and-printmaking-collide-in-new-exhibition/
All The Art. Evident, by Joe Kohlburn, Spring 2018
Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) Circuits Webinar: Addressing Declining Enrollment in the Arts & Humanities at Research Universities, February 16, 2017. Arny Nadler, Moderator. Speakers: LeAnn Starlin Nilsson, Director of Academic Recruitment & Retention at College of Arts, Kent State University, Sheena Ramirez, Portfolio, Audition & Recruitment Coordinator, College of Visual & Performing Arts, James Madison University, Noel Zahler, J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts, Texas Tech University, and Todd Queen, Penniman Family Professor of Music, College of Music and Dramatic Arts, Louisiana State University.
Washington University Record. Washington People: Arny Nadler, Respect for the well-made thing.
By Liam Otten, February 24, 2014
http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/26540.aspx
Newport Beach Independent Online, Artscapes: Sculpture Exhibition Unveiled at Civic Center Park, by Christopher Trela, September 12, 2014
https://www.newportbeachindy.com/artscapes-sculpture-exhibition-unveiled-civic-center-park/
Ten St. Louis-area Artists Awarded $20,000 RAC Fellowship, by Nancy Fowler, Dec. 12. 2013
http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/ten-st-louis-area-artists-awarded-20000-rac-fellowships
Whelm sculpture takes shape outside Gallery 210, Myra Lopez, UMSL Daily, July 2012
blogs.umsl.edu/news/2012/07/17/whelm/
The Riverfront Times, “Newly Reviewed: Infrastructure”, Jessica Baran, December 16, 2010.
The St. Louis Beacon (stlbeacon.com) Bright Spots, Ivy Cooper, December 16, 2010.
The St. Louis Beacon (stlbeacon.com), Bright Spots, Ivy Cooper, April 27, 2009.
The Riverfront Times, "Featured Review: Arny Nadler", Jessica Baran, St. Louis, MO,
April 14, 2009.
The Riverfron Times, St. Louis Art Capsules, Jessica Baran, St. Louis, MO,
November 25, 2008.
The Riverfron Times, "The Weight", Paul Friswold, St. Louis, MO, November 4, 2008
Art in America, "Art at Land's End", Karen Wilkin, September 2008.
Wynwood Art Magazine, "Sculpture Key West 2008", Hal Bromm, March 2008.
The Mountain Times Online, "New Outdoor Sculpture Drawing Stares at ASU: 21st
Rosen Competition Attracts Artists from Across U.S." Jeff Eason, Boone, NC, May 2007.
High Country Press Online, "Looking for New Outdoor Sculpture at ASU." Staff writer, Boone, NC, April 2007.
The Art Guide, cover art for New York section of the Northeast Edition, Madison, CT, February 2007
Sculpture Magazine, Itinerary section, photo publication and exhibition announcement, Washington DC, April 2007.
Nuovo.net, "Drive By Art." Juliana Thibodeaux, June 2005.
Publicartindianapolis.com, "Herron Gallery Hosts Its First Sculpture Invitational." Staff writer, Indianapolis, IN, 2005.
The Memphis Flyer Online, "Calculating Our Risks: Three Artists Take On The World.", Carol Knowles, Memphis, TN, 2003.
St. Louis Post Dispatch, "Laumeier's neighbor Opens an Exhibit Worthy of Address." Jeff Daniel, St. Louis, MO, May 2002.
The University of Missouri-St. Louis Current, "Nadler Exhibit Debuts at Gallery 210", Sara Porter, St. Louis, MO, October 2001.
The Kansas City Star, "Figuring Out Humans," Caprice Stapely, Kansas City, MO, June 2001.
The Riverfront Times, "Human Being." Ivy Schroeder, St. Louis, MO, August 2000.
St. Louis Post Dispatch, "Aspects of Being--'Threads of a Broad Subject.'" Jeff Daniel, St. Louis, MO, July 2000.
The Washington University Record, "Giving Students a Taste of Public Art", Liam Otten, St. Louis, MO, March 1999.
St. Louis Post Dispatch West, "Spring Has Blossomed, And So Has Art in U. City.", Marianna Riley, St. Louis, MO, April 1998.
The Monmouth College Oracle, "Contorted Grace." Jane Carlson, Monmouth, IL, February 1998.
The Evanston Review, "Evanston Art Center Shows Off Faculty." Lisa Stein, Evanston, IL, August 1997.
AWARDS
2020 Regional Arts Commission Artist Support Grant
2013 Regional Arts Commission Fellow, St. Louis, MO, one of ten recipients of a $20,000 fellowship selected from 265 applicants.
2010 Sam Fox School Faculty Creative Activity Research Grant, Washington University in St. Louis
2007 The George Sugarman Foundation, Inc., Novato, CA, annual grant for painters and sculptors engaged in creating new work.
2007 Sam Fox School Faculty Creative Activity Research Grant, Washington University in St. Louis
2000 Washington University Studio Residence, Cité International Des Arts, Paris, France
1993 The Carl Milles Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
CURRATORIAL PROJECTS, VISITING ARTISTS PRESENTATIONS, PANELS AND ESSAYS
2017 Panel moderator for Material Poetics, International Sculpture Conference, Kansas City, MO. Other panelists: Alison McNulty, Rafael E. Vera, and Margaux Crump.
2017 Visiting Artist, Herron School of Art, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
2016 Curator, Ontology of Influence: Ron Leax and Alumni Exhibition, Des Lee Gallery, Washington University in St. Louis
Featured artwork by Halsey C. Ives Professor of Art Ron Leax and thirty-seven alumni.
2014 Public Lecture, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2014 Juror, Regional Arts Commission-St. Louis, Entryway Project
2013 Contemporary Art Museum, Open Studio, St. Louis, MO
2013 Co-juror, Cedarhurst Biennial, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, IL
2013 Panelist, Foundations in Art: Theory and Education Conference, Savannah, GA
2012 Visiting Researcher, University of Manitoba Center for Architectural Structures and Technology
2012 Monday Noon Series Lectures, Center for the Humanities, University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO
2012 Juror, MFA Exhibition, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
2011 Panelist, Foundations in Art: Theory and Education Conference, St. Louis, MO
2010 Juror, C4 Exhibition, Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
2010 Public lecture, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2007 Public lecture and studio visits, Millikin University, Decatur, IL
2007 Public lecture, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
2006 Panelist, Mid-America College Art Association Conference, Nashville, TN
2006 Public lecture, Three Rivers Community College, Poplar Bluff, MO
2006 Arts Encounters public lecture, Benini Sculpture Foundation, Johnson City, TX
2005 Author of essay "Invisible Skills" in Small Changes, Big Impact: 20 Years of Collaborative Public Sculpture, Washington University Sculpture Department.
2005 Hosted studio visit for Webster University and University of Missouri-St. Louis
2003 Public lecture and studio visits, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2002 Public lecture, Thomas Jefferson School, St. Louis, MO
2001 Monday Noon Series Lectures, Center for the Humanities, University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO
2001 Public lecture and studio visits, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
2001 Public lecture, Bonsack Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2001 Consultant, Skinker-DeBaliviere Sculpture Project, St. Louis, MO
2000 Studio Crawl, invited artist, Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
2000 Arts Roundtable Lecture, Sheldon Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1999 Co-juror, University City Entrance Project, University City, MO
1998 Public lecture and studio visits, Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL
1997 Visiting Artist, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
1997 Visiting Artist, The Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
1995 Visiting Artist, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
COLLECTIONS AND PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
Private collections