BORN: 1949 Cambridge, Massachusetts
EDUCATION
A.T.R. Art Therapy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 1989
M.F.A. Painting, Mt. Royal School of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, 1983
B.F.A. Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia 1972
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2009 "Lexicon," Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2007 "Natural Selection," Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2006 "Living Art-On the Edge of Europe, Kroller-Muller Museum, Otterloo, Netherlands
2005 Recent Paintings, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2005 Drawings, Jacobs Gallery, Hult Center, Eugene, OR
2003 "Demagogues," Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2002 Monroe Community College Faculty Exhibition, State University of New York, Brockport, NY
1999 New Works, Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
1999 "Avant Discard," Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA
1999 Recent Paintings & Sculpture, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1998 "Alchemical Paintings," Davidson Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996 New Works, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1994 New Works, Gallery K, Washington, D.C.
1994 Group Oho Retrospective, Modern Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1993 Three From Baltimore, Roger Lapelle Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1993 "Small Is Beautiful," Gallery K, Washington, D.C.
1992 Summer Group Show, Gallery K, Washington, D.C.
1991 "Neutral Ground," Artscape, Baltimore, MD
1990 "City Visions," Harborplace, Baltimore, MD
1987 Three Artists, Anton Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1986 New Talent, Anton Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1986 Painted Sculpture, Roger Lapelle Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1986 Summer Sculpture, Roger Lapelle Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1985 Maryland Biennial, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
1985 "Shelter," Zenith Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1985 Works on Paper, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
1984 "Eye Find," University of Maryland Gallery, Catonsville, MD
1983 Constructions, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
1983 Artscape, Baltimore, MD
1982 Artscape, Baltimore, MD
1980 Sculpture 80, Maryland Institute, Baltimore, MD
1979 Proposal Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1979 Baltimore Arts Festival, Baltimore, MD
1978 Fleet Street Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1972 Student Center Gallery, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1971 Biennial of Paris, Paris, France
1970 Munich Kunstverein, Munich, Germany
1970 "Information," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1970 Primavera Festival, Florence, Italy
1969 Modern Gallery, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
1969 Oho Group, Center Gallery, Zagreb, Yugoslavia
1968 Gallery 212, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1968 Fiumalbo Art Festival, Fiumalbo, Italy
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2004 Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portable Works Collection, Portland, OR
1999 Oregon Arts Commission Purchase Award, University of Oregon, Knight Law Center, Eugene, OR
1997 One Percent for Arts Purchase Award, Valley Library, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
1991 Individual Artists Grant, Mayors Committee on Arts and Culture, Baltimore, MD
1982 Works in Progress Grant, Maryland Arts Council, for Video of Nuclear Baseball
1980 Works in Progress Grant, Maryland Arts Council, for Performance of Color Mandala Theater
PERFORMANCES
1983 "Nuclear Baseball," Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
1982 "Beyond the Jet Set," Festival of Disappearing Arts, Baltimore, MD
1981 " Eskimo Pie," School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
1981 "Blind Shot," School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
1981 "Frozen Moments," University of Maryland Baltimore County, Catonsville, MD
1979 "Color Mandala Theater," John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
VIDEOTAPES
1982 "Nuclear Baseball," 30 minute video version of performance, written and directed by David Nez
and Daniel Conrad, Camera by Lloyd Coleman (3/4")
1981 " Eskimo Pie," 30 minute video version of performance, written and directed by David Nez and
Daniel Conrad, camera by Catonsville Cable TV-4 (3/4")
AUDIO COLLABORATIONS
1986 - Powerhouse, Soundtrack composed and performed by David Nez and Jeff He for
installed painting by Kevin Labadie, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
REVIEWS / PUBLICATIONS
2008 "Best of Artforum," Christine Macel, Artforum, p. 269, December
1991 "Art a la Carte," Carol Wood, Baltimore City Paper, July 26
1991 "Artscape," John Dorsey, Baltimore Sun, July 19
1986 "Sculpting the Urban Effect," Joanne Lewis, Washington Post, July 5
1985 "Art in Print," Baltimore City Paper, Juried Exhibition, December 6
1983 "School 33 - Construction,s," Tom Lachman, Baltimore News American, September 18
1982 "Underground Artists," Bob Green, Baltimore Sun Magazine, March 7
1970 "Third Program," TV Belgrade, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1970 Art, No. 21, Biljana Tomic, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1970 Art, No. 20, Braco Rotar, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
CATALOGOUES/BOOKS
2005 "Living Art - On the Edge of Europe," catalogue, Kroller-Muller Museum, Otterloo, Netherlands
2003 "Impossible Hisotires," Dubravka Kjuric and Misko Suvakovic, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA
1994 "OHO Retrospecktiva," catalogue, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia