Nadine Zanow Biography

EDUCATION

• Boston University, Massachusetts, Master of Fine Arts in Painting
• Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, BFA Painting
• Community College of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Lacoste School for the Arts, Lacoste, France, Summer Program
• Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio, Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy

SELECTED TEACHING AND RELATED EXPERIENCES

• Assistant Professor of Painting, Brandeis University, Waltham, Ma (2000-2005)
• Teaching Associate in Painting, full time, Boston University, School for the Arts (1998-2000)
• Teaching Assistant, Boston University, School for the Arts (1994-1996)
• Guest Critic, Maryland Institute, College of Art
• Visiting Artist and Critic, Lynchburg College, Virginia
• Visiting Critic, Massachusetts College of Art
• Governor's Institute on the Arts, Castleton Vermont, Summer Program (2001/2002)

GRANTS/AWARDS

• Poses Grant, Brandeis University, Studio Art Faculty print project with Master Printer Peter Pettengill at Wingate studios, New Hampshire (2005)
• Tomberg Research Fund Award, Brandeis University (2003, 2004)
• Mazer Award for Faculty Research/Creative Projects, Brandeis University (2003)
• Guggenheim Fellowship in Painting (2001)
• Vermont Studio Center, partial fellowship (2000)
• Fulbright Fellowship to Bulgaria, including 3 month extension, Artist in Residence at Sts. Cyril and Methodius University in Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria (1996-1997)
• International Research and Exchanges Board ("IREX") Grant, Bulgarian Language Studies Seminar at the Institute for Bulgarian Language, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria (1996)

ONE AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

• 2023 "where we were, who they are...", Kunstinitiatief De Nieuwe Gang, Beuningen, NL
• 2021 Gemeentehuis Beuningen, NL, Nadine Zanow, paintings and mixed media collages
• 2021 "Verlaten verhalen", Nadine Zanow, paintings and mixed media collages, Werkgroep Kunst in de Kerk van De Schakel, Wijchen, NL
• 2017 "Nadine Zanow, paintings", De Garnizoenskerk, Ravenstein, NL
• 2016 "Nadine Zanow, paintings and works on paper" Sint Maartenskliniek, Ubbergen, NL
• 2013/4 "Nadine Zanow, paintings", HAN Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen, Nijmegen NL
• 2012 "Written in Wings", Nadine Zanow, paintings and works on paper, Museum Kasteel Wijchen, Wijchen, The Netherlands
• 2011 "Divine Offerings" Nadine Zanow, paintings and Annie Andriessen, sculptures, de Refter, Ubbergen, The Netherlands
• 2010 "Nadine Zanow, Banners and Tracings" Webster Leiden Art Gallery, Webster University, Leiden, The Netherlands
• "Nadine Zanow, Paintings and Works on Paper", Fibreations Studio Gallery, Open Atelier Route Noordenveld, Peize, The Netherlands (2008)

• "Nadine Zanow, Paintings and Works on Paper", Samokov, Bulgaria, Luvaro Gallery, sponsored by the Graphic Studio of Samokov, Union of Bulgarian Artists and Samokov Municipality, July 21-August 15 (2007)

• "Parallel Worlds" ("Паралелни Светове") Works by Brad Guarino and Nadine Zanow, traveling exhibition (2007)----Sofia, Bulgaria Exhibition Hall Sredets, sponsored by the United States Embassy, Bulgaria Ministry of Culture, Fulbright Commission----Rousse, Bulgaria, European Cultural Center, sponsored by the US Embassy, Bulgaria Ministry of Culture, Fulbright Commission, European Cultural Center, Rousse

• "Vestments, Portraits and Chalices", Paintings and Works on Paper at Clare Walker Fine Art, Brooklyn, New York (2004)
• "Conversations in the Studio", Nadine Zanow and Alfredo Gisholt, Fort Point Art Gallery, Boston, Ma (2002)
• "Fusion of Myth and Memory" Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2001)
• "Paintings" George Sherman Union Art Gallery, Boston University (2000)
• "Paintings" The American Center, USIS of the United States Embassy, Sofia, Bulgaria (1998)
• "Recent Works" Maryland Institute, College of Art, College Center Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland (1994)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• "ODE aan 40 jaar kunstinitiatief De Nieuwe Gang", De nIeuwe Gang, Beuningen NL 2021
• "Er is weer ruimte voor kunst", Klooster kunstenaars, De Nieuwe Gang, Beuningen NL 2021
• '99 + 1 Revisited" De Nieuwe Gang, Beuningen NL 2018
• "99+1 Kunst van eigen boden" Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen, NL 2018
• "140 x 176", nieuwe werk rond de thema's verlies en verlangen en de cyclus, leven, dood, nieuwe leven, group exhibition, De Nieuwe Gang, Beuningen NL 2018
• "45 Zelfportretten" B53 Podium voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Arnhem, NL
• "Feest van Licht", Museumpark Orientalis, Heilig Landstichting, NL 2018
• "Where did all my words go?" Galerie De Nieuwe Gang, Beuningen GLD, NL 2017
• "Scheppingsdrang" Maas at VM23, Arnhem, NL 2017
• UnExposed-Exposed Weurt, Group Exhibition, De Ruyterschool, Weurt, NL 2016
• "Wat verdwijnt blijft", MAAS-mixed, MAAS artist residence, Nijmegen, NL 2016
• "Bont en Blauw", t'Blauwe Huis, Cultuurpodium Heerlen, NL 2016
• "Wintersalon", VM23, Arnhem, NL Dec 2015-Jan 2016
• "The Dancing Shell", Marikenstraat, Nijmegen, NL 2015
• ArtLab Collectief Derde Wal, Nijmegen, NL 2013
• Nadine Zanow, Vincent Boelaarts, Ellis Schoonhoven, Groep Expositie, de Nieuwe Gang, Beuningen, NL 2012
• UnExposed-Exposed Group Exhibition, Ewijk, Beuningen Kunst Route, NL 2011
• "Atelier an der Donau Symposium Exhibition" Oskar Kokokoshka Haus, Pöchlarn, Austria 2010
• "Kunstenaarsinitietief de Nieuwe Gang, 12 Years in One Day" De Nieuwe Gang, Beuningen, the Netherlands 2009
• "International Plein-Aire in Painting Exhibition" Nedkovich House, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
• Brooklyn Waldorf School, Brooklyn, New York (2009)
• "Cultural Identity", Sofia Press Gallery, Sofia Bulgaria and University of Connecticut, Alexey von Schlippe Gallery 2007

• "Fifth International Plein Aire-- Followers of Maistora 2007 Exhibition" Artist Gallery (Museum) Vladimir Dimitrov Maistora, Kiustendil, Bulgaria 2007

• 1st and 2nd Fine Art Colony-Symposium, Exhibition Benefit, Lipa Cultural and Charity Association, Krizevci, Croatia, 2005, 2006
• Alumni Exhibition Community College of Philadelphia 2005
• "Generativity and Creativity" the Art of Susan Lichtman, Tory Fair and Nadine Zanow, The Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, Ana Davis, Curator, Rosalie Shane, Guest Curator 2005

• "Whatever Meredyth Wants" Gallery NAGA, Boston, Ma (2005)
• "Perceptions of Christ/Images of Faith" Emmanuel d'Alzon Library, Assumption College, Worcester, Ma (2004/5)
• "Vestments, Orchids and Clouds", Alfredo Gisholt, Nathan Grupposo and Nadine Zanow, Owen Smith Shuman Gallery, Groton, Ma (2003)
• "Award Winning Alumni 1995-2002, Dedalus+Guggenheim+Starr" Sherman Gallery at Boston University (2002)
• ARTcetera, Art Exhibition and benefit for AIDS Action Committee (2002)
• Fort Point Artist Community Group Show, Fort Point Art Gallery, Boston, Ma (2001-2004)
• "Out of the Box", Rose Art Museum, Waltham, Ma (2000)
• "Spirit of Landscape" Nielsen Gallery, Boston, Ma (2000)
• "Symbols, Myths and Dreams" Visionary Images by Contemporary Masters, Glass Mountain Gallery, Bantam, Connecticut (1999)
• Faculty Exhibition, Boston University Art Gallery (1999)
• "Color, Form and the Muse", works by Cajori, Aaron Fink, Barbara Grossman, Todd McKie and Nadine Zanow, Glass Mountain Gallery, Bantam, Connecticut (1999)
• Northern Westchester Center for the Arts, Mr. Kisco, New York (1999)
• Spectrum Art Gallery, Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria (1997)

ADDITIONAL

• "Lopende Gedachten", group art happening/poetry/words, Organised by Maria Strik, B53, Broerenstraat 53, Arnhem NL 11 March 2018
• Kunstenaarsinitiatief "UnExposed-Exposed" co-organizer/co-founder, expo Weurt, NL 2016
• Kunstenaarsinitiatief "UnExposed-Exposed" co-organizer/co-founder, expo Ewijk, NL 2011
• November 2010, Kunst in de Markt, Eusebiuskerk, Arnhem, The Netherlands
• Atelier an der Donau International Symposium, Pöchlarn, Austria, September, 2010
• "Krayenhoff Open Atelierdagen", November, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 2009,2010

• "International Plein Aire in Painting" sponsored by Plovdiv Municipality, Municipal Institute "Old Plovdiv" and the society of Plovdiv Artists (2009)
• "Fifth International Plein Aire, Followers of Maistora", invitational, Kiustendil, Bulgaria (2007)
• "Plein Aire in Painting Invitational", Melnik, Bulgaria (2007}
• Printmaking Center of Samokov, the Union of Bulgarian Artists, Samokov Bulgaria, invited by Master Printer Geno Genev to make lithographs (2002, 2003)
• Served on the Boston University Fulbright and Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst ("DAAD") Scholarships Selection Committee, 1998-2000

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Nijtmans, Anne, 2023, “Zanows kunst flirt met de herinnering”, De Gelderlander, NL, 5 Sept, 2023
• Book: 40 verhalen over De Nieuwe Gang, Beuningen 2021
• "99 + 1: Vrije kunst in Nijmegen", Huijbregts, N., Companien, P., Hondebrink, I., Stichting de Oprit, Antilope De Bie, Duffel, Belgium, 2018
• "Scheppingsdrang", MAAS bij VM23, Arnhem, NL 2017 catalog
• Maas Mixed, "wat verdwijnt blijft", catalogue, Maas artist Residence, Nimegen, NL, 2016
• Atelier an der Donau 2010 Catalogue, Pöchlarn Austria 2010
• "American with Bulgarian lineage paints the Old City", Vlado Tenev, Noviyat Glas Newspaper, Plovdiv, 9, July, 2009
• "Woman Artist from the USA with Samokov Ancestry Prepares Exhibition", Todov Popov, Friend Newspaper (Priyatel), Samokov, 10 July 2007
• "Bulgaria and Bulgarians Reconstructed in the Paintings of Brad Guarino and Nadine Zanow", Valentina Karcidjova, Bryag, Rousse 13 May, 2007
• "Americans Paint Bulgaria", Trud, Sofia, 28 February, 2007
• Lipa Cultural Charity Association, Croatia, Exhibition Catalogues (2005, 2006)
• ARTcetra Catalog, Aids Action Committee Benefit Auction (2001)
• Boston Globe, 4/26/2000 "Iconic figures emerge form artist's research" by Cate McQuaid
• "Графична База, Самоков (Printmaking Center, Samokov), included in publication catalogue of the Union of Bulgarian Artsts and Pro-Helvetia (2000)

COLLECTIONS

Collection of the Municipality of Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Union of Bulgarian Artists

ProHelvetia

Printmaking Center of Samokov, Bulgaria

Brandeis University, Women's Studies Research Center

Museum Vladimir Dimitrov Maistora, Kiustendil, Bulgaria

Atelier an der Donau, Pöchlarn, Austria

Pantein Zorgcentra, Boxmeer, The Netherlands