Curriculum Vitae

Solo Exhibitions

2014
Haines Gallery, “San Quentin Prison Report Archive Project” San Francisco, CA.

2012
Institute for Humanities Univ. of Michigan, “Remainders: god, sex and animals talking” Ann Arbor, MI.
Haines Gallery, “Remainders: god, sex and animals talking” San Francisco, CA.

2010
View Point Gallery, “And Counting…” Sacramento, CA.

2009
Haines Gallery, “The Relative Value of Things” San Francisco, CA.

2006
Haines Gallery, “Do You Have 30 Seconds and Can You Get Your Finger Dirty?” San Francisco, CA.

2005
California State University Sacramento Library Gallery “Do You Have 30 Seconds” Sacramento, CA.

2002
Haines Gallery, “Evidence of Thought” San Francisco, CA.
Institute of Contemporary Art, “Found” San Jose, CA.

2001
Museum of Photographic Arts, “Found” San Diego, CA.

2000
Haines Gallery, “Found” San Francisco, CA.

1999
Charleston Heights Arts Center, “Between the Elements:” Las Vegas, NV.

1998
FotoCircle Gallery, “Between the Elements: Photographs by Nigel Poor” Seattle, WA.

1997
San Jose Museum of Art, “Between the Elements: Photographs by Nigel Poor” (brochure) San Jose, CA.

1996
Sol Mednick Gallery The University of the Arts “Between the Elements” Philadelphia, PA.
West Gallery Oregon State University, “One Person Exhibition” Corvallis, OR.

Group Exhibitions

2015
Haines Gallery, “The Collectors” San Francisco, CA.
Bolinas Museum of Art, “Self Made” Bolinas, CA.

2013
Alter Space, “Wabi Sabi” SF, CA.

2012
Fellows of Contemporary of Art, “Mnemonic Ritual” Los Angeles, CA.
San Francisco Center for the Book, “Left to Chance” SF, CA

2011
Performing Art Institute, “Keeping an Eye on Surveillance” SF, CA.
San Joaquin Delta College, “Faculty Connections” San Joaquin, CA.

2010
de Young Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, “ Photo/Synthesis” San Francisco, CA.
Bedford Gallery at the Lesher Center for the Arts, “Unbound” Walnut Creek, CA.
Museum of Photographic Arts, “State of Mind: A California Invitational” San Diego, CA.
Multiple Venues (three year traveling exhibition) “Banned and Recovered”.

2009
Anderson Ranch, “Digital to Physical” Snowmass Village, CO.
Center for Visual Arts, “TRACE(figurative) Denver, CO.

2008
San Francisco Center for the Book “Banned and Recovered” Sam Francisco, CA
Center for Visual Arts. “Still” Denver, CO

2007
Center for Contemporary Art,  “Currents in Photography” Sacramento, CA

2006
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, “Material Actions” La Jolla, CA.
SFMOMA, “Imposing Order: Contemporary Photography and the Archive” San Francisco, CA.
The Nelson Gallery U.C. Davis,  “Flatlanders: A Regional Survey” Davis, CA.
San Francisco Center for the Book, “Photo Books Now” San Francisco, CA.
Cal. State University Library Gallery, “The Photographic Impulse” Sacramento, CA.

2005
deYoung Museum of Art, “Inaugural Exhibit of Contemporary Art” San Francisco, CA.
Haines Gallery, “ Ad Infinitum: The Aesthetics of Repetition II” San Francisco, CA.
San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery,  “Marking Time/Mapping Thought” SF, CA.

2004
Center for Photographic Arts, “Center Awards Exhibition” Carmel, CA.

2002
Corcoran Gallery of Art, “47^th Corcoran Biennial” Washington, D.C.
Image Gallery, “Counter Clockwise” Denmark.

2001
Walter and McBean Galleries, “Extra Ordinary” San Francisco, CA.
Friends of Photography, “Beyond Boundaries: Contemporary Photography in California” SF, CA.

2000
University Art Museum, California State University, “Beyond Boundaries: Contemporary Photography in California” Long Beach, CA.
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum “Beyond Boundaries: Contemporary Photography in California” Santa Barbara, CA.
Anne Reed Gallery, “In the Unlikely Event” Ketchum, ID.

1999
Society for Contemporary Photography, “Current Works 99” Kansas City, MO.
Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

1997
Vision Gallery Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, AZ.
Fine Arts Center, “Illuminance” Lubbuck, TX.

1996
Fine Art Center Galleries Bowling Green State University, “This is a Set Up: Fab Photo/Fictions”
Bowling Green, OH (catalogue).
Mulligan Shanoski Gallery, “Two Person Exhibition” San Francisco, CA.
Todd Kaplan Gallery, “Flora in Photography” Santa Monica, CA.
Z-Space, “Group Show” Paris, France.
Ansel Adams Gallery, “Garden of Civilization” Napa, CA.
Scott Nichols Gallery, “Gallery Artists Group Show” San Francisco, CA.

1995
Scott Nichols Gallery, “Contemporary Gallery Artists” San Francisco, CA.
Ansel Adams Gallery, “Spirit of Earth” Napa Valley, CA.
Nora E. Harrison Museum of Art, “5^th  Biennial Photography Exhibition” Logan, UT.
Center for Photographic Art, “Patron Award Exhibition” (two person) Carmel, CA.

1994
Center for Photographic Art, “Focus 94” (Carmel, CA.
Fort Mason, “Alliance of Women Artists International Exhibition” San Francisco, CA.
Scott Nichols Gallery, “Adams to Weston and Everything In Between” San Francisco, CA.
SF Camerawork, “20th Anniversary Members Exhibition” San Francisco, CA.
Scott Nichols Gallery, “Contemporary Women Photographers” San Francisco, CA.

Lectures, Panels, Interviews and Presentations

2015
Bay Area Video Coalition, “Storytelling Across Media” San Francisco, CA.

2014
University of Denver, “Visiting Artist Series” Denver, CO.
Crocker Art Museum, “Photography at San Quentin Prison” Sacramento, CA.
Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California,  “Creativity in Prison” SF, CA.

2013
Society for Photo. Education National Conference, “Teaching Photography in Prison” Chicago, ILL.
Crocker Art Museum, U-Nite, “Photography at San Quentin Prison” Sacramento, CA.
Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California,  “The Reveal Artist as Patient” SF, CA.
Humboldt University, “Visiting Artist Lecture Series” Humboldt, CA.
University of Michigan “Re-Working Reader’s Trash” Ann Arbor, MI.

2012
SPE West Conference “Teaching Photography at San Quentin Prison” Oakland, CA

2011
American River College Lecture series, Sacramento, CA.

2010
Museum of Photographic Arts, panel discussion in conjunction with “State of Mind: A California Invitational” San Diego, CA.

2009
SPE West Conference, “And Couting…” Oakhurst, CA
San Jose Museum of Art, panel discussion, “Variations on a Theme” San Jose, CA.

2008
San Francisco Public Library, “Dispelling Dirt” panel discussion held in conjunction with “Banned & Recovered” exhibition at SF Center for the Book
Center for the Visual Arts, “The Killing Season” Denver, CO.
The Center for the Book, “The Relative Value of Things” San Francisco, CA.

2007
Center for Contemporary Art, “ Counting & Collecting” Sacramento, CA.
The Metropolitan College of Art, “And Counting…” Denver, CO.

2006
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, “Imposing Order” San Francisco, CA.
Crocker Museum, “And Counting….” Sacramento, CA.

2005
Crocker Museum, “Beauty and the Body” Sacramento, CA.
KVIE Public TV “Arts Alive” episode 103 (studio interview) Sacramento, CA.
KFBK Radio, interview  “Fingerprint Project” Sacramento, CA.
Cal. State University Sacramento, Faculty Forum, “And Counting…”
KQED Forum Radio Talk Show, “Found Art” San Francisco, CA.

2004
Crocker Museum, “Secret Knowledge”, Sacramento, CA.

2003
PhotoAlliance, “Photographers Speak About Their Work”, San Francisco Art Institute, SF, CA.

2002
Society for Photographic Education West Region Conference, artist lecture, “Marking Time, Marking Thought” Oakland, CA.
Bowdoin College, artist lecture “Eight Words” Brunswick, ME.

2001
San Francisco Camerawork, artist lecture “Time Keepers” San Francisco, CA.
Friends of Photography, panel discussion in conjunction with exhibition “Beyond Boundaries: Contemporary Photography in California” San Francisco, CA.

2000
Haines Gallery, artist lecture “Found” San Francisco, CA

Awards & Residencies

2015
A Blade of Grass Fellowship, NYC, NY

2012
Artist in Residency, University of Michigan Institute of the Humanities Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Alternative Exposure Grant, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA.

2007
San Francisco Center for the Book, Artist Residency Grant, San Francisco, CA.

2002
Artscouncil Individual Artist Grant, San Francisco, CA.
Artist in Residency, Coastal Studies Center, Bowdoin College, ME.

1999
Excellence Award Current Work 99, Society for Contemporary Photo. Kansas City, MO.

1994
Focus 94 Patron Award, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA.

1993
Polaroid Artist Support Grant, Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, MA.

Reviews, Reproductions, Contributions

2012
Ken Baker, SF Chronicle “Poor’s Remainders at Haines” March 31, 2012
Margherita Dessnay, Frame “Remainders: God, Sex & Animals Talking” February 17, 2012

2009
Ampersand “Transcription of lecture at SF Center for the Book” Volume 26, number 4 summer 2009.
Zyzzyva Image on the cover. 25^th Anniversary issue Fall/Winter.
David Roth,  “Interview The Relative Value of Things” www.squarecylinder.com July 15^th.

2006
Victoria Dalkey, “No Cooling Trend in Sight” Sacramento Bee Aug 11^th–Sept 4^th.

2005
Alison Bing, “Marking Time Mapping Thought” SFGate.com August 9^th.
Kenneth Baker, “Markings” at Arts Commission” SF Chronicle p. E10 July 29^th.
Anita Creamer, “A Pressing Matter”, Sacramento Bee p. E1 April 13^th.
Cornelius Holtorf, “From Stonehenge to Las Vegas: Archaeology as Popular Culture”, Altamira Press 2005 pgs. 65-66.

2002
Blake Gopnik, “A Familiar Fantasy”, The Washington Post, p G1&5 Dec. 22.
Joanna Shaw-Eagle, “Breaking Boundaries” The Washington Post Dec 21.
Hannah Dean, “Lecture Highlights Photo Work” The Bowdoin Orient Vol. CXXXI, #23.
Molly Laird, “Coastal Studies Center Artist in Residence: Poor Brings Her Focus to Bowdoin” pg 18 Harpswell Anchor, June 2002.

2001
Anne Crump, “Telling Tales” San Francisco Examiner October 11, 2001.
Mary Hull Webster, “Nigel Poor at Haines Gallery” Artweek Vol. 32 issue 2 February.
Kenneth Baker, “Art Can Be Anywhere You Find It” San Francisco Chronicle Jan 6^th.
Terri Cohen, “Beyond Boundaries: Contemporary Photography in California” Camerawork: A Photographic Journal Volume 28, No. 1 summer/spring 2001.

2000
Will Shank, “Reports from First Thursday in December” Bay Area Reporter Dec 14^tth.

1999
Dawn Pomento “Essential Elements”, CityLife August 19, 1999 page 55 (photograph).

1997
The San Francisco Chronicle, Entertainment Section, May 2nd (photograph).
Frameworks, Spring Vol. 3/No. 2, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA.
Ann Elliot Sherman, “Poor’s Rich Photos”, Metro, Vol. 13 No. 6 page 35. April 10-16. (photograph).

1996
Christopher A.Yates & Leslie Stewart Curtis, “ This is a Set-Up: fab photo/fictions” dialogue, arts in the midwest  November/December (photograph).
Jacqueline S. Nathan, “ Fine Arts Center Galleries, Bowling Green State University, Catalogue ” dialogue arts in the mid-west  September/October.
The San Francisco Chronicle, Datebook, August 4-10th (photograph).
The Daily Barometer, XLVIII No. 65 January 19th (photograph).
Duma Calendar of Events, Duke University Museum of Art, Fall -Summer (photograph).

1995
Rick Deragon “Focus ’94: Winners in the Spotlight” The Herald, February 16-20.

1994
Rick Deragon “Art Notes” Coast Weekly , February (photograph).
Chuck Thurman “Focus 94” Coast Weekly, November 10-16th (photograph).
Rick Deragon, “ Focus on Photography” The Herald November 10-16th.
Artweek, Vol. 25 November 23-December.
Ariel Meyerowitz “Contemporary Women Photographers”, Journal of the Print World
Vol. 17 No. Summer (photograph).
George Edmondson “Grab Shots” Camera and Darkroom, August (photograph).

Publications 

2013
Society for Photographic Education Journal Exposure, “Teaching Photography at San Quentin Prison”, Nigel Poor & Doug Dertinger.

2002
47^th Corcoran Biennial fantasy underfoot, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Jonathan Binstock. (catalogue)
Fine Arts MH de Young Memorial Museum, “Lost and Found: Nigel Poor’s July 1998” Daniell Cornell, spring/summer 2002.
Fine Arts MH de Young Memorial Museum, “Lost and Found; A Registrar’s Perspective” Stephen R. Lockwood, spring/summer 2002.

2001
Photo Metro, Interview with Diana Gaston, Volume 18, issue 162.

2000
Beyond Boundaries: Contemporary Photography in California, Friends of Photography, SF, CA.

1999
Current Works ‘99, Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO.

1997
Between the Elements: Photographs by Nigel Poor, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA (brochure).

1996
This is a set- up: fab photo fictions, Bowling Green State University. October 4-November 8th
Photo Metro, Volume 14 Issue 138 May (photographs).
Prosodia 6, New College of California  (photograph front and back cover).

1994
Zyzzyva, Vol. X, No. 2 Summer p. 87 (photograph).

Works in the Collections of

Center for Photographic Art, Print Collection Program 1996, Carmel, CA.
Charles M. Young Research Library Special Collections UCLA
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Duke University Art Museum, Durham, N.C.
Getty Research Institute / Research Library, LA, CA
Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, N.H.
M.H.deYoung Memorial Museum San Francisco, CA.
Polaroid Corporation International Collection, Cambridge, MA.
SF Camerawork, Fine Print Collection Program 1995, San Francisco, CA.
San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA.
Stanford Library Palo Alto, CA.

Teaching Experience

2003-present
California State University Sacramento, CA : Professor Photography

2003
Mills College, Oakland, CA: Visiting Artist
California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA : Adjunct Professor

2002
California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA : Adjunct Professor
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME : Visiting Scholar

2001
Mills College, Oakland, CA : Visiting Artist
California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA : Adjunct Professor

2000
Mills College, Oakland, CA : Visiting Artist
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA : Adjunct Professor

1999
Mills College, Oakland, CA : Visiting Artist

Education

M.F.A Photography Massachusetts College of Art, MA. 1992
B.A. Photography/Literature Bennington College, VT. 1986