SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

University Art Gallery, State University of New York at Albany

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

Solomon Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

Gerald R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, MI

The United States Capitol, Washington DC

General Mills Corporate Collection, Minneapolis, MN

Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1973 Bykert Gallery, New York

1976 Bykert Gallery, New York

1977 Max Protetech Gallery, New York; Protech McIntosh, Washington, DC

1978 Robert Miller Gallery, New York

1979 Robert Miller Gallery, New York

1981 University Gallery, Fine Arts Center, Amherst, MA

1983 Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY

1985 Hammarskjold Plaza Sculpture Garden, New York

1998 Fischbach Gallery, New York

2001 Elaine Baker Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL

2003 Art League of Bonita Springs, Bonita Springs, FL

2004 The Olson Gallery, Bethel University, St. Paul, MN

2005 M&I Private Bank, Bonita Springs, FL

2006 Robert Rauschenburg Gallery, Edison College, Ft. Myers, FL

2012 Alliance for the Arts, Ft. Myers, FL

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
(* denotes exhibition catalogue)

1968 “Walker Biennial”, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

1969 “9 Artists/9 Spaces”, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN*

1976 “New Work, New York”, Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles*

1977-78 “Illusion and Reality”, Australian National Gallery, Canberra; traveling: Western Australian Art Gallery, Perth; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Tasmanian Museum of Art Gallery, Hobart*

1978 “Minimal Realism”, Protech McIntosh Gallery, Washington, DC

1979 “Directions”, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC*

1979 “The Illusive Image”, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN*

1979 “Illusion and Material”, Ben Shahn Galleries, William Patterson College, Wayne, NJ*

1979 “CAPS Fellowship Sculpture Exhibition”, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

1981 “Toyama Now, ‘81”, Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan*

1981 “Figuration in Sculpture”, P.S. 1 Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Queens, NY

1981 “New Work”, Carol Taylor Gallery, Dallas TX

1981-82 “Contemporary American Realism Since 1960”, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; traveled to: Virginia Museum, Richmond, VA; Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA; and the international tour: Germany, The Netherlands, and Spain*

1981-83 “Still Life Today”, Michael C. Rockefeller Gallery, State University College at Fredonia, NY; traveled to Tyler Art Gallery, State University of New York at Oswego; Root Art Center, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY; College of St. Roses, Albany, NY; Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY; Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York; Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY; Prendergast Library Art Gallery, Jamestown, NY; The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY; Federal Reserve Board, Washington, DC

1982 “Louis K. Meisel Gallery in Brussels”, Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels, Belgium

1982 “The American Photorealist”, Fischer Fine Art, London, England

1982 “Material Illusion/Unlikely Materials”, The Taft Museum, Cincinnati, OH*

1982 “Wave Hill 1983: Bronze”, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY*

1982 “The Sixth Day”, Bergman Gallery, Chicago, IL*

1982 “Iron Cast”, Pratt Institute Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

1982 “Consuming Passions: The Art of Food and Drink”, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; traveled in Ohio: Kenneth C. Beck Center for the Cultural Arts; Beachwood Museum, Toledo Museum *

1982 “Anniversary Show”, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York

1983-84 “American Still Life 1945–1983”, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX; traveled to: Albright–Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH; Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY; Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR

1983-85 “Contemporary Trompe L’Oeil Painting and Sculpture”, Boise Gallery of Arts, Boise, ID; traveled to: University of Washington, Pullman; Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT; Laguna Beach Museum of Art, San Diego, CA

1984 “Illusions”, Greenville County Museum, Greenville, SC “Recent Sculpture”, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ*

1984 “Animals! Tradition and Fantasy in Animal Sculpture”, Washington Square, Public Art Trust, Washington, DC; “Games of Deception, Trompe L’Oeil Style”, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York

1985 “The Comet Show”, Light Gallery, New York Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, NY

1985-86 “More Than Meets the Eye: The Art of Trompe L’Oeil”, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH; traveled to: Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, FL*

1988 “20th Anniversary (15 in Soho) – Artists and Movements from Our First Two Decades”

1988 Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York

1989 “Noah’s Art– Outdoor Animal Sculpture Exhibition”, Central Park, New York

1990 “Pygmalion– The Female Form in Sculpture”, Phyllis Tothmen Gallery, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ

1990 “Objects Observed-Contemporary Still Life”, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY

1990 “The 79th Annual Exhibition”, Maier Museum of Art, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, Lynchburg, VA

1992 “Reality of Illusion”, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR

1994 “Contemporary Illusion”, Hans and Walter Bechtler Gallery, Charlotte, NC

1995 “Inaugural Exhibition”, Tremaine Gallery, The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT

1996 “Small Scale”, Joseph Hellman Gallery, New York

1996 “Attention to Detail (Realism in All Forms)”, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY, March 2 - 23

1997 “Footfalls: Site Specific Sculpture”, East End Arts and Humanities Council, Village of Greenport, Long Island, NY

1999 “Realism”, Arnot Museum, Elmira, NY*

1999 “Photorealism/Periphery”, Museum of Art Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, May 6 – October 23

2002 “Real(ist) Men”, Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL

2003 “Subject: Object”, O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY, May 31 – September 6

2004 “Convincing Illusions”, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY, March 13 – April 3

2004-05 “All Florida”, Art League of Bonita Springs, Bonita Springs, FL

2005 “Looking Back and Moving Forward: Success in the Making”, Katherine E. Nash Gallery – University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

2005 “Masters of Illusion: 150 Years of Trompe l’Oeil in America”, The Kresge Art Museum at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, Jan 10 – March 20

2008 “The Grand Illusion”, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY March 29 – April 26

2009 “Summer Views”, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY, June 11 – July 17

2009 “No Show”, Nicholas Robinson Gallery, September 10 – October 24

2009 “40 Years: Anniversary of the Louis K. Meisel Gallery”, Louis K. Meisel Gallery & Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY, Nov. 1 – Dec. 31

2010 “Expansion”, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY, September 30 – November 13

2010 “Apollo Group”, Sidney and Bern Davis Art Center, Ft. Myers, FL

2011 “All Florida Sculpture Invitational”, Alliance for the Arts, Ft. Myers, FL

2012 “Hot”, FGCU Gallery, Ft. Myers, FL

2012 “Art Naples”, International Arts Center, Naples, FL

2012-13 “Lifelike”, Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN, Traveling to: New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, November 10 2012 – January 27, 2013; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA, February 24, 2013 – May 26, 2103; Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin,June 23, 2013 – September 29, 2013

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1975 Levin, Kim. “Super Realism,” in Gregory Battcock anthology, pp. 96, 101–2, 104–5.

1981 Goodyear, Frank. Contemporary American Realism Since 1960. New York: New York, Graphic Society/Little Brown & Co., pp. 207, 224–7, 240.

1982 Krantz, Les. ed. The New York Art Review. New York: The Krantz Company, pp. 74, 79, and illustration.

1985 Krantz, Les. American Art Galleries. New York: Facts on File Publication, p. 211.

1990 Walker Art Center, Paintings and Sculpture from the Collection. New York: Rizzoli International, pp. 94, 380, 381.

1994 Messerli, Douglas. Eating Through Literature and Art, pp. 69, 214.

2002 United States Senate Catalogue of Fine Art. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office pp. 282, 283.

2010 Vanderbilt, Tom. Grand Illusion. Wall Street Journal Magazine 10 June 2010: 40-41.Print.

2012 Engberg, Siri, Michael Lobel, Josiah McElheny, and Rochelle Steiner. Lifelike. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2012. Print. Pp. 111, 119 illus.

1973 Goldberg, Lenore. Arts, September/October

1974 Levin, Kim. Arts, March

1975 Lorber, Richard. Arts, March

1975 Seldis, Henry J. Los Angeles Times, October 24

1975 Ensworth, Patricia. Arts, June

1977 Russell, John. The New York Times, April 15

1978 Ellenzweig, Allen. Arts, May

1978 Frank, Peter. Artnews, April

1978 Building Stone Magazine, May/June

1979 Lawrence, Sidney. “Directions Shows Art Diversity,” The Smithsonian Torch, June

1979 Conn, Carol. The Washington Post, July 6

1979 Perreault, John. Soho Weekly News, July 12

1979 Frank, Poeter. “Museums on the Metroliner,” The Village Voice, July 16, p. 64

1979 Heeman, William. Minneapolis Tribune, October 21

1979 Klein, Michael. Arts, September

1981 Karson, Robin. Springfield Daily News, February 13

1981 Borger, Judith. Twin Cities Magazine, February

1981 Morrison, Don. Minneapolis Star, July 10

1981 Levin, Kim. “Jud Nelson: Sculpture is his Bag,” Arts, October

1982 Morera, Daniela. “Fotorelismo,” Italian Vogue, October, pp. 634-39, 700

1983 Levin, Kim. “Pumping Bronze,” The Village Voice, June 21, p. 81

1983 Glatt, Cara. “Sculptors Look at Human Touch: Figurative Sculpture is Really Back in Vogue,” Chicago Tribune, May 15

1983 Johnson, Patricia C. “Still Life Show at Contemporary Museum,” The Houston Chronicle, September 25, p. 14

1984 Donnell–Kotrozo, Carol. Arts, p. 89

1984 Glueck, Grace. “Art and the American Still Life, with Accent on the Life,” New York Times, July 20

1984 Raynor, Vivien. “Traveling Show of the American Still Lifes is at the Neuberger,” New York Times, August 19, p. 24

1984 Gibson, Eric. “American Still Life,” The New Criterion 3, October 2, pp. 70–75

1984 Princethal, Nancy. Artnews, April

1984 Rademacher, Tom. “Sculpture Dedication Links Past and Future,” The Grand Rapids Press, July 31

1984 Levin, Kim. The Village Voice, November 6

1985 Raynor, Vivien. “Art: Trompe L’Oeil in Corona Park,” The New York Times, January 11, p. C22

1986 Beals, Kathie. “Trompe L’Oeil Art: It’s the Real Thing ...or is it?” Gannet Westchester Newspapers, February 15, p. D9

1989 “About New York: On the Town,” Promenade, October – March 1990, p. 55

1989 Hall, Jacqueline. “Trompe L’Oeil : Art That More Than Meets the Eye,” The Columbus Dispatch, December 15, p. D10

1990 Cullinan, Helen. “Art of Trompe L’Oeil is Done for the Fund of it.” The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) January 5, p. 272

1992 Gragg, Randy. “Fool’s Gold,” The Sunday Oregonian, Portland, March 8, pp. C1, C4

1998 Smith, Roberta. Jud Nelson, The New York Times, February 27, Art Guide, p. E33

1998 Richard, Frances. “Jud Nelson, Fischbach Gallery,” Artforum, May, Reviews Section, ill.

2003 Wozniak, Mary. “These Cheerios won’t fit on a spoon,” Ft. Myers News–Press, May 12, pp. 1D, 2D

2003 Meihaus, Stacie. “Sculpting a monument to Cheerios,” Bonita Banner, June 21, pp. 1D, 3D

2003 Wozniak, Mary. “Oat-rageous artist talks,” Ft. Myers News-Press, (South Lee Co) pp.1,2

2003 Miller, Donald. “An eye fool,” Naples Daily News, Neapolitan pp. 1B, 9B

2003 Smith, Kirsten. “League will bid cheerio to Cheerios,”

2003 Wozniak, Mary. “Cheerios sculptures food for thought,” News–Press, August 15, p. E1

2005 Abbe, Mary. “Good vibes at the U,” Minneapolis Star Tribune, January 21, p.E1

2006 Vanderbilt, Tom. “Grand Illustion”, WSJ Magazine, June, pp. 41

2006 Jones, Tracy. “Rising Stars to Watch”, Gulf Shore Life, November, pp. 94

2006 Coble, Sarah. “Don’t Squeeze the Carrera”, Naples Illustrator, November, pp. 66

2009 Hudler, Ad. “Artistically Yours”, Grandeur Magazine, December, pp. 16-17

2010 Vanderbilt, Tom. “Grand Illusion”, WSJ Magazine, June, pp. 40-41

2012 Sheets, Hilarie M. “Use Your Illusion”, ARTnews, April, pp. 85-91

EDUCATION

1966 BA, Bethel College, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1968 MFA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis