NINA FLETCHER
STATEMENT
My Art is about my obsessions. I try to materialize that which I grapple with, in hopes that I am not alone in my search. I have been making art for decades. Having graduated from MassArt in painting I was soon lured into other media—clothing, shoes, wire, metals, glass. Throughout my various forays I have always maintained an interest in printmaking. Lino cuts, in particular are my preferred storyboard form.
My art is largely figurative, the human body being for me, an endless source of wonder and curiosity. We all live in one. Peel away the layers and what remains is a remarkable organism common to all. My work as a nurse for fifteen years undoubtedly fed this passion.
Throughout my life I have tried to excavate the archeology of being a woman—not so much the politics, but rather the various and unique ways our anger manifests. This has been a lifelong expedition.
RESUME
| 2024 | Member Ceres Gallery, NYC, feminist, non-profit gallery for contemporary women’s Art. Group show: RAISING WOMEN’S VOICES 2024 | ||
| 2021 | Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA, “(Re)Sisters: Speaking up, Speaking out | ||
| 2018-19 | MassArt Auction participant | ||
| 2017 | Flat Rocks Gallery, Gloucester, MA “FINAL SHOW” | ||
| 2016 | Duxbury Art Complex, “DOUBLE VISION”, Duxbury MA Flat Rocks Gallery, Gloucester, MA “ELIPTIC” | ||
| 2014 | Flat Rocks Gallery, Gloucester, MA, “PERSONA” | ||
| 2013 | Worcester State University, Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery, Solo Show “Nina Fletcher: No Limits”, Worcester, MA | ||
| 2011 | Fuller Art Museum, Framingham, MA, Annual Juried Show Shoe Factory Art Coop, Rochester, NY | ||
| 2010 | Mass General Hospital Cancer Center, “Illuminations”, Boston MA | ||
| 2009 | Marin Museum of Contemporary Art “Alchemy”, Novato, CA ‘ National Small Work Exhibit, Tri-County Arts Council, Cobbleskill, NY ‘ Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton MA, “The Perfect Fit- Shoes Tell the Story”’09 | ||
| 2008 | Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA, 30th Annual Juried Show ‘08 Visiting artist and speaker at Worcester State College, Worcester, MA | ||
| 2007 | Clark University, Schiltkamp Gallery, Worcester Ma, “MisCreated” | ||
| 2006 | ArtsWorcester, “Wired” exhibit, curated by Susan Stoops, contemporary curator of Worcester Art Museum, Second Best of Show. | ||
| 2005 | New England BioLab, Beverly, MA, Purchaced “Wired” by CEO of company | ||
| 2003 | Blackstone Printers @ Brickbottom, Somerville, MA, “proGLYPHic”an exhibition of prints by 5 artists including two collaborative installations. North American Print Biennial, Gallery at Boston University, Boston, MA, curated by Clifford S.Ackley, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Feb. 2003, participant. | ||
| 2002 | Concord Art Association Concord, MA, , “What Inspires Us” – An Invitation Expedition of Contemporary Art by Women. | ||
| 2001 | The Artists Foundation @ The Distillery, South Boston, Main Gallery, ,“Too Close to Call” Work by Nina Fletcher, curated by Kathy Bitetti. | ||
| 2000 | Ruby Gallery, Brooklyn,NY, “Armed and Dangerous”. Clark University Gallery, Worcester, MA “Fairytales of Domesticity” Exploration of the Relationships that exist between women and cultural fantasies about home life. | ||
| 1999 | Fletcher Priest Gallery, Worcester, MA “One Thousand and Under” Show. Gallery Szent-Gorgyi, Falmouth, MA, Group Show, Multimedia Art Works. | ||
| 1998 | Heywood Gallery and Artists Association, Worcester, MA, Best of Show at Northeast Open, curator Donna Harkavy former Curator of Contemporary Art at the Worcester Art Museum AAA Gallery @ the Heywood Gallery, “My Pocketbook, My Self—10 variations”, new work by Nina Fletcher ARTSWorcester Biennial, honorable mention | ||
| 1997 | The Artists Foundation Gallery @ The Distillery, South Boston, 1997, Worcester Exchange Part One |
EDUCATION
| 1980 BFA Painting, Massachusetts College of Art, graduation with distinction. 1980 MSN Women’s Health Care, U.C. San Francisco, magna cum laude | |
AFFILIATIONS
Art for Aid’s Sake, 1993-present, participant and volunteer
Co-Director and member of the Heywood gallery and Artist’s Cooperative, Worcester, MA 1995-2000