Andy Nasisse Vitae, Andy Nasisse Biography

Vitae

PERSONAL

Born: December 1, 1946, Pueblo, Colorado
1973		MFA University of Colorado
1967		First Ceramics Class, Instituto Allende, San Miguel De Allende, Mexico

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2006		Studio Artist
2005		Emeritus Professor UGA
2001- 04		Graduate Coordinator, Graduate Faculty, UGA
1988		Full Professor, The University of Georgia, Art Department, Athens, Georgia
1981 - 83		Gallery Director Lamar Dodd School of Art
1995		Visiting Professor, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snow Mass Colorado
1994		Visiting Artist residency, Alfred University, New York
1990		Visiting Artist residency, Appalachain Center for Arts and Crafts, Tenn.
1989		Artist in Residence - Leighton Artist Colony, Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada
1979, 1980, 2001, 2003		Professor UGA Studies Abroad, Cortona, Italy
1975		Crafts Editor, New Art Examiner, Chicago Ill.
1975		Sabatacle Replacement, University of Chicago
1974		Head of Ceramics, Evanston Art Center, Evanston Ill.

GRANTS, AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS

2005		Award of Excellence, National Tea Pot Invitational, Cedar Creek Gallery, NC
2001-03		Nominator for Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowships
2000		Fall - UGA Center for the Humanities Fellowship
1997		Senior Faculty Research Grant - UGA
1995		Albert Christ Janer Award for a Lifetime of Creative Research – UGA
1978		National Endowment for the Arts Regional Fellowship, SECCA Winston Salem, NC
1981		UGA Research Grant for study of Prinzhorn Collection and Musee Del Art Brut
1978		Ford Foundation Research Grant - UGA - for study of Ceramic collections in American Museums
1987		Commission for St. Mary's Hospital, Athens Ga., wall relief
1985		Commission for Portman Hotel in Singapore, Architectural Mural
1980		Architectural Commission for Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport - four relief murals

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Alfred University of American Ceramics, Alfred, New York

Nelson Fine Art Center, Tempe, Arizona

Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus Georgia

Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, Wisconsin

Macon Museum of Arts & Sciences, Macon, Georgia

Western Virginia Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia

High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia

Coca-Cola Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia

Hartsfield International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia

Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia

Andy Nasisse