American, b. 1955

Depew studied at Lycoming College in Pennsylvania, and went on to receive her MFA from the University at Albany, State University of New York. She has been honored with fellowships in her home state from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, as well as the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Inc. Depew has been exhibiting her work in galleries, museums, and art fairs throughout the US over the last several decades, while also teaching studio art and art history at art schools, museums, and other art institutions.

ARTIST’S STATEMENT:
“I do not know what the finished painting will look like when I begin. I start with a gesture. It is a visual idea, an intuitive idea, not a verbal or rational one. I am not interested in documenting reality. I make three-dimensionally believable images, but I never think of them as “real.”  I am more interested in investigating the intuitive aspect of a subject. I dig into the nature of experience.”
-Nancy Depew

EDUCATION:
1985, MFA, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY
1977, BA, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2016, Sirona Fine Art, Hallandale Beach, FL
2015, Haynes Galleries, Nashville, TN 
2014, Haynes Galleries, Thomaston, ME 
2011, Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ
2008, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
2002, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack, NJ
1999, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ
1998, Richard Stockton College, Pomona, NJ
1990, David Adamson Gallery, Washington, DC        
1988, Aurora Gallery, Closter, NJ
1987, Exhibit A Gallery, Savannah, GA
1987, Robeson Center Gallery, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
1986, Lycoming College Art Gallery, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2017, Stories in Paint, Haynes Galleries,  Nashville, TN 
2016, Annual Small Works Online Exhibition, Cavalier Galleries, New York, NY 
2016, Cavalier Galleries 30th Anniversary, Cavalier Galleries, New York, NY 
2016, Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Arcadia Contemporary, Santa Monica, CA 
2016, LA Art Show, Arcadia Contemporary, Santa Monica, CA
2015, Annual Small Works Online Exhibition, Cavalier Galleries, New York, NY
2015, Five and Under, Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY
2015, Celebrating Women Artists, Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY 
2014, A Treasure Trove of Real Art, Haynes Galleries, Nashville, TN 
2014, The American Landscape, Haynes Galleries, Nashville, TN 
2014, Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
2014, Five and Under , Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY
2014, Summer Selections , Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY
2014, Celebrating the Portrait as Timeless Art, Haynes Galleries, Thomaston, ME 
2014, Celebrating the Portrait as Art, Haynes Galleries, Nashville, TN
2014, Group Exhibition, Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY 
2014, The Landscape: Views and Variations, Haynes Galleries, Nashville, TN
2014, The Still Life: Mundane To The Sublime, Haynes Galleries, Nashville, TN 
2013, Inaugural Small Works Exhibition, Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY
2013, Avenue Antique, Art & Design Shows, Park Avenue Armory, Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY
2013, Women Painting Women, Gallery U,  Westfield, NJ
2013, Summer Group Exhibition, Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, NY
2013, Ordinary Objects: Extraordinary Still Lifes, Haynes Galleries, Nashville, TN
2012-13, Small Things, Haynes Galleries, Nashville, TN
2012, International Still Life Exhibition, Arcadia Gallery, Four Seasons Hotel, New York, NY
2012, Sur-Realism, Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, NY
2012, Arcadia Gallery, Four Seasons Hotel, 57 East 57th St, New York, NY
2011, Annual Small Works Exhibition, Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, NY
2011, The Art of the Still Life, Haynes Galleries, Thomaston, ME
2011, Flora Abunda, Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, NY
2011, Contemporary Still Life Paintings, Spanierman Gallery LLC, New York, NY
2010, Annual Small Works Exhibition, Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, NY
2010, "It's the Real Thing", Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2010, Summer Salon Exhibition, Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, NY
2010, Botanica, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
2010, Winter Group Exhibition, Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, NY
2010, Mikhail Zakin Gallery, Demarest, NJ
2009, Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, NY
2009, Nexus, Arts Guild of New Jersey, Rahway, NJ
2008, Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, NY
2007, Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, NY
2007, Modern and Contemporary Selections, Spanierman Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2007, Art for the New Collector V, Spanierman Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2006, Art Connections 3, The George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
2006, Art for the New Collector V, Spanierman Gallery LLC, New York, NY
2006, New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition, NJ State Museum, Trenton, NJ
2005, Spanierman Gallery, New York, NY
2004, Spanierman Gallery, New York, NY
2003, Re-Presenting Representation VI, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
2003, Spanierman Gallery, New York, NY
2002, Spanierman Gallery, New York, NY
1999, NJ Fine Arts Annual, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
1998, NJ Fine Arts Annual, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
1998, Ice House Gallery, Monmouth University, West Long Beach, NJ
1996, Figure and Symbol, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY     
1996, Dealer's Choice, Art Initiatives, New York, NY
1996, Rabbet Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
1996, Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA
1995, Maximum Capacity, Art Initiatives, New York, NY
1994, Salon, Art Initiatives, New York, NY
1993, David Adamson Gallery, Washington, DC
1992, Black & White, Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD
1992, Waterside Art Studios, Stamford, CT
1992, Social Stigmas, Art Initiatives, New York, NY
1991, New Directions '91, Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY 
1989, David Adamson Gallery, Washington, DC
1989, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA
1989, New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
1988, Figurative Inquiry, Artworks, Trenton, NJ
1988, Visual Arts '88, Merck and Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ
1988, NJSCA Fellowship Exhibition, Monmouth Museum,  Lincroft, NJ
1988, DeKalb Council for the Arts Invitational, Decatur, GA
1987, New Talent New Jersey, Princeton Gallery of Fine Art, Princeton, NJ
1987, Pindar National, Pindar Gallery, New York, NY
1987, Tweed Gallery, Plainfield, NJ
1986, Summit Art Center, Summit, NJ
1985, Small Works, Zaner Gallery, Rochester, NY
1987, Surrealism in the 80's, Tweed Gallery, Plainfield, NJ
1984, B&S Gallery, Williamsport, PA

PRESENTIONS/LECTURES:
2002, Commencement Address, duCret School of the Arts, Plainfield, NJ
2000, Mastering Identity, lecture presented to the Docent Association of The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
1998, Visiting artist gallery talk presented to general public, students and faculty, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, NJ
1997, Searching for Meaning, lecture presented to the Docent Association of The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
1996, The Evolution of Painting Techniques, lecture presented to the Docent Association of The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
1994, The Figurative Impulse, gallery talk, The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
1993, The Figurative Impulse, lecture presented to the Docent Association of The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
1992, Polarities in Art Making, lecture presented to the Docent Association of The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
1992, Visiting artist slide presentation/lecture to students and faculty, Department of Art, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA
1988, Focus on Painting, presentation/lecture to general public, students and faculty, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
1987, Artist in Residence, Art Goes Public Program, (Sponsored by the Artist's League of  Central  New Jersey), South Brunswick Public Library, South Brunswick, NJ and  Jane Vorhees Zimmerli Museum, New Brunswick, NJ

PAINTING FELLOWSHIPS:
2004, New Jersey State Council on the Arts
1987, New Jersey State Council on the Arts
1986, Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, Inc.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
1997, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ
1885-87, 1988-89, 2001, duCret School of the Arts, Plainfield, NJ
1987-88, Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA
1983, 1984, State University of New York, Albany, NY
1981, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA