NICK BLOSSER

BORN
1958 Columbiana, OH
resides and works as an artist in Johnson City, TN and teaches at Milligan College

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 New Work, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2005 PDX, Portland,OR
2003 PDX, Portland,OR
2002 Nick Blosser, PDX, Portland, OR
Nick Blosser, Recent Paintings, College Of The Ozarks, Jones Gallery, Lookout, MO
2001 “Out-of-Doors”, Adam Baumgold Fine Art, New York, NY
Nick Blosser,Signature Gallery,Johnson City Area Arts Council,Johnson City,TN
1999 “New Paintings,” PDX, Portland, OR
Eastern Tennessee State University, Slocumb Gallery, Johnson City, TN
1998 “Paintings”, Adam Baumgold Fine Art, New York City, NY
“Recent Paintings”, PDX, Portland, OR
1997 “Paintings”, Adam Baumgold Fine Art, New York City, NY
1995 “Nick Blosser: Paintings.” Adam Baumgold, Fine Art, New York City, NY
1994 “Every Living Thing,” Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR
Paintings, Houghton College Art Gallery, Houghton, NY
1993 “Out-Of-Doors With Eyes Half-Shut,” Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR
“New Paintings,” Mount Vernon, Nazarene College Art Gallery, Mount Vernon, OH
1992 Paintings, McMahan Student Center, Milligan College, TN
“New Paintings,” Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR
1989 Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Bowling Green State University Art Gallery, Bowling Green, OH
1987 Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
Olin Gallery, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
United Christian Center Gallery, Columbus, OH
1980 Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 true bearing, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2005 “Nick Blosser, Dan Drage, and Evan Longfield,” Johnson City Area Art Council, Johnson City, TN
2004 “Wood Work,” J.G. Contemporary, New York, NY
2003 “First Tennessee Bank Show,” Carroll Reece Museum, Annual Juried Show, Johnson City, TN
“Appalachian Art Show,” regional juried exhibit, Renaissance Center, Kingsport, TN, Award Winner
2002 “Selections: Gallery Artists, “ Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY
2001 “Double Vision”, Adam Baumgold Gallery,New York, NY
2000 “Observation/Revelation: Plants & Insects through the Lens of Art,” Prichard Art Gallery, Sun Valley Art Center
“Physical Manifestation,” PDX, Portland, OR
1998 “New Paintings”, Adam Baumgold Fine Arts, New York, NY
1997-8 “Land and Body,” traveling invitational at 3 Florida Universities: University of Florida, Gainesville, University of Central Florida, Orlando, University of North Florida, Jacksonville.
1997 “Gallery Artists”, PDX, Portland, OR
“Geography and Spirit,” Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Sun Valley, ID.
A group landscape invitational, Rudolph Poissent Gallery, Houston, TX.
1996 “Gallery Artists”, PDX, Portland, OR
“Invitational+,” Adam Baumgold Fine Art, New York City, NY.
Chicago Art Fair, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL.
“Works on Paper,” The Armory, New York City, NY.
1995 “After 15 Years of Business,” Final Show of Jamison/Thomas gallery, Portland, OR
“The Flower Show,” Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR
First Tennessee Bank Show, Carroll Reese Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
1993 25th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
New Regional Painting II, Moody Gallery of Art, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
1992 “In-Outsiders From the American South”-Montgomery Biennial-Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, AL
1991 “Landscape: Three Views,” Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland,OR
1989 Two Person Show, Emily Davis Gallery, The University of Akron, Akron, OH
1988 Figurative Painting, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
“Drawing Our Own Conclusions,” Fort Hayes School for the Arts Gallery, Columbus, OH, invitational
1987 Annual Ohio Governor’s Residence Collection, by invitation
1986 Two Person Show, Houghton College Gallery, Houghton,NY
Two Person Show, Michael Allen Gallery, Columbus , OH
1985 The American Academy In Rome, Rome, Italy, Fellows Annual Exhibition
1984 Drawing Exhibition, The American Academy in Rome
Fifth Floor Gallery At Lazarus, Columbus, OH
1983 Ohio Selections, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
Animism: Four Ohio Artists, The Watertower, Louisville, KY
Two Person Show, Artreach Gallery, Columbus,OH
Gallery 200, Group Exhibition, Columbus, OH
1982 Four Young Painters, Municipal Center Gallery, Upper Arlington, OH
Eighth State Annual Painting, J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, KY
Columbus Art League Juried Exhibition, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
1981 Two person Show, Gallery One, Columbus, OH
Group Juried Exhibition, State Office Tower, Columbus, OH
1980 The United Christian Center Juried Exhibition, Columbus, OH

AWARDS
1991-92 National Endowment for the Arts Individual Fellowship, $20,000
1987-88 National Endowment for the Arts Individual Fellowship, $5000
1984-85 Rome Prize Fellowship in Painting - year long residency award
1983-84 Ohio Arts Council individual fellowship in painting, $5000

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2007 Daniel Duford,”true bearing at PDX”, Oct, 2007
2005 DeLuca, Andie, “Nick Blossr at PDX,” July 16
2003 “Tennessee Quiet,” The Oregonian, September 26
2001 Johnson, “Nick Blosser,” The New York Times, March 30
“Nick Blosser; Out-of-Doors,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, show preview, March
2000 “On View, Contemporary Landscapes,” New York, July 24
Ann Friedman, “Observation/Revelation: Plants and Insects through the Lens of Art,” Sun Valley Center for the Arts, March
1998 “Art of the Pacific Northwest,” Artnews, March
1993 Gragg, Randy; “’Out-of-Doors’ Paintings Evoke Northwest Feel,” The Oregonian, June 18, p. 30
1992 Morris, Gregg, Fresh Weekly, Willamette Week, March 12 - March 18
Duckler, Garrick, “Art,” Willamette Week, March
Gragg, Randy; “Landscapes Reach to Core of Feeling,” The Oregonian, March 12
Gragg, Randy, “Jamison/Thomas Gallery,” The Oregonian, March 5
1989 “Blosser’s Art on Show in Ohio,” Mount Vernon Ohio News, February 9
Bomann, Mleke H., “The Imaginative Art of Nick Blosser,” Kenyon College, January
1988 Constable, Lesley, “Show Draws Visual Conclusion,” Columbus Dispatch, August 14
1987 “Blosser’s Work Included in Governor’s Exhibit,” Mount Vernon Ohio News, February
1982 Reverman, Brian. “Poetic Places,” Columbus Art, July