Exhibits and Awards
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Meetinghouse Gallery, Ridgefield CT: “Nancy Moore: Women and Other Animals”
2024
Sorokin Gallery, Greenwich CT: “Nancy Moore: Celebrating Women”
RPAC Gallery, Ridgefield CT: “Nancy Moore: Spring into Art”
2023
Sheffer Gallery, Westport Library, Westport CT: “Nancy Moore: Women Telling Stories”
Wilton Library Gallery, Wilton CT: “Nancy Moore: Women and Other Animals” (first solo show in library’s history)
2019
Soleil Gallery, Westport: “Menagerie”
Pelham Curtis Gallery, New Canaan CT: “Emerging Women: Nancy Moore,” Jurors: Linda Platzer and Amara Johnson
Soleil Gallery, Westport CT: “One Woman”
2017
Keeler Tavern Museum, Ridgefield CT: “The Women,” Juror: Hildegard Grob
2014
@287 Gallery: Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut, Danbury CT: “Nancy Moore: A Retrospective,” Juror: Lisa Scails, Director, Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut
2013
A&F Gallery, Danbury CT: “State of Wonder,” Juror: John O’Sullivan, Gallerist, A&F Gallery
2012
A&F Gallery, Danbury CT: “Wild!” Juror: John O’Sullivan, Gallerist, A&F Gallery
2009
Robin Alexander Gallery, Kent CT: “Endangered,” Ann Privee, Gallerist, Robin Alexander Gallery
Impact Arts Gallery, Danbury CT: “Endangered,” Juror: William McCann, Gallery Director, Visual Impact
2008
River Street Gallery, New Haven CT: “Transformation”
Pelham Curtis Gallery, New Canaan CT: “Nancy Moore: Wild Life,” Jurors: Susie Salomon and Diane Pollack
Good News Gallery, Woodbury CT: “Wild,” Juror: Bernard Cabernet Farrier
2006-2007
Yale University, Peabody Museum, Environmental Sciences Center, New Haven CT: Untitled year-long solo exhibition, Juror: Timothy White
SELECTED RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2025
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain CT, “Nor’Easter,” Juror: Rodeyna Hart, Deputy Director, Amistad Center for Arts & Culture
Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury CT, “Mixmaster,” Juror: Kalia Brooks, Interim Executive Director at NXTHVN
Schelfhaudt Gallery, Bridgeport CT, “Connections,” Artists Collective of Westport
Stamford Art Association, Stamford CT, 45th Faber Birren National Color Show, Juror: Madeleine Pierpont, Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Greenwich Art Society, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich CT, “Holding Space,” Juror: Roxanne Smith, Jennifer Rubin Assistant Curator of the American Art Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City (see Awards section, below)
New Haven Paint & Clay Club, 124th Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror: Stephanie Mayer Heydt, Director of Collections and Exhibitions, New Britain Museum of American Art (see Awards section, below)
Lockwood Matthews Mansion, Norwalk CT, “Striking Gold: Artists on Wealth and Worth,” Juror: Cybele Maylone, Executive Director, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Carriage Barn Arts Center, “Spectrum” Juried Exhibition, Juror: Susan Eley, Founder and Director, Susan Eley Fine Art Galleries, Manhattan and Hudson New York
Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan CT, “Color Me . . .”
Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield CT, RGA 15th Annual Juried Members Show, Juror: Kelly Long, Senior Curatorial Assistant, Whitney Museum of American Art
Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT, Greenwich Arts Society, 108th Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror: Amy Kurtz Lansing, Curator, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme CT
Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan CT, Summer Salon, Juror: Roger Mudre
New Haven Paint & Clay Club, Creative Arts Workshop Gallery, New Haven CT, Active Members Exhibition, Juror: Nathan Lewis, Professor and Chair, Department of Art and Design, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield CT
Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield CT, 48th Annual Juried Show, Juror: Carrie Haddad, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY (see Awards section, below)
2024
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain CT, “Nor’Easter,” Juror: Kate Menconeri, Chief Curator & Director of Curatorial Affairs and Contemporary Art, Thomas Cole National Historic Site
Flinn Gallery, Greenwich Art Society, Greenwich CT, “#Living Artists,” Juror: Lauren Rosati, Associate Curator, Dept of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan CT, “Art of the Northeast,” Juror: Lisa Carlsen, Senior Director, Jane Lombard Gallery, NYC
Yellow Studio, Cross River NY, “FACETS” A Katonah Museum Artists’ Association Exhibition”
Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven CT, “Renewal”
Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield CT, 14th Annual Juried Member Show, Juror: Anna Swinbourne, Executive Director and CEO Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington CT (see Awards section, below)
2023
John Slade Ely House Gallery, New Haven CT, “New Haven Paint & Clay Club 122nd Annual Juried Art Exhibition,” Juror: Robert Burns, Executive Director, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury CT
Flinn Gallery, Greenwich CT, “Reviving Inner Rhythms,” Greenwich Art Society Exhibition, Juror: Clare Davies, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
Five Points Gallery, Torrington CT, Small Works Juried Exhibition, Juror: Melanie Carr
Pequot Library, 23rd Annual Art Show, Pequot Library, Southport CT
2022
New Britain Museum of American Art, 52nd Annual Juried Nor’Easter Exhibition, Juror: Anna Swinbourne, Executive Director and CEO, Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington CT
Hammond Museum, North Salem NY: “Zen Sanctuary,” Juror: Lucy Krupenye
Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven CT, “Lost/Found” Exhibition
Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich CT, Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror: Brinda Kumar, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
Connecticut Women Artists, Annual National Open Juried Exhibition, Hartford Art League, Juror: Lisa Hayes Williams, Associate Curator, New Britain Museum of American Art (see Awards section)
Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan CT, “She Is Rising”
The Meetinghouse, Ridgefield CT, “Spirituality and Nature,” Juror: Clarice Shirvell
Gordon Fine Arts, Westport CT, “Bella”
Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror: Colleen Cash, Vice President of Auctions at ArtNet
Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, “2022 Spectrum: Renewal,” Juror: James Barron, art dealer and consultant, James Barron Art
2021
2020
Featured Artist, “Unconventional Women,” RPAC Gallery, Ridgefield CT
Annual Juried Exhibition, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Juror: Cybele Maylone, Executive Director, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
2019
Susan Eley Fine Art Gallery, New York City: “Winter Selects,” Juror: Susan Eley, gallerist, Susan Eley Fine Arts, New York City
Katonah Museum, Katonah NY: “The Edge Effect,” Juror: Akili Tommasino, Associate Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton MA: “Context: Language, Media, and Meaning from the Surface Design Association” Juror: Bruce Hoffman, Director, Gravers Lane Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Inside Outside IV at Colorblends House & Spring Garden,” Bridgeport CT, Juror: Jackie Barrett
Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan CT: Group Show, Juror: Susan Eley, gallerist, Susan Eley Fine Arts, New York City
Wilton Public Library, Wilton CT: “All About Color,” Jurors: Janet Crystal and Edward MacEwan
Terrain Gallery, Westport CT: “The Forest Floor,” Juror: Page Engelhart
City Lights Gallery, Bridgeport CT: “Samesex 2019,” Juror: Suzanne Katchmar
Wilton Public Library: “Art & Text” Jurors: Janet Crystal and Edward MacEwan
2018
Katonah Museum, Katonah NY: “Signal: Tri-State Juried Exhibition” Juror: Lumi Tan, The Kitchen, Chelsea district, NYC
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain CT: “Nor’Easter” Juror: Stephanie Haboush Plunkett, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge MA (see Awards section)
Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury CT: “Mixmaster” – Juror: Sara Shaoul, Director, 601 Artspace, New York City
2017
Keeler Tavern Museum, Ridgefield CT: “Living Color”
Ridgefield Guild of Artists, 40th Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror: Linda Hayes Williams, Curatorial Assistant to the Director of the New Britain Museum of American Art (see Awards section)
Margaret Morton Center for Government, Bridgeport CT: installation for Pride 2017
Carriage Barn Gallery, New Canaan: “Art X 8: Visions and Revelations”
Westport Arts Center: “More Than Words”
Ridgefield Public Library Gallery: “Expressive Women of the National Association of Women Artists,” Jurors: Laurie Bachman, Cynthia Mullins, Susan Hammond, Jill Baratta
2016
City Lights Gallery, Bridgeport CT: “Same-Sex 2016,” Juror: Suzanne Katchmar
2015
Kershner Gallery, Fairfield CT: “On the Fringe,” Juror: Ellen Schiffman, Surface Design Association
Ridgefield Guild of Artists 38th Annual Juried Exhibition, Ridgefield CT, Juror: Lisa Messinger (see Awards section, below)
Keeler Tavern Museum, Ridgefield CT: “3 Takes on Color”
New Pond Farm, Redding CT: New Pond Farm Invitational Art Show
Beechwood Arts, Westport CT, “Resilience: A Celebration of the Power of the Arts and the Resilience of the Human Spirit,” Juror: Jeanine Esposito, gallerist, Beechwood Arts
Blue Lemon Gallery, Westport CT, “Resilience” (traveling show), Juror: Jeanine Esposito, gallerist, Beechwood Arts
2014
Ridgefield Guild of Artists, “Reimagined,” invitational exhibition, Juror: Kim Hanna
2013
Hammond Museum, South Salem NY: “Elements,” Juror: Belle Mannes
Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Annual Juried Exhibition Juror: Jacquie Littlejohn, Executive Director, Littlejohn Contemporary, Chelsea NYC (see Awards section)
Kershner Gallery, Fairfield CT, “From the Inside Out,” Juror: Wendy Nylen, gallerist, Nylen Gallery, Westport CT
2012
Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Annual Juried Member Show, Juror: Susan Hardesty, Director of Exhibitions and the Art Collection, Norwalk Community College, Norwalk CT
Mark Twain Library, Redding CT, Annual Juried Exhibitions, Juror: Charles Ray
2011
Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan CT: “Crossroads,” Juror: Tracy Fitzpatrick, Neuberger Museum, Purchase NY
Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield CT: “Continuum: Gender Identities,” curated and chaired by Nancy Moore (see Jurying and Curatorships section)
Mark Twain Library, Annual Juried Show, Juror: Charles Ray
2010
Silvermine Arts Center, “Language in Art,” Jurors: Jeffrey Mueller, Gallery Director, Silvermine Gallery, and Liza Statton, Curator/Gallery Director, ArtSpace, New Haven CT
AWARDS AND SPECIAL RECOGNITION
2025
Inaugural James Grashow Award, 53rd Annual Mark Twain Library Art Show, Mark Twain Library, Redding CT, Juror of Selection: Lily de Johgh Downing, partner, Downing Yudain art advisory; Juror of Awards: artist and educator Tricia Wright; Juror of Grashow Award, Guzzy Grashow, widow of the late artist James Grashow
Hull’s Prize, New Haven Paint & Clay Club, 124th Annual Juried Show, Creative Workshop, New Haven CT, Juror: Stephanie Mayer Heydt, Director of Collections and Exhibitions, New Britain Museum of American Art
Irene Buynoski Free-Hand Drawing Award, Greenwich Art Society, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich CT, “Holding Space,” Juror: Roxanne Smith, Jennifer Rubin Assistant Curator of the American Art Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City
Third Prize, Ridgefield Guild of Artists 48th Annual Juried Show, Ridgefield CT, Juror: Carrie Haddad, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson New York
2024
Honorable Mention, Ridgefield Guild of Artists Annual Juried Exhibition, Ridgefield CT, Juror: Anna Swinbourne, Executive Director and CEO Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington CT
2022
Juror Award, Connecticut Women Artists, Annual National Open Juried Exhibition, Hartford Art League, Juror: Lisa Hayes Williams, Associate Curator, New Britain Museum of American Art
Behind the Scenes Award, bestowed by the Ridgefield Arts Council for her impact on the town of Ridgefield’s arts community, given by First Selectman Rudi Marconi
2021
Second Prize, 44th Annual Juried Show, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield CT, Juror: George Billis, George Billis Gallery, Westport CT and Los Angeles CA
2018
Juror’s Choice Award, New Britain Museum of American Art, “Nor’Easter,” Juror: Stephanie Haboush Plunkett, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge MA
2017
First Prize, 40th Annual Juried Exhibition, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Juror: Linda Hayes Williams, Curatorial Assistant to the Director of the New Britain Museum of American Art
2016
2 Honorable Mentions, 6th Annual Juried Members Show, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Juror: Robin Zella, Executive Director, Housatonic Art Museum
2015
Honorable Mention, 38th Annual Juried Exhibition, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Juror: Lisa Messinger
2013
First Prize + Honorable Mention, 36th Annual Juried Exhibition, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Juror: Jacquie Littlejohn, Gallerist, Littlejohn Contemporary, Chelsea, NYC
2011
Award of Excellence, The Art of Caring, Hospice of Western Connecticut Annual Art Festival, Juror: Charles Rae
2009
Best in Show, 1st Prize, The Art of Caring, Regional Hospice Art Festival
2008
Best in Show, The Art of Caring, Regional Hospice Art Festival
2007
Best in Show, The Art of Caring, Regional Hospice Annual Art Festival
2006
Best in Show, 1st Prize, The Art of Caring, Regional Hospice Annual Art Festival
2005
Best in Mixed Media, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, ROAR (Ridgefield Organization for Animal Rescue)
PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
*”Three New Art Exhibits at Westport Library, Westport Journal, May 2023
*Jarret Liotta, ” ‘Coming of Age’: Ridgefield Guild of Artists Exhibit Features the ‘Talent-Rich Community’ of Artists Age 60 and Over,” The Ridgefield Press, May 2022
*Nicole Funaro, ” ‘Coming of Age’ Highlights Artists over the Age of 60,” Danbury NewsTimes, March 2022
*Staff, ” ‘Coming of Age’ Comes to The Guild,” The Ridgefield Press, March 2022
*Joel Lang, “Resilient Women,” featured in Arts section, Hearst Newspapers for Fairfield County, February 2020
*Lucy Gellman, “SameSex Stuns at City Lights,” July 25, 2019, https://www.newhavenarts.org/arts-paper/articles/samesex-stuns-at-city-lights
*Elizabeth Michelman, “Surface Design: Language as a Medium at Fuller Craft,” Art-Scope: New England’s Premier Culture Magazine, January/February 2019
“Check Out Nancy Moore’s Artwork,” BostonVoyager, August 2018
*Tracey O’Shaughnessey, “Wait . . . You Will WANT to Drive to This Mixmaster,” Waterbury Republican-American, February 13, 2018
*Janis Gibson, “Art X 8: Visions and Revelations,” Darien Times, February 9, 2017
*“Artist Nancy Moore in Carriage Barn Show,” Ridgefield Press, February 9, 2017
*Janis Gibson, “By A Thread: The Fine Art of Fiber Art,” Weston Forum, May 12, 2016
*Mary Pat Devine, ” ‘Festive Home’ Turns 10 This Holiday Season,” Holiday in the Country, November 26, 2014
*Mary Pat Devine, “The Women Opens Saturday, Curator Will Speak Sunday,” Ridgefield Press, May 16, 2013
*Pepper, Rachel, ed., Transitions of the Heart, Cleis Press, 2012
*Henderson, Nanette, “Gender Theme Generates Big Conversation in Small Town,” Venu Magazine, issue 6, March/April 2011
*Janis Gibson, “Artists Aim to Launch a Conversation about Gender Identities,” Greenwich Post, April 28, 2011
*Goldenberg, “Gender Studies: Local Artist Is Bringing the Fluidity of Male and Female to Ridgefield,” the patch, aol blog, January 2010
*“Making ‘Accommodations’ for Art Is Part of 22 Haviland Street Exhibit,” Norwalk Citizen-News, May 30, 2008
*Abby Luby, “Making Accommodations: Artists Find Their Work Changes with Their Lives,” The Advocate/Greenwich Time, May 25, 2008
*“Library Gallery Exhibits Moore’s ‘Wildlife,’ ” New Canaan News-Review, February 14, 2008
*“Three Artists Sharing Space at Carole Peck’s Gallery,” The Newtown Bee, November 16, 2007
*“Good News Cafe Features ‘Wild’ Exhibit,” Voices, October 24, 2007
*Debra Browne, “New ‘Art in Garden’ Show Opens,” Ridgefield Press, March 15, 2007
*Sikorsky, Fran, “Artist Nancy Moore: Finding Her Way with Color,” The Ridgefield Press, January 5, 2006
*“Water, FIre and Earth Exhibit at While Silo Farm and Winery,” The News-Times, July 27, 2007
*“Peabody the Inspiration for ESC Art Display,” Yale Environmental News, Spring 2005, vol. 10, no. 2
*Steven Valenti, “. . . Sold!,” Republican-American, October 26, 2000
*Hurwitz, Joanna and Amanda Lumley, Cayman, Vista Press, 2000 (4 paintings were reproduced in this book, 1 of which was commissioned by the publisher)
PUBLIC INSTITUTION HOLDINGS
Kanarek Palliative Care Center, Fairfield University, Fairfield CT
JURYING AND CURATORSHIPS
2023 Curator: “ArtOber with the Artists Collective of Westport,” Wilton Library, Wilton CT
2022 Curator: “Coming of Age: 70 Artists over 60,” Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield CT
2018 Juror: Annual Crafts Festival, Bruce Museum, Greenwich CT
2017 Curator: “Unbound,” River Street Gallery, New Haven, CT
2016 Curator: “By A Thread: The Fine Art of Fiber,” Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT
2013 Curator: “The Women,” Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT
2011 Curator: “Continuum: Gender Identities,” Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT
EXHIBITION CHAIR POSITIONS
2011 Chair: Continuum: Gender Identities Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield CT
2008 Co-chair, Art of the Northeast USA, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan CT
2007 Co-chair, Art of the Northeast USA, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan CT
2007 Co-chair, New Member Show, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan CT
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Guild Artist Member: Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan CT
National Association of Women Artists: inducted 2014
Juried Artist Member: Artists Collective of Westport, Westport CT
Artist Member: Katonah Museum Artists Association, Katonah NY
Juried Member: New Haven Paint & Clay Club
Board Member: Ridgefield Guild of Artists, 2012-2014, Artist Member: Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield CT
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