CV

Solo Exhibitions

2019
Nancy Brooks Brody, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery

2018
Nancy Brooks Brody, Book Marks, Fortnight Institute, New York City

2015
Decoy of New Showers,  Nancy Brooks Brody + David Nelson invited by Jo-ey Tang,  GALERIE  JOSEPH TANG, Paris France 

2014
SUITES IN SPACE: Merce Drawings and Color Forms, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by Alenha Katsof

2009      
2007-2009, Virgil de Voldere Gallery, New York, NY

2007      
2004-2007, Virgil de Voldere Gallery, New York, NY

2004      
Slingshot Project Gallery, New York, NY

1986        
Khiva Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1985        
New Math Gallery, New York, NY

1984        
New Math Gallery, New York, NY


Selected Group Exhibitions

2023
Exposé·es Chapter Seven: arms ache avid aeon: Nancy Brooks / Joy Episalla / Zoe Leonard /Carrie Yamaoka: fierce pussy: amplified,  Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, Curated with Jo-ey Tang and Francois Piron

2019
Altered After, Participant NYC, Curated by Conrad Ventur
Confinement: Politics of Space and Bodies, CAC (Contemporary Arts Center), Cincinnati, OH, Curated by Valentine Umansky
arms ache avid aeon: Nancy Brooks Brody / Joy Episalla / Zoe Leonard / Carrie Yamaoka: fierce pussy amplified ICA, The Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia organized by Anthony Elms and Jo-ey Tang

2018
Veils, Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX, curated by Josh Pazda
arms ache avid aeon: Nancy Brooks Brody / Joy Episalla / Zoe Leonard / Carrie Yamaoka: fierce pussy amplified, Beeler Gallery, Columbus, OH, Curated by Jo-ey Tang
Marks of Resistance, Clifford Chance, New York, NY, Curated by Sam Gordon and Jacob Robichaux
Cast of Characters, Bureau of General Services, New York, NY, curated by Liz Collins
Emoji Show, Klaus von Nichtssagend, New York, NY
INTOTO 6,  Fondation d'Entreprise Ricard, Paris France

2017
Descretion , BFA  Boatos Fine Arts, Sao paulo Brazil, curated by Sam Korman
Galocher, Bortolami Gallery New York, NY
Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon, New Museum, New York, NY, Curated by Johanna Burton and Sara O’Keeffe
FOUND: Queer Archaeology; Queer Abstraction, Leslie Lohman Museum, Curated by Avram Finkelstein
The plates of the present, so far, Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris, Organized by Thomas Fougeirol and Jo-ey Tang
INTOTO 4, Essex Flowers, Curated by Thomas Fougeirol and Julien Carreyn

2016
Plain Air, organized by Anne Couillaud, private garden, Seattle

2015
Small Sculpture, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
Fabriquer le dessin, regards croisés sur trois collections, Frac Haute-Normandie, Rouen France
Where the Day Begins,  LAM Lille Metropole Musee D"Art Modern et D'Art Brut
Dust: The plates of the present, February 2013 – July 2015 ,The Camera Club of New York, Curated by Sonel Breslav
Greater NY Moma PS1 film program, Curated by Douglas Crimp

2014
Art & ActivismKunst und politischer Aktivismus in New York, Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany

2013      
Not only this, but 'New language beckons us,' Fales Library and Special Collections, NYU, New York, NY   

2012      
Raw/Cooked, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY

2010      
Movement Schmoovement, La Mama la Galleria, New York, NY     
Doublures, Maison des Arts, Evreux, FRAC Haute-Normandie, France
Elles Plurielles, Artotheque and Museum of Fine Arts Auxerre, France
Pink, Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Day to-day, Martos Gallery, Curated by Anne Couillaud

2009      
In Stitches, Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody
(DES) ACCORDS COMMUNS, Dessins de la collection du FRAC Haute-Normandie, France

2008      
Landing Salt, Pearl Street Gallery, Boston, MA

2007      
Looking Back: The White Columns Annual, White Columns Gallery, New York, NY.  Selected by Clarissa Dalrymple
The 100 Bucks Show, AAI.LOV.IU Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2006      
Salt Mountain, The Noble Maritime Collection, Staten Island, NY
When Artists Say We, Artists Space, New York, NY
Flex Your Textiles, John Connelly  Presents, New York, NY
The Line of Beauty, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, NY
Hope and Healing in Times of War, SomArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
Traits pour traits, Oeuvres de la Collection FRAC Haute-Normandie, Artotheque, Caen, France
Homohome, Curated by Kay Turner, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Advent, Curated by Lou Laurita, Art Center/ South Florida, Miami Beach, FL
Mix Masters, Amy Simon Fine Art, Wesport, CT

2005      
I beg your Pardon, Vera List Center for Arts and Politics, The New School, New York, NY
It will Cost you...,  Artek Contemporaries, New York, NY.   Curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody
Art Brussels, with Slingshot Project, Brussels, Belgiu
Group Show, Maiden Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
Top Drawer, The Matzo Files, PS122,  New York, NY

2004      
Corps Figure, Musee des Beaux-Arts de Bernay, France

2003      
Unframed First Look, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, NY
That Summer Feeling, Wooster Projects, New York, NY
The Outer Borough: 7 Artists Fresh from Brooklyn, Art Placement Intl., New York, NY
Great Small Works, HERE Arts Center, New York, NY
Party Congress, Williamsburg Publik House, Brooklyn, NY

2002      
Le Regard de L'Autre,  Musee des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, Rouen, France

2001      
Boomerang: Collector's Choice, Exit Art/First World, New York, NY
Selected Works, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Madison , WI
Salt, Noble Maritime Collection, Staten Island, NY

2000      
Other Worlds, 28 Wooster Street, New York, NY.  Curated by Erica Belle
No Name Exhibitions, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN

1999      
Trafic, FRAC Haute-Normandie
Flea Theater, Lobby Installation, New York, NY

1998      
GLAAD Media Awards Auction, New York, NY

1997       
Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of California

1996      
623 Broadway, New York, NY

1993      
The Exquisite Corpse, The Drawing Center, New York, NY.  In collaboration with Robert Gober and Tony Feher
Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Community Center, Los Angeles, CA

1991      
Nancy Brooks Brody, Paula Hayes, Zoe Leonard, Jack Pierson, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
Act Up Benefit, Paula Cooper Gallery and Matthew Marks, New York, NY
Rutgers University, Rutgers, NJ

1990      
Penine Hart Gallery, New York, NY

1989      
Act-Up Benefit, New York, NY
A Private Viewing, with Tony Feher, Jennifer Bartlett Studio, New York , NY

1988      
48 Laight Gallery, New York, NY

1987      
150 Nassau Street, curated by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Carlos Almada, New York, NY

1986      
Khiva Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1985      
Sarah Rentschel, New York, NY
Tower Gallery, South Hampton, New York, NY
Zellermayer Gallery, Berlin, Germany

1984      
Artists Space, New York, NY
Kamikazi, Curated by Carlo McCormick and Walter Robinson, New York, NY
Civilian Warefare, New York, NY

1983      
Danceteria, New York, NY
ABC No Rio, New York, NY

1980      
Club 57, curated by Keith Haring, New York, NY


Public Collections

2020
Centre Pompidou, Dust: The Plates of the Present, Paris, France

2014
MOCA, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

2010      
FRAC Haute-Normandie, France

2001      
Trafic FRAC Haute-Normandie, FRAC Rouen, France

2000      
Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, FNAC Paris, France


Curatorial Projects

2016
It Didn’t Turn Out the Way I Expected, a memorial exhibition of work by Tony Feher, Sikkema Jenkins & Co, Curated by Andrea Blum, Nancy Brooks Brody, Joy Episalla, Zoe Leonard, and Carrie Yamaoka,

2015
DAVID NELSON, 
80WSE Gallery New York University Steinhardt School – with Jonathan Berger

2010
Movement Schmoovement, La mama la Galleria New York, NY – with Linda Matalon


Catalogues/Publications

2023
“Exposé - Es D’après "Ce que le sida m'a fait" d'Elisabeth Lebovici, Published by the Palais de Tokyo and Fonds Mercator

2022
“Dragging Away: Queer Abstraction in Contemporary Art”, Duke University Press, Lex Morgan Lancaster 

2019
”Art & Queer Culture”, Phaidon Press, Catherine Lord and Richard Meyer

2017
Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon, New Museum Publications

2015
"Dust: The plates of the present", February 2013 – July 2015.  Published by Blonde Art Books and Secretary Press

2014
"Art & Activism: Kunst und politischer Aktivismus in New York", Sammlungen Hieber / Theising
"Herstory Inventory", Ulrike Muller, Karen Kelly, and Barbara Schroder, editors

2012
The Land Line Issue I

2011
"Cruising The Archive :  Queer Art and Culture in Los Angeles, 1945-1980"

2009
"Traits Pour Traits," FRAC Haute-Normandie
"Nancy Brooks Brody, " by Anne Blume
"Sessions, " Katerina Llane, editor

2005
"Do you wish to direct me?" LTTR #4, Printed Matter, inc

2002
"UneCollection pour Une Région 1982-2002," Haute-Normandie FRAC, France

1998
"Darryl," collected poems
Fatstick magazine, James Wilk, editor

1997
"Lizzie Higgins," Jo's Girls, (anthology), Beacon press
"Reviewing The Usual," Fort Edward Art Center

1991
"outRAGEous desire," Rutgers University


Reviews

2018
The New York Times, “The Emoji Show”, by Will Heinrich

2017
The New York Times, Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon, by Holland Cotter
Time Out, Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon, by Joseph R. Rolan
NY Magazine, Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon, Carl Swanson
The New York Times, Found: Queer Archaeology; Queer Abstraction, by Holland Cotter

2015
Huffington Post, by Peter Frank

2012
The Brooklyn Eagle

2007
Art In America, by Sarah Valdez
The New York Times, by Holland Cotter
The Village Voice, Best in Show, by R.C. Baker
The New York Sun, by Daniel Kunitz
Museum News, by Susan Breitkopf

2006
Time Out NY,  "Homohome: Obects for the Queer in All of Us" by Jane Harris
Miami New Times, Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Staten Island Sunday Advance, White Gold, by Michael J. Fressola

2004
NY Arts - vol.9 no. 7/8, by Chris Chambers

2001
New York Magazine, by Tobi Tobias
Art in America, by Sarah Valdez

2000
Minneapolis Star Tribune, by Mary Abee

1998
NY Now, by Baird Jones

1991
NY Native, by David Hirsch

1990
Cover Arts NY, by Ilka Scobie
Village Voice Choice
NY Native, David Hirsch

1986
Manhattan Arts, by Baird Jones
Art in San Francisco

1985
Seattle Post, by Regina Hackret
Soho Arts Weekly, by Demetria Daniels

1984
East Village Eye, by Walter Robinson

Residencies

2007-Present
Board member, Welcome Hill Studios, Westchesterfield, New Hampshire

2008      
Denniston Hill, Woodridge, New York

2006, 2007, 2008      
Welcome Hill Studios, Westchesterfield, New Hampshire

fierce pussy

2022
THESES ON HOPE,  #5 fierce pussy: *, Between Bridges , Berlin, Germany

2019
AND SO ARE YOU, 1991-2018, Leslie-Lohman Museum, New York, NY

2015
For the Record, Greater NY MOMA PS1

2013
For the Record, Window Installation, Printed Matter, New York, NY

2012
CARNAL Knowledge Sex + philosophy, Leslie Tonkonow Gallery, NY, curated by Christopher Eamon and Beth Stryker

2010
ACT UP Oral History Project and fierce pussy, White Columns, New York, NY

2009
Gutter, Graduate School of Design, Harvard, Cambridge, MA
Mining the Archive, The Lesbian Hestory Archives, Brooklyn, New York, NY
Then and Now, The LGBT Community Center, New York, NY
La Mama La Galleria, New York, NY, curated by Steven Lam and Virginia Solomon
ACT UP New York: Activism, Art and the AIDS Crisis, 1987-1993, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard Art Museum, curated by Helen Molesworth and Clare Grace

2008
fierce pussy retrospective, Printed Matter, New York City, NY
Break the Rules!, Manheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany

1996
Gender fucked, COCA Seattle,WA
Counterculture: Alternative Information from the Underground Press to the Internet, Exit Art, New York, NYGraphic Responses to AIDS, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England

1994
Outhouse, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, New York, NY
Becoming Visible: The Legacy of Stonewall, New York Public Library, NY
Underbelly: Dyke Art, Iconography, and Culture, University of Minnesota, MN
Silence = Death - Kunst und AIDS in New York, Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Dresden, Germany

1993
1920, Exit Art, New York, NY
Silence = Death, Kunst und AIDS in New York, Staadtmuseum, Munich, Germany
Boycott Colorado, organized by Simon Watson, New Museum, NY
DAM and fierce pussy, curated by Lutz Heiber and Gisela Theising, Liebenizhaus, Hannover, Germany

1992
Plakate, Graz Kunstverein, Graz, Austria, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljiana, SloveniaTurn Out, Pyramid Club, New York

City Ethics and Aesthetics in the Age of AIDS, Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany and Kunstmuseum  Lucerne, Switzerland

A Celebration of the Demise of the N.E.A., Public Funding and Art As We Know It!, benefit, ABC No Rio, New York City

1991
Outrageous Desire, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
From Perversity to Diversity, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Queer,  Minor Injury Gallery, New York, NY

LAVA Dance Company Visual Design

2013
The Rocks, Bam Fisher, Brooklyn NY

2011
LAVA Atlas, Dixon Place, NY
Field Relations, Penasco, NY
LAVA Encyclopedia, The Flea Theater, NY

2010
LAVA Loving & Daring, Dixon Place, NY

2008
We Become, MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachussets
We Become, BRIC Studio, Brooklyn, NY

2009
We Become, The Brooklyn Lyceum, Brooklyn, NY

2007
Tides, The Flea Theater, New York, NY

2006
(w)HOLE, The Flea Theater, New York, NY

2003
High Tide, Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY

2002
Glimmer, The Kitchen, New York, NY

2001
Timberline, Performance Space 122, New York, NY

1999
Lava Love, The Flea Theater, New York, NY
Volcano Love, The Kitchen, New York, NY

1998
Groundwork, Performance Space 122, New York, NY

1996
Girls and Volcanoes, The Kitchen, NY