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Artist's Biography

 

 

Selected    

Group Exhibition, Mary Tomas Gallery, Dallas, TX, February 2013-current

 

Group Exhibition, Contemporary Masters Gallery, Lahaina, Maui, Feb
2012-current
                     
Solo Exhibition, Sotheby's, Carmel, CA, March 2012

 

Solo Exhibition, Marjorie Evans Gallery, Sunset Center, Carmel, CA, Feb 2012

 

Group Exhibition, Pablo Milan Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, April 2011

Exhibitions

 

Solo Exhibition, Many Hands Gallery, Capitola, CA, March-April 2011

 

Group Exhibition, Show Place Art Gallery, Berkeley, CA November 2010


Group Exhibition, Mary Tomas Studio Gallery,  Dallas, TX, Oct-Nov 2010


Group Exhibition, Mary Tomas Studio Gallery, Dallas,  TX, April 2010


Solo Exhibition, Pasadena Heritage Tour, Pasadena, CA, March 2010 Artist Showcase, Arkansas Lt. Governor's Office, Little Rock, AR
October 2009-currently


Solo Exhibition, Many Hands Gallery, Capitola, CA, September-October 2009

Solo Exhibition, Arkansas State Capitol, Little Rock, AR
July-September 2009

Group Exhibition, Santa Cruz Art League, "Irreplaceable Places",
Santa Cruz, CA, May-June, 2009

Two Woman Exhibition, Santa Cruz Baroque Festival, "Listening To Nature-
Musique Plein Air", Santa Cruz, CA,  April 2009

Group Exhibition,  Harmonics, Inc., "Going Green",
Sunnyvale, CA, January-April 2009
                       
Group Exhibition, Museum of Art and History, "Stars" Auction,
Santa Cruz, CA, December 2008
                        
Open Studios Art Tour, Santa Cruz Cultural Council,

Aptos, CA, October 2007-2009        
                        
Triton Museum of Art, VAAST, Santa Clara, CA
May 1998                          
                         
Sanchez Art Center, Arts on Fire, Pacifica, CA
February 1998

Galleries        

Contemporary Masters Gallery, Maui, HI

Pablo Milan Gallery, Santa Fe, NM  

Mary Tomas Studio Gallery, Dallas, TX

Gallerie Amsterdam, Carmel, CA

Many Hands Gallery, Capitola, CA


Phoebe's Gallery, Capitola, CA

Publications    

Art and Soul, Bench and Bedside, Stanford Medical

Alumni Magazine, April 2012, Spring Edition

Santa Cruz Record, newspaper, March 24, 2009
"Nancy Leigh Hillis"

The Informed Collector, newsletter, March 17, 2009
"Informed Collector Recommends: Nancy Leigh Hillis"

Metro Santa Cruz, article, October 3-10, 2007
"House Calls"

Register-Pajaronian, article, October 8, 2007
"Aptos Psychiatrist Finds Solace In Art"
                    

Bodies of  Work        

The Horse: A Guide To The Unknown, mixed media, 2009-present

Figurative Abstractions, Oil, 2008

Relationship to Self and Other , Collage, 2007-2008
                 
Organic Forms, Mixed Media with watercolor, ink, acrylic,
paper, and gesso, 2007

Flatlands, Oil landscapes, 2007

Reclining Figure, Oil, 2001

Puella Aeternus, Watercolor, 2000

Primitive Goddess, Hydrocal sculpture, 1999

Livermore Landscapes,  Oil, 1999

Alpine Road Landscapes, Oil, 1997

French Landscapes, Oil, 1997


Education          

Private study of sculpture and watercolor with Adrienne
Duncan: sculptor, juror, and teacher at Pacific Art League 
Palo Alto, CA, 1993-2001

Studied alla prima landscape oil painting with Brigitte Curt:
California Academy of Painters, 1996-1999

Studied life drawing, portrait, and still life oil painting with
Jim Smythe: Pacific Art League and Palo Alto Cultural
Center and California Academy of Painters, 1996-1999

Studied oil painting with Tim Craighead, Stanford University
Summer, 1995

Psychiatry, Stanford University, Palo Alto,CA, 1993

Diagnostic Radiology Research Fellowship, University of
California, San Francisco, CA, 1989

Diagnostic Radiology, Harvard, Brigham and Women's
Hospital, Boston, MA, 1988

Internal Medicine Internship, St. Mary's Hospital MedicalCenter, San Francisco, CA, 1987

Medical Doctor, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR,
1986
                        
Bachelor of Arts, Chemistry, University of Arkansas, 1981                              

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