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Artist's Biography
Artist's Biography

Selected           Artist Showcase, Arkansas Lt. Governor's Office, Little Rock, AR
Exhibitions      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           Gallerie Amsterdam, Carmel, CA

                           Many Hands Gallery, Capitola, CA

                           Phoebe's Gallery, Capitola, CA

Publications      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           The Horse: A Guide To The Unknown, mixed media and collage, 2009-present
Work
                           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 Medical
                            Center, 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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