BORN 1963, Boston, MA
EDUCATION
1992 M.F.A. Photography, Massachusetts College of Art, MA
1986 B.A. Photography/Literature, Bennington College, VT
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006
“Do You Have 30 Seconds and Can You Get Your Finger Dirty?” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005
“Do You Have 30 Seconds,” California State University Library, Sacramento, CA
2002
“Evidence of Thought,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Found,” San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2001
“Found,” Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
2000
“Found,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999
“Between the Elements: Photographs by Nigel Poor”, Charleston Heights Arts Center, Las Vegas, NV
1998
“Between the Elements: Photographs by Nigel Poor”, FotoCircle Gallery, Seattle, WA
1997
“Between the Elements: Photographs by Nigel Poor”, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
1996
“Between the Elements: Photographs by Nigel Poor”, Sol Mednick Gallery,
The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
“One Person Exhibition”, West Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
"still", Including works by Nigel Poor, Sally Mann, Slater Bradley, Center for Visual Arts, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO
2006
“Touch,” Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
“Imposing Order,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
“Photo Books Now,” San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
“The Photographic Impulse,” California State University Library Gallery, Sacramento,CA
2005
“Inaugural Exhibit of Contemporary Art”, deYoung Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
“ Marking Time, Mapping Thought,” San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Ad Infinitum: The Aesthetics of Repetition II,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004
“Center Awards Exhibition,” Center for Photographic Arts, Carmel, CA
“Fantasy Underfoot: The 47th Biennial Exhibition,” Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
2002
“Counter Clockwise,” Image Gallery, Denmark
2001
“Extra Ordinary,” Walter and Mc Bean Galleries, San Francisco, CA
2000
"Beyond Boundaries: Contemporary Photography in California," University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA; Santa Barbara
Contemporary Arts Museum, CA; The Friends of Photography at the Ansel Adams Center, San Francisco, CA
"In the Unlikely Event", Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID
"California Invitational", Friends of Photography, San Francisco, CA
1999
“Current Works 99”, Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO
Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997
Vision Gallery Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, AZ
“Illuminance”, Fine Arts Center, Lubbuck, TX
1996
“This is a Set Up: Fab Photo/Fictions”, Fine Arts Center Galleries, bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
“Two Person Exhibition”, Mulligan Shanoski Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Flora in Photography”, Todd Kaplan Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Group Show”, Z-Space, Paris, France
“Group Show”, Mulligan Shanoski Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Garden of Civilization”, Ansel Adams Gallery, Napa Valley, CA
“Gallery Artists Group Show”, Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Contemporary Gallery Artists,” Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Spirit of Earth,” Ansel Adams Gallery, Napa Valley, CA
1995
“Fifth Biennial Photography Exhibition,” Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT
“Patron Award Exhibition (two person),” Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
1994
“Focus 94”, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA (curated by Sandra Phillips and Ann Tucker)
“Alliance of Women Artists International Exhibition”, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
“Adams to Weston and Everything In Between”, Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“20th Anniversary Members Exhibition”, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
“Contemporary Women Photographers”, Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1993
“11th Annual Photo Metro Juried Exhibition”, Photo Metro, San Francisco, CA
1992
“MFA Show”, Huntington Gallery, Boston, MA
LECTURES, PANELS, INTERVIEWS AND PRESENTATIONS
2008
"still", Center for Visual Art, Metropolitan State College of Denver, CO
2005
“Beauty and the Body,” Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA
“Arts Alive,” KVIE Public TV, Episode 103 (studio interview), Sacramento, CA
“Fingerprint Project,” KFBK Radio, interview, Sacramento, CA
“And Counting...”, California State University, Faculty Forum, Sacramento, CA
“Found Art,” KQED Forum Radio Talk Show, San Francisco, CA
2004
“Secret Knowledge,” Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2003
“Photographers Speak About Their Work,” PhotoAlliance, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2002
“Marking Time, Marking Thought,” Society for Photographic Education West Region Conference, Oakland, CA
RESIDENCIES
2007 Artist in Residence, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
AWARDS
2007 California State University, Sacramento Faculty Grant
2002 The ArtCouncil Grants to Individual Artists, San Francisco, CA
Visual Artist Award, Artadia; The Fund for Art and Dialogue
1999 Excellence Award current Work 99, Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO
1994 Focus 94 Patron Award, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
1993 Polaroid Artist Support Grant, Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, MA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2007
Baker, Kenneth. “San Diego’s shock of the new,” San Francisco Chronicle, February 10, 2007
2005
Bing, Alison. “Marking Time, Mapping Thought,” SFGate.com, August 9th.
Creamer, Anita. “A Pressing Matter,” Sacramento Bee, April 13, P. E1.
Holtorf, Cornelius. “From Stonehenge to Las Vegas: Archaeology as Popular Culture,” Altamira Press,
pgs. 65-66.
2002
Gopnik, Blake. “A Familiar ‘Fantasy’”, Washington Post, Sunday, December 22.
Dean, Hannah. “Lecture Highlights Photo Work,” The Bowdoin Orient, Vol. CXXXI, No. 23, April.
Laird, Molly. “Coastal Studies Center Artist in Residence: Poor Brings Her Focus to
Bowdoin,” Harpswell Anchor, June, p. 18.
Crump, Anne. “Telling Tales,” San Francisco Examiner, October 11.
Hull Webster, Mary. “Nigel Poor at Haines Gallery,” Artweek, Vol. 32, issue 2, February.
Baker, Kenneth. “Art Can Be Anywhere You Find It,” San Francisco Chronicle, January 6, p. B2 (photograph)
Cohen, Terri. “Beyond Boundaries: Contemporary Photography in California,” Camerawork: A Photographic Journal, Vol. 28, No. 1, summer/spring
Shank, Will. “Calendar Artist,” Bay Area Reporter, December 14 (photograph)
1999
Pomento, Dawn. “Essential Elements,” City Life, August 19, p. 55 (photograph)
The San Francisco Chronicle, Entertainment section, May 2 (photograph)
Lubbuck Avalanche Journal, Sunday, May 18
Caprock Sun, May, p. 39
Sherman, Ann Elliot. “Poor’s Rich Photos,” Metro, April 10-16, Vol. 13, No. 6, p. 35 (photograph)
1996
Yates, Christopher & Stewart Curtis, Leslie. “This is a Set-Up: fab photo/fictions,”
Dialogue, Arts in the Midwest (photograph)
Nathan, Jacqueline S. “Fine Arts Center Galleries, Bowling Green State University,
Catalogue,” Dialogue Arts in the Midwest
The San Francisco Chronicle, Datebook, August 4-10 (photograph)
The Daily Barometer, XLVIII No. 65, January 19 (photograph)
1995
Deragon, Rick. “Focus 94: Winners in the Spotlight,” The Herald, February 16-20
1994
Deragon, Rick. “Art Notes,” Coast Weekly, February (photograph)
Thruman, Chuck. “Focus 94,” Coast Weekly, November 10-16 (photograph)
Deragon, Rick. “Focus on Photography,” The Herald, November 10-16
Artweek, November 23, Vol. 25
Meyerowitz, Ariel. “Contemporary Women Photographer,” Journal of the Print World,” Summer, Vol. 17 (photograph)
Edmondwon, George. “Grab Shots,” Camera and Darkroom, August (photograph)
PUBLICATIONS
2002
Jonathan Binstock. The 47th Corcoran Biennial: Fantasy Underfoot.
Fine Arts MH de Young Memorial Museum, “Lost and Found: Nigel Poor’s July 1998,” Daniell Cornell, Spring/Summer
Fine Arts MH de Young Memorial Museum, “Lost and Found: A Registrar’s Perspective,” Stephen R. Lockwood, Spring/Summer
2001
Photo Metro, Interview with Diana Gaston, Vol. 18, Issue 162.
2000
Beyond Boundaries: Contemporary Photography in California, Friends of Photography, San Francisco, CA
Photo Metro, Vol. 18, Issue 160.
1999
Current Works, ’99, Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO (catalogue).
1997
Illuminance, Fine Arts Center Lubbuck, TX. Brochure
Between the Elements: Photographs by Nigel Poor, San Jose Museum of Art, brochure
Frameworks, Spring Vol. 3, No. 2, San Jose Museum of Art
1996
This is a Set-Up: Fab Photo Fictions, Bowling Green State University, catalogue
Photo Metro, Vol. 14, Issue 138, May (photographs).
Prosodia 6, New College of California (photograph front and back cover)
Duma Calendar of Events, Duke University Museum of Art, Fall/Summer (photograph)
1994
SF Camerawork Auction Catalogue, (cover) December
Zyzzyva, Vol. X, No.2, Summer p. 87 (photograph)
1993
Photo Metro, October (photograph)
WORKS IN THE COLLECTIONS OF
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Center for Photographic Art, Print Collection Program 1996, Carmel, CA
Duke University Art Museum, Durham, NC
The Gap Corporate Collection
Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH
M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Polaroid Corporation International Collection, Cambridge, MA
SF Camerawork, Fine Print Collection Program 1995, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
