Selected Exhibitions
2018
Ships that Pass in the Night, Galerie Kristine Hamann, Wismar, Germany
Portland Fine Print Fair, Editions by Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
2015
Close Up, Galerie Kristine Hamann, Wismar, Germany
2014
Print Facets: Five Centuries of Prints, Curator Gallery, New York, NY
Art Show Today, Planthouse Gallery, New York, NY
Perceived Similarities, Galerie Kristine Hamann, Wismar, Germany
For the Love of Agnes & Barney, CatHouse FUNeral, Brooklyn, NY
Affordable Art Fair Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany with Galerie Kristine Hamann
2013
Migratory Marks, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
Transferred, Patchogue Art Gallery, Patchogue, NY
Emergent Systems, Harbor Gallery, Queens, NY
2012
Swing, Swang, Swung, 245 Varet, Brooklyn, NY
Next in Line; Drawing in the 21st Century, Kunsthalle Galapagos, Brooklyn, NY
Published by the Artist, International Print Center, New York, NY
2011
Chris Nau: Disintegration Station, Gershwin Hotel, New York, NY (solo)
Extended Drawing, Tegnerforbundet Center for Drawing, Oslo, Norway
Signs on the Road, Winkleman Gallery, New York, NY
2010
Workspace, Dieu Donné, New York, NY
Geometric Constructs, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Abgehängt, G.A.S.-Station: Tankstelle für Kunst und Impuls, Berlin, Germany
Traces and Places, Boston University, Boston, MA
The Sitka Residencies, Washington County Museum, Portland, OR
2009
Chaos, G.A.S.-Station: Tankstelle für Kunst und Impuls, Berlin, Germany
Apparently Invisible, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Cutters, Hunter College, New York, NY and Hunterdon Museum, Clinton, NJ
2008
Au Courant, Dam Stuhltrager Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Room Carving and the Human Nesting Project, Babson College, Babson Park, MA
New Works on Paper, OH+T Gallery, Boston, MA
2007
Chris Nau: Undone and Made, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA (solo)
Art Spotting, The Distillery Gallery, Boston, MA
Industrial Strength, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
2006
Chris Nau: Paintings, Artists Foundation Gallery, Boston, MA (solo)
Chris Nau: Drawings, The Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA (solo)
One is Better, Dam Stuhltrager Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Drawing/Dibujo, Studio Soto, Boston, MA
2005
Abstraction/Obstruction, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004
Cut, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
Seamless, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
On the Surface, Studio Soto, Boston, MA
On the Edge of Form, Fort Point Art Gallery, Boston, MA
2003
Flat Not Flat, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA
Doubletake, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
2002
Chris Nau and Nancy Murphy Spicer, Green Street Gallery, Boston, MA
Megan Goltermann & Chris Nau, Hereford Salon, London, UK
2001
Drawing the New Millennium, The Maine Artists Space, Portland, ME
Grants/Awards/Residencies
2011
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship
American Embassy in Oslo Artist Grant
United States Artists Project Grant
Norwegian Artistic Foundation Grant
Tegnerforbundet Norwegian Center for Drawing Exhibition Grant
2010
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2009
Dieu Donné Workspace Residency, New York, NY
2008
Artist’s Resource Trust Grant, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
Jordan Schnitzer Print Residency, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, OR
2006
Somerville, MA Arts Council Artist Fellowship Grant
2005
St. Botolph Club Foundation Grant
Blanche E. Colman Foundation Grant
2004
Bok Center Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University
Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Grant
2003
Bok Center Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University
2002
Fort Point Boston Cultural Coalition Public Art Grant
Reviews
Thomas Micchelli, "Vanishing Virtuosity: Seven Artists, Seven Drawings" HyperAllergic.com, November 23, 2013
Dave Delcambre, “Transformers,” nc artblog, July 2, 2010
Matt Nash, "Getting Site Specific @ Babson College, " Big Red & Shiny, August 10, 2008
Christopher Millis, “The Time is Nau,” The Boston Phoenix, July 21-27, 2006
Cate McQuaid, “Nau’s Time has Come,” Boston Globe, July 18, 2006
David Hall, Reviews, Art Papers, January/February, 2005
Paul Behnke, “Seamless,” Number: An Independent Journal of the Arts, Winter 2005
Fredric Koeppel, “ ‘Seamless’ a Model of Beauty,” Commercial Appeal, October 15, 2004
Cate McQuaid, “Crossing Border Between Drawing, Sculpture, ‘Cut’ Makes a Stunning Statement,” Boston Globe, December 23, 2004
Cate McQuaid, “Fort Point Lines up Unique Works on the Cutting Edge,” Boston Globe, February 6, 2004
Cate McQuaid, “At the ‘Drawing Show’ Works Literally Leap off the Page,” Boston Globe, February 1, 2004
Jeremy Fox, “In the Cut,” hereboston.com, January 2004
Robin Bernat, Reviews, Art Papers, November/December, 2003
Marty Carlock, Reviews, Sculpture Magazine, September/October, 2003
Cate McQuaid, “Best of 2002 Gallery Shows,” Boston Globe, December 29, 2002
Rachel Strutt, Gallery Gallery, Arts Media, September 5, 2002
Cate McQuaid, “Some Edgy Artists Play with Space,” Boston Globe, August 23, 2002
Paul Parcellin, “On the Wall,” retrorocket.com, August 16, 2002
Professional Lectures and Panels
2012
New York Public Library, New York, NY
Artist Career Development Panel:
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellows and Their Strategies
2007
Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
Visiting Artist Exhibition, Lecture and Student Critiques
2006
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Mexico
Visiting Artist: Lecture and Student Critiques
2003
Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Visiting Artist Exhibition, Lecture and Student Critiques
2002
Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA
Visiting Artist Exhibition, Lecture and Student Critiques
University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
Visiting Artist: Lecture and Student Critiques
Education
2001 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA MFA: 2D (painting/printmaking/drawing)
1997 University of Washington, Seattle, WA BFA: Painting; BA Interdisciplinary Arts
1996 UW Studio Art Program in Rome, Italy Painting, Art History, Architecture