SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
2010 Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL
2009 Parthenon Museum, Nashville, TN
2007 Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
2005 Heidi Cho Gallery, New York,
Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
2004 Richard Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL
2002 Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1989 Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Tartt Gallery, Washington, DC
1985 Morris Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Sol Mednick Gallery of Photography, Philadelphia College of Art (now University of the Arts), Philadelphia, PA
1984 Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, NY
1981 Paul Cava Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1975 Light Gallery, New York, NY
A Space, Toronto, Canada
831 Gallery, (now Halsted Gallery), Detroit, MI
1974 The National Portrait Gallery, London, England (NPG’s first American artist and first living woman to have a solo exhibition.)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The Platinum Process: Photographs from the 19th to 21st Century, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Winter Gallery Show, Schmidt Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Streets of Philadelphia, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Digital Is, Selby Gallery, Sarasota, FL
Clouds, curated by Miriam Seidel, Borowsky Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
20th Anniversary Show, Schmidt Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Some Wonderful Things, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL
2007 How We Are, Photographing Britain, Tate Britain, London, England. (One of Hellebrand's photographs used on brochure cover,
at Tate Online, and as a bookmark.)
Summer Group Exhibition, Schmidt Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005 a way of seeing, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL
2000 Works from the Collection by Philadelphia Area Photographers, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Treasure Island, Late Twentieth Century Works by Eight Philadelphia Artists, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1996 Complexity and Contradiction, curated by Sid Sachs, Paley Design Center, Philadelphia, PA
1995 Large Bodies, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, NY
1991 Philadelphia Art Now: Artists Choose Artists, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
Pivot, curated by Susan Beardmore, Orielmostyn, Llandudno, Wales
1990 Group Exhibition, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, NY
Contemporary Artists, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1989 The Indomitable Spirit, curated by Marvin Heiferman, International Center for Photography Midtown, New York, NY
The Photography of Invention, curated by Merry Foresta and Joshua Smith, National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
Portraits in Contemporary Photography, curated by Peter Weiermar, Kunstverein, Franfurt, Germany. Exhibition traveled to four galleries
and museums in Austria and Italy.
1988 Family Pictures, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, NY
Life Like, curated by Marvin Heiferman, Lorence Monk Gallery, New York, NY
Pennsylvania Photographers IV, curated by Anne Tucker, Allentown Museum of Art, Allentown, PA
John Coplans and Nancy Hellebrand, curated by Paula Marincola, Beaver College (now Arcadia University), Glenside, PA
1987 National Endowment for the Arts Anniversary Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Portrayals, curated by Charles Stainback, International Center for Photography, New York, NY
Portraits: Faces of the 80's, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Mothers and Daughters, curated by Aperture Foundation, Field Museum, Chicago, IL
1984 Investigations: Face to Face, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
1983 BIG Pictures by Contemporary Photographers, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
20th Century Photographs from The Museum of Modern Art, Sheibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
Photography in America, curated by Julie Saul, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
Pennsylvania Photographers III, curated by Weston Naef, Allentown Museum of Art, Allentown, PA
Women's Caucus of the Arts Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Six Women Photographers, The Photography Place, Philadelphia, PA
1982 Philadelphia, Past and Present, curated by Stephen Perloff, Philadelphia Art Alliance (now The Print Center), Philadelphia, PA
1981 Summer Light, Light Gallery, New York, NY
Street Sights II, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
1979 Pennsylvania Photographers I, curated by Stephen Perloff and Judith Ross, Allentown Arts Museum, Allentown, PA
Photographs from the Lehigh University Collection, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
1973 Women Photographers, National Film Theatre, London, England
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
National Portrait Gallery, London, England
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Princeton University Museum, Princeton, NJ
Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
FELLOWSHIPS
1984 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
BOOKS AND CATALOGS
2009 Streets of Philadelphia. The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
Sol Mednick Gallery of Photography: 30 Years. University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2007 How We Are, Photographing Britain, by Susan Bright and Val Williams,with essays by Gerry Badger, Martin Parr, and Kevin
Jackson. Tate Publishing, London
1990 Women Photographers, edited by Constance Sullivan, essay by Eugenia Parry Janis. Harry N. Abrams, New York, NY
1989 "writing," Nancy Hellebrand, introduction by Charles Hagen. Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, NY
The Photography of Invention, edited by Joshua Smith. National Museum of American Art and MIT Press.
Portraits, by Peter Weiermar. Edition Stemmle, Frankfurt, Germany
1988 Searching Out The Best: A Tribute to the Morris Gallery of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1987 Legacy of Light, edited by Constance Sullivan. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY
1983 New Trends, edited by Weston Naef. Shueisha Publishing Company, Tokyo, Japan
1981 Voices of Kensington, by Jean Seder, photographs by Nancy Hellebrand. Whitmore Publishing, Ardmore, PA
1974 Londoners at Home, Photographs by Nancy Hellebrand. Lund Humphries, London, England, distributed in the U.S. by
Light Impressions, New York
1971 Theatre in My Head, by Dan Cheifetz, photographs by Nancy Hellebrand. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA
PERIODICALS AND REVIEWS
2010 Natural Wonders.” The Sarasota Herald Tribune, January 7
Sozanski, Edward J. “Platinum Photography.” The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 18
Rice, Robin. “Treasure Island.” Philadelphia Citypaper, May 19
2009 Brokaw, Nancy. “Nancy Hellebrand & the Spiritual Discipline of Digital Photography.” Image World, August 22
2008 Newhall, Edith. “Sky High.” The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 22
Altabe, Joan. “Interview with Nancy Hellebrand.” The Brandenton Herald, September 11
2004 Sozanski, Edward J. "Photographer Distills Water to its Essence." The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 24
Costello, Kevin. "World Class, Artist Morphs Nature Through Photographs." The Sarasota Herald Tribune, November 21
2002 Sozanski, Edward J. "By Process, Photographs Turn Painterly." The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 21
2000 Sozanski, Edward J. "Exhibit Plucks Treasures from a Timeless Place." The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 16
Csaszar, Tom. “Philadelphia Story.” Artnet Magazine
1996 Sozanski, Edward J. "Postmodern Path of Philadelphia Photography." The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 12
1995 Hagen, Charles. "Large Bodies." The New York Times, July 28
1989 Donahoe, Victoria. "Photography." The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 17
Grundberg, Andy. "The Year's Best: Photography." The New York Times, December 24
“Book Reviews.” Print Collectors Newsletter, (now Art on Paper) September/October
Smith, Roberta. "Charting Traditions of Nontraditional Photography." The New York Times, June 11
"Photography." The New Yorker, July 10
"Photography." The Village Voice, August 8
1987 McEvelley, Thomas. "Who Told Thee That Thou Wasn't Naked?" Artforum, February
Aletti, Vince. "Face Off." The Village Voice, July 7
Grundberg, Andy. "Critic's Choice, Photography" The New York Times, Sunday, July 5
1985 Sozanski, Edward J. "Photographic Portraits Close to the Subject." The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 11
Sweetman, Alex. “The New Portrait.” Quiver, Number 11
Edwards, Owen. “Multiple Personalities.” American Photographers, December
1983 "Nancy Hellebrand: More than a Face." Aperture, Issue 91
Grundberg, Andy. "About Face." Modern Photography, November
1974 “Nancy Hellebrand.” Creative Camera, London, England, October
LECTURES / VISITING ARTIST
1989 Society for Photographic Education, Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, Presenter
1988 Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, Visiting Artist
1987 Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, Visiting Artist
1983 Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, Artist’s Evening Lecture
TEACHING
1987 Summer School of Music and Art, Yale University, Norfolk, CT, Photography Program Director and Instructor
University of Delaware, Newark, DE, Graduate reviewer
1986-87 Yale University, New Haven, CT, Visiting Artist and on-going Reviewer
1976-91 Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA, Associate Professor
1975 Philadelphia College of Art (now University of the Arts), Philadelphia, PA, Instructor
1969-70 Parsons School of Design (now Parsons The New School for Design), New York, NY, Instructor
EDUCATION
1971-73 Studied photography privately with Bill Brandt, London, England
1971 B.A., Columbia University, New York, NY
1965 Photography course with Alexey Brodovitch, New York, NY
1963-64 Boston University, Boston, MA
1962-63 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
CONTACT INFORMATION
Nancy Hellebrand
Phone 941 400 4111
www.nancyhellebrand.com
Hellebrandblood@yahoo.com