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EDUCATION
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Master of Fine Arts, 1995
The Maryland Institute, College of Art, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1983


GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES
LEF New England, Moving Image Fund (2008)
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship (2008)
LEF New England, Moving Image Fund (2004)
Maine Arts Commission, Artist Fellowship (2002)
Illinois Arts Council Fellowship (1999)
Roger Brown Residency (1998)
Faculty Enrichment Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1998)
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art, supported by the Jerome Foundation and NY
State Council on the Arts (1997-98)
Illinois Arts Council Fellowship (1996)
James Nelson Raymond Fellowship (1995)
Franklin Furnace Fund (1995)
Maryland State Arts Council (1991)
National Endowment for the Arts (InterArts, 1990)
Art Matters, Inc. (1990)
Yellow Springs Residency (1990)
Mayor's Advisory Committee on Art and Culture, Baltimore (1988 & 1989)
National Endowment for the Arts Regional Grant (1988)


COLLECTIONS
The Museum of Modern Art (Hedwig Page, Seaside Librarian, Monkeys and Lumps, The
Dreamless Sleep, The Haunted Camera, On a Phantom Limb, Behind the Eyes are the Ears)
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France (photographs)
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Flaxman Film Collection (Woods Marm) 16mm
print


HONORS and AWARDS
Outside the Frame Award, Maine Film Academy, 2007
Films featured at the 52nd Flaherty Seminar, 2006
Marvin Felheim Award Special Jury Prize , Ann Arbor Festival , 2004
Juror, The Ann Arbor Film Festival, 2003
One-person, evening length shows at The Museum of Modern Art in 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006
Screening Committee's Choice Award for Narrative Integrity , Ann Arbor Festival, 2001
Marvin Felheim Award Special Jury Prize , Ann Arbor Festival , 2001
Black Maria Film and Video Festival and Tour, First Place (Juror’s Choice), 2000


FILMOGRAPHY, DESCRIPTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS

Behind the Eyes (digital video, color, 2009, written, directed, cinematography, editing,
puppets and animation by Nancy Andrews, soundtrack Nancy Andrews and Zach Soares)
This mix of animation, found footage, and live action footage follows the research of Dr. Sheri
Myes and her revolutionary attempts to expand our perceptions and consciousness.
The filmmaker began the project by writing a song cycle, and then imagery was developed
through a series of drawings. The film is influenced by classic "mad scientist" horror films
like "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and "The Man with the X-ray Eyes".
Selected Exhibitions: Maine International Film Festival, 2011, Transmodern Festival,
Baltimore 2011,Anthology Film Archives September 2010, Chicago Filmakers, 2011,
REDCAT Los Angeles 2011)


On a Phantom Limb (digital video, color, 2009, 35 minutes, written, directed,
cinematography, editing, puppets and animation by Nancy Andrews, music by John Cooper)
This film examines the journey of a human-made hybrid, a surgical creation—part woman, part bird—
passing through death, purgatory, and returning to life. The boundaries of reality, fantasy, documentary
and fiction are blurred in this reprise of classic themes, dilemmas, and consequences of reanimation.
“The monster did not choose this for her self, to be an amalgam for alchemy.”
Selected Exhibitions: San Francisco International Film Festival, 2009; Balagan Films,
Boston, 2009; Maine International Film Festival, 2009, Transmodern Festival, Baltimore
2010, Ann Arbor Film Festival 2010, Museum of Modern Art, 2011, Chicago Filmakers,
2011)


The Haunted Camera (16mm film, B&W, 30 minutes, 2006, written, directed,
cinematography, editing, puppets and animation by Nancy Andrews, music by John Cooper)
This is the final installment in the Ima Plume trilogy. The film’s character, Ima Plume
(pronounce EE-MA PLOOM), is a chalk-talk specialist or public illustrator who draws before
small audiences. Her chalk talks are represented in the hand drawn animation segments. An
homage to film noir, it explores Ima Plume’s investigation of her own death. Ima, Public
Illustrator, grapples with trying to express things that might not be seen or drawn including:
spirits, electronic voice phenomena and studies of animal locomotion. The film combines
chalk and drawn animation, puppetry and live action. It is both fiction and documentary.
Inspiration for the content and style is taken from pioneers of film, vaudeville, photography
and spiritualism.
Selected Exhibitions: Taiwan International Animation Festival, 2007; Museum of Modern
Art, 2006 (New York Premier); San Francisco International Film Festival, 2006; Pacific Film
Archives, Berkeley, 2006; Balagan Films, Boston, 2006; 52nd Flaherty Film Seminar, 2006,
Maine International Film Festival, 2006

The Dreamless Sleep (16mm film, B&W, 30 minutes, 2004, written, directed,
cinematography, editing, puppets and animation by Nancy Andrews, music by John Cooper)
This is a sequel to Monkeys and Lumps. The Dreamless Sleep, the second in an intended
trilogy, is a hybrid of drawn animation, live-action and puppetry. The Dreamless Sleep
includes brief biographies of historic figures, like Else Bosselman, who drew underwater
creatures as described by William Beebe from the windows of the bathysphere; and Christine
the Astonishing, a medieval woman mystic. The film is based on a series of interviews with
Ima Plume.
Selected Exhibitions: Transmodern Festival, Baltimore, 2007; Nova, Cinema Bioscoop,
Brussels, Belgium, 2007; Cinema Project, Portland, OR, 2006; Pacific Film Archives,
Berkeley, CA, 2005; Museum of Modern Art, New York 2004; Gene Siskel Film Center,
Chicago 2004; Maine International Film Festival, 2004

Monkeys and Lumps (16mm film, B&W, 38 minutes, 2003, written, directed,
cinematography, editing, puppets and animation by Nancy Andrews, music by John Cooper)
This film is a hybrid of drawn animation, live action and puppetry. The central theme is the
unknown or the “other” and our efforts as individual humans to understand our place and
relationship with the unknowable. There are several subjects woven into the film. These
are: facial expressions of human and non-human primates; space training and missions of
chimpanzees; human study of monkeys (symbolized by the image of Jane Goodall);
interactions between humans and animals (taken from news reports); lumps-- organisms that
wash up on beaches that fit no known life forms (also called globsters); and, extraterrestrials.
Selected Exhibitions: 52nd Flaherty Film Seminar, 2006; Pacific Film Archives, 2005;
Museum of Modern Art, NYC, 2003 & 2006; Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago 2004; Women
in the Director’s Chair Festival, Chicago, 2003; MADCAT 7th Annual International Women’s
Film Festival and Touring program; Ann Arbor Film Festival, 2004

The Reach of An Arm (16mm film, B&W, puppet animation with live sound, 30 minutes,
2000, written, directed, cinematography, editing, puppets and animation by Nancy
Andrews)
Peculiarity and Frank Goodin, portrayed by puppets, seek their fortune as many did during
the westward movement of the 1800’s. Peculiarity has seen the promise of a better life, "The
trouble with you, Frank, is that you shot half your brain off. This is your chance to get rich."
And, so they set out in their homemade wagon. This film is presented with live soundtrack
of music, song and sound effects, employing soundtrack technologies of the early 1900’s.
Selected Exhibitions: Museum of Modern Art, NY, 2003; MADCAT International Women’s
Film Festival, 2002 (live performance); Maine International Film Festival, 2002; University
of Iowa, 2001(live performance); Outer Ear Festival, Chicago, 2000 (live performance)

The Lost Colony, an Early American Mysterie (16mm film, color, with live sound, 30

minutes, 1999, written, directed, cinematography, editing, and puppets by Nancy Andrews)

The Lost Colony tells the tale of an ill-fated fictional early American settlement. The 16mm
film will be projected along with a live sound score including chorus, narration and sound
effects. Puppets portray settlers and natives in a piece that weaves historic pilgrim diary
entries, with the unfolding fictionalized story of the colonists' arrival and ensuing years. In
form, the piece references early cinema and vaudeville, with the soundtrack performed on
stage by the choral ensemble and narrators. Voice, Narration and Sound Effects: Nancy
Andrews, Dru Colbert, Steve Reber and Chris Sullivan
Selected Exhibitions:Cinema Borealis, Chicago, 1999

Hedwig Page, Seaside Librarian (16mm film, B&W, puppet animation with live sound, 35
minutes, 1998, written, directed, cinematography, editing, puppets and animation by Nancy
Andrews)
Hedwig Page was born with an uncanny knowledge of cataloguing. She could recite Dewey
Decimal categories before she could read and she could read before all else. She obviously
pities, but does not excuse, your ignorance of the Holdings of the Library. Hedwig is the
personification of applied skill, a Delphi of learning. And, Hedwig Page has some problems.
This is the story of renowned librarian, collector and inventor, Hedwig Page. The piece
chronicles the life of a retired librarian, past and present.
Selected Exhibitions: MADCAT , 5th Annual Women’s International Film Festival and Tour,
2001; Maine International Film Festival, 2001; Puppetroplis Film Festival, Chicago, 2001;
Ann Arbor Film Festival and Tour, 2001; Black Maria Film and Video Festival and Tour,
2000; Jerusalem Film Festival, Israel, 2000; Museum of Modern Art, NY, 2000; Pacific Film
Archive, Berkeley Art Museum, 2000


Woods Marm (16mm film, B&W, puppet animation with live sound, 30 minutes, 1996,
written, directed, cinematography, editing, puppets and animation by Nancy Andrews)
Woods Marm is part school pageant, part vaudeville film presentation, part puppet
production and part folk opera. The Woods Marm is Hermione Pine, a hobby entomologist
and botanist, "It would take a lively grasshopper to escape Miss Pine." The story unfolds in
the Great Northern Forest under Giant Pines as the diminutive Woods Marm leaves the city,
makes her Home in the trunk of a tree and discovers some things about Life.
Selected Exhibitions: Images Festival, Toronto, Ontario; Ann Arbor Film Festival, 2000;
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1999 ; Chicago Puppet Festival, 1999 ; Pacific Film
Archive, 1999; International Puppet Film Festival, 1998; Centre for Contemporary Art,
Glasgow, Scotland 1997 (live performance); N.A.M.E. Gallery Chicago, IL 1996 (live
performance)


An Epic Falling Between the Cracks (16mm film, B&W, puppet animation with live sound,
20 minutes, 1996, written, directed, cinematography, editing, music, puppets and animation
by Nancy Andrews)
An Epic Falling Between the Cracks presents the Voyages of Frances Coco and her dog
sidekick, Lemuel as related by a documentary filmmaker through film, animation,
monologue and song. Frances, an 18 inch puppet, leaves the comfort of her shoe box bed
and sets off on a series of adventures, including remote locations in outer space and
underwater. It’s a space age, existential, Nanook of the North.
Selected Exhibitions: Museum of Modern Art, NY , 2000; Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago,
1996; Cleveland Performance Art Festival 1996; Theater Project, Baltimore,1994; 14K
Cabaret, Baltimore, 1995; Franklin Furnace (at the Knitting Factory) NY, 1995; Dunlop Art
Gallery, Regina, SK, Canada 1996 (film on video only); MIX Gay and Lesbian Experimental
Film and Video Festival, NYC 1996 (film on video only)


PERFORMANCE WORKS, DESCRIPTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS
Squirrel Finds a Live Nut (solo performance with video, 45 minutes, 1993, written,
directed, videography, editing, music, and performed by Nancy Andrews)
Squirrel Finds a Live Nut is a fractured fairytale that tells the story of Lorraine, lost by her
human family in the woods, and taken in and raised by squirrels. Later, she is discovered by
a mushroom hunter, who brings Lorraine into a human home, with bittersweet results. The
performance includes stories and songs juxtaposed by videotaped interviews with renowned
squirrel experts.
Selected Exhibitions: Gallery 2, Chicago, IL 1995; The Baltimore Museum of Art 1993;
Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago,1994; Artscape, Baltimore City Arts Festival 1994
Ghost Girl (a collaborative piece by Lambs Eat Ivy, w/ Emma Downing and Michael Willis, 45
minutes, 1991, collaborative role in conception, directing, design, songwriting and
performance)


Ghost Girl begins at the creation of mammalian life as the first creatures slither out of the
water. This mythical rock opera concerns Ghost Girl as creator, goddess and super hero,
and her relationship to evolution and the cosmos.
Selected Exhibitions: The Baltimore Museum of Art 1991; Yellow Springs Institute,
Residency, Yellow Springs, PA 1991

Dream Bardo (a collaborative piece by Lambs Eat Ivy, w/ Emma Downing and Michael Willis,
45 minutes, 1989, collaborative role in conception, directing, design, songwriting and
performance)
Dream Bardo is a music/theater/dance collaboration by Lambs Eat Ivy, a country and
western version of the Tibetan Book of the Dead. A librarian falls off her ladder and into the
Bardo (afterlife). Spirit guides singing advice to the newly deceased accompany her.
Selected Exhibitions: Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE) 1990; Intersection for
the Arts, San Francisco,1990; Hirshhorn Museum , Washington D.C. 1990; Theater Project,
Baltimore, MD 1989; Franklin Furnace, NY, 1989; Artscape, Baltimore City Arts Festival
1989; Baltimore Museum of Art,1989


Dance the Flaming Tongues of Carpet (a collaborative piece by Lambs Eat Ivy, w/ Emma
Downing and Michael Willis, 45 minutes, 1988, collaborative role in conception, directing,
design, songwriting and performance)
Dance the Flaming Tongues of Carpet is mystic, hillbilly, musical theater by Lambs Eat Ivy,
set in the Heart of Dixie motel in small town Alabama. The tedious life of a family running a
motel is broken by diagnosis of the mother's potentially fatal brain tumor. Motel guests
practice ecstatic faith healing rites in an attempt for a cure.
Selected Exhibitions: Performing Garage, NYC, 1989; PS 122, NYC, 1988 and 1989; Dixon
Place, NY C, 1989 and 1988; Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco,1988; Maryland Art
Place, Baltimore,1988; Sushi, San Diego, 1988


RECORDINGS
Pinky, Nancy Andrews, EP, Harriet Records, Cambridge, MA 1992
Lamby Cake, Lambs Eat Ivy, LP, Merkin Records, Baltimore, MD 1990


TEACHING
The College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine Faculty, Video, Performance, Film,
Photography 1999-present;
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Adjunct Assistant Professor,
1997-1999; Acting Chair, Time Arts Graduate Area 1997-1999; Instructor,
1995-1997
VISITING ARTIST/CLASSES: CalArts, Columbia College, The Maryland Institute, College of
Art, School 33 Arts Center, MOCA Chicago, Corcoran School of Art, Auburn University,
Towson State University, The Maryland Institute College of Art, National Louis University,
University of Iowa, University of Maine

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Video Producer, Child Life Department, Johns Hopkins Children's Center, 1984-1994
Developed from inception an educational and therapeutic television channel for children in
the hospital; sought and received major funding to sustain the project as a national model;
performed all phases of video production of educational videotapes and live telecasts;
supervised employees, interns and volunteers; wrote grants, presented workshops and
lectures; published and edited; assisted in the design and administration of research studies