NANCY GRAVES - 1939-1995 1939 - Born, December 23, Pittsfield, Massachusetts 1961 - BA, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY 1964 - M.F.A., School of Art and Architecture, Yale University, New Haven, CT - Received Fulbright-Hayes Grant in Painting to study in Paris. 1965 - Lived in Florence, Italy. - Assemblages incorporating live and stuffed animals. 1965 - 1970 - Marriage to Richard Serra. 1966 - Moved to New York City in September. - Completed first camel sculptures. - Taught for two years at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ. 1969 - Solo exhibition at Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY. 1970 - Filmed Izy Boukir in Morocco. 1971 - Received Vassar College Fellowship. - Taught at the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA. 1972 - Received National Endowment for the Arts Grant. - Returned to painting and printmaking. 1974 - Received CAPS Grant. 1976 - Received Skowhegen Medal for Drawing/Graphics. 1978 - Traveled to India, Nepal and Kashmir. 1979 - Resident, American Academy in Rome, Italy. - Major traveling exhibition organized by Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY surveying her drawings, paintings and sculupture to date. 1981 - Traveled to Egypt. 1982 - Traveled to Peru. 1983 - Traveled to China. 1985 - Received Yale Arts Award for Distinguished Artistic Achievement. - Designed sets and costumes for Trisha Brown's "Lateral Pass." - Traveled to Australia. 1986 - Received Vassar College Distinguished Visitor Award. - Visiting artist at School of Design, Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic. - Harvester KC commissioned by United Missouri Bank, Kansas City, MO. 1987 - Received Award of American Art from The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. - Publication of a catalogue raisonne of her culpture to accompany traveling exhibition organized by Fort Worth Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX. 1989 - Awarded Honorary Degree, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY. 1990 - Elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY. 1991 - Married Dr. Avery Smith. 1992 - Awarded Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Degree, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD and Yale University, New Haven, CT - Artist-in-residence at the Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA. 1994 - Became member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA. - Commissioned by Caesar Pelli to create a mosaic for the National Airport (Ronald Reagan Airport), Washington, D.C. 1995 - Died, October 21, New York City, NY

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