EDUCATION |
| 2007 | MFA University of Memphis, Memphis, TN |
| 1980 | BFA Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN |
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
| 2005 | Departure, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN |
| 2003 | Looney, Ricks, Kiss Architects, Memphis, TN |
| 1998 | Askew, Nixon, Ferguson & Wolfe, Memphis, TN |
| 1996 | New Work, Ledbetter Lusk, Memphis, TN |
| 1994 | Kurts Bingham Gallery, Memphis, TN |
| 1991 | Askew, Nixon, Ferguson & Wolfe, Memphis, TN |
| 1988 | Schmidt Bingham Gallery, New York, NY |
| | Alice Bingham Gallery, Memphis, TN |
| 1986 | Alice Bingham Gallery, Memphis, TN |
| 1984 | Alice Bingham Gallery, Memphis, TN |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
| 2003 | Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN |
| 1998 | Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN |
| | Director's Council Exhibit, Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN |
| | Memphis Arts Council's Arts Day, Memphis, TN |
| 1997 | Group Exhibition, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN |
| | Body & Soul: Contemporary Southern Figures, traveling exhibit: Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA; Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS; Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL; Cummer Museum of Art, Jacksonville, FL; |
| | ArtFair/Seattle (Ledbetter Lusk Gallery of Memphis) Seattle, WA |
| | Memphis College of Art Biennial, Memphis, TN |
| | Spectrum, Hunter Museum, Chattanooga, TN |
| 1996 | ArtFair/Seattle (Ledbetter Lusk Gallery of Memphis) Seattle, WA |
| | Three from Memphis, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS |
| | Tree as Icon, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN |
| 1995 | 31st Annual Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR |
| | Fogelman Collection, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN |
| | Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN |
| 1994 | Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| | Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA |
| 1993 | From the Mountains to the Mississippi, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN |
| | Invitational Artist of Garden of America Exhibit, Dixon Museum, Memphis, TN |
| 1992 | Peyton Wright Gallery, Santa, Fe, NM |
| | Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN |
| | From the Mountains to the Mississippi, Memphis State University Gallery, Memphis, TN |
| 1991 | Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| | Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN |
| 1989 | Fracture Design, The Black Box, St. Louis, MO |
| 1986 | Schmidt-Bingham Gallery, New York, NY |
SELECTED COMMISSIONS & PROJECTS |
| 2003 | Signature painting for "The Art of Good Taste", Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN |
| 1998 | Children's area, Central Library (Memphis Public Library & Information Center), Memphis, TN |
| 1996 | Wolfchase Galleria, Memphis, TN |
| 1994 | Memphis Arts Festival, Memphis, TN, Festival poster |
| 1993 | Youth Services-Bridge Builders, Memphis, TN, Poster |
| | Memphis Arts Council Calendar |
| | Open House, National Alliance to End Homelessness |
| | The Children's Museum, Memphis, TN, installation for the permanent collection |
| 1989 | Opera Memphis, Set design Collaboration, The Magic Flute, 1989 production |
| 1987 | Concert Magazine, Memphis Symphony, cover |
| 1986 | Art in Embassies Program |
SELECTED COLLECTIONS |
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS |
| The Children's Museum, Memphis, TN |
| Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN |
| Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN |
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS |
| ARA Foods, Philadelphia |
| Askew, Nixon, Ferguson & Wolfe, Architects, Memphis, TN |
| Autozone, Inc., Memphis, TN |
| Boatman's Bank Headquarters, Memphis, TN |
| Federal Express Corporation, Memphis, TN |
| First Tennessee Bank, Memphis, TN |
| Green Square Capital, Memphis, TN |
| Hilton Hotels, Memphis, TN |
| Keye Media, New York, NY |
| Richard Manoogian, Taylor, MI |
| Memphis Cancer Center, Memphis, TN |
| Memphis Cook Convention Center, Memphis, TN |
| Memphis Public Library, Memphis, TN |
| Opryland Hotel, Nashville, TN |
| Promus Hotel Corporation Headquarters, Nashville, TN |
| Schering Plough, Memphis, TN |
| Seessel's Supermarkets, Memphis, TN |
| Theatre Memphis, Memphis, TN |
| Trammel Crow, Memphis, TN |
| Union Planters National Bank, Memphis, TN |
| University Club, Memphis, TN |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS |
| Architectural Digest, Brendan Gill, Centerbrook, August 1988 |
| Art Forum, Ronnie Cohen, Nancy Cheairs, April, 1988 |
| Art in Creation, Boatman's Bank, Catalog, 1985 |
| Catalog, Amman, American Art in the Embassy Residence, Tennessee Arts Commission, Nashville, TN |
| Channel 5 News, Denise Duboise, interview |
| The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN |
| New Show Stands Out, May 1984 |
| Fresh Looks of Summer Make a Competent Show, 1982 |
| Donald LaBadie, Inner Light is Aglow, May 1985 |
| Frederick Koeppel, Cheairs Painting of Rare Quality, March 1994 |
| Cheairs Allure Beyond Words, April 1991 |
| Mysticism Lives in Cheairs Work, May 1988 |
| Concert Magazine to Make Debut, September 1987 |
| Concert Magazine, Susan Robinson, Memphis, TN, September 1987 |
| Memphis Business Journal, Edwin Howard, The Visual Dimension, April 1991 |
| Free of Pressure, Cheairs Charts New Painting Directions, January 1990 |
| Cheairs Art in Transition, May 1988 |
| Artist Cheairs Dreams Lead to Her First New York Show, December 1987 |
| The Visual Dimension, May 1984 |
| Number One, Profiles, Memphis, TN Summer 1987 |
| Number Eight, Elise Nester, Nancy Cheairs, Memphis, TN Spring 1988 |
| RSVP, Kini Kedigh, Passionate Transformation, February 1997 |
| WKNO-FM 91.1 (PBS), Charles Billings, January 1990 |
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