Katy Nail
403 North Laurelwood Austin, TX 78733
(512) 263-3223

Education
BFA, Cum Laude, Alpha Chi, with Honors in Art, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, 1975
The British Museum, London, England, 1975, Independent Studies
Alpha Lamda Delta, national women's scholastic honor fraternity, 1973
Puebla, Mexico, 1972, Courses in Art and Mexican Art History, through Sam Houston State University
Summer Art Studies in Rome, Paris, Amsterdam & London, through the Foreign Study League, 1970

Selected Solo Exhibitions
Bill Davis Gallery, Austin, TX, 1999
Helene Kuperman, private dealer, 1996
Gaddis Geeslin Gallery, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, 1993
Concord Gallery, Austin, TX, 1982
Fine Arts Center, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, 1977

Selected Group Exhibitions
Austin City Hall, year-long exhibit, 2006
Artists Collect Art, Helm Gallery, Austin, TX 2001
The Power of Feminist Art, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, TX, 2000
Bucking the Texan Myth, Biennial Exhibition, Julia C. Butridge Gallery, Austin, TX, 1998
Transitions, ACA Gallery, Austin, TX, 1998
Significant Others, Lyons Matrix Gallery, Austin, TX, 1997
Bucking the Texan Myth, Austin Museum of Art, TX, 1996
Is It Something in the Water?, Tarrytown Gallery, Austin, TX, 1996
Art in Public Places Convention Center Finalists, Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, TX, 1995
Artistas en America, Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, TX, 1994
Self Possessed, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX, 1994
New Works, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX, 1987
The Line is Drawn, Amdur Gallery, Austin, TX, 1987
Texas Bicentennial Celebration, City of Huntsville public buildings and campus galleries, TX, 1986
Honoring Dorothy Hood: Tribute to a Texas Artist, Art League of Houston Gallery, TX, 1984
Austin Contemporary Art Exhibition, Austin Visual Arts Association, Austin, TX, 1981
Women’s Caucus for Art, University of Houston at Clear Lake, TX, 1980
Texas Fine Arts Association Exhibition, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, 1980 (toured Texas museums)
Houston Dimension Show, Art League of Houston Gallery, TX 1979
Clear Creek Art League Exhibition, Clear Lake N.A.S.A., TX, 1977
All Media Art Competition, Assistance League of Houston, Houston Lighting & Power Bldg., TX, 1977
Eleventh Annual Jury Award Exhibition, Houston Jewish Community Center, Houston, TX
Houston Area Exhibition, Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, TX 1975

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1975-1978, owner and director of Katy Nail Gallery, Houston, TX

Selected Book Illlustrations
I Am Not the Woman I Was, by Frances Nail, cover and chapter illustrations, 2002
God, Cars, & Souvenirs, by Frances Nail, chapter illustrations, 1998
Crow in the House, Wolf at the Door, by Frances Nail, cover and chapter illustrations, 1995

Selected Awards and Honors
Juror’s Choice Award, Transition, ACA Gallery, Austin, TX 1998
Juror’s Award, Bucking the Texan Myth, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX, 1996
Finalist, Art in Public Places competition, Austin Convention Center, 1995
Merit Award, Self Possessed, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX, 1994 (Juror: Lynn Zelevansky, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY)
Honorable Mention, Clear Creek Art League Exhibition, 1977
Outstanding Young Women of America, publication of the Library of Congress, p. 648, 1977
Purchase Prize, Baytown’s Ninth Annual Art Exhibition, 1976

Selected Public Speaking
Panel discussion, Leading Visions Seminar Series, Dougherty Arts Center Theatre, Austin, TX, Sept. 2002
Interview, The South Austin Show, Austin Cable Network, TX, September 2002
Gallery talk with Bert Long, One American Plaza, Texas Fine Arts Association, TX, 2000
Live interview, KUT radio, Eklectikos, Austin, TX, February 1999
Gallery talk, Katy Nail: Here to There, Tarrytown Gallery, Austin, TX, February 1999
Guest lecturer for senior career course at the University of Texas at Austin, 1998
Gallery talk, Is It Something in the Water?, Tarrytown Gallery, Austin, TX 1997
Guest lecturer for Austin Museum of Art gallery tour, Tarrytown Gallery, TX, 1996
Guest lecturer for Laguna Gloria Art Museum School classes, Austin, TX 1987-1990
Public Lecture Series, New Works Artists, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX September 1987
Workshop Series, Texas Fine Arts Association, Working with the Gallery, Austin, TX 1985
Drawing Lecture Series, Glassell School of Art, in association with the Houston Museum of Fine Art,
Houston TX 1975-78


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Selected Bibliography
Christopher Schade, "Art that’s Surreal", Austin American-Statesman, ill., 2/29/99, review
Michael Barnes, "Bad, Better, Best", Austin American-Statesman, XL, 1998, feature
Michael Barnes, "Ranking Austin’s Visual Artists", Austin American-Statesman, 4/10/97, feature
Bucking the Texan Myth, Austin Museum of Art, 1996, catalogue
Self Possessed, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, ill., 1994, catalogue
Pete Szilagyi, "Chain Reaction Show Links Artists", Austin American-Statesman, 1991, review
Billy Porterfield, "Katy Nail: an Austin Artist’s Vision", Austin American-Statesman, 4/14/89, feature
Monica Kindraka, "New Works by Austin Artists", Laguna Gloria Art Museum, 1987, curator’s statement
Mel McCombie, "Pluralism Lives in Laguna Gloria Show", Austin American-Statesman, ill., 1987, review

Selected Public and Private Collections
Represented by commissioned works in numerous public and private collections including:
ARCO Corporate collection, Houston corporate offices
City of Austin Art in Public Places Offices
Saks Fifth Avenue, 40" x 18" mural sponsored by PBS, Houston, TX
Latané Temple, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
John Furen, Houston, TX
Peter Camp and Katherine Virgils, London, England
Yves and Françoise Bercy, Brussels, Belgium
Steven Beard, Austin, TX
Clayton and Cindy Morgan, Austin, TX
Chris and Phil Dial, Austin, TX


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