PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2002- Present Professor, Studio Foundation Department, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA (Chair 2008- 2016) (Full Professor in 2011)
1993- 2002 Associate Dean of Academic Affairs Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
1991-1993 Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
1991 Jan-Sept Director of Academic Advising Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
1994- 2016 Board of Trustees Attleboro Arts Museum Attleboro, MA Board President October, 2006 –June 2016
1987-1991 Part Time Adjunct Instructor, Studio Foundation Department Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
1989 Ceramics Instructor Dean College Franklin, MA
1986-1987 Ceramics Instructor Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
1982-1986 Ceramics Technician Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA ‘Distinguished Service’ Employee Award 1986
1983-1991 Associate Professor, Ceramics Program of Continuing Education Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
1981-1982 Ceramics Instructor Cranbrook P.M. Continuing Education Program Kingswood School Bloomfield Hills, MI
1979-1980 Resident Ceramist Clayworks Studio Workshop New York, NY
EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES
2023 BodyScapes, Fenway Gallery, Boston, MA Drawings plus 4 Gong Soundscape Performances. 4-person exhibit.
2023 Movement & Rest, Soundscape Performance, Brant Gallery, MassArt
2023 Solo performance, Gong Camp hosted by Mitch Nur & 9Ways Academia, Perkasie, PA (October)
2018 -2022 Gong Soundscape Performance (Dec 1st 1-2hr), Medicine Wheel Project, 24 hour. Vigil for AIDS, at Cyclorama, Boston, MA
2018 5 Unique Gong Soundscape Performances responding to Fujiko Nakaya’s Fog x FLO Ruins climate-response fog sculpture in Franklin Park, Boston MA presented by the Emerald Necklace Conservancy
2018 The TANK, Center for Sonic Arts, playing/recording gongs & other instruments in unique space - steel water tank with 40 second reverb - including performance for local community & display of drawings, Rangely, CO
2017 Secret Gong Orchestra (SGO) Concert “Red Kachina”, featuring the gong collections of Nancy Aleo, Mitch Nur, Ricarda O’Connor, Sam Weng, & Janet Young in the Widow Jane Mine, Rosendale, NY
2017 Gong Soundscape Performance (Dec 1st 2hrs), Medicine Wheel Project, 24 hour. Vigil for AIDS, at Cyclorama, Boston, MA
2017 Selections Stephen D Paine Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
2016 Then and Now Interpretations of Selections from the AAM Permanent Collection, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro,MA
2015 Eclectic Traditions, Faculty & Alumni MassArt Ceramics, for NCECA, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
2014 Seeing The Light Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
2014 Performed with Mitch Nur & Secret Gong Orchestra (SGO), International Sound Therapy Conference Retreat, Andover, MA (June)
2013 What Goes Around Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
2012 On The Threshold Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
2011 Selections 11 Paine Galllery, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
2010 A.I.R. Vallauris 2010 Galerie Le Cabannon & Galerie Aqui Siam Ben, Vallauris, France
2011 Celebrating Diversity Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
2011 Annual Member’s Juried Exhibition Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
2009 Annual Member’s Juried Exhibition Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
2008 Sguardi Sonori Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Naples, Italy
2008 NorthEast Prize Show Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
2008 Annual Member’s Juried Exhibition Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
2007 Massachusetts Artists 2007 The Brush Art Gallery and Studios, Lowell, MA
2007 NANCY ALEO New England BioLabs, Ipswich, MA
2007 Studio Foundation Faculty Exhibition Brant Gallery Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston MA
2006 Feast of the Palette Event Multi-media installation including dance performance & projected video animation, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
2005 Combined Talents Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
2005 Massachusetts Artists 2005 The Brush Art Gallery and Studios, Lowell, MA
2004 10 Visions/ 10 Years Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
2004 Annual Member’s Juried Exhibition Attleboro Arts Museum, Juror’s Choice Award, Attleboro, MA
2003 5th Annual Small Works 2003 Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
2003 Member’s Exhibition Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
2002 Member’s Juried Exhibition Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
2001 OFF HOURS 2001, President’s Gallery,Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
2001 Member’s Juried Exhibition Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
2000 Works on Paper South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
2000 Attleboro Millennium Pole Art Festival Attleboro, MA
2000 Furnish the Future Show Quincy Market Building, Boston, MA
2000 The Twelfth “Anything But Paper Prayers” Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA (participated for 12 yrs)
1999 OFF HOURS President’s Gallery Massachusetts College of Ar & Design, Boston, MA
1999 Furnish the Future Show Quincy Market Building, Boston, MA
1998 White, Black and Shades of Gray South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
1998 A Grain of Truth Images, Objects and Installations Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
1998 OFF HOURS President’s Gallery Masschusetts College Art & Design, Boston, MA
1998 Furnish the Future Show Quincy Market Building, Boston, MA
1997 New England Color Show South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
1997 Women at Work Photography Exhibit Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA Traveled throughout MA, RI, AK, ME until 2001
1996 NANCY ALEO Gallery at The Mass Cultural Council, Boston, MA
1996 Member’s Juried Exhibition Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
1996 Alter Egos Alumni Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston,MA
1996 Nuestra Senora II: A Contemporary Vision Guadalupe Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
1996 The Eighth Triennial Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
1996 Totem Ashuah/ Irving Gallery, Boston, MA
1995 Fresh Ashuah/ Irving Gallery, Boston, MA
1995 StaffShow Alumni Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
1995 Gallery Artists Aliya, The Gallery of Morningside Atlanta, GA
1994 NANCY ALEO Ashuah/Irving Gallery, Boston, MA
1994 Transformers Alumni Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
1993 SELF-aMUSED The Contemporary Artist as Observer and Observed, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
1993 WorkerShowtime Alumni Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
1993 Journeys and Recollections Different Angle Gallery, Boston, MA
1992 52nd Annual Photographic Salon of Japan Traveled 9 cities in Japan. Collaboration w/ Dror Ashouach Nancy Aleo Henri Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1991 New Different Angle Gallery, Boston, MA
1991 Absolut Henri Henri Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1991 Woman’s Caucus for Art Henri Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1990 Eleventh Annual Boston Drawing Show Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
1990 MassachusArts Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
1990 Observances, Nancy Aleo/ Ellen Gibson Frick Gallery, Belfast, MA
1990 Winterworks Different Angle Gallery, Boston, MA
1989 Views From Oneself Different Angle Gallery, Boston, MA
1989 Nancy Aleo/ Sarah Mott Stacy Lynn Reed Gallery, Attleboro, MA
1989 Painting 1, Massachusetts Artists Fellowship Exhibition Artists Foundation Gallery, Boston, MA
1989 3D North Hall Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
1988 Society at Large/ Layered Spaces, Ellen Gibson/ Nancy Aleo Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
1988 Ninth Annual Boston Drawing Show Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
1988 Faculty Show Alumni Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston,MA
1987 3-D at Mass Art Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Gallery, Boston, MA
1987 New Stages and Drawings, Nancy Aleo Bostonian Gallery, Boston City Hall, Boston, MA
1987 Works on Paper Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
1985 Technician Show Alumni Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
1985 Sixth Annual Boston Drawing Show Mills Gallery, Boston, MA
1985 Chaotic Stages, Nancy Aleo Honeywell Information Systems Inc. Gallery, Waltham, MA
1985 Beware North Hall Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
1984 Fifth Annual Boston Drawing Show Mills Gallery, Boston, MA
1984 New England Regional Clay Exhibition Boston Visual Artists Union Gallery, Boston, MA
1984 ‘Skeet Shoot’ Platters - Clay and Non-Clay Artists Boston College Gallery, Newton, MA
1982 Exhibition I Cranbrook Museum, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills,MI
1982 Clay Art Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
1981 Michigan Artists 80/81 Cranbrook Museum, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills,MI
1981 Rosenthal Mathildenhohe Youth Prize Exhibition Darmstadt, Germany
1980 Experiments in Neon Clayworks Gallery, New York, NY
1980 New York Clay Clayworks Gallery, New York, NY
1979 Ceramics Sculpture, Nancy Aleo/ Carl Culbreth Clayworks Gallery, New York, NY
HONORS
2021 Massachusetts College of Art & Design Faculty Development Fellowship $6500.
2018 Emerald Necklace Conservancy Grant to activate Fog x FLO: Fujiko Nakaya on the Emerald Necklace $1,200
2006 Massachusetts College of Art & Design Faculty Development Fellowship $5000.
2000 Berkshire Taconic Artist Resource Trust Grant Recipient $7000
1994 New England Foundation for the Arts/ National Endowment for the Arts Regional Fellowship in the Visual Arts Program Recipient in Painting $5,000
1988 Massachusetts Artists Fellowship Program Recipient in Painting, $9,500.
1981 Rosenthal Mathildenhohe Youth Prize Exhibition Darmstadt, Germany Honorable Mention Received. Work chosen for catalogue cover & exhibition poster designs
RELATED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2024 (April-May) Independent Studio Residency - 2 months, Orvieto, Italy (June) Teaching Assistant,
2024 Bonpo Shang Class Residential Retreat hosted by Mitch Nur & 9Ways Academia, Perkasie, PA
2023 Curator, Organizer for Visiting Artist Residency: Steve Hubback Maker & Musician Demonstrations, Brant Gallery exhibition, recording sessions, MassArt, Boston, MA
2021, 2022 Teaching Assistant, Bonpo Shang with Phurba Master Class Residential Retreat hostedby Mitch Nur & 9Ways Academia, Perkasie, PA
2017 Independent Studio Residency – Nosara, Costa Rica & San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2017 Robert Peng, QiGong Teacher Training Certification completed
2016 Teaching module & Solo performance, Gong Camp hosted by Mitch Nur & 9Ways Academia, Perkasie, PA (October)
2015 Keynote Speaker, Foreign Language Honor Society Ceremony, Sharon High School, Sharon, MA
2014 Guest Artist, Berklee Interdisciplinary Arts Institute, working on recording project with Neil Leonard & Stephen Vitiello, Boston, MA (November)
2014 Travel Courses hosted through Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Co-Taught. Segment of course taught in Oaxaca, MX (in 2000), Puebla, Cholula & Mexico City (in 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014)
2012-13 Independent Residency/Workshops – 1 month, Red Wind Medicine Center, Chiapas, Mexico
2010 A.I.R. Vallauris Artist-in-Residence, Vallauris, France
2006 Guest Curator, Attleboro Arts Museum Transforming Spirit: 4 Directions featuring Chuck Stigliano, Debra Olin, James Baker and Stephanie Roberts
1991-2006 Independent Studio Residency - annual, time / length varies, San Bartolo Coyotepec and Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, MX
2001 Independent Studio Residency - 3 months, Barcelona, Spain
EDUCATION
1982 Master of Fine Arts, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI. Degree in Ceramics with Jun Kaneko
1979 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Massachusetts College of Art & Design Boston, MA. Major Concentration: Ceramics