My work is informed through the window of a fine arts background. I believe that jewelry, although decorative, should be responsible for conveying information, opinion, and expressive thought. It not only enhances the wearer, but reveals character. My recent work has been of a narrative and social commentary nature, with the use of photographs as an ideational vehicle.
Professor Emerita of Art from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Nancy Moyer holds a BA from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, MA from Louisiana State University, and PhD from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. And now lives in McAllen, A past art administrator and academic metals program director, she has shown her concept and issue-based work extensively, including drawings and photographs as well as jewelry. Her jewelry work has been included in several jewelry publications, most recently, SNAG’s Jewelry and Metals Survey 2018.
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Truth & Rumors, International Museum of Art Science, McAllen TX
2017 Earthclouds, Texas Tower Gallery, McAllen TX
2015 InRetro,Beehive Collective, Harlingen TX
2012 Cessations & Continuations, Retrospective, Kika de la Garza Fine Arts Center, Mission, TX
2011 The Bicameral Face, Ben Bailey Gallery, Kingsville
2010 The Bicameral Face,International Museum of Art & Science, McAllen,
2009 The Bicameral Face,Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, TX
2003 InRetrospect,Clark Gallery, University of Texas-Pan American
2000 Interactions, Clark Gallery, University of Texas-Pan American,
1994 Paths of Existence, Richardson Art Gallery, UTB, Brownsville, TX
1992 Basics. University Gallery, University of Texas-Pan American
1991 New Contemporary Jewelry. Selections Gallery, Beaumont, TX
1991 Nancy Moyer, New Art Gallery, Harlingen, TX
1990 Perceptual Augmentations, University Gallery, University of Texas-Pan American
1981 South Texas Ranches and Other Pertinent Images, Hidalgo Museum of South Texas
1971 Drawings,Estudio Rios, Mission
Group Exhibitions
2018 La Frontera:Encounters Along the Border, mudeum of Art and Design, NYC
2016 Un/Provincial: The Art of South Texas, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX
2014 Animal Instincts, Exhibition in Print,Metalsmith Magazine, vol. 34, no.4
2014 Body and Soul: Defensive Ornament, Metals Museum, Memphis, TN
2014 Body and Soul: Defensive Ornament, Tacoma Art Museum, WA
2014 La Frontera, Art Gallery, Indiana University, Kokomo
2014 La Frontera, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, TX
2013 La Frontera, Museo Franz Mayer, Mexico City, DF
2013 La Frontera, Velvet Da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013 Anniversary Exhibit,Galeria 409, Brownsville TX
2013 What is Sacred, Serena Pandos Gallery, McAllen, TX
2011 Counterflux: Defensive Ornament,G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle. WA
2011 Valley Women,Galeria 409, Brownsville, TX
2010 Selections from the Permanent Collection, International Museum of Art & Science, McAllen, TX
2010 4thAnniversary Exhibit, Galeria 409, Brownsville, TX
2009 Black & White Selections, Museo de Arte Contemperaneo de Tamaulipas, Matamoros, MX
2009 Third Anniversary Exhibit,Galeria 409, Brownsville, TX
2008 Black & White, International Museum of Art & Science, McAllen, TX
2007 WAR,Gallery 1/0, New Orleans, LA
2006 RED, International Museum of Art & Science, McAllen, TX
2005 Re-considered/Re-invented, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, MA
2005 Corrietes Alternes, Museo de Arte Contemperaneo de Tamaulipas, Matamoros, MX
2005 Arte Rio Grande,International Museum of Art & Science, McAllen, TX
2005 My Hearts Desire, University Gallery, UTPA, Edinburg, TX
2002 Catredrales de Arte, Museo de Arte Contemperaneo de Tamaulipas, Matamoros,
2002 Refined lll,juried show, SFA Gallery, Nagcodoches, 2002
2000 Artists/Mentors, McAllen International Museum, 2000
1999 Talismans for the Coming Millenium,juried,St. Louis Artists’ Guild
1999 Precious Metals,juried, Mesa Art Center, Mesa AZ
1999 Playful Intent,juried,Craft Alliance, St. Louis
1998-1990Annual Faculty Exhibitions,Clark Gallery, University of Texas-Pan American
1996 International Exhibition of Miniature Art, Del Bello Gallery, Toronto
1996 Reynosa Festival Frontera, Reynosa Museo Historica
1994 Group Show, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin
1994 Facetas, Formas, y Figuras, Tampico, Taumaulipas
1994 One Square Foot of Art, Dishman Gallery, Beaumont
1993 Arte del Norte,Casa de la Cultura, Monterrey, N.L
1992 Annual Juried Exhibition,McAllen International Museum
1992 UTPA Faculty Invitational,Galleria de Faculdad Architectura de Universidad de la N.L., Monterrey
1992 Art, Science, and Architecture, sponsored by the McAllen International Museum.
1992 Metallics-Browne and Moyer, University Gallery, UTPA, Edinburg
1991 International Art Show, juried, Art League Museum, Brownsville
1990 Society of North American Goldsmiths Annual Conference, Display, San Francisoo
1989 Special Designs, 3-person show, Sol del Rio Gallery, San Antonio
1989 Art Faculty of South Texas,McAllen International Museum
1989 Artista de Tejas,CAVIE, Saltillo, Mexico
1989 Opening Exhibition, The Art Gallery, McAllen
1988 Art Faculty Art, McAllen International Museum
1988 Moyer and Manuella, University Gallery, Edinburg
1987 The Enamelist First Annual Juried Exhibit, Sarah Squeri Gallery, Cincinnati
1987 Schmuck in Bewagung in Schmuck, Hanau, W. Germany
1987 Art Show at the Dog Show, Dog Museum of America, St. Louis
1987 Art Update, McAllen International Museum
1987 Art Overview, McAllen International Museum
1986 Texas Designer/Craftsman Annual Exhibit
1986 Texas Mexican Legacy Exhibit, CAS Gallery, Edinburg
1986 Toy Exhibition Invitational, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff
1985 Davis, Moyer, and Ohlinger, Jones and Jones, McAllen
1985 Politics of Whimsey, juried, 16 Hands Gallery, Ann Arbor
1985 Texas Designer/Craftsman Annual Exhibit
1985 Tip o’ Texas Exhibition,McAllen
1985 Texas Art on the Road, sponsored by the Texas Commission of the Arts
1985 ArtX7,McAllen International Museum
1984 Del Mar National Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibit, Corpus Christi
1984 PAU Faculty Exhibit, McAllen International Museum
1983 PAU Faculty Exhibit, McAllen International Museum
1982 PAU Faculty Exhibit, McAllen International Museum
1982 Brownsville Art League Exhibition,Brownsville
1981 PAU Faculty Exhibit, McAllen International Museum
1980 PAU Faculty Exhibit, McAllen International Museum
1979 PAU Faculty Exhibit, McAllen International Museum
1978 Valley Vision 11 Group Show, McAllen International Museum
1977 Valley Vision l Group Show, McAllen International Museum
1976 Del Mar National Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibit, Corpus Christi
1975 Arizona State University Invitational, Tempe
1975 Northern Arizona State University Invitational, Flagstaff
1973 Del Mar National Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibit, Corpus Christi
1972 Invitational Craft Exhibit, Contemporary Gallery, Dallas
1972 Del Mar National Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibit, Corpus Christi
1971 Art Museum of South Texas Annual Competition,Corpus Christi
1971 Invitational Craft Exhibit, Contemporary Gallery, Dallas
1971 Texas Designer Craftsmen Annual Exhibition, Wichita Falls
1970 Inter-D Exhibit,McAllen International Museum
1970 Frontal Images National Exhibition, Jackson
1970 Art Museum of South Texas Annual Exhibit,Corpus Christi
1970 Seventh National Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibit, Bellingham
1970 Drawing: Mid America 1, Joplin
1970 Texas Fine Arts Invitational Exhibition, Austin
1970 Texas Designer Craftsman Annual Exhibition, San Marcos
1969 Southern Illinois Drawing Exhibition,Carbondale, IL
1968 Ball State National Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibit, Muncie
1968 Evansville Art Museum Annual Exhibition, Indiana
1968 San Antonio Art League Annual Exhibition, San Antonio
1968 Forty Second Annual Texas Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition, Museum
1965 Southwestern Print and Drawing Biennial, Dallas Art Museum
1965 Thirty Second National Print and Drawing Exhibit,Wichita KS
1965 Festival of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture National Show, Macon
1965 Fifteenth Beaumont Art Museum Annual Exhibit, Beaumont
1965 Winners in Louisiana Art Commission Exhibits,Baton Rouge
1964 Fourteenth Beaumont Art Museum Annual Exhibit,Beaumont
1964 Twenty Second Louisiana Art Commission Annual Exhibit, Baton Rouge
1963 Twenty First Louisiana Art Commission Annual Exhibit, Baton Rouge
1963 Eighteenth Southeastern Annual Art Exhibition, Atlanta
Published Illustrations
2012 The Human Moldby Jose Antonio Jarimba, Sara Publishing
1996 People of the Peyote,edited by Stacy Schaeffer and Peter Furst. University of New Mexico Press.
1992 Low Cal Cooking by Louise Dillow. Corona Publishing Company, San Antonio.
1991 Mexican War Journal of Captain Franklin Smith,ed. by Joe Chance. University of Mississippi Press, Jackson.
1990 Jefferson Davis’ Mexican War Regiment,ed. by Joe Chance. University of Mississippi Press, Jackson.
1985 Changing Faces: Mexican Masks in Transition,McAllen International Museum, Publication and poster design
1980 A Tribute to My Darling by Lloyd Bentsen, Sr., McAllen, total book design.
1978 Bonds by Jan Seale. Pan American University Press, Edinburg..
1977 Espanol para Hablados Nativosby Gloria Swan and Hugo Mejias. Pan American University Press, Edinburg. Cover design.
1971 Chaucer for Childrenby Paul Nolan. Little Red Schoolhouse Press.
1971 “Chaucer in the Classroom” by Paul Nolan, The Instructor, February 1971.
Jewelry in Books
2018 Jewely and Metals Survey 2018, SNAG
2014 Body and Soul: Defensive Ornament by Suzanne Ramljak. Schiffer Publishing Co.
2008 Art Jewelry Today 2,Schiffer Publishing Co.
2006 The Craft of Making Jewelry,Lark Books Press, New York
2005 500 Brooches,Lark Books Press, New York
2004 1000 Rings,Lark Books Press, New York
1997 Jewelry: Fundamentals of Metalsmithing,by Tim McCreight. Brynmorgen Press
Public Commissions
2010 Jackrabbits, 3 steel sculptures commissioned by the City of McAllen
Reviews
2005 “Nancy Moyer: Ex-treme Metals,” by David McCall Freeman. VOA: Voices of Art
Magazine,vol. 13, no. 1
2000 “Interactions Exhibition Review,” Metalsmith, by Dindy Reich. Fall
1993 “Desde McAllen: Nancy Moyer.” Enguardia, vol. 1, no.5, June, Monterrey
Public Collections
St. Louis Children’s Museum
International Museum of Art And Science, McAllen, TX
UTRGV Permanent Collection, Edinburg TX
Education
Southern Illinois University, Ph.D.
Louisiana State University, M.A.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, B.A.
Where to Buy
Work is not available for sale through the SNAG website. Please contact the artist directly to inquire about making a purchase.