"Buttfest-Girls"/1995
10"x8"

"May I Take Your Order"/2003
Ink on slate, 8"x10"

"May I Take Your Order"/2003
Ink on slate, 8"x10"

Nancy Mizuno Elliott received her Master of Fine Arts with Highest Distinction from the University of Georgia and her Bachelor of Arts from University of California at Berkeley. She recently concluded a two-year visiting artist stint at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri. She has also taught at various Bay Area institutions including UC Berkeley-Extension, San Francisco City College, Mission College, Los Medaos College, and Hartnell College. She was an Artist-in-Residence at San Francisco County Correctional Facilities and taught art fundamental to women inmates. She has extensive experience in non-profit programming, gallery management, and art administration. Most recently, she was the Exhibitions Director at Richmond Art Center and responsible for curating over twenty exhibitions per year. She has exhibited nationally and abroad - Italy, California, Illinois, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Alabama, Alaska, Maryland, New York, Colorado, Ohio, Missouri, New Jersey, etc. And is represented by Dead Horse Gallery in Cleveland, Ohio; DIRT Gallery, Los Angeles, California: and Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, California. Honors include C-00 Film Grants, Studies Abroad Fellowship, and residencies at Ragdale, The White Colony, and the Hambidge Center.