Selected Exhibitions
2009 Secret Places Juried Exhibition, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA, Juror: Gina Cavallo-Collins
2009 Layers Juried Exhibition, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Frecericksburg, VA, Juror: Anne Cook
2009 26th Annual Juried Exhibition, Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, TX
Jurors: Jean Caslin and Diane Griffin Gregory
2009 SOUTHWORKS Juried Art Exhibition, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation,
Watkinsville, GA, Juror: Rebecca Cochran
2006 Without Skin, The Jung Center, Houston, TX
2005 The Journey, The Foundry, Houston, TX
Spring Show, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
2004 Nests, Nest, ArtWalk, Galveston, TX; solo
Nests, Paulie's, Houston, TX; solo
Meditation Series, Paulie's, Houston, TX; solo
Open Studio, The Foundry, Houston, TX
2003 Open Studio, The Foundry, Houston, TX
Animals, Art Car Museum, Houston, TX, Jurors: Art Car Staff
1999 Group Show, Rebecca Hesse Zingerbee Gallery, Houston, TX
1998 The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX, Juror: Claude Gould
1997 The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX,
Juror: Don Bacigalupi, PhD
1996 Spring Show, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Public Art and Commissions
2004 Texas Children's Hospital, Cy-Fair Health Center; Mural based on
illustration from Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak
Community Projects
2001-2008 Pink Ribbons Project Auctions, pink platter donations
Awards and Grants
2009 Emerging Artist Grant, City of Sedona, AZ
Work Experience
1993-2006 Owner of Nancy Ruby Decorative Art and Design, a custom
decorative painting company serving the interior design trade
1988-1993 Hokanson Fine Rugs, Director of Design
1978-1993 Edward Fields, Inc. and Hokanson Fine Rugs, custom rug and
carpet designer
Education
1996-2006 Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; studied
painting and drawing
1978 Trinity University, San Antonio, TX; BA with concentration in painting,
photography and printmaking