NANCY RAKOCZY
141-21 Union Turnpike #3B
Flushing, NY 11367
cell 917-683-0587
www.NancyRakoczy.com
n_rakoczy@yahoo.com

EDUCATION:
2007, M.A. Hunter College, NY, Secondary School-English
B.F.A., Pratt Institute: Major-Painting; Minor-Graphic Design

AWARDS:

2010 Queens Council on the Arts Individual Artist Support grantee
Silver Award Winner for “Point of Purchase Advertising Institute”
(POPAI) promotional tool ‘Batman Forever,’ movie

HONORS:
Graduated Cum Laude

ART EXHIBITS:

2010, ArmoryFest, Clock Tower Gallery, LIC, NY
Visible/Invisible; Holiday Inn, Manhattan View, LIC, NY

2009, Framing Aids 2009, Queens Museum, NY
A Book About Death, Queens Museum, NY
Visible/Invisible; Holiday Inn, Manhattan View, LIC, NY
2009 Reunion: Work by Pratt Alumni; NY
Dancing Ribbons, Figment, Governor’s Island;
Long Island City Open Studios, LIC;
Local Project, LIC, NY "The Queens' s Sky"
Tribes Gallery, NY: Long Island City Artists Index: http://www. licartists.org//index.php/ArtistsWork/index/179/80#

2008, Queens Museum; Framing Aids 2008, NY;
Decompression, Brooklyn, NY;
Queens Museum, Queens Artists Index:
http://www.queensmuseum.org/exhibitions/indexrakoczy.html

2007, Meat Space Gallery, L.I.C. Project Diversity, Queens Council of the Arts; Decompression, Queens Museum, NY

2003, The Skylight Gallery, ‘The Garment Magical,’ Brooklyn NY

1996, Unitarian Meeting House, ‘Word and Image,’ Lincroft, NJ
1994, The Master Eagle Gallery, Society of Scribes, NY

INTERVIEWS:

2007, ArtSpy; Queens Council of the Arts and QPTV

COLLECTIONS:
Betsey and Marc Leavitt; The Paulist Fathers, NY

WORK EXPERIENCE:
English Teacher - St. Vincent Ferrer High School 2006 to present
Christ the King High School 2001-2006
Art Director, DC Comics/TimeWarner, NY

WRITING & ART for PUBLICATIONS:
Paulist Press; Harlin Jacque Publications;
Olivetree Review;
Inspirit
Temenos: http://www.chsbs.cmich.edu/creative_writing/nancy_rakoczy.htm
Temenos: http://www.chsbs.cmich.edu/creative_writing/nancy_rakoczy2.htm
The National Catholic Reporter; http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1141/ is_26_40/ai_n6029422
Perspectives: http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/ology/perspectives.shtml,
http://lindamichellebaron.com/rakoczy/index.html

PERFORMANCES & READINGS:
2009, Kew Gardens Kids Art in the Park
2007, Hamtramck Public Library; Prospect Park Zoo, Brooklyn;
Flushing Library; Richmond Hill Library
2004-2001 ‘Unwrapping Lazarus,’ NY, NY
2003, Hunter College, NY; Forest Hills Library

WORKSHOPS:
2009, Figment, Governor’s Island, NY;
2008, Figment, Governor’s Island, NY;
2008, 2007, Decompression;
2003, Skylight Gallery, Brooklyn, NY