Nancy Gardner

Nancy Gardner has been working in the Chicago area as a studio potter for over 30 years. She is originally from Philadelphia where she attended Tyler School of Art as an undergraduate. She completed her MFA at Illinois State University Carbondale, taught in Ohio for several years, then moved to Chicago where she has been since.
Nancys work can be found in many private collections as well as the Jim Kolva and Pat Sullivan Collection in Spokane, The Racine Art Museum, Racine WI, the Rosenfield Collection, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY.

Tyler School of Art. BFA.
SIU Carbondale. MFA.

2026.Feb. Feature at Charlie Cummings Gallery. Gainesville FL
2025. Thanksgiving Table. Perfect Pour. Akar Gallery. Iowa City, Iowa.
2025. "Dot to Dash" An Invitational Exhibit of Mid to Low Range Ceramics. Trackside Gallery. Spokane, WA
2025. Cup Show. Trackside Gallery. Spokane, WA.
2024-25. Various group shows at Charlie Cummings Gallery,Gainsville, FL.
2007-2025. The Ann Arbor Street Art Fair. Ann Arbor, MI. Exhibiting Artist.
2024. The Asparagus Vallery pottery trail. Lawrence, MA. .
2023,2024. Milwaukee Lake Front Art Fair. Exhibiting Artist.
2023. Cupful. Cedar Creek Gallery. Creedmor, NC
2022 and 2024. . One person feature at In Tandem Gallery, Bakersville,NC.
2023-2025. The Northern Illinois Pottery Tour. Host in Forest Park, IL.
2023. American Craft Council at Baltimore. Exhibiting Artist.
2018. Teapots!12th Invitational. Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2017,2019. Yunomi Invitational. Akar Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa.
2018. Red Handed Invitational. May 18-June 25. Clay Lady Campus. Nashville, TN.
2018. A Flower Show. May 4-July 7. Vale Craft Gallery. Chicago.
2018. April 20. Two Person Show. “What I learned from flower arranging”. Firecat Projects. Chicago.
2018. Americano Invitational. Akar Gall...