NICK DEFORD
480.390.3780 2619 Buffat Mill Road
ndeford@gmail.com Knoxville, Tennessee 37917
www.nickdeford.com
CURRENTLY
Program Director
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts – Gatlinburg, Tennessee
EDUCATION
Arizona State University – Tempe, Arizona – 2008
Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art – Fibers
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
University of Tennessee – Knoxville, Tennessee – 2005
Master of Science in Teacher Education – Art Education
College of Education, Health, and Human Services
University of Tennessee – Knoxville, Tennessee – 2004
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art – Drawing
College of Arts and Sciences, School of Art
Additional Major in Art Education, Minors in Art History and English
Summa Cum Laude
University of Kent – Canterbury, England – 2003
Exchange Program – Art History and English
EXHIBITIONS
2018 Along the Horizon: Contemporary Drawing in Tennessee
Reece Museum – East Tennessee State University – Johnson City, Tennessee
2017 Pass Turn (solo exhibition)
Walters State Community College – Morristown, Tennessee
Modern Traditions
Caldwell Arts Council – Lenoir, North Carolina
Dogwood Arts Regional Exhibition
Dogwood Arts Gallery – Knoxville, Tennessee – Juried by Leslie Noell
2016 Old Haunts (solo exhibition)
Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery – Coastal Carolina University – Conway, South Carolina
Mixed and Mastered: Turntable Kitchen
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft – Houston, Texas – Curated by Hayley McSwain
State of the Union
Cole Art Center – Nacogdoches, Texas
Site Seeing
C-3 Lab – Charlotte, North Carolina
Cherry Bounce: Appalachian Art, American Politics
William King Museum – Abingdon, Virginia – Curated by Eric Drummond Smith
Fictitious Additions
Central Collective – Knoxville, Tennessee
2015 A Spiraling Tower (solo exhibition)
Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church Art Gallery – Knoxville, Tennessee
MAP!
Emporium Center for Arts and Culture – Knoxville, Tennessee
You Had to Be There
Middle Tennessee State University – Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Friends
Mulberry Gallery – Richmond, Virginia
2014 needlework (solo exhibition)
University of Mississippi – Oxford, Mississippi
Remnants
Boyle Gallery – Lindenwood University – Saint Charles, Missouri
Connecting Threads
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point – Curated by Caren Heft and Clare Verstegen
HomeEc
Cullis Wade Art Gallery – Mississippi State University – Starksville, Mississippi
Curated by Adrienne Callander
Ossuary
Herron Gallery – Indiana University-Purdue University – Indianapois, Indiana
Curated by Laurie Beth Clark
From These Hills
William King Musem – Abingdon, Virginia – Curated by Steven Matijcio
Arts in the Airports
McGhee-Tyson Airport – Knoxville, Tennessee – Curated by Jeffrey Morton
2013 Threads
Tubac Center for the Arts – Tubac, Arizona
Making Connections
Shemer Art Center and Museum – Phoenix, Arizona – Curated by Kevin Vaughn-Brubaker
Unshelved
William King Museum – Abingdon, Virgina – Curated by Leila Cartier
Curious Deviations
Non-Fiction Gallery – Savannah, Georgia
Ossuary
Downtown Gallery – Knoxville, Tennessee – Curated by Laurie Beth Clark
E(Labor)ated Surfaces
Ground Floor Gallery – Nashville, Tennessee
2012 The Other Side (solo exhibition)
Vanderbilt University – Space 204 – Nashville, Tennessee
Alleged Posthumous Writings (solo exhibition)
Emporium Center for Arts and Culture – Knoxville, Tennessee
Recent Work (solo exhibition)
Riot Printing Company – Knoxville, Tennessee
In Stitches
Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, New Jersey
Curated by Alison Craft
FAX Traveling Exhibit
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art – Salt Lake City, Utah
Curated by Independent Curators and João Ribas
FAX Traveling Exhibit
San Francisco Art Commission Gallery – San Francisco, California
Curated by Independent Curators and João Ribas
E(Labor)ated Surfaces
Pelissippi State Community College – Knoxville, Tennessee – Curated by Herbrt Rieth
Fusion
Ball State University – Muncie, Indiana – Curated by Tom Riesing
FAX Traveling Exhibit
The University of Hawaii Art Gallery – Honolulu, Hawaii
Curated by Independent Curators and João Ribas
Fiber Arts
Ohio University – Lancaster, Ohio – Curated by Leah May
Arts in the Airports
McGhee-Tyson Airport – Knoxville, Tennessee – Curated by Dorothy Habel
FAX Traveling Exhibit
DeVos Art Museum – Marquette, Michigan
Curated by Independent Curators and João Ribas
2011 Divination (solo exhibition)
Middle Tennessee State University – Lowercase Gallery – Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Points of Interest (solo exhibition)
Georgia College and State University Museum – Milledgeville, Georgia
Dogwood Arts Exhibition
Bennett Galleries – Knoxville, Tennessee – Juried by Virginia Derryberry
FAX Traveling Exhibit
South London Gallery- London, England
Curated by Independent Curators and João Ribas
Horsing Around
Archie Bray Foundation – Helena, Montana – Curated by Marco Rosichelli and Joshua Almond
Point Time
AVA Galleries – Chattanooga, Tennessee – Curated by Jean Hess
FAX Traveling Exhibit
Knoxville Museum of Art – Knoxville, Tennessee
Curated by Independent Curators and João Ribas
Instructor Exhibition
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts – Gatlinburg, Tennessee – Curated by Karen Green
Point Time
William King Museum – Abingdon, Virginia – Curated by Jean Hess
Point Time
Slocumb Galleries – East Tennessee State University – Johnson City, Tennessee
Curated by Jean Hess
2010 The Space Between Us (solo exhibition)
Pump Gallery – Asheville, North Carolina
Whatever/Forever/What For (solo exhibition)
Fluorescent Gallery , Knoxville, Tennessee
Bearings (solo exhibition)
Appalachian Center for Craft – Tennessee Tech University – Smithville, Tennessee
Freeze (solo exhibition)
Stark Gallery – Phoenix, Arizona
Constructed Territory
Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries – Dayton , Ohio – Juried by Tracy Longley-Cook
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Commemorative Exhibition
Emporium Center for Arts and Culture – Knoxville, Tennessee – Juried by Carl Gombert
ABBA
The Phoenix Airport Museum – Phoenix, Arizona – Curated by Gary Martelli
Arts in the Airport
McGhee-Tyson Airport – Knoxville, Tennessee
Contemporary Focus
Knoxville Museum of Art – Knoxville, Tennessee – Curated by Chris Molinski
All or Nothing
Denler Art Gallery – St. Paul, Minnesota – Curated by Kjellgren Alkire
Artistic License
Fluorescent Gallery – Knoxville, Tennessee – Curated by Dale Mackey
Pattern Wizardry
Arizona Museum for Youth – Mesa, Arizona – Curated by Jeffory Morris
2009 Maps and Legends (solo exhibition)
Greenleaf Gallery – Whittier College – Whittier, California
The Sunshine State (solo exhibition)
eyelounge – Tempe, Arizona
Uncommon Threads
Walsh Gallery – Seton Hall University – South Orange, New Jersey
Curators: Jeanne Brasile and Howard Hurst
Arizona Biennial
Tucson Museum of Art – Tucson, Arizona
Wichita National Craft Exhibition
Wichita Center for the Arts – Wichita, Kansas – Curated by Kathleen Royster Lamb
30th Annual Contemporary Crafts
Mesa Arts Center – Mesa, Arizona – Juried by Namita Wiggers
Censored: Visual Explorations of Censorship in Contemporary America
Georgia College and State University Museum – Milledgeville, Georgia
Curated by Shannon Morris
Love Letters
Modified Arts – Phoenix, Arizona – Curated by Peter Bugg
Word and Image
Tempe Post Office – Tempe, Arizona – Curated by the City of Tempe
2008 Legend (solo exhibition)
Harry Wood Gallery – Arizona State University – Tempe, Arizona
Werewolf (solo exhibition)
eye lounge – Phoenix, Arizona
No Such Thing (site specific installation)
Tempe, Arizona – Curated by Elizabeth Janssen
Tempe Center for the Arts Biennial
Tempe Center for the Arts – Tempe, Arizona
Juried by Anne Coe, Joe D’Ambroisio and John Risseeuw
Mass Consumption
Mesa Arts Center – Mesa, Arizona – Juried by Greg Escalante
Craftsmanship
Gallery 100 – Tempe, Arizona – Juried by Clare Verstegen
Printstravaganza III
Step Gallery – Tempe, Arizona – Juried by Brian Reeves of Slop Art
TXT MSGS
Harry Wood Gallery – Arizona State University – Tempe, Arizona
Contemporary Repetition
Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences – Loveladies, New Jersey
Number Ones
LAS Gallery – Phoenix, Arizona – Curated by Peter Bugg
Abookalypse
Paper Studio – Tempe, Arizona
Cold Sweat
Hotcakes Gallery – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Desire for Normality
Porter Butts Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
2007 Uncharted Territory
Leedy-Voulkos Art Center – Kansas City, Missouri
Juried by Annet Couwenberg and Wendy Huhn
You Are Here (site specific installation)
Artist Initiative 4 Temporary Public Art – Circle K Park – Phoenix, Arizona
28th Annual Contemporary Crafts
Mesa Arts Center – Mesa, Arizona – Juried by Mark. R. Leach
Master of Fine Arts Juried Summer Exhibition
Harry Wood Gallery – Arizona State University – Tempe, Arizona – Juried by Lara Taubman
Printstravaganza II
Gallery 100, Tempe, Arizona – Juried by Cannonball Press
Desire for Normality
Pacific Lutheran University – Tacoma, Washington
Books Gone Wild
Harry Wood Gallery – Arizona State University – Tempe, Arizona
Water Lust
Tempe Public Library – Tempe, Arizona
Arizona Artists’ Guild Scholarship Recipeint Exhibition
Paulina Miller Gallery – Phoenix, Arizona
Biblio-files
The Paper Studio – Tempe, Arizona
Nathan Cummings Foundation Exhibition
Harry Wood Gallery – Arizona State University – Tempe, Arizona
The Visual Text Project 3: Triptych
@Central Gallery – Phoenix, Arizona
Push/Pull
Step Gallery – Tempe, Arizona
2006 Current: The Aesthetics of Contemporary Culture
Baton Rouge Gallery – Baton Rouge, Louisiana – Juried by James Gaddy
Desire for Normality
Step Gallery – Tempe, Arizona
Tomato Art Exhibition
Art and Invention Gallery – Nashville, Tennessee
2005 BAM! 58th Annual Student Art Competition
Ewing Gallery – University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Juried by Robert Stackhouse and Carol Mickett
New Graduate Student Exhibition
Harry Wood Gallery – Arizona State University – Tempe, Arizona
Garden
Oak Ridge Art Center – Oak Ridge, Tennessee
2004 University of Tennessee Senior Honors Exhibition
Ewing Gallery – University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Carte Blanche: 57th Annual Student Art Competition
Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville – Juried by The Art Guys
High and Away
Old City Java – Knoxville, Tennessee
Fact/Fiction: Recent Works by Nick DeFord and Lindsay Brine
Gallery 1010 – Knoxville, Tennessee
Tomato Art Exhibition
Art and Invention Gallery – Nashville, Tennessee
Supermodernism
Cookie Aytes Elliott Art Gallery – Knoxville, Tennessee
2003 Art Buffet: 56th Annual Student Art Competition
Ewing Gallery – University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Juried by Terri Jones and Greely Myatt – brochure
2002 Open Wide the Circus Gates (solo exhibition)
Downtown West Theatre – Knoxville Tennessee
Lion: Recent Work by Nick DeFord and Thomas Sturgill
Gallery 1010, Knoxville, Tennessee
2001 University Center Concourse Student Exhibition
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Deus Ex Machina
Gallery 1010 – Knoxville, Tennessee
TEACHING
2009-2012 University of Tennessee – Knoxville, Tennessee
Drawing and Painting
Lecturer
Undergraduate Courses:
Drawing I
Drawing II
Drawing III
Drawing IV
Introduction to Watermedia
Special Topics: Introduction to Fibers
Special Topics: En Plein Air Painting
Independent Study – Drawing
Independent Study – Painting
Independent Study – Sculpture
Honors Thesis Committee: Kelsey Roy (drawing and fiction)
Graduate Courses:
History and Philosophy of Art Education
Studies in Art Education
Independent Study – Sculpture
Independent Study – Ceramics
Thesis Committee: Kelly Hider (Drawing and Painting)
Thesis Committee: Guen Montgomery (Printmaking)
Thesis Committee: Sara Marie Miller (Printmaking)
2008-2009 Arizona State University – Tempe, Arizona
Fibers and Gallery and Museum Studies
Faculty Associate / Interim Gallery Director
Undergraduate Courses:
Introduction to Fibers
Gallery and Museum Studies
2005-2008 Arizona State University – Tempe, Arizona
Fibers and Foundation Core Program
Graduate Teaching Assistantship – Instructor of Record
Core Program Two-Dimensional Design Coordinator
Undergraduate Courses:
Introduction to Fibers
Two-Dimensional Design
Three-Dimensional Design
LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, and SYMPOSIA
2017 Visiting artist and gallery talk
Morehead State University – Morehead, Kentucky
Visiting artist
Walters State Community College – Morristown, Tennessee
2016 The Altered Image: Mixed-Media with Photography – one-week workshop
Penland School of Crafts – Penland, North Carolina
Visiting artist
University of Louisville – Louisville, Kentucky
Making A Residency Program – Panel Participant and Moderator
National Council on Education for the Ceramics Arts Conference – Kansas City, Missouri
Visiting artist
East Carolina University – Greenville, North Carolina
Visiting artist
Coastal Carolina University – Conway North Carolina
Badges: Building Community Through Embroidery – Community Engagement Art Experience
Tennessee Arts Commission Collective Impact Conference – Murfreesboro, Tennessee
2015 The Final Touch: Perspectives on Surface Embellishment – Panel Moderator
Furniture Society Symposium – Durham, North Carolina
Visiting artist
Warren Wilson College – Swannanoa, North Carolina
A Creative Sphere: Artist-in-Residencies I – Panel Moderator
Southern Graphics International Conference – Knoxville, Tennessee
A Creative Sphere: Artist-in-Residencies II – Panel Moderator
Southern Graphics International Conference – Knoxville, Tennessee
2014 Needle to Paper – two-week fibers workshop
Penland School of Crafts – Penland, North Carolina
Visiting artist – lecture and critique
Lindenwood University – St. Charles, Missouri
Visiting artist – lecture and critiques
University of Mississippi – Oxford, Mississippi
Word and Image – six-week drawing and poetry workshop
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts – Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2013 Visiting artist – lecture, critique, workshop, and exhibition juror
Bloomsburg University – Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
Visiting artist – lecture
University of Georgia – Athens, Georgia
A Thread, A Knot, A Woman – Poetry Reading
Canal Convergence – Scottsdale Public Art – Scottsdale, Arizona
Juror – Makins Craft Festival
Morristown, Tennessee
Panel Moderator – “Building a Life in the Arts” Residency Symposium
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts – Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2012 Visiting artist – lecture and critique
Georgia State University – Atlanta, Georgia
Random-Weave – basketry workshop
Leadership Knoxville Conference – Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Ripping Yarns: The Story of Fibers – week-long fibers workshop
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts – Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Mediums – dual artist lecture/performance with Evan Meany
Nexus Conference – Knoxville, Tennessee
Visiting artist – lecture and critiques
Idaho State University – Pocatello, Idaho
Natural Woven Forms – basketry workshop
Knoxville Botanical Gardens and Arboretum – Knoxville, Tennessee
2011 Visiting artist – lecture and critique
James Madison University – Harrisonburg, Virginia
Visiting artist – lecture
Middle Tennessee State University – Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Presenter – PechaKucha Night
Knoxville, Tennessee
Artist Lecture
University of Tennessee – Knoxville, Tennessee
Embroidery: Exploring the Stitch – week-long fibers workshop
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
Visiting artist – lecture
East Tennessee State University – Johnson City, Tennessee
Visiting artist – lecture and workshop
Georgia College and State University – Milledgeville, Georgia
New Market Suite – Poetry reading
Old Gray Cemetery – Knoxville, Tennessee
2010 Citrus Tree Tanzaku – A site-specific public poetry art project
Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department – Phoenix, Arizona
Dine and Discover – Artist lecture
Knoxville Museum of Art – Knoxville, Tennessee
Visiting artist – lecture
Roane State Community College – Harriman, Tennessee
Visiting artist – lecture
Adams State College – Alamosa, Colorado
Visiting artist – lecture
Xavier Preparatory School – Phoenix, Arizona
2009 Visiting artist – lecture
Skidmore College – Saratoga Springs, New York
Visiting artist – lecture
Whittier College – Whittier, California
Visiting artist – lecture
University of North Texas – Denton, Texas
2008 The Unnatural World II: Visualizing Monsters – Panel Moderator
International Medieval Congress – University of Leeds, England
The Unnatural World II: Visualizing Wonders – Panel Moderator
International Medieval Congress – University of Leeds, England
Visiting artist lecture
Beloit College – Beloit, Wisconsin
2007 Felting Workshop – Arizona Designer Craftsmen
Phoenix, Arizona
Push / Pull – Panel Moderator
Arizona State University – Tempe, Arizona
Artist lecture
Arizona Designer Craftsmen – Tempe, Arizona
Three-Dimensional Art – Summer workshops for young adults
Herberger College for Youth – Tempe, Arizona
2006 Artist lecture
Sun City West Weavers Guild – Sun City West, Arizona
Ikat Weaving – Demonstration and workshop
Appalachian Arts Center – Norris, Tennessee
2005 Knoxville Museum of Art Summer Art Workshops
Knoxville, Tennessee
Drawing Workshop
Arrowmont Community Classes – Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2004 Phoenix Magazine Poetry Reading
Laurel Theater – Knoxville, Tennessee
Presenter – Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement
University Center – University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2003 Figure Drawing Workshop
University of Kent – Canterbury, England
Presenter – Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement
University Center – University of Tennessee, Knoxville
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Board Member for Tennessee Craft (2017 – )
Board Member for the Knoxville Jewish Day School STEAM Initiative (2015 – 2017)
2017 Juror – STITCH
Morehead State University – Morehead, Kentucky
2016 Juror – Maker Moxie
Peters Valley School of Crafts – Layton, New Jersey
Juror – Silk in Transition
Silk Painters International Exhibition – Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2015 Juror – Circus!
Foundry Art Centre – St. Charles, Missouri
Juror – Athens Community Artists League
Athens, Tennessee
2012-2014 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
Program and Studio Manager
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2012 Visiting Artist Coordinator – Mark Newport
University of Tennessee – Knoxville, Tennessee
Exhibition Assistant and Coordinator – Mark Newport
In Action – Downtown Gallery – Knoxville, Tennessee
2011 Visiting Artist Coordinator – Kjellgren Alkire
University of Tennessee – Knoxville, Tennessee
2010 Local Project Manager – Anne Wilson
Wind/Rewind/Weave – Knoxville Museum of Art
Knoxville, Tennessee
2009 Visiting Lecturer Coordinator – Asa Simon Mittman
University of Tennessee – Knoxville, Tennessee
2008 Project Assistant – Nina Katchadourian
Monument to the Unelected – Scottsdale Museum of Art
Scottsdale, Arizona
2006-2007 Two-Dimensional Foundations Coordinator
Core Program at Arizona State University
2006-2007 Studio Assistant – Mark Newport
Mesa, Arizona
2005 Studio Assistant
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg Tennessee
AWARDS
2011 Old Gray Cemetary Foundation Poetry Contest
Second place prize for New Market Suite
2008 Nathan Cummings Travel Fellowship – Tempe, Arizona
Used to support research travel to Roswell, New Mexico and Marfa, Texas
Arizona State University Graduate Travel Fund – Tempe, Arizona
Used to support travel to the International Medieval Conference in Leeds, England
Selma Sigesmund Memorial Fellowship – Tempe, Arizona
Supports Master of Fine Arts candidates at Arizona State University
National Society of Arts and Letters Sculpture Award – Phoenix, Arizona
Awarded for Basket .001
2007 Herbert Smith Graduate Fellowship – Tempe, Arizona
Supports Master of Fine Arts candidates at Arizona State University
Artist Initiative 4 Temporary Public Art Grant – Phoenix, Arizona
Awarded for You Are Here site-specific installation
First Place Award – Uncharted Territory – Kansas City, Missouri
Best in show award for 2007 SDA Student Textile Exhibition
Arizona Artists’ Guild Scholarship – Phoenix, Arizona
Awarded for graduate studies at Arizona State University
2005 Graduate Tuition Fellowship – Tempe, Arizona
Awarded for graduate studies at Arizona State University
2004 Most Outstanding Bachelor of Fine Arts Graduate – Knoxville, Tennessee
Presented to one BFA candidate each year as voted by the School of Art faculty
Dille Award for Best Fine Arts Entry –Knoxville, Tennessee
Awarded for Untitled; jurors, The Art Guys – Carte Blanche: 57th Annual Student Competition
Beauvais Lyons Award for Print – Knoxville, Tennessee
Awarded for Harry Potter Cyanotypes I-VIII – Carte Blanche: 57th Annual Student Competition
Knoxville Watercolor Society Award – Knoxville, Tennessee
Awarded for Pokémon of the Smokies I-IV – Carte Blanche: 57th Annual Student Competition
David T. and Jane O. Bailey Scholarship Endowment – Knoxville, Tennessee
Awarded for graduate studies in art education at the University of Tennessee
Chattanooga Writers Guild Poetry Contest – Chattanooga, Tennessee
Awarded First Place Prize for “Tomatoes”
Dorothy Dille Materials Grant – Knoxville, Tennessee
Grant used to produce a series of cyanotype fabric prints
Elenora Burke Award for Non-Fiction – Knoxville, Tennessee
Second place awarded for “Searching for Orpheus”
2003 Margaret Woodruff Creative Writing Award – Knoxville, Tennessee
Awarded for selection of poetry
McClure Scholarship – Canterbury, England
Used to support study abroad at University of Kent
School of Art Buck Ewing Scholarship – Knoxville, Tennessee
Used for undergraduate studio art studies at the University of Tennessee
Ewing Gallery Award – Knoxville, Tennessee
Awarded for Pokémon Study I – 56th Annual Student Competition – University of Tennessee
2002 Summer Research Internship Award for Creative Endeavors – Knoxville, Tennessee
Research grant awarded for studio art and poetry at the University of Tennessee
Russell Scholarship – Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Awarded for tuition for workshop at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
Liquitex Paint Exchange Materials Grant – Piscataway, New Jersey
Used to create mixed media artwork
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Knoxville Mercury – “Nick DeFord Redefines Fiber Art for the 21st Century” – Chris Barrett / Knoxville, Tennessee / January 28, 2016
Materialities: Contemporary Textile Arts – “Made/Aware” – Essay – Nick DeFord / Surface Design Association Members’ Juried Catalog 2015
Surface Design Journal – “Spotlight on Education” – Nick DeFord / Albuquerque, New Mexico / Summer/Fall 2015
Knoxville News Sentinel – “A Noble Spirit” – Amy McRary / Knoxville, Tennessee / January 25, 2015
No. 79 – “Needlework” – Herb Rieth / Memphis, Tennessee / Summer 2014
Surface Design – “First Person, Sally Hayden Gilmore” – Nick DeFord and Sally Hayden Gilmore / Albuquerque, New Mexico / Spring 2014
Savannah Morning News – “Art & Soul” – Allison Hersh / Savannah, Georgia / September 8, 2013
UnShelved – exhibition catalog – essay by Leila Cartier
Metro Pulse – “The Emporium Center Presents Two Challenging Exhibits by Local Artists Nick DeFord and
Jean Hess” – Heather Joyner Spica / Knoxville, Tennessee / November 7, 2012
Nashville Scene – “Critics Picks: Sarah Applebaum and Nick DeFord” – Joe Nolan / Nashville, Tennessee /
August 30, 2012
Strange Attractors: Investigations in Non-Humanoid Extraterrestrial Sexualities – Encyclopedia Destructica
Christopher Kardambikis, Jasdeep Khaira, Suzie Silver / Pittsburg, Pennsylvania / 2012
Elephant Magazine – “Finding Your Way: Cosmologies of the Self” – Ana Ibarra / Amsterdam /
Issue 7 Summer 2011
Culture Seen – “Studio Visit: Nick DeFord” – Christopher Jagmin / Phoenix, Arizona / August 30, 2011
Anne Wilson: Wind / Rewind / Weave – exhibition catalog / Chicago, Illinois / 2011
Design Sponge Online – Brooklyn, New York / April 2011
Knoxville News Sentinel – “Old Gray Cemetray Hosts Poetry Contest” – by Jessica Boyd /
Knoxville,Tennessee / April 20, 2011
Thread and Needles – “Couture: les voyages immobiles” – Paris, France / March 03, 2011
Craftzine – “Embroidered Maps” – Becky Stern / November 11, 2010
Hayden’s Ferry Review – Editor: D. Bryon Darby – Volume 46
Contemporary Focus – Chis Molinski, Knoxville Museum of Art – catalog / Knoxville, Tennessee / 2010
Artistic License – Dale Mackey – catalog / Knoxville, Tennessee / 2010
Knoxville News Sentinel – “New KMA Exhibit Will Be Work In Progress” – by Amy McCrary / Knoxville,
Tennessee / January 17, 2010
New Times – “ABBA’s Greatest Hits” – by Leslie Barton / Phoenix, Arizona / October 18th, 2007
Fiberarts – “Student Showcase” – Loveland, Colorado / November/December, 2007
New Times – “Text Messengers: Words and pix tie the knot” – by Niamh Wallace / Phoenix, Arizona /
March 25, 2007
The Mesa Republic – “Craft Show Spans Utilitarian, Hybrids” – by Srianthi Perera / Mesa, Arizona /
January 25, 2007
State Press – “Not Normal” – by Celeste Sepessy / Tempe, Arizona / August 31, 2006
Willow Springs – Issue 55 – Spokane, Washington
Migrants and Stowaways – Editors: Emily Dziuban and Kristin Robertson / Knoxville, Tennessee / 2004
Magpie – Issue 1 – Knoxville, Tennessee
Phoenix Literary and Art Magazine – Volume 45, Issue 2 – Knoxville, Tennessee
Logos Literary Magazine – Issue 8 – Canterbury, England
Metro Pulse – “The Chosen” – by Heather Joyner Spica / Knoxville, Tennessee / May 13, 2000