Curriculum Vitae
Nicholas McNally
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Education
MFA: Illustration: Academy of Art University: San Francisco, CA: May 2008
The Illustration Academy Intensive Workshop: Sarasota, FL: Summer 2007
BFA: Painting: Massachusetts College of Art: Boston, MA: May 2001
Teaching Experience
Jacksonville University: Jacksonville, FL
Assistant Professor of Illustration, Tenure-Track 2016 – Present
Major accomplishment to date: remodeled and reinstated formerly decommissioned Illustration Concentration in BFA degree, passing it through Division of Visual Arts, Curriculum Committee, and Full Faculty vote. (Spring 2017)
Selected responsibilities:
Teach 3-3 course load, advise all BFA Illustration students (15 current), chair and advise Senior Seminar BFA student committees, advise painting and/or illustration focus MFA students, manage budget and health & safety of 2D facilities, recruitment and portfolio review of incoming students
Courses taught:
Digital Art, Illustration Methods, Illustration Studio I, Illustration Studio II, Editorial Illustration, Narrative Illustration, Graphic Novel, Concept Art, Illustration Portfolio, Digital Media Foundations, 2D Foundations, Printmaking, Burn After Viewing: The Illustrations of Banned Books
Massachusetts College of Art: Boston, MA
Visiting Lecturer, 2011 – 2016
Courses taught: Senior Portfolio, Senior Illustration, Sophomore Illustration, Human Figure in Illustration, Narrative Illustration, Conceptual Drawing
Rhode Island School Of Design C.E.: Providence, RI
Pre-College Faculty, Summer 2015
Courses taught: Majors’ Illustration, Foundation Drawing
Bay Path University: Longmeadow, MA
Adjunct Professor, 2015 – 2016
Course taught: Art History
George Walter Vincent Smith Museum: Springfield, MA
Faculty, 2012 – 2016
Courses taught: Introduction to Drawing, Figure Drawing
Publications
The Wolf and The Shield: Pauline Books and Media: Illustrator: January 2016
The 50 Markets of Illustrationby John Roman: HOW Books: Featured Illustrator: September 2014
The Story of Heungbo: Spider Magazine: Illustrator: Fall 2012
Selected Client List: Carus Publishing, University Of Massachusetts, Grande Jeté, Robyn Newhouse Music Hall, Greene Room Productions, The Stafford Palace Theater, Laura A. Bennet & Associates
Gallery Representation
Williams Fine Art Dealers: Hamilton-Wenham, MA: 2016 – Present
Solo Exhibitions
Southlight Gallery: Jacksonville, FL: Exiles: October - December 2018
The Space Gallery: Jacksonville, FL: Exiles: September 2018
Alexander Brest Gallery: Jacksonville, FL: Exiles: January 2018
Stafford Palace Theater: Stafford Springs, CT: Cacophony: November 2013
Western New England University: Springfield, MA: The Fine Art of the Picture Book: Dec. 2011
Group Exhibitions
Alexander Breast Gallery: Jacksonville, FL: JU Faculty Biennial Exhibition: September 2018
The Space Gallery: Jacksonville, FL: The 5 and Under Show: December 2017
Williams Fine Art Dealers: Hamilton-Wenham, MA: Small Works: November 2016
Alexander Breast Gallery: Jacksonville, FL: JU Faculty Biennial Exhibition: September 2016
Wood Memorial Library: South Windsor, CT: Stories and Studies: May 2016
Williams Fine Art Dealers: Hamilton-Wenham, MA: Inaugural Gallery Exhibition: May 2016
Harvard University: Cambridge, MA: Annual MassArt Faculty Exhibition: October 2012
Museum Of Fine Arts: Springfield, MA: Teaching Artists: January – April 2012
Selections Gallery: Easthampton, MA: Pairings: October 2011
Juried Exhibitions
Society of Illustrators West: Los Angeles, CA: Illustration West 56: February 2018
NCECA, The Shop Gallery: Pittsburg, PA: Alt-White – Trump’s Presidential China: March 2018
Warwick Museum Of Art: Warwick, RI: Digital Arts: December 2017
Society of Illustrators West: Los Angeles, CA: Illustration West 55: February 2017
Society of Illustrators West: Los Angeles, CA: Illustration West 53: March 2015
Warwick Museum Of Art: Warwick, RI: Tell Me A Story: May 2012
Mystic Arts Center: Mystic, CT: Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 100th Annual Show: May 2011
Karen Sprague Cultural Center: Springfield, MA: Academic Artists Association Show: April 2011
Monson Cultural Council: Monson, MA: Insight: Annual Juried Show: March 2011
Gallery Nucleus: Alhambra, CA: Illustration West Unpublished Category Show: February 2011
Museum Of American Illustration: New York, NY: Illustrators 53 Unpublished: January 2011
Catalogues
Spectrum 18: Unpublished Category January 2011
ManifestInternational Drawing Annual 6 March 2011
Illustrators 53: Unpublished: Society of Illustrators New York: January 2011
Spectrum 16: Unpublished Category: January 2019
Presentations
TRAC2019: Ventura, CA: # no filter: Imagination in the Portraits of Holbein the Younger:March 2019
SELS2019 (Science and Engineering Lecture Series): Jacksonville, FL How Darwinism Changed the Visual Arts: February 2019
Southlight Gallery: Jacksonville, FL: Exiles: The Backstory: December 2018
JU Faculty Symposium 2018: Jacksonville, FL: Divine Grace at 300 Pixels Per Inch:September, 2018
JU Philosophy Slam: Jacksonville, FL: But Is It Art?: A Discussion Concerning Aesthetics: April 2017
JU Faculty Symposium 2016: Jacksonville, FL Illustration as Fine Art:September, 2016
Awards and Honors
Certificate of Merit: Society of Illustrators Los Angeles, November 2017
Runner Up, Illustration: Creative Quarterly 46, December 2016
Certificate of Merit: Society of Illustrators Los Angeles, November 2016
Runner Up, Illustration: Creative Quarterly 30, December 2012
Runner Up, Illustration: Creative Quarterly 27, February 2012
Certificate of Merit: Society of Illustrators Los Angeles, May 2010
First Place, Painting Category: Insight: Monson Cultural Council, March 2011
Silver Award, Unpublished: Society of Illustrators Los Angeles, February 2011
Certificate of Merit: Society of Illustrators Los Angeles, May 2010
Selected Press
Local Motive: November 2018 Ethical Storytelling & Advocacy: What’s A Traveler’s Responsibility?
Jacksonville University Faculty Friday: October 2018 Mastery and Transcendence
JU Provost Faculty Spotlight: Pushing the Limits of Narrative Illustration August 2018
Blackbox Studio: JU College of Fine Arts Fellow: April 2018 Interview
The Wave Magazine: February 2017 Professor McNally’s Work Selected For Major West Coast Exhibit
The Wave Magazine: January 2017: Guiding Non-Art Majors Past “Please Don’t Make Me Draw”
Hartford Courant: May 2016: Husband And Wife Team Open Exhibit At Wood Memorial Library
MassLive: April 2012: Sons & Daughters of Hawley Benefit Auction Features Work By Noted Artists
Jacksonville University Service
Core Curriculum Committee: Fall 2017 – Present
Visual Arts Representative at Freshmen Major Mapping Seminar: 2016 – Present
Northeast Florida Scholastic Art Awards Adjudication: January 2019
Search Committee for Assistant Professor of Film: Spring 2018
Sawgrass Collaborative Mural Project – Art Director: August – November 2018
Latin Forum of the Bowels School Visual Arts Adjudication: February 2017 & 2018