Nene Humphrey has exhibited in numerous museums and galleries since coming to New York in 1979. Exhibitions include the McNay Art Museum (San Antonio); Mead Museum (Amherst); Palmer Museum (PA); High Museum of Art (Atlanta); Sculpture Center; PS1 Contemporary Art Center (NY) and the Lesley Heller Gallery (NY).
Humphrey has received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts; The Smithsonian Artist Research Award; the Rockefeller Foundation; the Brown Foundation and Anonymous was a Woman among others. Her work has been written about in numerous publications including The New York Times; Art in America; ArtNews; Hyperallergic and Sculpture Magazine.
Since 2005 she has been artist in residence at the Joseph LeDoux neuroscience lab (NYU) where her work has focused on explorations of the brain mechanisms underlying human emotions.
Nene Humphrey lives and works in New York City.
Humphrey has received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts; The Smithsonian Artist Research Award; the Rockefeller Foundation; the Brown Foundation and Anonymous was a Woman among others. Her work has been written about in numerous publications including The New York Times; Art in America; ArtNews; Hyperallergic and Sculpture Magazine.
Since 2005 she has been artist in residence at the Joseph LeDoux neuroscience lab (NYU) where her work has focused on explorations of the brain mechanisms underlying human emotions.
Nene Humphrey lives and works in New York City.