EDUCATION
M.F.A., Printmaking and Drawing, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 1976.
B.A., Printmaking and Painting, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, 1974.
Computer Science, University of Nebraska/Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, 1982-86.
EXPERIENCE
Professor Emeritus, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska.
Director, UNO Print Workshop, 1982-2015;
A university press and research facility established to publish and print works by visiting artists
Visiting Artist, Chateau d’Orquevaux, Orquevaux, France, 2024.
Visiting Artist, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, 2016.
Visiting Artist, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy, 2006.
Visiting Artist, Western Galilee College, Acre, Israel, 2005.
Visiting Artist, Karel de Grote-Hogeschool, Antwerpen, Belgium, 2002.
Visiting Artist, La Rectoria Contemporary Art Center, Barcelona, Spain, 1993.
Visiting Artist, Frans Masareel Center, Kasterlee, Belgium, 1992.
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2024
Visual Remedy, Modern Arts Midtown, Omaha, Nebraska.
2023
Naples Invitational, Naples Art Institute, Naples, Florida.
UAC Summer Art Exhibit, Rookery Bay Environmental Center, Naples, Florida.
2021
Briar Cliff Review Exhibition, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa.
Twenty Years of Marais Press, Hilliard Art Museum, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana.
Artists in Bloom, Naples Botanical Garden, Naples, Florida.
2020
Kinetic, Marco Island Center for the Arts, Marco Island, Florida.
2018
Cool Abstraction, Modern Arts Midtown, Omaha, Nebraska.
2017
Gary Day and Michael Tiegland, Modern Arts Midtown, Omaha, Nebraska.
2015
Larry Bradshaw and Gary Day Retrospectives, UNO Art Gallery, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska.
Briar Cliff Review Exhibition, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa.
Printmaking: A Juried Exhibition, Alliance for Arts, Fort Meyers, Florida.
Between the Lines, Modern Arts Midtown, Omaha, Nebraska.
2014
All In (Mo’ Print), Walker Fine Art, Denver, Colorado.
2014 Mid America Print Council Exhibition, South Bend Art Museum, South Bend, Indiana.
Cool Abstraction 2, Modern Arts Midtown, Omaha, Nebraska.
2013
From Here to There: Parallel Trajectories, Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University-Camden, Camden, New Jersey.
Cool Abstraction, Modern Arts Midtown, Omaha, Nebraska.
75 + 75, The Luggage Gallery, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, San Francisco, California.
528, The Invisible Museum, Redline, Denver, Colorado.
Contemporary Influences in Nebraska Printmaking, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, Nebraska.
East Meets West: National Printmakers Portfolio;
University Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
The Chase Fine Arts Center, Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
Sykes Gallery, Millersville University, Millersville, Pennsylvania.
2012
Titanic 100: International Graphics Exhibition;
The Etching Guild, Riga, Latvia.
Meno Galeria, Klaipeda, Lithuania.
East Meets West: National Printmakers Portfolio;
Rueff Galleries, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana.
Visual Arts Gallery, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.
The Baron and Ellin Gordon Galleries, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.
Stand Up Prints, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Collector’s Choice, Modern Arts Midtown, Omaha, Nebraska.
From the Matrix, Hotshops Art Center, Omaha, Nebraska.
2011
East Meets West: National Printmakers Portfolio;
CCSU Art Gallery, Central Connecticut University, New Britain, Connecticut.
University Gallery, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
CUAM Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder Colorado.
University Gallery, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana.
Ameen Art Gallery, Nichols State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana.
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art Regional Art Competition, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska.
Wish List, Modern Arts Midtown, Omaha, Nebraska
Summer Show, Modern Arts Midwest, Lincoln, Nebraska
Picture Picture, NewBLK Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska.
2010
Two Person Exhibit, Highland Community College, Highland, Kansas.
Octaedro People’s Award International Short Film Festival, Fundacion Octaedro, Quito, Ecuador.
20/20 Vision, Third Edition-The Art of Contemporary University Printmaking, Firehouse Gallery. Louisville, Georgia.
New Prints, Gallery 72, Omaha, Nebraska.
2009
Academia, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, Nebraska.
International Juried Print Exhibition, Shenkman Arts Centre, Ottowa School of Art, Ottowa, Canada.
MAPC Juried Exhibition, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, Indiana.
Adornment, Lied Art Gallery, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska.
2008
20th Century Nebraska Printmakers, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, Nebraska.
4th Biennial National Print Exhibition, Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff, Arizona.
Artspace National Juried Photography and Printmaking 2008, artspace, Richmond, Virginia.
Print Invitational, Hillmer Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Omaha, Nebraska, 2008.
2007
2007 China Sanbao International Printmaking Exhibition, Jingdezhen Sanbao Ceramic Institute, Yaoli, Peoples Republic of China.
No Place in Time, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, Nebraska.
2006
Signal Channel: Contemporary Video Art, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha
Art on the Edge, Joslyn Museum of Art, Omaha, Nebraska
New Prints 2000-2006, International Print Center New York, New York.
Book of Light and Dark, Wayne State College, Wayne, Nebraska.
Mentors, Hillmer Gallery, College of Saint Mary, Omaha, Nebraska.
2005
Artifices, Two Person Exhibit, Hillmer Gallery, College of Saint Mary, Omaha, Nebraska.
Cool and Collected, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska.
2005 Delta National Small Prints Exhibition, Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University.
2004
Outside the Frame: Installation Works, Mid America Print Council Conference, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Nebraska.
New Prints 2004, International Print Center New York, New York, New York.
Two Person Exhibition, Frogman’s Press and Gallery, Beresford, South Dakota.
60 Square Inches, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana.
2003
Rules of Engagement, Llantarnam Grange Canolfan y Celfyddydan-Arts Centre, Cwmbran, Wales.
Pulse, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska.
2002
One Person Exhibit, Karel de Grote Hogenschool, Antwerpen, Belgium.
20/20, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska.
2001
Portfolio 00-01, Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Summer Show, Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
Paint Paper II, Gallery 72, Omaha, Nebraska
1999
Siggraph 99, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California.
1998
Color and Form, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas.
Points of the Compass, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.
Two Views of Self, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska.
1997
The Digital Salon, The School of Visual Arts, New York City, New York.
Digital Art, The Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska.
The Modern Print, Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska.
Small Treasures, The Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska.
The House of Thoughts, CD and website, http://cid.unomaha.edu/~gday
1996
Navigations, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Digital Images, Metro Arts Council, Omaha, Nebraska.
1995
Drake Print Symposium, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa.
Der Amerikanische Holzschnitt, Galerie im Hollental, Buchenbach, Germany
E-mail II, House of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Hypergarden, http://www.unomaha.edu/~gday/
1994
One Person Exhibit, Peru State College, Peru, Nebraska.
Alternative Prints, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota.
Computer Prints, Southwestern Michigan College, Dowagiac, Michigan.
Boxes, University of Nebraka/Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska.
1993
LA Printmaking 93, In Conjunction; Contemporary Prints, Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles, California.
The First International Print Biennial, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Mid America Print Council Exhibition, Purdue University, South Bend, Indiana.
Invitational Centennial Alumni Exhibition, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana.
1992
Summer Show, Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri.
Prarie Lights 1992, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, Nebraska.
1991
One Person Exhibit, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, Missouri.
Fifteenth Annual National Invitational Drawing Exhibition, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas.
Images of Nebraska, Metropolitan Arts Council Traveling Exhibit, Omaha, Nebraska.
1990
Midlands Invitational 1990, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska.
Area Drawings, Art Department Gallery, University of Nebraska/ Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Perceptions, Gallery 72, Omaha, Nebraska.
Exchange Exhibit, Ghangzhou Art Academy, Ghangzhou, Peoples Republic of China.
1989
One Person Exhibit, Wayne State College, Wayne, Nebraska.
48th Annual Juried Competition, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa.
Recent Work, The Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Summer Show, Gallery 72, Omaha, Nebraska.
1988
One Person Exhibit, William Jewell College, Kansas City, Missouri.
Two Person Exhibit, Bellevue College, Bellevue, Nebraska.
1987
One Person Exhibit, Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, Iowa.
Printmakers Invitational, Cameron University, Lawton, Oklahoma.
Prints and Pottery Invitational, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska.
National Drawing ’87, Trenton State College, Trenton, New Jersey.
Art From the Computer, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California.
1986
Two Person Exhibit, UNO Gallery, University of Nebraska/Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska.
Tarkio Invitational, Tarkio College, Tarkio, Missouri.
Drawing Invitational, Bellvue College, Bellvue, Nebraska.
Alumni Exhibition, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.
62nd Annual International Competition, The Print Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Portfolio, R.G. Dickenson Company, Omaha, Nebraska.
1985
Two Person Exhibit, Peru State College, Peru, Nebraska.
Two Person Exhibit, Mark 4 Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska.
New Woodcuts, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska.
Printmaking Invitational, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.
Selected Prints, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Gallery Artists, The Candy Factory, Lincoln, Nebraska.
1984
One Person Exhibit, Sheldon Memorial Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Two Person Exhibit, Tarble Art Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois.
1983
Two Person Exhibit, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska.
Made in Omaha, Joslyn Art Museum, Toured by the Mid-America Art Association.
1982
Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago,Illinois.
Art and Artists of Nebraska, Sheldon Memorial Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska.
11th National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Minot State College, Minot, North Dakota.
Central States Exhibition ’82, Pratt Community College, Pratt, Kansas.
17th Joslyn Biennial, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska.
ANAC Competitive, Stuhr Museum, Grand Island, Nebraska.
1981
Two Person Exhibit, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska.
American Art, The Challange of the Land, The Pillsbury Company, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Rockford International ’81, Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois.
1980
Young American Printmakers, University of Maine at Orono, Orono, Maine.
(no space) Exhibition, Four Arts Gallery, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.
Appalachian National Drawing Competition, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina.
Central States Expositon ’80, Pratt Community College, Pratt, Kansas.
Potsdam Prints ’80, State University College, Potsdam, New York.
Small Works, Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, New York, New York.
Using Paper, Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, Montana.
14th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas.
16th Joslyn Biennial, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska.
1979
6 From 75+1, Gallery 72, Omaha, Nebraska.
Appalachian National Drawing Competition, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina.
17th Annual Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois.
22nd North Dakota Print and Drawing Annual, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota.
’79 National Print Exhibition in Texas, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
Vermillion ’79, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota.
Waukesha Print and Drawing Show, University of Wisconsin at Waukesha, Waukesha, Wisconsin.
Midwestern Print and Drawing Competition, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
1978
Two Person Exhibit, Gallery 72, Omaha, Nebraska.
A Century of Master Drawings, Drawings Since 1960, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska.
Second Visual Arts Center of Alaska National Print Invitational, Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska.
American Drawings II and the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit of American Drawings II, Portsmouth Community Arts Center, Portsmouth, Virginia.
National Paper and Clay Show, Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee.
National Print Competition and Exhibition, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Stockton National: Contemporary Trends in Printmaking and Drawing, Pioneer Museum, Stockton, California.
8th National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Minot State College, Minot, North Dakota.
15th Joslyn Biennial, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska.
1977
One Person Exhibit, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.
Twenty Printmakers, C.G. Rein Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Third National Invitational Print Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, Dearborn, Michigan.
16th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois.
Intent/Drawing/1977, Edinboro State College, Edinboro, Pennsylvania.
KSC Drawing and Sculpture Exhibition, Kutztown State College, Kutztown, Pennsylvania.
First National Package Exhibition, University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
1976
One Person Exhibit, Washington Federal Association, Miami, Florida.
Thirty Years of American Printmaking and the 20th National Print Exhibition, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York.
Graduate Show, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.
Colorprint USA, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
In Their Image, Southern Connecticut State College, New Haven, Connecticut.
Potsdam Prints ’76, State University College, Potsdam, New York.
Village Center National Print Competition and Exhibition, Florida Central University, Orlando, Florida.
1975
42nd Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art Semi-Annual, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Sixth Annual Auburn Union National Drawing and Print Competition, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania
Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
Block Museum, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
C.G. Rein Gallery, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa.
Frans Masereel Center, Kasterlee, Belgium
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Gallery 72, Omaha, Nebraska
Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
Jingdezhen Sanbao Ceramic Institute, Yaoli, Peoples Republic of China.
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
Llantarnam Grange Canolfan y Celfyddydan-Arts Centre, Cwmbran, Wales
Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, Nebraska
Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, Nebraska
Naples Art Institute, Naples, Florida.
Nichols State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana.
Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, University of Louisiana at Layfayette, Lafayette, Louisiana.
Sheldon Memorial Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Special Collections Department & Rare Books Room, the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.
Trenton State College, Trenton, New Jersey
Museum of Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska.
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.
University of Nebraska/Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota
University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota
PUBLICATIONS
The Briar Cliff Review, Briar Cliff University, Sioux City, Iowa, 2015.
A Decade of New Prints: A Book of Postcards, International Print Center New York, 2013.
CGI: The Art of the 3D Computer-Generated Image, Peter Weisher, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2004.
“Gary Day”, Nebraska Artist with Joseph Piper, MetroTVision, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, Nebraska, 2005.
Electronic Art and Animation Catalog, Computer Graphics Annual Conference Series, ACM SIGGRAPH, New York, 1999.
Gallery Artworks, Leonardo, Journal of international Society for the Arts, Science and Technology, MIT Press Journals, Cambridge, MA, Volume 30, November 1997.
Multiethnic Education: Theory and Practice, Second Edition, James A. Banks,
Cover illustration, Simon & Shuster, Newton, Massachusetts, 1987.
“The Picture Show”, NETV documentory about twelve artists in the Sheldon Memorial Gallery permanent collection, 1985.
Colleagues: An Inter-Media Anthology of Contemporary Artists, Pittore Euforico, New York, 1979.
Thirty Years of American Printmaking, Gene Baro, The Brooklyn Museum, New York, 1976.
PORTFOLIOS
East Meets West, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, 2011.
Portfolio 00-01, Karel di Grote-Hogenschool, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Navigations, National Print Portfolio, Southern Graphics Council, 1996.
Fall Equinox International Postcard Print Exchange, St. Marie Institute, Antwerp, Belgium and the University of Nebraska, 1995.
The Second American Printmakers Portfolio, University of Nebraska/Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, 1982.
An American Printmakers Portfolio, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 1981.
Another Normal Conception, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, 1980.
AWARDS
Governors Arts Award Art Commission, Nebraska Arts Council, 2010.
Summer Research Fellowship, University Committee on Research, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2007.
Clark Diamond Alumni Endowed Chair, University of Nebraska Omaha, 2007.
1% for Art Commission, University of Nebraska Lincoln, 2004.
College of Fine Arts Outstanding Research Award, 2003.
1% for Art Commission, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2001.
Summer Research Fellowship, University Committee on Research, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2000.
Grant in Aid, University Committee on Research, University of Nebraska/Omaha, 1992.
Visual Artists Fellowship Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, 1987-88.
Trenton State College National Drawing Exhibition, Purchase Award, 1987.
Summer Research Fellowship, University of Nebraska/Omaha, 1985.
16th Joslyn Biennial, Purchase, 1980.
Appalachian National Drawing Competition, Purchase Award, 1979.
Sixth Annual National Drawing and Print Competition, Purchase Award, 1975.
42nd Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art Semi-Annual, Purchase Award, 1975.