TWELVE VIEWS OF WATER, Clear Lake Art Center, Clear Lake, IA

TWELVE VIEWS OF WATER, Dubuque Museum Of Art, Dubuque IA

MEDITATIONS ON THE MISSISSIPPI, Art Salon, Figge Museum of Art, Davenport IA

TWELVE VIEWS OF WATER, Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo IA

TWELVE VIEWS OF WATER, Muscatine Art Center, Muscatine IA

the BLUES, Hentschel Art Gallery, Des Moines IA

MEDITATIONS ON WATER, Hudson River Gallery, Iowa City IA

REFLECTIONS ON THE RIVER, Muscatine Museum of Art

WHERE STARS ARE BORN, Nina Liu Gallery, Charleston SC

WATER, LAND AND SKY, Marvin Cone Gallery, Coe College, Cedar Rapids IA

SPRING MEDITATIONS, Hayles Gallery, Aspen CO

GRAND EXCURSION EXHIBITION, Quad City Arts, Rock Island IL

OREGIONALITY, Quad City Times, Lee Enterprises,  Hard Cover Publication, Davenport IA

SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ROCK ISLAND FINE ARTS EXHIBITION, Augustana College, Rock Island IL

WEST COAST FURNITURE DESIGN, Highlight Gallery, Mendocino CA

35th ANNUAL IOWA ARTISTS, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines IA

34th ANNUAL IOWA ARTISTS, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines IA

PAPER/FIBER V, Clapp Recital Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City IA

33rd ANNUAL IOWA ARTISTS, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines IA

32nd ANNUAL IOWA ARTISTS, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines IA

31st ANNUAL IOWA ARTISTS, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines IA

PAPER/FIBER II, Old Brick, Iowa City IA, Best in Show Award

30th ANNUAL IOWA ARTISTS, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines IA

A PICTORAL HISTORY OF THE WORLD, Charlotte Crosby Kemper Gallery, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City MO

SPACE THEORY: PHYSICS, ART AND DESIGN, Arts Iowa City

ART IN BLOOM, Freeport Art Center, Freeport, IL

BEYOND 9-11: The Art Of Renewal in Iowa, www.beyond9-11.org

INFINITE RESPECT/ENDURING DIGNITY, University Iowa, Humanities Iowa

MAKING WAVES: THE ART OF ASIAN PAPER, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids IA

AREA COLLEGE FACULTY EXHIBITION, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art,
Cedar Rapids IA

THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER, Textile Arts International, Minneapolis

KITTSTEINER, MITCHEL, PURINGTON, Peter M. David Gallery, Minneapolis MN

KATSIAFICAS, PURINGTON, SCHEDL, University of Iowa Museum of Art

SPRING MEDITATIONS, Textile Arts International, Minneapolis, MN

PACIFIC RIM INFLUENCE, Textile Arts International, Minneapolis, MN

SUMMER INVITATIONAL, Textile Arts International, Minneapolis, MN

PAPER/FIBER INVITATIONAL, Clapp Recital Hall, University of Iowa

JEUNE PEINTURE, 39e Salon, Grand Palais, Paris

NEW AMERICAN ART, Institute of Contemporary Art, London

THE PLEASURE OF PATTERN, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, KC MO

IMAGES OF THE UNIVERSE: THE ARTIST'S VISION, Brunnier Museum, Iowa State University, Ames

THE WAY OF TEA: INSPIRATIONS, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis MO

Cornell College, Lecturer

Coe College, Visiting Professor

University of Northern Iowa, Visiting Professor

Cornell College, Visiting Professor

University of Iowa, Visiting Professor

MERCY ART COLLECTION, Mercy IC

PRAIRIE / WETLANDS, Pediatrics Associates of Iowa City IA

PRAIRIE SKIES, Mercy West Branch IA

GULF COAST FLIGHT
URS Corporation, Architects and Engineers, Texas
Keesler Air Force Base Medical Center, Biloxi MS, Katrina Restoration,

1997

LITERARY WALK Concept Development,City of Iowa City, Public Art Consultant

1995

FOUR SEASONS OF FLIGHT, Eastern Iowa Airport, Cedar Rapids IA
Sverdrup Aviation Architects and Engineers, St. Louis MO

1990-04

DESERT IMAGES: ANCIENT/FUTURE, Hansen Lind Meyer Architects/Engineers

Mike O'Callaghan Federal Hospital, Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas NV

Iowa Arts Council Mini-Grant, create website nancyLpurington.com

Artist Major Grant, Iowa Arts Council, to create touring exhibition:
Twelve Views Of Water. available late 2008
Artist Mini-Grant, Iowa Arts Council, to archive artworks inspired by the Mississippi River in Iowa

Service To the Arts in our Region Award, Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce

Iowa Governor's Outstanding Volunteer Service Award/Arts Advocacy

Creative Artists' Grant, Iowa Arts Council

Iowa Arts Council Grant, to create Touring Exhibition

Council on Teaching Award, University of Iowa

Fine Arts Council Grant, University of Iowa

Council on Teaching Grant, University of Iowa