Nanette Wylde

Nanette Wylde is an interdisciplinary artist, writer and cultural worker making environmental and socially reflective works using a variety of hybrid media. Wylde is a co-founder of PreNeo Press, a conceptual space creating projects, publications, and opportunities which celebrate the Art Life.
Wylde’s interests include: language, personality, difference, beliefs, systems, ideas, movement, reflection, identity, perceptions, structures, stories, socialization, definitions, context, memory, experience, the natural world, change, and residue.

Education: MFA Interactive Multimedia/Printmaking, Ohio State University, 1996
BA Behavioral Science & Art (teaching credential), San José State University, 1986

Professional: Professor Emeritus, Art and Art History, California State University, Chico 1998–2018
Adjunct faculty, Digital Art and Interactive Design, Foothill College, Los Alto Hills, California, 1996–1998
Adjunct faculty, Digital Art, Canada College, Redwood City, California, 1996–1998
Women Eco Artists Dialog, Board of Directors, 2019–2020
California Society of Printmakers, Board of Directors, 2018–2022
College Book Arts Association, Awards Commtitee, 2003–2023
1078 Gallery, Chico, California, Board of Directors, 2000–2003
South Bay Area Women’s Caucus for Art, Board of Directors, 1996–2000

Commissions
2020 You Are The Tree, w/Kent Manske, Redwood City Art Kiosk, Lance Fung/FC Projects & Redwood City Improvement Association
2014 Eclipsed No More, Augmented Reality for Lauren Gunderson’s Silent Sky, TheatreWorks, Mountain View Center for Performing Arts, California
2014 Remembering Elephants, Artist’s Book: Awagami Paper, Japan
2013 In Other Words, Augmented Reality for New Works Festival, Lucie Stern Theatre, TheatreWorks, Palo Alto, California
2012 Diverse Paths, Public Art: Augmented reality and sculptural installation for the Palo Alto Art Center, ZERO1 San Jose
2007 Gray Matter Gardening, Small Plates Artist’s Book, San Francisco Center for the Book
2001 Belief Manifesto; Interactive, Audience Participatory Project; Tapestry & Talent of San Jose