Nance Klehm builds regenerative participatory systems, consulting clients to guide them through ecological projects, strategic assessments, and workshops, organizing under the umbrella of Social Ecologies︎︎︎ 



Selected Teaching
2018
  • Local Soil, graduate seminar class, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL

2016
  • Nance Klehm: The Ground Rules. A Project of Social Ecologies, Qatar University

2010–ongoing

2010
  • Flow, Jutland Art Academy, Arhus, Denmark

2009
  • The Land, advanced course, Department of Art Theory & Practice, Northwestern University, IL

2008
  • Cultivation, advanced course, New Genres Graduate Studies, Department of Art, University of California Los Angeles, CA







Selected Lectures
2025
  • Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL

2024
  • Fair-y Circles, Budapest, Hungary
  • Yellowhouse, Jacksonville, FL

2023
  • Savanna Institute, Champaign, IL
  • Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
  • The Soil Factory, Ithaca, NY
  • Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, MI

2022
  • Wells College, Aurora, NY

2021
  • The Soil Factory, Ithaca, NY
  • SoilLab, Chicago Architecture Biennial, Chicago, IL

  • 2020
  • Between you and Me, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

2019
  • Graham Foundation, Chicago Architecture Biennial, Chicago, IL

2017
  • WaterBody, with Rafa Esparza, Marfa, TX
  • University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA






Visiting Artist
  • ACRE Residency, Chicago, IL
  • Art Farm, Marquette, NE
  • Guapamacátaro Art & Ecology, Michoacán, Mexico
  • Ox-Bow Residency, Saugatuck, MI
  • Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Aberdeenshire, Scotland






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