Artist's Statement, Biography & Resume |
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Artist's Statement Whether in drawing, painting, printmaking or photography, my process involves layering and energizing space so that objects appear fluid, interrelated and full of energy. My method incorporates precise and deliberate choice as well as playful spontaneity. To convey the passage of time, I utilize a variety of lines, marks and media to suggest both stasis and openness to possibility and transformation. As I describe the multiple realities which intermingle in my memory, imagination and daily life, images emerge and diverge and relationships reconfigure. Artist's Biography For over 40 years, Nancy Lasar has worked with images observed from nature using a variety of media (including drawing, painting, printmaking and photography). Through layering, drawing, and erasing, Lasar's work emphasizes temporality and the interconnected, dynamic movement of life. Lasar has exhibited her award-winning images widely throughout New England, New York and Minnesota at venues including The National Academy Museum (NY), The Mattatuck Museum (CT), The Bruce Museum (CT), The Washington Art Association (CT), The Lyman Allen Museum (CT), The New Britain Museum (CT), The Center for Contemporary Printmaking (CT), The International Print Center (NY), and Paperworks Projects (NY), Van Deb Editions (NY), Silvermine Guild Galleries (CT), Amy Simon Fine Art (CT), and The New Arts Gallery (CT). Nancy Lasar has received numerous commissions to produce site-specific artwork for public and private collectors across the country, and her work is included in the collections of Pfizer Corp, Aetna Life and Casualty, The General Mills Corp, and The Rutger's Print Archive, among others. Lasar is the recipient of a grant to study at The Vermont Studio Center and two Individual Artist Fellowships from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts. Lasar's monotype, "Night Weeds for Harry", was included in a traveling exhibition at The International Print Center, New York and Columbia College, Chicago. In an essay accompanying the exhibition Nancy Princenthal, Senior Editor of Art in America, observed, "Quieter still, Nancy Lasar's monotype describes a night garden of scribbly stalks, frail blossoms and fingerprint buds, the growth pale gray against the dark background, as if illuminated by moonlight." The artist currently lives and maintains her studio in Washington, CT. Artist's Resume *click above link to open PDF file of the resume* |