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NANCY LASAR
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Artist's StatementWhether 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 BiographyFor 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. ResumeRecent Solo Exhibitions2011 Inter Action, The Silvermine Art Gallery, New Canaan, Ct. Feb 27-Apr. 1 2009 New Arts Gallery, Litchfield, CT Minor Memorial Library Gallery, Roxbury, CT. "Inscripted Earth" (w Inga-Britta Mills) 2008 Lamotta Fine Art, Hartford, CT. "Works On Paper" New Arts Gallery Litchfield, CT. "Out of Line" Joachim Schumacher Gallery, Westover School, Middlebury, CT. "Prints 1998-2008" 2007 VanDeb Editions, New York, NY PaperWorks Projects Open Studio, Chelsea, NY Amy Simon Fine Arts, Westport, CT. "Fields of Vision" 2003 Washington Art Association, Washington, CT. "Recent Work" (w/Nick Edmonds) Silvermine Guild Gallery, CT. "Director's Choice" curated by Helen Klisser During 2002 New Arts Gallery, Litchfield, CT. (w/Tim Prentice) 2000 Southport Harbor Gallery, Southport, CT Recent Invitational and Selected Group Exhibitions 2011 A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Wish You Were Here June 22 - July 16 Amy Simon Fine Art, Wesport, CT. Summer Rotation July 16 - September 3 Konsthallen, Sandviken, Sweden & A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y. Vestige: Traces of Realty, curated by Jill Conner, June 22 - July 16 Affordable Art Fair /A.I.R. Gallery, N.Y.C. May 5-8 Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, April 15-June 3 A Contemporary Look, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, Ct., Feb. 2011 2010 fifteen artists one exhibition, Higgins Gallery, Western CT State Univ., Danbury, CT, Oct. 18-Nov.23, 2010 Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, Ct. The Nature of It All, July 2010 A. I. R. GALLERY, BROOKLYN Wish You Were Here, July 2010 IPCNY International Print Center, New Prints2010/Spring, New York, May-June 17, curated by Philip Pearlstein VanDeb Editions: Monotypes+Etchings from a Printmaker Atelier, The Hebrew Home at Riverdale Gallery, Riverdale, New York, May 25-August 22 The Ink Shop Printmaking Center and Olive Branch Press, 10 Years of the Ink Shop: Posters, Prints and Books, Ithaca, N.Y., May 7-June 22 Capitol Print Fair, VanDeb Editions, Washington D.C. May Washington Art Assoc., 1st Annual Juried Show, Washington, CT, May 8-June 13, Juror: Richard Klein, Director of Exhibitions-The Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT Sacred Heart University, Botanical Dreams and Nightmares, Fairfield, CT, April 25-May 26, Juried by Cynthia Roznoy, curator, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT The Silvermine Guild Gallery, Inside: Out, New Canaan, CT, juror: Melissa Stafford, Carrie Haddad Photographs, Hudson Ridgefield Guild of Artists, CT. "Fresh Pics: Contemporary Art in Connecticut", curated by Camilla Cook 2009 Silvermine Guild Gallery, New Canaan, CT. "Narrative", juried by Mary Frank Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT. "Continuum..." New Haven Paint and Clay Club, New Haven, CT. "108th Annual Juried Exhibition", juried by Richard Carleton Silvermine Guild Gallery, New Canaan, CT. "Elsewhere", juried by Robert & Shana Parke-Harrison The Ink Shop Printmaking Center, Ithaca, NY. "Publishing Pring Shops: VanDeb Editions and Olive Branch Press" 2008 The Ink Shop Printmaking Center, Ithaca, NY. "Finde Edge: 9 Etchers" Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT. "Material Differences" The Silvermine Guild Gallery, New Canaan, CT. "Relevant Issues", juried by Jonathan Weinberg Cleveland Print Fair with VanDeb Editions, New York, NY. National Academy Museum, NY. "183rd Annual Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art" Silvermine Guild Art Center, New Canaan, CT. "59th Annual Art of the Northeast" VanDeb Editions, New York, NY. "Etchings and Monoprints in Honor of Women's History Month" Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT. "Summer Rotation" Silvermine Guild Gallery, New Canaan, CT. "Silvermine Now", juried by Patricia Miranda 2007 Flow Miami Invitational Art Fair with Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT Apex Art, New York, NY. "The Most Curatorial Biennial of the Universe" Silvermine Guild Gallery, New Canaan, CT. "25th National Print Exhibition", juried by Kathy Caraccio Ten Grand Press, Brooklyn, NY. "Winter Solstice @ Superfine" 2006 International Print Center of New York (IPCNY), New York, NY. "News Prints 2000-2006" New Arts Gallery, Litchfield, CT. "10th Anniversary Exhibition" City Museum of Washington, DC. "Art View", curated by Margaret Bodell Art at the Bridge, West Cornwall, CT. "Contemporary Antiquarians" Bodell-Fahey Umbrella Arts, New York, NY. "Collector's Choice" ICPNY and Columbia College, Chicago, IL. "New Prints/Autumn" 2005 IPCNY, New York, NY. "Fall Juried Exhibition" City Museum of Washington, DC. "Art View" curated by Margaret Bodell Station Gallery Kent, CT. "Artists at Work: Paris-New York-Kent" curated by Judith Petrovitch Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT. "Spring Mix" Walker Kornbluth Gallery, Fairlawn, NJ. "Important Papers" Silvermine Guild Gallery, New Canaan, CT. "Beauty and the Beast" juried by D. Dominick Lombardi 2004 New Arts Gallery, Litchfield, CT. "Drawing Today" Silvermine Guild Gallery, CT. "Origins & Originality" juried by Richard Klein UCONN Stamford Art Gallery, Stamford, CT. "Dialogues in Abstraction" curated by Benjamin Ortiz Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT. "Women Artists Past & Present" 2003 Silvermine Guild Gallery, New Canaan CT. "The Extended Portrait" juried by Nancy Hall Duncan Westchester Center for Arts, Valhalla, NY. "Viewpoints" juried by Susan Gross 2002 Print Club of New York at the National Arts Club, New York, NY. "Presentation of Recent Work" The Century Association, New York, NY. "The Century Club Collects" 2001 Bowery Gallery, New York City, "Juried Exhibition" juried by Janet Fish The Gallery on the Hudson, Irvington, NY. "The Artists' Imprint - Working with Technology" Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT. "Paper Print Process" 2000 Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Hartford, CT. "Fellowship Artist Exhibition" Selected Awards and Grants 2009 Weiss Sisters' First Prize, New Haven Paint & Clay Club, CT. "108th Annual Juried Exhibition" juried by Richard Carleton Second Prize, Washington Art Association, Washington, CT. "Member's Show" juried by Ann Smith 2007 Sidney & Arthur Eder Foundation Prize, 106th Annual juried show, New Haven Paint & Clay Club Award of Excellence, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT. "29th Annual Juried Exhibition" 2005 Award of Excellence, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, "28th Annual Juried Exhibition" juried by Dr Susan Greenberg Best in Show, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT. "Homage to Great Artists" juried by Constance Kiermaier Active Member Prize, New Haven Paint & Clay, CT. "104th Annual Art Exhibition" juried by Vincent Baldasano 2004 Honorable Mention, Westport Arts Center, CT. "The Big Show" juried by Sophia Gevas Merit Award, New Haven Paint & Clay Club "Members Show" juried by Dr Susan Greenberg 2003 First Prize, New Britain Museum of American Art, "Members' 34th Annual Exhibition" juried by Power Booth 2002 Active Member's Prize, New Haven Paint and Clay Club "Annual Juried Show" 2001 Silver Gavel Award, Artwell, Torrington, CT, juried by Richard Klein Prize, New Haven Paint and Clay Club, CT, juried by Benjamin Oritz Active Member's Purchase Prize, New Haven Paint and Clay Club, CT 2000,82 Individual Artists Grant for Painting, Connecticut Commission on the Arts 1999 First Prize, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Hartford, CT "88th Exhibition" juried by Hugh O'Donnell & Janet Shafer 1998 Artist Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT 1997 Drawing Prize, Silvermine Guild Gallery, CT. "48th Annual Art of the Northeast USA" juried by Cora Rosevear 1989 Prize, New Haven Paint & Clay Club, CT. "Members Exhibition" juried by Burt Chenow 1988 First Prize, The New Britain Museum of American Art, CT. "19th Annual Friends Exhibition" 1987 Second Prize, Art Works Gallery, Hartford, CT. "Open Juried Show" 1981 Second Prize Drawing, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Old State House, Hartford, CT 1968 Pell Medal for Excellence in Art History, Rhode Island School of Design Scholar, Providence, RI Collections Aetna Life and Casualty, Hartford, CT Canterbury School, New Milford, CT C&J Goodfriend, Drawings and Prints, New York, NY Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT Clair Engineering, Ansonia, CT The Connecticut Collection, University of Connecticut Health Center, CT Cummings & Lockwood, Hartford, CT General Mills Corporation, Minneapolis, MN Halloran, Sage, Phelon & Hagerty; Hartford, CT Mechanics Savings Bank at 100 Pearly St, Hartford, CT New Haven Paint and Clay Club, CT, Permanent Collection North Western Connecticut Community College, CT Pfizer Inc., New York, NY Rutgers Print Archives, NJ Spring Hill Conference Center, MN VanDeb Editions, New York, NY Westover School, Middlebury, CT Commissions Private Collections and Commissions |