Nancy Lorenz
Nancy Lorenz
Cieli e Terra, 2023
Gold, pigment, jute on wood panel
50 in. x 40 in. / 127 cm. x 101.6 cm.
Nancy Lorenz (American, b. 1962) is a visual artist and John Simon Guggenheim Fellow who lives and works in New York City. She spent a graduate year in Rome in 1987 at the Tyler School of Art with a studio just blocks from the Piazza del Popolo.
Her works are a blur between typical craft practices and traditions of sculpture and painting. For Lorenz, who was trained in printmaking and painting, the most formative and enlightening experience for her artistic practice was the five years she spent in Tokyo. She says: “I became enamored with Asian crafts, and how a teacup can be just as revered as a painting.” Following this trip, Lorenz would begin working with the materials and techniques that would come to identify her career: mother-of-pearl inlay, gold and silver leaf, lacquer, and water gilding. Her style is characterized by its references to expressionistic abstraction, use of decorative pattern, and landscape elements.
Lorenz’s work has been exhibited at numerous museums and galleries, including a mid-career retrospective at the San Diego Museum of Art in 2018. Her most recent gallery exhibitions were at Gavlak Gallery (Los Angeles) and R & Company (New York). Lorenz frequently collaborates with leading international architects and designers, including Bill Georgis, Peter Marino, Brian McCarthy, Michael Smith, and William Sofield. Her work can be seen in public spaces around the world—including Chanel, Dior, and Tiffany stores—as well as in numerous private collections.
Courtesy of the artist (@nancylorenzstudio) and (@gavlakgallery)
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