Nancy Manter
Artist Statement:
I am an abstract painter who lives between Beacon, New York and Bass Harbor, Maine. I am influenced by natural phenomena such as radically changing atmosphere, tides, and geological surfaces (both above and below the waterline). I have lived near polluted rivers and canals in Maine and more recently in Brooklyn and along the Hudson River in Beacon and Newburgh, New York. I have observed an alchemical effect in both waters and atmosphere, including air and water pollution, and the increase in severe weather patterns contribute to the acidic aspect as well as the spatial shifts in my current work. I use these images as metaphors for the human experience in a precarious world. My paintings are Flashe paint on beveled wooden panels or on Yupo, a synthetic paper. I use Flashe paint for its densely matte surface qualities, and yet when diluted and layered, it becomes textured and luminous.
Artist Biography:
Manter has a BFA from University of New Mexico and an MFA from University of Wisconsin. She has widely exhibited her work Nationwide, Europe and South America.
Selected solo exhibitions include “Then, Now” 315, Dieu Donne Papermill, New York City; “Regeneration” Mount Desert Biological Laboratory, Maine; “Water Prayers” Kentler International Drawing Center“ Brooklyn, NY; “Road Art; Landscapes” Princeton University Atelier, directed by author Toni Morrison; “Weatherly” Snug Harbor Newhouse Gallery, New York; “Road Work” DM Contemporary, New York; “Desire Lines” Waterfall Arts, Belfast Maine; “Huellas” College of the Atlantic, Maine; and SUNY-Columbia Greene in Hudson, New York.
Group shows include Boston Center for the Art; Islip Museum; Metaphor Gallery, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center; Sideshow Gallery; Heckscher Museum; Lesley Heller Workspace; Zurcher Gallery and Central Park Arsenal.
Awards include Verrazano Foundation Grant, David Garner Project Fund-Princeton University, two New York Foundation for the Arts Grants, among others.
Fellowships include from McDowell, receiving the Chubb LifeAmerica Fellow Award; Ucross; Fundacion Valparaiso, Spain; Virginia Center for Creative Arts, among others.
AAA:
Member Since: 1996
