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worms R.o Pauli RESUME and ARTIST'S STATEMENT NERYS W.LEVY 161,Swansea Lane, Chapel Hill,N.C.27516 Phone-Cell: 919-417-3081 Home: 919-932-1533 Email: rilevy @mindspring.com Website: www.nerysievy.com ARTIST'S STATEMENT Working on site using mixed water-based media on paper, I try to portray the forms and forces of nature: Polar landscapes and wildlife,Chinese urban and riverine landscapes,Alamance,Orange and Chatham county locations,North Carolina's forests,Alpine masses and glaciers, cloud formations, animals(especially dogs),European gardens and old architectural forms altered by time. I often do a series of works of the same subject in shifting light, seasons and weather. When painting animals, I usually document their movements in a series of works done on site and in their home environments. I visited the Antarctic Peninsula in December 2007 and in July 2009 worked in the Norwegian Arctic,As a result of these Polar experiences,I produced a large body of work on Polar animals and landscapes for the multimedia exhibition"Ice Counterpoint" at UNC's Fed Ex Global Education Center from January 7 through May 3120 10 and"Artico, Asolo Antartico"at the Asolo Civic Museum, Veneto,Italy in November 2010. In 2013, some of these Polar works will be on exhibit at the National Humanities Center during their human rights conference and at the Whatcomb Museum,Bellingham,WA,in their exhibit"Vanishing Ice." These exhibitions were and are intended to put a face on the earth's endangered Polar regions and to examine the implications of the changes there for the rest of our planet. PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Born in Wales and a twenty one year resident of Carrboro,North Carolina,Nerys Levy is deeply rooted in her native country's culture which has influenced her painting. Levy had a first career in race relations, community work and education, working in India,the Caribbean, South Africa and London. She has a PhD in Modern South Asian History from the University of London. Although she painted throughout much of her childhood,Levy began serious studies in 1980 in La Jolla, California,working with various members of the Visual Arts Department of the University of California at San Diego. She also studied at the Pacific Art League in Palo Alto, California. Many of her works are in private collections both in Europe and the United States. As Chairperson of the Carrboro Branch Library Art Committee and a member of the Horace Williams House Art Committee, during the past twenty years Nerys has curated at least seventy exhibitions. She is also a member artist of FRANK Gallery,Chapel Hill. Nerys has also worked with children's groups in both North Carolina and Italy in an attempt to educate them about the earth's endangered Polar Regions. Her Polar work has resulted in various collaborations with other artists and scientists involved with Polar studies. These include Brooks