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RESUME and ARTIST'S STATEMENT <br /> NERYS W. LEVY <br /> 161, Swansea Lane, <br /> Chapel Hill, N.C. 27516 <br /> Phone-Cell: 919-417-3081 <br /> Home: 919-932-1533 <br /> Email: rilevy @mindspring.com <br /> Website: www.nervsleyl.com <br /> ARTIST'S STATEMENT <br /> Working on site using mixed water-based media on paper, I try to portray the forms and force of <br /> nature: Polar landscapes and wildlife, Chinese urban and riverine landscapes,Alarrance, 0ran`,e <br /> and Chatham county locations, North Carolina's forests, Alpine masses and glaciers, cloud <br /> formations, animals (especially dogs),European gardens and old architectural forms altered 1) <br /> time. I often do a series of works of the same subject in shifting light, seasons and weather. <br /> When painting animals, I usually document their movements in a series of works done on si t, <br /> and in their home environments. I visited the Antarctic Peninsula in December 2007 and in .I ul\ <br /> 2009 worked in the Norwegian Arctic, As a result of these Polar experiences, I produced a lar,C <br /> body of work on Polar animals and landscapes for the multimedia exhibition"Ice CounterpoIIIC <br /> at UNC's Fed Ex Global Education Center from January 7 through May 312010 and"Artico. <br /> Asolo Antartico" at the Asolo Civic Museum, Veneto, Italy in November 2010. In 2013, some of <br /> these Polar works will be on exhibit at the National Humanities Center during their human 1,1(Oils <br /> conference and at the Whatcomb Museum,Bellingham, WA, in their exhibit"Vanishing Icc <br /> These exhibitions were and are intended to put a face on the earth's endangered Polar regions <br /> and to examine the implications of the changes there for the rest of our planet. <br /> PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH <br /> Born in Wales and a twenty one year resident of Carrboro, North Carolina, Nerys Levy is dcchl\ <br /> rooted in her native country's culture which has influenced her painting. Levy had a first carccr <br /> in race relations, community work and education, working in India, the Caribbean, South A 1'r i ca <br /> and London. She has a PhD in Modern South Asian History from the University ol'Londori <br /> Although she painted throughout much of her childhood, Levy began serious studies in 198( 111 <br /> La Jolla, California, working with various members of the Visual Arts Department of the <br /> University of California at San Diego. She also studied at the Pacific Art League in Palo A l t o <br /> California. Many of her works are in private collections both in Europe and the United Stars As <br /> Chairperson of the Carrboro Branch Library Art Committee and a member of the Horace <br /> Williams House Art Committee, during the past twenty years Nerys has curated at least sev cnt� <br /> exhibitions. She is also a member artist of FLANK Gallery, Chapel Hill. <br /> Nerys has also worked with children's groups in both North Carolina and Italy in an atteml-)t to <br /> educate them about the earth's endangered Polar Regions. Her Polar work has resulted in various <br /> collaborations with other artists and scientists involved with Polar studies. These include Brooks <br />