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DocuSign Envelope ID: C65FFCA2-OCAA-4476-9EO3-793FA837F635 <br /> LU`'L� VT ( <br /> V0 (uf <br /> 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: r°ilevyrrnindspring.co <br /> Website: www.ner yslevy.corn <br /> ARTIST'S STATEMENT <br /> Working on site using mixed water-based media on paper, I try to portray the forms and <br /> forces of nature: Polar landscapes and wildlife, Chinese urban and riverine landscapes, <br /> Alamance, Orange and Chatham county locations,North Carolina's forests, Alpine <br /> masses and glaciers, cloud formations, animals (especially dogs),European gardens and <br /> old architectural forms altered by time. I often do a series of works of the same subject in <br /> shifting light, seasons and weather. When painting animals, I usually document their <br /> movements in a series of works done on site and in their home environments. I visited the <br /> Antarctic Peninsula in December 2007 and in July 2009 worked in the Norwegian Arctic, <br /> As a result of these Polar experiences, I produced a large body of work on Polar animals <br /> and landscapes for the multimedia exhibition"Ice Counterpoint"at UNC's Fed Ex <br /> Global Education Center from January 7 through May 312010 and"Artico,Asolo <br /> Antartico" at the Asolo Civic Museum,Veneto, Italy in November 2010. Some of these <br /> Polar works have been exhibited at the Whatcom Museum,Bellingham, WA,the El Paso <br /> Museum of Art, are currently on display at the Glenbow Museum Calgary, Canada and <br /> will travel to the Mc Micheal Collection, Toronto, Canada in early January <br /> PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH <br /> Born in Wales and a twenty four year resident of Carrboro,North Carolina,Nerys Levy <br /> is deeply rooted in her native country's culture which has influenced her painting. Levy <br /> had a first career in race relations, community work and education,working in India,the <br /> Caribbean, South Africa and London. She has a PhD in Modern South Asian History <br /> from the University of London. Although she painted throughout much of her childhood, <br /> Levy began serious studies in 1980 in La Jolla, California,working with various <br /> members of the Visual Arts Department of the University of California at San Diego. She <br /> also studied at the Pacific Art League in Palo Alto, California. Many of her works are in <br /> private collections both in Europe and the United States. As Chairperson of the Carrboro <br /> Branch Library Art Committee and Co Chair of the Horace Williams House Art <br />