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DocuSign Envelope ID: C65FFCA2-OCAA-4476-9EO3-793FA837F635 Page 1 of 1 Gallery Public Commissions Snlall Works Events 4ontact About The Artist Nancy Whittington studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and N.C.State School of Design, r Her silk textile works have been exhibited in museums in the United States,Europe and Japan. Her public commissions hang in corporate, university and religious institutions.Exhibitions include Craft Today,USA at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris,the Gulbenkian in Lisbon,and Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Lausanne;Celebrating Amoiran Craft at the Danish Museum of Artist Statement Decorative Art in Copenhagen;Selertionsby the American Museum of Folk Art in New York City; I work in a textile medium because of the sheer beauty of colors on silk.I dye rdlls at Pavillon Josephine in Strasbourg my own colors,then apply layers of dye in a variety of surface design ArtQr France;Qnilt Natiafa12011,2007,2005,and 1957 techniques which include resists,band-painting screen printing discharges, in Ohio,Fabrie Gordeusin Osaka,Japan and the digital ink jet printing and more.I sew the silk into pieced compositions by Brooklyn Botanical Garden;Visions,The Art oftGe hand.Each large scale work is constructed using a full-size paper cartoon based Hilt,in San Di on my original paintings and prints.When a work is complete,the richly Quilt, ego,and SoutbernQailt.A Nero Vien, at the Georgia Museum of Art Her work is in the colored decorative patterned surface creates an aesthetic different from that of permanent collection of the Museum of Art and painting. Design in New York City,St Luke's Hospital in I have observed in nature that vibrant patterns are created first by the way a Tokyo,and in private collections in Europe and the United States.She received a 2007 ALA and single thing grows,like a leaf with its veins,or a wave with its curve,and then IFItAA award in Religious Art and Architecture for by the repetition of forms into many.The presence of light,which changes her commissioned silk tapestry,The Seed and the direction and intensity creates further variations in color,shade and pattern.In Flame. the process of making a work of art,the design motifs and images I use become visual metaphors for mysteries of self-contained life,emotions,and the -View Full Resume- relationship of all living things.I believe the finest works are those which transform the space they occupy and have a mysterious beauty we can look at every day for years. Contents n 2014,Nancy Whittington,All rights reserved. Images may not be reproduced manipulated or used in any way without written permission. http://www.nancywhittington.com/?page=artist 11/18/2014