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DocuSign Envelope ID:955CF8D2-2C10-4E40-BC25-542ECC04AE02 <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: rilevy* indspriug.co <br /> Website: www.neryslevy.com <br /> ARTIST'S STATEMENT <br /> Working on site using mixed water-based media on paper,I try to portray the forms and forces of <br /> nature: Polar landscapes and wildlife, Chinese urban and riverine landscapes,Alamance, Orange <br /> and Chatham county locations,North Carolinas forests,Alpine masses and glaciers, cloud <br /> formations, Italian and Russian landscapes, animals (especially dogs),European gardens and old <br /> architectural forms altered by time.I often do a series of works of the same subject in shifting <br /> light, seasons and weather. When painting animals,I usually document their movements in a series <br /> of works done on site and in their home environments. I visited the Antarctic Peninsula in <br /> December 2007 and in July 2009 worked in the Norwegian Arctic,As a result of these Polar <br /> experiences,I produced a large body of work on Polar animals and landscapes for the multimedia <br /> exhibition Ice Counterpoint at UNC's Fed Ex Global Education Center from January 7 through <br /> May 31 2010 and Artico,Asolo Antartico at the Asolo Civic Museum,Veneto,Italy in November <br /> 2010. Some of these Polar works were exhibited at the Whatcom Museum,Bellingham, WA <br /> (2013),the El Paso Museum of Art, (2014)the Glenbow Museum Calgary, Canada(2014) and the <br /> McMichael Canadian Collection, Toronto, Canada(2015) <br /> PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH <br /> Born in Wales and a twenty six year resident of Carrboro,North Carolina,Nerys Levy is deeply <br /> rooted in her native country's culture which has influenced her painting. Levy had a first career in <br /> race relations, community work and education,working in India,the Caribbean, South Africa and <br /> London. She has a PhD in Modern South Asian History from the University of London. Although <br /> she painted throughout much of her childhood, Levy began serious studies in 1980 in La Jolla, <br /> California,working with various members of the Visual Arts Department of the University of <br /> California at San Diego. She also studied at the Pacific Art League in Palo Alto, California.Many <br /> of her works are in private collections both in Europe and the United States. As Chairperson of the <br /> Carrboro Branch Library Art Committee and Co-Chair of the Horace Williams House Art <br /> Committee, during the past twenty years Nerys has curated at least eighty exhibitions. She is also a <br /> member artist of FRANK Gallery, Chapel Hill where she and others are responsible for that <br /> gallery's Education and Outreach activities.Nerys's particular responsibility is the Karen Youth <br /> Art Group working with Karen Refugees from Burma and Thailand.Nerys has also worked with <br /> children's groups in both North Carolina and Italy in an attempt to educate them about the earth's <br /> endangered Polar Regions. Her Polar work has resulted in various collaborations with other artists <br /> and scientists involved with Polar studies. <br /> SOLO EXHIBITIONS <br /> • June 1993. Duke University, Louise Jones Brown Gallery <br /> • November 1993.Venice,Italy, Galleria Santo Stefano <br /> • May 1995. Chapel Hill,N.C. Horace Williams House <br />