Nancy Scheinman











                                            






                                            
  

                                                            





                                                          





                                                                                           





                                                        





                                                      






                                                        





                                                     





                                                           





                                                               
      
   



                   
     



With over 100 exhibitions to her credit, Nancy Scheinman’s work is garnering considerable praise and attention in art circles throughout the world. At present she is in the collections of the Fogg Museum, the Baltimore Museum of Art, National museum of Women in the Arts, Portland Museum and Bayley Art Museum, as well as numerous private and corporate collections.

Scheinman pursued formal training at the Washington University School of Fine Arts in St. Louis, where she received a Ford Foundation Scholarship, graduating with a BFA with Honors in 1980, and her MFA in 1985. She also studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, the New York Studio School, and Pellacani and Barsi in Pietrasanta, Italy.

In her latest series, devoted to paintings on copper and wood, Scheinman continues to demonstrate her gift for taking inspiration from diverse sources and for employing collage to derive maximum expressive effect. Like fabric, hand embossed sheets of copper are cut and collaged together, washed with acid, and nailed over a wooden support and painting.

Scheinman’s use of acid washes suggests an alchemist’s approach, producing sensuous patinas, marks and stains, shapes and textures, from which a narrative emerges. The resulting paintings challenge the notion of historical landscapes by combining elements of traditional landscape painting with natural physical changes of the materials. With her innovative method of mixed media paintings, she is able to create fresh, dazzling and otherworldly images.

Albright Knox Museum curator, Dr. Kenneth Wayne, states in his essay on Scheinman’s work, “Scheinman is one of the most gifted practitioners of collage in the United States today, using it to piece together many images that convey a complex narrative. Her appreciation of color and the way they can be combined is extremely sophisticated.”

















                              
                                                                       
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