BIOGRAPHY - NANCY DENZLER

    Nancy is a painter and sculptor currently living in Tucson, Arizona. She works in all media. Her work is in private and permanent collections including the Grand Canyon Art Museum, the Zion National Park Art Museum, and in North West Urgent Care Facility in Marana, Arizona. She is a signature member of the American Plains Artist and listed in Who’s Who in American Art. Her work is represented by the Max Gallery in Tucson, Arizona.

    Nancy was born in Newport, Arkansas. She earned a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo graduating Magna Cum Laude. At the university she taught foundations and figure drawing. Nancy exhibited at the “Arts for the Parks Top 100” in Jackson Hole in 2006, and she was included in the "Top 100" and "Mini 50" of Paint America from 2007 to 2010. Her work was in the “Grand! The Art and Wonder of America’s Magnificent Canyon Exhibition” show in 2007and is in the “Cowgirl Up” invitational art show in 2008 and 2009, at the Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Wickenburg, Arizona. Nancy was invited to participate in the Zion National Park event titled “In the Footsteps of Thomas Moran” in 2009 and 2010. Nancy also participated in the invitational “Modern Masters Exhibition” in the Kolb Studio on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, in September, 2009 and 2010. Nancy received a grant from the Creative Artist Public Services Program in New York. Over the last three decades Nancy participated in numerous exhibitions throughout the United States, including solo shows in Massachusetts, New York, and Arizona.

ARTIST STATEMENT

I use the human figure, animals and landscapes for inspiration. I place a
strong emphasis on the abstract quality of each composition, using the dynamics
of light, attempting to reveal something more than just the image.

RESUME

NANCY J. DENZLER – website http://www.ndenzler.com , email ndenzler@msn.com

EDUCATION:   Studied w/ Robert Brubaker, Phillip Elliot, Tony Patterson, Dwayne Hatchett, Seymore Drumelvitch, Shelly Berlin.
    1978  MFA (Sculpture), State University of New York at Buffalo
    1976  BFA (Painting & Sculpture), Magna Cum Laude, State U. of NY@Buffalo, Cert. in Art Ed, grades K-12, NY St
    1970  Pontiac Art Association, Pontiac, Michigan
    1968  Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio

CORPORATE & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
Zion National Park Museum Permanent Collection     Northwest Urgent Care Facility, Marana AZ, Permanent Collection
Grand Canyon Art Museum, Permanent Collection

GALLERY REPRESENTATION:
MAX GALLERY, Tucson Arizona
COBALT GALLERY, Tubac Arizona

ORGANIZATIONS:
2007 – present Signature Member, American Plains Artist (APA)     2004 – present Tucson Pima Arts Council
2003 – present Oil Painters of America                   2003 – present Marana Arts Council, Bd of Dir’s
1998 – present Who’s Who in American Art

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Sculpture, Oil, Watercolor, Acrylic, Pastel, and Drawing, taught private groups since 1971; painting demonstrations, critiques, and
lectures; conducted workshops and served as a Judge for various art associations in New York, Ohio, Kansas, and Mass. Her work is
located in corporate, institutional, private and museum collections.
    1979 Instructor SUNY at Buffalo; foundations drawing, figure drawing
    1978 Conducted “Artist in the School” program at Kensington High School, Buffalo, New York
1977 & 1978 Graduate Teaching Assistantship SUNY at Buffalo; foundations drawing, figure drawing, sculpture, foundry

EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS: