In Turrell’s corner, self-portrait
BIO
Nancy Edelstein is best known for her deep engagement with light and shadow, and her exploration of how their shifting qualities shape perception. She earned her BFA at the University of Michigan and her MFA in Studio Arts at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). After graduation, MICA awarded her a full residency to MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA. where she completed an installation honoring her COVID-interrupted graduate thesis show. She returned the following year as an artist-in-residence to develop a site-specific project that culminated in an open studio installation titled Pray for Sun. Nancy was invited back to MASS MoCA a third time to join a cohort of women poets, while working on the hydraulic press to create blind-emboss images. Edelstein has participated in the Pacific Northwest Annual Exhibition at the Bellevue Art Museum in Seattle, WA, exhibited at the Davis Orton Gallery in Hudson, New York, the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, MA., and more. Her Friday Night Dinners artist book is held in the collection of the Swarthmore College Libraries, PA. Edelstein’s solo show, ‘The Shape of Light’, was presented at Method Gallery in Seattle, WA. in 2023.
Nancy lives and works in Seattle.
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CONTACT
Email edelstein.nancy@gmail.com
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