YOU ARE INVITED! INCREDIBLE EVENING OF ART AND POETRY READING AUGUST 8TH

SAVE THE DATE! August 8th, Thursday evening at my solo exhibition “These Almost Lost Pieces”, you are cordially invited to join me at my Artist’s Talk and Poetry Reading with readings by yours truly and poet friends Ruth Danon, Richard Fulco, Alice Momm, and Mona Brody. Brassworks Gallery, 105 Grove Street Montclair NJ. Refreshments! @alicemomm7468 @mona_brody @ruthdanon4277 @richardfulco @bravitasart

BEAUTIFUL REVIEW OF MY SOLO EXHIBITION ON TUSSLE MAGAZINE

THANK YOU PATTI JORDAN, ARTS WRITER, FOR THE INSIGHTFUL REVIEW OF MY SHOW “THESE ALMOST LOST PIECES” AT BRASSWORKS GALLERY, MONTCLAIR NJ.

“ THESE ALMOST LOST PIECES OFFERS NO RESOUNDING CONCLUSIONS, RATHER IT’S REPLETE UNFOLDING IS NEVER FULLY REVEALED, INVITING ONE TO DIVE DEEP INTO THE PAINTED LAYERS OF MEANING AND PERCEPTION”

Beautiful Press Release for my Solo Exhibition, "These Almost Lost Pieces"

Feature Article on My Work and Poetry!

I am excited to share that The Four Oranges online has chosen my solo exhibition for this month’s choice in art as a feature article. Thank you to Carol Selman, writer extraordinaire for this insightful review and feature on me and my work.

https://thefouroranges.com/nan-ring-the-artist-as-poet-the-poet-as-artist/

Happy to Share!

“This is a storyteller’s painting — a still image from a reverie in progress — and it’s designed to linger in your mind long after your eyeballs have finished the labor of looking.”

Tris McCall writing for Jersey City Times

I’m humbled and honored to share that my painting above, “All This To Say That I’m Thinking of You and Where We Are in Our Lives” (oil, 40 x 30 inches, 2023) which is included in the exhibition “Vivid Visions” curated by Kristine Go under the auspices of 14C Art Fair, has been beautifully reviewed by the insightful Tris McCall in the Jersey City Times. Read the beautifully written full review, which includes many talented artists, here. The painting can be viewed at 150 Bay Street in Jersey City on weekends and by appointment if you’re in the area. A special thanks to Millay Arts artist-in-residence Winter Tide program for the time and space to create this artwork.

My Poem "These Almost Lost Pieces" Published on Grey Sparrow Press

I’m excited to share that my poem, “These Almost Lost Pieces” is published in the current issue of Grey Sparrow Press. https://grey-sparrow-press.com/these-almost-lost-pieces-nan-ring-202341/

14 C Art Fair, November 10 - 13, Jersey City Armory

Come see my painting, “At Play” along with the work of many of my wonderful studio-mates from Manufacturer’s Village, East Orange, at the 14C Art Fair in booth 29C curated by Kristine Go of MK Apothecary Gallery, Collingswood NJ.

At Play, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches, 2021

Open Studios 2022

Over 60 artists! 356 Glenwood Avenue, East Orange, NJ.

Open Studios This Weekend October 16th and 17th 2021!

Hope to see you there! 60 artists, food trucks outside, vaccine and masks required. I’m in studio 1B on the ground floor. 356 Glenwood Avenue, East Orange, NJ.

"Elephantine" Photography Public Installation On View September - November 2020

My photographic installation, “Elephantine” about perceptions of beauty and the skin we’re in is on view now at Parlor Hair Studio in Montclair, N.J. on Glenridge Avenue 24 hours a day, visible from the street. Part of Fresh Air Montclair Exhibitions, an initiative to put art in store windows during the pandemic, the piece is comprised of black and white digital and darkroom photography, original poetry, and a reproduction of one of my original paintings. As part of the project and for community engagement, postcards are available at the site inviting participants to share some writing about the skin they’re in or about another’s skin they love. The post cards can be anonymous and are left alongside the project as testament to our shared and individual experiences of the physical body and our unique interiority. Click to see all the images!

Susan Eley Fine Art Gallery Exhibition Opening Now

Beautiful installation photos provided by Susan Eley Fine Art Gallery of the group exhibition "Interplay" including my oil painting "Of the Broken." Informal, socially distanced opening tomorrow, Saturday August 22nd, 5 - 7pm. 433 Warren Street, Hudson, NY. Hope to see

Online Exhibition is Live Now, Summer 2020

I’m excited to share that one of my paintings, “As You Are Leaving” is included in the online exhibition, “Congruence” juried and curated by gallerist Bridgette Mayer, opening today June 12th, on I Like Your Work Podcast site by Erika Hess. This painting is a piece inspired by my constant muse, Letetia, a dear friend, generous model and kindred spirit. My work is about halfway down the page on the left and is clickable back to this website. Keep scrolling! You will enjoy the work by many amazing artists.

Upcoming Exhibitions

Coming soon! Two shows including my work: the weekend long 14 C Art Fair at the Hyatt Regency in February where my Veiled Figures series will be shown alongside three other wonderful artists, and "The Blues" Painting Center NYC show where this little four-inch square painting titled "Diver Amnion" will be shown. Details to come! Hope to see you at the openings or at the shows. https://www.thepaintingcenter.org/the-blues
https://www.artfair14c.com/

Wearables

My experimentations with new materials often lead me to fabric. There were a lot of special fabrics around when I was a child - hand-embroidered linens for everyday and holidays, shawls, and head coverings, among other things for both secular and religious uses. My sister was an excellent seamstress who attended college for fashion, and I learned to sew. I still love fabric and the way that our garments speak about our culture. This corset was something I made from upholstery fabric, fisherman’s netting and driftwood while I was an artist-in-residence in Cape Cod at Castle Hill in 2018. I liked how it addressed the ways the female body is repressed in many cultures, and I made it large and adjustable on purpose so that it would fit any body. Models wore it for me, and I created one painting from the photos that seemed like it had some potential. I wonder about it still and hope that it will re-emerge in my work in some way in future.

Kara in Corset, 14” x 11”, oil on canvas

Porzellan

I love experimenting with new materials. In 2018 - 2019, I experimented with sculpting in porcelain under the mentorship of my colleague, the exceptional artist and ceramist, Rich Freiwald. The resulting pieces, made intuitively at first, began to address questions about relationships and intimacy. They intrigue me because they have an element of humor and quirkiness that I don’t usually have in my work. I’m curious where they will lead, or if they might just be one of those things I do on the side “just because.”