Nancy T Fruchtman

Art is a passion, which I steadfastly develop in my own way, getting inspiration from fragments of poetry, photographs or stories, rather than from drawings or paintings of other artists. Dr. Dalia Hakker-Orion, curator of my solo exhibition in Tel Aviv wrote: “She doesn’t paint according to instructions or styles, but evolves at her own pace, creating original paintings manifesting passages connecting different realities.”

My story stretches from my childhood home in Southern California to the Sea of Galilee in Israel. My dual citizenship has strongly influenced my perspectives. From multiple traditions, art emerges as the visual expression of movement and multi-layered ideas.

I am currently working with encaustic paint that I make in my studio. My work incorporates a variety of materials: oil, acrylic, pastel, pencil sketches, and found objects.

1969 – BA University of California at Los Angeles
1989 – Certificate Graphics and Design, Beit Berl
College, Israel
(And lessons from other artists who can teach me new techniques.)

SOLO: July 1, 2011 “Constructed Journeys” at the Efrat Gallery in Tel Aviv.
June 2019 "Summer Dreams" at the Performing Arts Center in Herzliya, Israel.

GROUP: Over 20 group exhibitions in 9 Israeli cities. Two other exhibitions in Chelsea and Leipzig.