Nancy Wyllie

After living in New York's Soho, Nancy Wyllie is now based in a coastal studio in Rhode Island. Her work is inspired by the coastline in this state as well as travels throughout the Caribbean and Central America. In working with acrylic in addition to oil, she is able to apply multiple layers of transparent color and meet the challenge of the relative immediacy demanded by this medium. Acrylic also allows her to sculpt heavyweight archival papers in new and exciting ways that refer to marine life. The seascape tradition is informed by a 21st century sensibility that continues to define her practice.
Bio :Trained as a painter in the classical tradition at Rhode Island School of Design/ RISD, Wyllie moved into the area of Abstraction ten years ago. Her paintings and mixed media works reside in numerous public and private collections from Switzerland to Tokyo. The Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University in New Orleans acquired 'Observatory' in May 2021. The State Darwin Museum in Moscow made 'Moth Vitals' part of their permanent collection in 2017 and her painting "Oceanside' was selected for a recent summer fundraising auction event at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. In April 2024, 3 paintings similar in concept and execution to 'T...

MA Rhode Island School of Design (Painting)
MFA Tulane University, New Orleans (Painting)
Film Studies New York University 1987-88

Selected Solo Exhibitions

Khaki Gallery, Boston
'Observatory'

Providence College
'Penitence'

Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY
'Ghost Brides'

Puchong Gallery, New York, NY
Photoconstruction

171 Cedar Arts Center, Corning, NY
'Solstice' funded by New York Telephone

The Terminal, Brooklyn, NY
Paintings by Nancy Wyllie

Selected Group Exhibitions

Prospect 3+ TRIENNIAL
Public Installation, New Orleans
USIS

RISD Alumni Exhibition
'Periphery'

‘New Media ‘at Khaki Gallery
3 person exhibition / video sculpture

Northern Arizona University, School of Communications
Arizona Digital Media Investigations

Bergen Museum of Art and Science
Diving Into Digital

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum Council Summer Auction

The New Orleans Media Experience
'Canal Street Projection Project'
Projections on historic buildings

Brandeis University
'Claiming the Spiri't
Panel Presentation: The Artists Discuss Their Work

Artists Space, New York, NY
'Selections from the Irving Sandler Artists File'
Curated by Natasha Arenow, London

Nexus Gallery, New York, NY
Center for Digital Art

EXIT ART, New York, NY
'Reactions'

Hera Educational Foundation
9.11.01
Curated by Judith Tannenba...