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Artist Statement:
An individual artist explores
and gives the world a view of
their personal heightened
awareness. Artists see and
think with keen beliefs and
insights.Reflection of human
and societal concerns which
cross emotional boundaries--
communicating that which is
unspoken.
My traditional art foundations
of drawing, painting and
printmaking, evolved into ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Exhibited nationally and
internationally.Midwest
Regional Fellow/National
Endowment for the Arts;
Recipient of the Illinois Arts
Council Fellowship Award-Media
Arts; Neighborhood Arts
Program Artist City of
Chicago. Dept of Cultural
Affairs; American Video
Conference Award sponsored by
the American Film
Institute/Billboard Magazine;
Tokyo International Video
Festival, Special ...
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Artist Galleries:
www.artslant.com/global/artists
/show/32212-nancy-bechtol
http://www.arcgallery.com
http://www.printmakerschicago.c
om/search.asp?treeid=2056
http://www.WorldArtistDirectory
.com
http://www.arcgallery.org/exhib
it.html
http://www.artworldchicago.com/
bechtolnancy.html
http://www.beartnow.com
http://www.artincontext.com/art
ist/artist_exhibition.aspx?id=1
604
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Artist Reviews:
Chicago based artist Nancy
Bechtol uses landscapes to
encourage her viewers to go
beyond the surface of the
painting to the hidden truth.
In her photography, Bechtol is
concerned with using the
medium as a “journey”. Her
landscapes serve as metaphors
for the transformative
experiences in our lives. In
each ...
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Collections:
Illinois State Museum.
Springfield. IL.
Tweed Museum, Minnesota. USA.
Sverges Television. Stockholm.
Sweden
Video and New Media-archives.
School of the Art Institute of
Chicago
Ryerson Library. The Art
Institute of Chicago
James McNeil Mesple, The Muse
Room,Private Collection.
Chicago
John Jenkins, Private
Collection. Chicago
The Illinois Institute of ...
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Nancy Bechtol Biography:
| Biographical information for Nancy Bechtol can be found below. The artist may choose what information to display. Sometimes the artist chooses not to display personal information to the general public. |
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| Gender |
Female
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| Status |
not provided
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| Children |
99
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| Religion |
not provided |
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| Education |
Professional Degree |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
art, nature, travel, collecting experiences
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Photography Other
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Surrealism - (1924 - 1955)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Salvidor Dali, John Lennon, O'Keefe
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| Favorite Work of Art |
so many, many, one Sunflowers Van Gogh
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
Capturing images, seeing the world in frames, in Photography and film, is in my blood. Early on, I was engaged by my Dad, taking 16 mm movies, and photos with his Leica camera. I was encouraged to 'try it" as I followed him with my Brownie, and eventually he handed the other pro cameras to me as well. My mom also grabbed the camera for interesting family photos, as did my sister and brother.
Dad always spent time with composing the photo--that stuck with me. My grandfather was a commercial photographer. My father, a photographer in the Navy WWII. Years later, growing up, he would take out the war photos of Papua New Guinea, worlds away and showed us his work. He was also a commercial photographer for a while, and always in love with taking pictures of the family. I developed my first photos, in B/W, in a closet darkroom, taught by my Dad at age 7--using my brownie camera at first, then the Rolicord viewfinder.
My Mom always enjoyed taking photos also and drawing with me. Seeing your work on the ice box does a lot for ego.
I remained engaged by seeing, doing and capturing the moment.
This has extended since the 70s to video art and documentation works to the present day. on and on.. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
obsession, driven to it from an early age. never stopped. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
evolving every day |
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