Gallery
portals: another world is possible
The paintings below were created as a part of an ongoing series titled "portals: another world is possible.” This initial artworks of series were created during an artist residency at The Yes! House in Granite Falls, MN in December of 2024 thanks to support from Springboard for the Arts Rural Regenerator Fellowship.
Nancy X. Valentine is a fiscal year 2024 recipient of a Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund
new medium,
who dis?
The 4 paintings below were created as a part of a mini-series titled “new medium, who dis?” in the summer of 2021 and appeared as a part of a group exhibition from the Lake Region Arts Council Artist Cohort at the Kaddatz Galleries in Fergus Falls, MN.
Paints used in this series included recycled latex and acrylic paint sourced locally.
Endless Scroll…
Endless Scroll... is a display of works created as a continuation of a series Nancy painted in 2019 revolving around the themes of body positivity and societal definitions of feminine beauty. The show title is a nod to social media platforms like Tumblr and Instagram where users have the ability to consume copious amounts of media and imagery featuring societal constructions of beauty at rates like never before.
For this body of work, the artist wanted to begin pulling more from her Chinese heritage and did so by incorporating rice paper, the same material many of her ancestors used to create traditional calligraphy scrolls. In addition to tying in her Asian roots, this paper choice was also utilized to express the “fragility” of societal definitions of “feminine beauty.”
