Nance Paternoster is a pioneer in the Computer Graphic
art medium.The first woman to graduate from
Syracuse University’s Art Media Studies BFA program
Nance brokeground with her first pieces over 20 years ago
when she wrote software to generate shapes, printed out
those shapes in black and white, and then built
three-dimensional collages from the printouts.
art medium.The first woman to graduate from
Syracuse University’s Art Media Studies BFA program
Nance brokeground with her first pieces over 20 years ago
when she wrote software to generate shapes, printed out
those shapes in black and white, and then built
three-dimensional collages from the printouts.
Today, she is still utilizing the computer to create her art: she combines photography with digital painting to create images not only complex and abstract, but wholly unique and unobtainable through any other medium. Nance then combines these images with other archival materials to make one-of-a kind pieces. The ultimate results are manifest as images on canvas, large format prints on three-dimensionally treated inkjet paper, silk, plywood, or metal. Her outputs have also been designed for light sculptures, kaleidoscopic boxes, neon kinetic pieces, 3D and stereoscopic images, and other mixed media.
While Nance’s artwork employs her keen technical skills, she works from an emotional and intuitive place. A photographer first, she collects bold images, sometimes archiving them for years before they find their way into her final pieces. Though several of her series have a conceptual underpinning, many of the works are a result of exploration and experimentation, playing with subject, color, shape, and line to create strong, sometimes even disturbing images. No matter the origins, the work is consistent in its evocative and surreal nature.
