Artist statement

OBSERVATION DISTILLED.

I work at an intersection of drawing and printmaking.
Everything, interior and external, is fodder.
Like solving a puzzle, filtering concept, aesthetic, craft and intuition is seductive and absorbing.

About Nancy Cusack

ABOUT

After graduating from Boston College, A.B. Sociology, attended School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Rhode Island School of Design, undergraduate and graduate; the Institute for Art and Human Development, Lesley University, with a Master Degree in Expressive Therapies; Middelloo Institute program, Creative Therapies, Amersfoort, Netherlands. Awarded professional registration, A.T.R., from American Art Therapy Association; later earned the Certificate in Interior Design, Commonwealth of MA, Massasoit College, to continue design and consulting on interior environments specific to health and well-being.

November 2016, awarded Professor Emerita, The Massachusetts College of Art and Design, continuing to teach fall semesters until the pandemic. Established and chaired the Studio Foundation Department, later directing the studio drawing program. Nancy enjoyed teaching full time in both studio and academic areas, undergraduate and graduate. In Mexico, she initiated an art and design study program, co-designing and teaching a curriculum in Oaxaca and Puebla. 

Nancy has curated, juried, and organized multiple exhibitions and has lectured widely. Her work is held in private and institutional collections and exhibited in the US and internationally. A passionate traveler, she continues to organize fascinating trips for small groups, often as fund raisers for cultural organizations.

Visitors are warmly welcome to visit her studio in downtown Sarasota

EXHIBITIONS & COLLECTIONS

SELECTION OF EXHIBITIONS

Flotilla, Paper Boats and Prints Collaboration, The Loft, Havana Cuba, October - December 2023

“National Small Works 2023,” Washington Printmakers Gallery, DC , June 30 - July 30, 2023
“Metro Montage XXIII,” Marietta Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, GA, June 8 - Sept. 5, 2023
“Consciousness of Abstraction,” ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL, June 23 - July 15, 2022
“100 Square Inches of Art,” 3 Square Art Gallery, Fort Collins, CO, Nov 5 - Dec 17, 2021. Award.
“Absolutely Abstract,” MVA Gallery, Bethlehem PA, October 2021
“Coastal,” Solace Studio & Gallery, Surf City NJ and Contour 19 Gallery, May 15 - July 7 2019
Artsy.net. May 15 - July 7, 2019
7th Annual Encaustic National, Morpho Gallery, Chicago, August 24 - September 22, 2018.
"Cross Creek Rising: the consciousness of sea and water," Thomas Galleries, Gainesville FL,  Sept 29, 2017 - Jan 6, 2018."
"Directions," Brant Gallery, MassArt, Sept – Oct 2017
“Selections 2016,” Bakalar and Paine Gallery, MassArt, February - March 2016
Invitational Exhibition and Auction, Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA, November 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015.
Art at Native, One person exhibition, Native, Scituate Harbor MA, May, 2012
Invitational Exhibition and Auction, Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA November 2010, 2011
“One x One,” Gallery Kayafas, Boston, 4 person exhibition, Greg Mencoff, curator, spring 2010
“Celebrating Diversity,” R.I. State Council on the Arts, New England invitational at Attleboro Art Museum, February, 2010
“Women Who Travel II,” 6 person exhibition, Thayer Gallery, Thayer Academy, Braintree, MA, September 2009
“Lineas Paralelas/Parallel Lines,” one-person exhibition,  National Gallery, Costa Rica, San Jose, C.R., February, 2008
“Selections 2008,” Bakalar and Paine Gallery, MassArt February - March 2008
Drawing Installation, Corteza Amarilla, San Jose, Costa Rica, 2007 - 2008
“Ana 35,” Holter Museum of Art, Helena Montana, June-August 2007
"Women Who Travel,” 6-person exhibition, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA, September – October, 2007
“New Work,” Art at Avanti, One person exhibition, Avanti Salon, Boston, October, 2006
“8 Visions,” Attleboro Art Museum, August 2006

Exhibition selections prior to 2006:

Los Gatos Museum, Los Gatos, CA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Fuller Museum, Brockton, MA
Massachusetts State House, Boston
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Brant Gallery, MassArt, Boston MA
Monhegan Gallery, Boston
Bergkerk, Amersfoort, Netherlands

SELECTED PUBLIC/INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS:

Taller Experimantal de Grafica, Havana, Cuba

National Gallery of Costa Rica, San Jose 
Glastonbury Abbey, Hingham, MA     
New England Med. Center. Boston MA     
White Foundation, San Jose, Costa Rica
Andrus Collection, Boston, MA 
Horizon Financial, Boston,  MA
Cortesa Amarilla, San Jose, Costa Rica   

SPEAKER/VISITING ARTIST

Museum of Modern Art, NY
Glastonbury Abbey Institute
Monotype Guild of New England, keynote
Ontario College of Art and Design
Ohio State University
Simmons College, Boston 
Nova Scotia University of Art and Design, Halifax
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Stonehill College, North Easton, MA
Wheelock College, Boston
Emmanuel College, Boston
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Presentations and lectures at national professional conferences include:

College Art Association CAA
National Art Education Association NAEA
Foundations for Art Theory and Education FATE