Nancy Ivanhoe

Influenced by the California Light & Space Movement and a background in dance, my sculptures explore the interplay of light, color, and movement. I use industrial metal screen as a semi-transparent canvas, which I paint and manipulate into lightweight encasements that filter transmitted light. I manipulate the metal screen to expand, contract, and enfold into forms that appear between the inhale and exhale of a breath or the trajectory of a gesture.

My pieces are further activated by a viewer - each sculpture is best understood as a composite of various perspectives. As one walks around each piece, there are transitions as overlapped colors blend, hidden passageways are revealed, and currents of moiré shimmer across the faceted layers. I’m inspired to create sculptures that are not only visually compelling, but also encapsulate this fluidity of movement, illuminated in the dimensionality and ephemerality of light, color, and motion.