Emily Nachison: News + Studio

New Tumblr Blog

2011-08-27T07:11:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,

I set up a new blog account and will be winding down this one.

For studio photos, news and updates please follow me here: http://emilynachison.tumblr.com

New Work: Deliquesce

2011-08-27T07:06:00.000-07:00

Photography courtesy of Nudashank Gallery

2011-08-11T10:07:00.000-07:00

GLASS HOUSE

Caitlin Cunningham
Todd Knopke
Emily Nachison
Heidi Norton
Paul Wackers

Nudashank is pleased to present GLASS HOUSE, a summer group show that embraces the heat and botanical vibrance of the season. Artists examine the domestic and indoor presentation of plants, bringing them into the gallery through painting, sculpture, installation and sewn works.

Opening Reception: Saturday, August 13th, 7 - 10pm
Show Runs from August 13th - September 3rd

NUDASHANK
H&H Bldg 3rd Floor
405 W. Franklin Street
Baltimore, MD

2011-08-05T14:27:00.000-07:00

As part of First Friday, August 5th, head out to SHARE, a new event hosted by The Stables, MS.MS. & Other People's Projects.

Enjoy drinks, friends, music, and support community collaboration while a dozen or so of your favorite Portland makers create work. As artworks are completed throughout the night they will be put up for sale (at crazy low prices) with profits benefiting CHARITY:WATER.

With music from DJ Ramophone, friends, beers, a Picture Parlour photobooth, all while you hang out in 100 year old police stables.

A partial list of featured artists:
Mark Warren Jacques
Timothy Karpinksi
Chase Velarde
Lynn Yarne
David Wein
Alec Zemper
Sohaila Adela
Mia Nolting
Emily Nachison
Morgaine Faye

We hope to see you there!

Check out more info on MS.MS. here: http://tinyurl.com/3hqphwd

SHARE
@ The Stables
910 SE Taylor
6p-11p, FREE!

2011-07-18T22:11:00.001-07:00

Some images from my studio.

2011-07-05T22:19:00.000-07:00

New blog project with Michael Endo of collected images and articles.

MEANENEMY

2011-04-24T08:16:00.000-07:00

Artist Talk this Saturday, April 23, 2011 at 1:30PM

2011-04-20T16:32:00.000-07:00

Beginning at 12PM, this coming Saturday, FalseFront will host the closing brunch and artist talk for Emily Nachison's Hylozoic. In addition to the talk, is the release of HYLOZOIC: MATTER LIFE, the exhibition catalog containing exploratory photography and collected source images relating to the site-specific sculptural installation. Paperback, 44 pages, special edition of 25.

Emily Nachison's talk is scheduled for 1:30PM. This light brunch/talk is entirely free and open to all.

FalseFront

4518 NE 32nd Avenue

Portland, OR 97211

info@falsefrontstudio.com | 503.781.4609

Sat/Sun 12 - 3PM and by appointment

Coming Soon

2011-04-14T10:04:00.000-07:00

A new book by Emily Nachison

HYLOZOIC: MATTER LIFE is an exploration and collection of images relating to Hylozoic, a site-specific installation for FalseFront in Portland, Oregon.

Paperback, 44 pages
Edition of 25

Hylozoic

2011-04-08T16:37:00.000-07:00

Images of my most recent piece Hylozoic.
Hylozoic will be on view until April 23, 2011 at FalseFront Gallery in Portland, Oregon.

Photography by Dan Kvitka

Studio

2011-04-05T11:05:00.000-07:00

Emily Nachison | Hylozoic

2011-02-16T12:17:00.000-08:00

April 2 – April 23, 2011

Opening Reception: Saturday, April 2, 7 – 10PM
(Viewing Hours: Saturdays and Sundays, 12 – 3PM, and by appointment)

Closing Reception, Light Brunch/Artist Talk: April 23, 12 – 3PM

FalseFront
4518 NE 32nd Avenue
Portland, OR 97211
www.falsefrontstudio.com

FalseFront is pleased to present the site-specific installation, Hylozoic, from Emily Nachison. Working from the philosophical theory that all things–living and inanimate hold life, and therefore are universally related, Nachison constructs grand geologic environments from the man-made synthetics.

Hylozoism, (from Greek hyle, “matter”; zoe, “life”), in philosophy, any system that views all matter as alive, either in itself or by logically in the operation of a world soul or some similar principle. Hylozoism is logically distinct both from early forms of animism, which personify nature, and from panpsychism, which attributes some form of consciousness or sensation to all matter.
-Encyclopedia Britannica

2011-01-25T23:00:00.000-08:00

Artist Talk This Sunday
Vanessa Calvert: Wall Shade
Emily Nachison: Suspension, Stage 1 and Corridor
Dustin Zemel: SHOW SHOW, SHOW tell, SHOW SHOW

PLACE is very pleased to host Artist’s Talks by Vanessa Calvert, Emily Nachison, and Dustin Zemel. They are each raising questions about spatial relationships and how we navigate them. Nachison is looking at transitional spaces creating environments that are both inviting and displacing. Calvert is exploring very personal discomfort and the space between concealment and exposure. Zemel’s seven panel video installation examines “artificial visual landscapes” and the relationship we have to the information we receive and the possible limitations to our navigation.

Sunday January 30th, 3:00-4:00 pm
700 SW Fifth (3rd floor) Pioneer Place, Portland, Oregon
Contact: placepdx@gmail.com

2010-12-31T10:14:00.000-08:00

Working on “Suspension, Stage 1” one of two in-process installations I have up at PLACE.

2010-12-10T10:24:00.000-08:00

The Settlement: Occupation

December 18, 2010 from 6pm - 10pm

People's, Place, Store, and Trade

Pioneer Place 700 SW 5th Ave

Portland, OR

Place gallery

December 18, 2010 from 6pm - 10pm, The Settlement ignites the 3rd floor of Pioneer Place Mall with “Occupation” comprised of four artist-run gallery spaces including: People, Place, Store, and Trade.

People's - spearheaded by Chris Haberman and Jason Brown. People's offers original, small-scale works by local artists. Two dimensional and small scale sculpture will be featured by People. All work is cash and carry and priced mod...estly.

Place - Continuing to build on its mission of presenting process-oriented installation work, Place offers Terror and Ego. An exhibition featuring the work of Joshua Berger, TJ Norris, Dustin Zemel, Emily Nachison, Rhoda London, and Vanessa Calvert. Place is co-curated and directed by Palma Corral, Gabe Flores, and Gary Wiseman.

Store - The product of The Settlement’s collaboration with PNCA continues to develop and feature installation works by the BFA students of Victor Maldonado's Art , Ethics, and Transgression class.

Trade - The most fluid of the galleries focuses on local institutions that fill a creative and experimental niche. Trade’s initial activation will be by the curatorial collaboration of Nim Wunnan of Research Club, Tori Abernathy of Recess Gallery, Wynde Dyer of Golden Rule, Elizabeth Lamb gallery director of The White Box, and Max Ogden creating ontologies for communication.

2010-11-23T15:11:00.000-08:00

My portfolio was chosen as one of the Top 50!

More info on Art Takes Miami

See the portfolios

2010-11-20T11:14:00.000-08:00

Nice write up on reve de la mode:
"For those of you who are unfamiliar with Emily Nachison's mesmerizing work, her current work explores space, natural growth and the human perception of nature. Her fantastic work is constructed through a series of manmade materials, given a completely new identity as they transform into a lively spectacle. While at first glance her conceptual designs may appear to resemble a spiderweb or an untangled ball of yarn, one cannot help but look twice, and really think what is this mess? Perhaps the thing I am fond of the most about this series entails the fact that work like so, can be interpreted anyway the viewer pleases, thus, highlighting the fact that art is not right nor wrong, rather it's a bit ambiguous and strange, which is half the reason we are all drawn to it in the first place. "
Thanks guys!

2010-11-11T15:16:00.000-08:00

Great write up on the awesome Los Angeles based blog Kitsune Noir:

"There is something slightly unnerving about the installations by artist Emily Nachison. Perhaps this mood stems from the imposingly tangled and unkempt webs that she suspends from gallery ceilings. Or maybe it is that her strange and otherworldly structures appear to simultaneously suggest emptiness and congestion. A repository for Nachison’s diverse mixture of inspirations, which include New Age culture, the Victorian era, storybook illustrations and nature, her work aims to explore “space, natural growth and the human perception of nature.” In so doing, she aims to “create naturalistic environments out of man-made materials by mimicking plant growth patterns and geological accumulation. This juxtaposition of natural versus artificial is an investigation into the cultural creation of landscape.”

This play on recreating a version of nature through the use of man-made materials is undoubtedly at the crux of the tension present in Nachison’s installations. Her work is both fascinating and beautiful to view in photographs, so I can only imagine what it would be like to walk through her amazing pieces. It is quite apt that she has appropriated a quotation from writer C.S. Lewis to open her artist’s statement, as I feel that seeing and experiencing her work would be akin to opening the wardrobe door and wandering into Narnia."

Visit: Kitsune Noir

2010-10-16T11:41:00.000-07:00

The Detroit Museum of New Art presents The Facebook Show

Featuring the profile pictures of more than 600 art-worldists in curator Jef Bourgeau's friend list, The Facebook Show examines what Bourgeau calls the "beneficial catastrophe of Facebook." For better or worse, it has made the world a smaller place.

Artists include; Achille Bonito Oliva, Alan Feltus Cindy Sherman, Dave Roberts, David Salle, Ed Ruscha, Emily Nachison, Evan Abramson, Ferdinando Cotugno, Nick Hottmann, Sharon Louden, Victor Romao, Liz Cohen, Jeff Koons, Jef Bourgeau, Eva Winkeler, Ashley Bickerton, William Wegman and Sandro Chia.

Show runs October 2 - 30, 2010
For more information visit:
www.detroitmona.com
Read: Metro Times article by Travis R. Wright 9/29/10

2010-08-22T21:47:00.001-07:00

Crystal Crag: a window installation for the Emerson Space Case
Opening Reception: Wednesday, October 6, 2010 7 - 10 pm

The Emerson Space Case
5304 NE 30th Ave, Portland, Oregon
The Emerson Space Case is a window gallery that displays installation art by local artists. The space is located at NE 30th and Emerson, one block south of Killingsworth, in the Alberta Arts District.

2010-08-02T17:05:00.000-07:00

Installation for the Museum of New Art Detroit, Pontiac, MI.

Photography by PD Rearick

2010-07-30T11:50:00.000-07:00

Shadow Drawings Series
gouache, ink and pencil on paper

These drawings were made by tracing the shadows cast by my hanging net sculptures.

Photography by PD Rearick

2010-07-25T23:31:00.000-07:00

Nice blurb on my piece White Room on Poppy Gall Blog

"I just popped onto the Design Sponge Blog and discovered Emily Ann Nachison's fiber art installation. It reminds me of this mornings fresh snow, or a stage set for a winter fairy tale. Emily used netting, camouflage netting, latex paint, spray paint, crystals, zip ties, and string to create this heavenly installation. I was planning to take a day off from blogging today but I couldn’t resist sharing these images with you."

2010-07-21T22:47:00.000-07:00

Corina Reynolds wrote a nice write-up on my art work and the work of Thomas Demand, discussing the idea of mimicry and the grotto.

"...Nachison uses unnatural materials to mimic the natural word. The fantastical environments she creates evoke questions about disillusionment and consumption. One of her most recent pieces, shown at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, was similar in theme to one of Demand's pieces—it was a grotto. Made from modern materials often used in the construction and housing industry, Nachison's White Grotto became a welcome oasis in the cacophonous Out of the Woods show that brimmed with video and performance art."

Read the rest of the article here: http://caafiberforum.blogspot.com/

2010-06-06T10:40:00.001-07:00

Upcoming show at the Museum of New Art
Emily Nachison: Sculpture and Drawings

Opening Reception: June 19, 2010, 6:00 - 9:00 pm

Gallery hours: Thursday + Saturday 1:00 - 5:00 pm or by appointment

Museum of New Art Detroit

7 North Saginaw Street,

Pontiac, Michigan 48342

248.210.7560
www.detroitmona.com

2010-06-06T10:39:00.001-07:00

James Griffioen took these beautiful photos of my most recent piece White Grotto while it was up in the Cranbrook Degree show at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Detroit, Michigan.

To view more of his photography check check out his blog www.sweetjuniperphoto.com

2010-06-06T10:31:00.001-07:00

Here are a few images of my piece White Grotto being installed at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit for the Out of the Woods: Cranbrook Degree Show Exhibition

2010-04-05T16:09:00.001-07:00

2010 Cranbrook Academy of Art Degree Exhibition
Opening Reception Saturday, April 17, 2010
Member and Guest preview: 6pm-8pm
Public opening: Begins at 8pm

Performances by Xiu Xiu and Glass Rock
$10 admission for all guests after 8pm

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
4454 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201
www.mocadetroit.org

2010-02-11T17:26:00.000-08:00

Here are some photos of my White Mass installation at the
Winter 2010 Emerging Artist Show Opening Reception.
all photos by Serge Cashman via the Rabbitholeprojects Blog
For more photos and show information visit Rabbitholeprojects

2010-01-27T17:43:00.000-08:00

RABBITHOLESTUDIO invites you to attend the opening reception of the Winter 2010 Emerging Artist Show this Thursday, Feb 4th. We are tremendously excited to present these 11 diverse artists on the rise, working in a range of media and presented as part of First Thursdays, Dumbo's monthly gallery walk. Explored are relationships with time and kin, layered earth, fragments of the Natural World, personification, situations taken out of context.

Exhibition continues through Feb 20
Gallery hours: TUE-SAT 12 - 5 pm and by appointment.
For more information visit: www.rabbitholestudio.com

2010-01-05T06:56:00.000-08:00

Design Sponge, the art and design blog, did a short write up on my work today:

"speaking of inspiring- i’d like to spend a few hours in this incredible white room created by artist emily ann nachison. emily used netting, camouflage netting, latex paint, spray paint, crystals, zip ties, and string to create this seriously heavenly installation. wouldn’t it be fun if more people had artists create installations like this in their homes? if i had a spare room i’d love to create a space like this where i could go and chill out and imagine i’m living in a cloud…"

You can check the rest of it out here at www.designspongeonline.com

New Work

2010-01-03T18:58:00.000-08:00

White Room Installation
Netting, camouflage netting, latex paint, spray paint, crystals, zip ties, string, 2009

I am currently updating my website with new work. But for now you can see my latest work at enachison.blogspot.com

Thank you and Happy New Year!

2009-10-15T16:26:00.000-07:00

I was interviewed for the October 2009 "Art and Architecture" issue of 944 Magazine. Click on the article pages above to read the interview.

Delusions Group Show

2009-09-21T20:38:00.000-07:00

"Delusions" explores manifestations of personal myths, whether they come through as inspiring mantras, self- created safe places, or constructed personas.

Opening Reception: Friday, September 25th 7:00 pm with LIVE PERFORMANCES
Location: Forum Gallery, 39221 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills, MI

Studio Snapshots

2009-04-11T19:33:00.001-07:00

Photography by PD Rearick

Fecal Face Dot Com

2009-04-11T19:20:00.000-07:00

Small write up on Fecal Face, a San Francisco based art website:
"Detroit artist Emily Nachison does some great illustrations and prints among other things, and has work in a show that opened last week along with a slew of other talented folks at the brand new Nudashank Gallery in Baltimore..."
Posted by Jesse Pollock

Wrapping in, Wrapping on, Wow, Wrapping!

2009-04-03T16:21:00.000-07:00

Wrapping in, Wrapping on, Wow, Wrapping!
Curated by: Ema Ishii
Opening Reception Friday, April 3 6-8pm
Show runs April 1-7

A collection of works that contain body, object, and even air. Our works show the personal understanding and expression of the word “wrapping”. Wrapping is everywhere. Our body is wrapped in clothing, we are wrapped in the air, and our planet is wrapped in the galaxy. Wrapping can be beautiful, decorative, functional/non-functional, or part of an art making.

Participating artists:
Derya Hanife Altan
Casey Droege
Ema Ishii
Emily Nachison
Ashley Short
Tricia Stackle

Wise Guise Opening

2009-03-29T14:51:00.000-07:00

Here are a few photos from the Wise Guise opening at Nudashank.

For more photos please visit:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nudashank/
http://nudashank.blogspot.com/

2009-03-11T18:13:00.000-07:00

Wise Guise: Grand Opening Group Exhibition
Nudashank Gallery

"The space's inaugural show, awesomely named Wise Guise, is a colossal group show featuring 23 young and emerging artists. Representing a diverse selection of work, ranging from the figurative to the abstract, Wise Guise presents a cross-section of visual themes from contemporary counter-culture. The works in the show include paintings, works on paper, screenprints and zines by six local artists (Xavier Schipani, Mark Brown, D'Metrius Rice, Walter Carpenter, Noel Freibert, and Molly Colleen O'Connell), troi Euro's: Arnaud Loumeau, Thomas Bernard and Miruki Tusko As well as 14 artists from throughout the US: Jason Redwood, Bonner Sale, Jon Clary, Reuben Breslar, Drew Beckmeyer, Edie Fake, Jordan Bernier, Caitlin Cunningham, Emily Nachison, Edward Max Fendley, Matt Lock, Chris Warthen, Andrew St. Lawrence and Kevin Hayden."
-- guttermagazine.com

Wise Guise
March 27, 2009 - April 25, 2009
Reception: Friday, March 27 7:00pm - 9:00pm
DJ'd by JDay
With after-party in the adjacent Whole Gallery featuring performances by Talk Normal, U.S. Girls, and Jana Hunter

Nudashank Gallery
405 W. Franklin St. 3rd Floor
Baltimore, MD
Gallery hours are Saturday and Sunday,
11am - 5pm and also by appointment.
nudashankgallery@gmail.com
http://nudashank.blogspot.com/

Upcoming Show: Crane vs Wolverine

2009-03-03T20:28:00.000-08:00

Exchange Show: Crane vs. Wolverine is a jointly hosted exhibit of work by current MFA students at Cranbrook Academy of Art and University of Michigan's School of Art and Design. Please join us at our openings, or make an appointment to see the work at a later date.

Part 1: The Hangar Space
Friday, March 6th 6pm-9pm
39221 Woodward Ave. Bloomfield Hills, MI

Emir Alibasic
Michael Borowski
Reem Gibriel
Aaron Johnson-Ortiz
Ashley Lieber
Charlie Michaels
Emily Orzech
Amadeaus Scott
Lindsay Stern
Urmila Venkatesh
Brad Wicklund
With a special musical performance by Benjamin Teague

Part 2: University of Michigan Graduate Studios
Friday, March 13th 7-10pm
1631 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI

Robin Belcher
Casey Droege
Michael Endo
Patrick Gantert
Bonnie Heras
Ema Ishii
Emily Nachison
Mugi Takei
Sarah Zimmer
With a special performance by Beverly Fre$h

Please visit hangarspace.blogspot.com or email CraneVsWolverine@umich.edu for more information.

Studio Snapshots

2008-12-27T13:13:00.001-08:00

Pictured above: My wonderful dog Bowie, Derya Altan with rabbit figure from an installation I am currently working on,"Girl and Bear" painting detail, sculptural detail, paper model, "Dog and Goose" drawing.

Pictured above: Fairytale paper cutouts (some of my inspiration), dye samples, "Head and Hide" sculpture, drawing detail, abaca paper pulp over a bird's nest, salt crystals.

Insert Color Here

2008-11-09T14:23:00.000-08:00

Current work from the Cranbrook Academy of Art Fiber Department

November 12- December 18, 2008
Opening reception date: Thursday November 20, 2008 7-9 pm

Derya Hanife Altan
Corrie Baldauf
Rosemary Dardick
Amy DiPlacido
Casey Droege
Megan Heeres
Ema Ishii
Emily Nachison
Soukjin Park
Rose Pink
Ashley Allen Short
Mary Smull
Tricia Stackle
Jayoung Yoon

Kingswood Lower Gallery
39221 Woodward Ave.
Kingswood Highschool, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303
Gallery hours: Monday-Friday 8am-5pm

Group Show: "Stories from the Woods"

2008-09-25T14:52:00.000-07:00

"Stories From The Woods" investigates a fascination with the natural world. The showcased artists explore a contemporary reinterpretation of nature, while simultaneously drawing from past folklore and classic painting. Through stylized, representational, sculpture, narrative paintings, and whimsical installation pieces by a group of invited, regional artists, "Stories from the Woods" seeks to transform the space into a platform for these fantastical narratives.

Show runs October 3 - 31 2008
With a Reception on October 3 from 7 - 10 PM
Artists: Bonner Sale, Christine Buckton Tillman, Emily Nachison, Emily Slaughter, John Bohl and Annie Gray Robrecht
Curated by Alex Ebstein

The Current Gallery
30 S. Calvert Baltimore, MD 21202

Swee(t)Art Interview

2008-08-08T14:26:00.000-07:00

I was interviewed by Lexa Walsh for Swee(t)Art Magazine Issue #8. Click on the pages below to view the full article.

"Swee(t)Art is a monthly limited edition periodical distributed to galleries, collectors, artists, and critics throughout the Bay Area."

You can see more Swee(t)Art #8 content here.

Also check out the artwork of Lexa Walsh (contributing editor & writer for Swee(t)art)

Apartment Therapy

2008-08-03T10:54:00.000-07:00

Check out my new write up on Apartment Therapy.

"If you've been lucky enough to see Emily Nachison's work in person then you know just how stunning it is. Part of this is the size - no that's not a typo, the piece above is 11 by 12 feet. But more than just scale, the power of Emily's work comes though her detailed and intricate layering of folk-lore imagery..." Read More
Thanks Elizabeth

Eat.Shop San Francisco

2008-07-31T17:41:00.000-07:00

My collection of handmade felt baskets created for Peace Industry was noted in the Eat.Shop guide to San Francisco

There were ten tigers

2008-07-31T17:01:00.000-07:00

Alex Ebstein, author of the Baltimore based art blog "there were ten tigers" was nice enough to mention my work. Check out her great interview with RADAR Redux.