Nancy Van Ness

is a contemporary American artist renowned for her captivating use of colors in her oil paintings. Her vibrant palette brings life and excitement to her pieces, making them truly stand out. Through her bold and expressive style, Nancy Van Ness Art has gained recognition and admiration from art enthusiasts around the world. 

With a keen eye for abstract compositions, Nancy brings humor, storytelling, and details to her paintings. Inspired by renowned post-impressionist painters like Van Gogh, Renoir, Degas, and Lucian Freud, Nancy infuses her own unique style into each piece.

Nancy’s Bio…

    Location: St. Louis, MO

    Background: Graphic designer/illustrator

    Education: Kansas City Art Institute, BFA in Design, 

Fontbonne University, MA, Master of Arts - Painting

    Owner of Wiener Dog Graphics and Nancy Van Ness Art

Awards

    DMA - Direct Marketing Association Award – award winner - brochure design
    Allied Arts Council Show – award winner
    Awarded an Addy in KC, MO for advertising.
     ‘Art for the Health of It’ award winner.

Exhibitions - Selected Artist

• ‘Small Works XIX’ – Webster Arts

• ‘Emerald’ – Webster Arts 

• ‘Window to the Soul’ – Art St. Louis

• ‘Sin City’ – Art St. Louis

• ‘Emptiness - 2024’

• ‘The 9th Biannual Exhibition’ – Angad Arts Hotel

• ‘Figurative Works’ – Fontbonne

•  ‘Best Day’ – B’Extraordinaire

• ‘Small Works Exhibit’ JAG Gallery

• ‘Opposites Attract’ – Webster Arts

• ‘Art St. Louis XXXIX’ – Art St. Louis

• ‘Poolside’ Exhibit – JAG Gallery

• ‘Creatures III’ – Art St. Louis

• ‘Art of Protest’ – Art St. Louis

• ‘Summer Show’ – MAC

• ‘In/Of/About Nature’ – Art St. Louis

• ‘Personal History’ – Art St. Louis Show

• ‘Small Works Exhibit’ – JAG Gallery

• ‘Order/Disorder’ Show

• ‘Contemporary Abstraction’ – Hilliard Gallery Show

• ‘Long Story Short’ – Webster Arts

• ‘The Known and The Unknown’ – MAC

• ‘Parenthood’ Show – Art St. Louis

• Jones Gallery Show

• ‘Luminosity’ Show

• ‘Pets’ – Exhibizone Show

• St. Louis Artist’s Guild Show – 2022 & 2021

• ‘Dove Love’ – St. Louis Artist’s Guild

• 42 Doors of Hope

Art Shows

• ‘Small Works Exhibition’ – Heartland Art Gallery

• Heartland Club Show 2023, 2022 & 2021

• Gateway Pastel Artist Show, 2021, 2020 & 2019

• Fontbonne MA Show, 2020

• Albrecht Art Museum Show
• KCAI Art Show

Memberships

    St. Louis Artist’s Guild

    Heartland Art Club

    B’Extraordinaire

    Art St. Louis

    Webster Arts

www.NancyVanNessArt.com 

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Custom paintings also available for purchase.

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