Join me this Friday, December 10 at 4:30 pm for a reading of my latest artist book, Exclusions. Costumed as the Bride of Christ, I will read medical exclusions extracted from the health care policies of major Catholic dioceses and archdioceses – including my own policy. The reading will be followed by a Q&A session [...]
Similar to the legend of the Silkie or Swan Maiden, there is the Slavic mythology of the “Vučica” or She-Wolf (reprinted below). In reference to this story, I have transformed an image of a late 1800s Yugoslavian maiden into a modern day bride, whose new bridal costume represents her wolf-skin. The original source photograph was [...]
Join me at 1:00pm this Friday, May 13th (during Manifest) to experience a group of new sound artworks, including my own experimental sound installation, Thou Shalt / Not. Columbia College Chicago 916 S. Wabash, 2nd Floors, Installation Labs #204, 205 + Hallway
Illuminations. Flag book with encaustic & handmade cotton paper laminates. © Haley Nagy. In Illuminations I explore the notion of “the great silence of God” in an abstract manner. This flag book is comprised of densely fused, encaustic-handmade paper laminations, which glow when turned, like stained glass struck by a ray of light from behind. [...]
Concealment Series. Encaustic & handmade cotton paper laminate. © Haley Nagy. In my new work the fusion of encaustic and hand papermaking is used to explore the idea of the “hidden”. Read on for my mini-artist statement… As an artist, I am very interested in the concealed and disguised elements of our culture. These are [...]
Chicagoans, save the date for my upcoming show. My new works on paper will be exhibited and I would love the opportunity to talk to you about it. Plus, there will be free food, great art and amazing company. Hope to see you there! (Details below) FUSED: Art + Wax in Chicago Members of Fused [...]
When the Bow Breaks, Encaustic & Mixed Media, 5 x 7, © 2009 Haley Nagy. SOLD. When the Bow Breaks was created for the upcoming Book About Death exhibit in New York. In the spirit of mail artist
Suburban Bird. Oil & Encaustic. 12 x 16. © 2009 Haley Nagy. I think it is finally finished. It feels like it is missing something, but I may just need to leave it alone for a couple of days and come back to it later. I initially tried painting the birds with a light gray [...]
Below I continue to give you a sneak peak at the process of creating an encaustic painting (see original post here). I apologize for the spotty quality of the photos. As you can probably tell, the pictures were all taken at different times during the day and evening. Unfortunately, I’m currently working out of my [...]
I’m working on the submission for Degrees which doesn’t leave me a lot of time to blog. Instead, I thought you might enjoy a step by step photo blog showing the evolution of my work. This part is just the underpainting. The final image probably won’t look anything like this. I’m also using exceptionally bright, [...]
Sweet Baby Rose. 4 x 6. Encaustic & Mixed Media on Paper. © 2009 Haley Nagy. SOLD. I just finished binding the special commission I received last week. Before I show you the final product, I wanted to give you an overview of the process itself. The patron of this project (Rose’s godmother) provided the content [...]
This collection of images is a digital “book” that takes advantage of the internet and social networking sites to distribute the content across new media platforms. Imagine this piece as if it were an electronic set of playing cards accessible to anyone with an internet connection. Each card is a self portrait of the artist. [...]
