Rock Garden Room, 2004
Silver leaf, mother of pearl inlay, pigment, gesso, lacquer, on twelve wood panels
9 x 36 ft x 1.5 in (274.3 x 1097.2 x 3.8 cm)
Silver Cloud and Gold Dragon Screen, 2012
Silver leaf, mother of pearl inlay, on ten wood panels
36 x 115 x .75 in (91,4 x 292 x 1,9 cm)
Sliver Sea and Sky, 2017
Silver leaf, mother of pearl inlay, lacquer on wood panel
84 x 120 x 1.5 in (213.36 x 305 x 3.8 cm)
Above and Below, 2018
Palladium leaf, moon gold leaf, white gold leaf, clay on jute
84 x 120 x 1.5 cm (213,36 x 305 x 3,8 cm)
Moon Gold Mountain with Resin, 2018
Moon gold leaf, clay, cardboard, on wood panel
102 x 72 x 1.5 in (260 x 183 x 3.8 cm)
Moon Gold Mountain, 2018
Moon gold leaf, clay, cardboard on wood panel
102 x 72 x 1.5 in (260 x 183 x 3.8 cm)
Untitled Moon Gold and Yellow Gold (Chanel), 2012
Gold leaf, moon gold leaf, resin, on wood panel
24 x 24 x .75 in (61 x 61 x 1,9 cm)
Untitled Yellow Gold and Pearl (Chanel), 2011
Gold leaf, mother of pearl inlay, resin, pigment, on wood panel
24 x 24 x .75 in (61 x 61 x 1,9 cm)
Untitled Moon Gold and White Gold (Chanel), 2012
Moon gold leaf, white gold leaf, resin, on wood panel
24 x 24 x .75 in (61 x 61 x 1.9 cm)
Chanel Study for Costa Mesa, 2012
Gold leaf, white gold leaf, lacquer, resin, on wood panel
24 x 24 x .75 in (61 x61 x 1.9 cm)
Botanical Study for Chanel, 2012
White gold leaf, moon gold leaf, mother of pearl inlay, gesso, on wood panel
24 x 24 x .75 in (61 x 61 x 1.9 cm)
Botanical Study for Chanel, 2012
Moon gold leaf, mother of pearl inlay, gesso, on wood panel
24 x 24 x .75 in (61 x 61 x 1.9 cm)
Chanel Study in White Gold and Pearl, 2012
White gold leaf, mother of pearl inlay, lacquer, resin, on wood panel
24 x 24 x .75 in (61 x 61 x 1.9 cm)
Moon Gold Cardboard I, 2013
Moon gold leaf, clay, gesso, cardboard, on wood panel
18 x 24 x 1.5 in (45.7 x 61 x 3.8 cm)
Reclining Buddha with Flowers, 2010
Gold leaf, gilt copper, pigment, on wood panel
15 x 25.5 x 1.5 in (38 x 54.6 x 3.8 cm)
Silver on Velvet, 2016
Silver leaf, gesso, on velvet on wood panel
20 x 15 x .75 in (50.8 x 38 x 1.9 cm
Untitled Yellow Gold, 2018
Gold leaf, mother of pearl inlay, gesso, on wood panel
20 x 15 x 1 in (50.8 x 38 x 2.5 cm)
Living and based in New York City, Nancy Lorenz considers herself an abstract painter working to incorporate techniques born from traditional Asian craft. She uses materials such as mother-of-pearl inlay, lacquer, and gold leaf in painterly gestures to create fine and decorative works of art. Lorenz earned a BFA Summa Cum Laude in Painting and Printmaking at the University of Michigan. She also received an MFA in Painting from the Tyler School of Art alongside received a John Simon Guggenheim Award in 1998.
Lorenz’s extensive career history includes various solo exhibitions with PDX Contemporary Art, in Portland, Oregon (2003-2012). Many of her works have been either commissioned or purchased by public institutions such as: The New York Public Library; the Portland Museum of Art; the United States Consulate in Istanbul; the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles; Gucci Tower, Ginza, Japan and Hong Kong; Mandarin Oriental/Time Warner, New York; Soho Grand Hotel, New York; Tiffany & Co. stores in New York, Hong King, Ginza, Munich, Nice, Montreal, Macao; and, Chanel stores in Paris, Hong King, Ginza, Taipei, Rome, Boston, Dubai, Geneva, and Bangkok, to name a brief selection. Individuals who collect Lorenz’s works include the likes of Cindy Crawford, Tom Ford, Thomas L. Friedman, Elton John, Rachel Kohler, the Obama family; Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelo; Beth Rudin de Woody; Judith Stern Peck; Anna Wintour; and, others.