Nancy Carman
Nancy Carman is known for Surrealistic figurative hand-built sculptures and tiles using low fired clays. Surfaces vary from highly finished sculptures including a simplified asexual human and graphic element and earlier faceted ...
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Nancy Carman is known for Surrealistic figurative hand-built sculptures and tiles using low fired clays. Surfaces vary from highly finished sculptures including a simplified asexual human and graphic element and earlier faceted unglazed objects. The figures that appear in Carman's work often appears stark and lacking gender identification. Surfaces are developed using various glazing techniques. Often Carmen?s compositions are narrative.
" - Apprenticeships & Residencies
- Primary Work Experience
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1976-—
Studio Artist
Other
- Public Collections
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Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
- Bibliography
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Bell, Michael S. “Nancy Carman: A Catalog.” Philadelphia, PA: Helen Druitt Gallery, 1985.
Clark, Garth. American Ceramics 1876 to the Present. New York, NY: Abbeville Press, 1987.
Gunter, Veronika Alice. 500 Figures in Clay: Ceramic Artists Celebrate the Human Form. New York, NY: Sterling Publishing, 2004.
Heller, Jules, and Nancy G. Heller. North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. New York, NY: Routledge Press, 1997.
Levin, Elaine. The History of American Ceramics: From Pipkins and Bean Pots to Contemporary Forms, 1607 to the Present. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1988.
- CV or Resume
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Kuratnick, Jeffrey
- Website(s)
Citation: Kuratnick, Jeffrey Nancy Carman, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/nancy-carman
Objects
Collections
ex. Candice Groot Collection
United States
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ex. Candice Groot Collection
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ex. Candice Groot Collection
United States
