Nanci France-Vaz

Modern Renaissance Painter

Figurative Storyteller/Imaginative Portraits

Professional Experience:

Curriculum Vitae

2023- Realism Live Faculty The Imaginative Portrait

2020-2023- Portrait Society of America Ambassador for NJ, Art Mentor Cecilia Faux Forum

2016-present– Nanci France-Vaz Fine Art/The Asbury Park Atelier of Art

Commissioned portrait/figurative painter of Contemporary & Classical realism.

2016-present– Ducret School of Art-Faculty Instructor/Workshops

Classical and Contemporary Portrait/Figure Painting and drawing. Combined Phtography training using a DSLR high end camera for references.

2010-2016– The Art Guild, Shrewesbury, NJ

Fine Art Instructor of portrait/figurative painting and drawing of Classical/Contemporary Realism combining photography for reference.

2010-present– Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ

Fine Art Instructor of portrait/figurative painting and drawing of Classical/Contemporary Realism, Art History lectures, painting/photography workshops

2002- 2003- James Child’s Studio / Drawing Academy of the Atlantic- NYC, NY

Studio assistant to Mr. Child’s for painting commissions and privateStudy of the Bargue method from the French Academy.

Education:

2006-2007- McCormack Studios

Private portrait Lessons with Paul W. McCormack 

2002-2007– Grand Central Academy- NYC

Portrait/Figure painting/ drawing in style of Academic Classical Realism

2001-2007– The Art Students League- NYC

Figure/Portrait painting – Nelson Shanks , Michael Grimaldi

2001-2002-The New York Academy of Art- NYC

Portrait/Figurative drawing and painting- Dan Thompson

2001-2001-The Water Street Atelier-Brooklyn,NY Figure/Portrait drawing, Dan Thompson

1992-1997- School of Visual Arts

BFA – 3d Computer Animation for Film and Special Effects, Classical Portrait/Figure Painting with John Frederick Murray, and Marvin Mattelson

Awards:

ARC Purchase Award 16Th Annual ARC Salon, Imaginative Realism

Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize Honorable Mention awarded by Raymar Art

Best In Show, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art

2nd Place Southwest Art Magazine Artistic Excellence 

Len G. Everett Memorial Award, Allied Artists of America

International Artists People & Figures #22, 2021

Honorable Mention, BlueReview Artprize, Sugarlift

Best in Show, Huntington Arts Portrait Exhibition

John Collins Memorial Award, AAPL NYC

George J. Morales Memorial Award, AAPL NYC

Joseph Hartley Memorial Award, Salmagundi Non Member Open Painting,, Sculpture, Graphics Exhibit

3rd Place Portrait Society of America Members Showcase 

Selected Exhibitions:

2024 Pollack Theater Solo Exhibit, NJ

2023-Dacia Gallery Solo Exhibit, NYC

2023-ARC 16Th AnnualSalon  Live Exhibition, Sotheby’s NY

2023-Cole Gallery, Scott Jones, Figurative Exhibit

2023-Butler Museum of American Art Allied Artists of America Exhibit

2023-Salmagundi Club Figurative Exhibition 

2022-IX ARTS Main Exhibit, Goggleworks Building, Reading, Pa

2022-12th Anniversary Contemporary Figurative Art, Dacia Gallery, NYC

2022- Salon des Refuses, WMOCA

2022- ModPortrait 2021

2021- BlueReview Artprize Artsy exhibition, Sugarlift Gallery, NYC

2021- ARC Salon 15th Annual Exhibit-, Finalist in Figurative and Imaginative Realism

2021-ModPortrait 2020- 8th Annual Exhibition, Finalist, MEAM Museum, Barcelona, Spain

2021-Radical Botanicals Exhibit, Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, Ok

2020-IGOR 15th Annual Exhibit, Principle Gallery, Charleston, SC

2020-Small Works Exhibition, Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK 

2020- Duets Exhibition, Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, Ok

2019-Enigma Exhibition, Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, Ok