Nancy Lee – Fragmented Reality

The grid plays a central role in the photo collages of Dutch photographer Nancy Lee. It provides the image space with a clear structure, whilst also serving to fragment the reality being depicted. Visual chaos and optical harmony generate a surprising connection between audience and image. The viewer sees a rhythmic composition of tiny particles of reality brought together in a photographic symphony of urban simultaneity. Her images explore subjects such as traffic, market life, or pedestrians, structuring them according to certain characteristics. People carrying open umbrellas, for example, are transformed into an image of multiple abstract dots, or even raindrops. This cutting apart and re-stitching  of reality is done to such an extent that even lorries are deliberately divided into multiple pieces, then floating as dashes of colour through the image space. As with a puzzle, the viewers can try to put the individual pieces together in their heads. More important, however, is the visual rhythm of each picture, through which emerges a unique atmosphere, or a musically inspired theme. Some of the images are like eclectic jazz improvisations, while others float harmonically as classical pieces of music. The abstract-aesthetic rearrangement of reality can be seen as representative of a globalised world. A world in which the homogeneity of the whole appears broken by the diversity of the individual parts, even though these individual parts are often similar or identical.

Stephan Reisner      

2000 - 2001	Studied photography at Panamerican Escola des Artes, Sao Paulo, Brasil
2002 – 2004	Studied photography at St. Joost Kunstacademie, Breda, Netherlands
	Lives in the Netherlands

Awards (Selection)

2008	NBKS Voorjaar Individual Subsitie
2007	NBKS Voorjaar Individual Subsitie
2006	La Lanka kunstprijs, Nomination

Solo Exhibitions (Selection)

2012	Solo Exposition Rythem, Galerie Penning, Eindhoven,Netherlands
2008	Grafische Atelier Den Bosch, Netherlands
2005	Stichting Beeldende Kunst Amsterdam, Netherlands

Group Exhibitions (Selection)

2012	Fotos fever, Kunstbeurs Brussels,Belgium
	SBK Breda bei Breda Photos 2012, Netherlands
	Galerie Pennings, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2011	LUX Nijmegen, Netherlands
2010	Affordable Art Fair, Westergas Fabriek Amsterdam, presented by Foto100, Netherlands
	Arti 10, Den Haag, presented by Galerie Pennings, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2009	Woonsbeurs Rai Amsterdam, Galeire Bart Kunst in Huis, Netherlands
	City Limits, Galerie 48, Breda, Netherlands
	Galerie 23, Summer Exposition, Helmond, Netherlands
	Achemea Kunstcollectie exposition, Zeist, Netherlands
2008	Nederlandse Gasunie, Groningen, Netherlands
	Aa Kerk, Groningen, Niederlande
	BartKunstInHuis, Nijmegen, Netherlands
2007	Herry Pennings Estafetteprijs Expositie, Galerie Pennings, Eindhoven, Niederlande
	Lishui International Photographic Exhibition, China
	NBKS Salon X exposition, Breda, Netherlands
	ACF Amsterdam,Netherlands
2006	La Lanka gallery, Friesland, Netherlands
	Bartkunstinhuis Gallery, Nijmegen, Netherlands
	Project 073, Het Kruithuis, Den Bosch, Netherlands
2005	“In my 50’s”, SBK Gallery, Osdorp, Amsterdam, Netherlands
	The future of the Past, National Museum, Jakarta, Indonesien
	Understanding Independency, Gallery Foto Journalistic Antara, Jakarta, Indonesien
	Tribute the Lights Fantastic Annual Fine Art Photography Exhibition, Agora Gallery, Soho, New York, USA
2004	Lishui International Photographic Competition Exhibition, China
	Selected students exhibition, Amsterdam Centrum voor Fotografie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
	VIPS Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2003	10th International Photographic Art Festival, Peking, China
	Arles Art Festival, France

www.nancylee.nl

Books/Catalogs (Selection)

Herry Pennings Estafetteprijs Expositie, Galerie Pennings, Eindhoven, 2007
Lishui China International Photographic Exhibition, 2007
Masa Depah Sebuah Masa Lalu Foto festival, Catalogue of Understanding Independency 2005, Jakarta, Indonesia