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‘Stars’
Colored pencil and graphite on paper, 28”x23”

I am delighted to be presenting my second solo exhibition ‘Stars and Stripes’ @quintgallery on display until July 25.

“Reflecting on this body of work, Blum states: ‘Over time Stars and Stripes expanded into a meditation on the collective: the human condition as a chorus of difference. At first unintentionally echoing the flag, they reflect the tension and promise of democracy—a quilt of many voices stitched together through labor, persistence, and care. The slow, repetitive act of mark-making parallels the work of mending and building a just society: patient, cumulative, and never complete.’”
-Quint Gallery Press Release

#worksonpaper #drawing #abstractart #transcendentalart #nancyblum #brooklynartist #brooklynart #quintgallery by @nancy_blum

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‘Stripes’
Colored pencil and graphite on paper, 28”x23”

I am delighted to be presenting my second solo exhibition ‘Stars and Stripes’ @quintgallery on display until July 25.

“Behaving less like discrete images than a living system, the stripes function as spatial intervals between the radiating stars—not as negative space, but akin to major and minor keys in music. This cadence produces a sonic resonance that suggests that the work and the viewer are part of an even greater whole. Perception unfolds gradually through movement, continuity, and sustained looking. Rooted in craft and ritualized mark-making, Blum’s drawings transform the modest materials of individual drawings into expansive fields of play, vibration, and possibility. Each work is created with a deep sense of hope and optimism, with the same degree of curiosity and attentiveness spilling over into the next.”
-Quint Gallery Press Release

#worksonpaper #drawing #abstractart #transcendentalart #nancyblum #brooklynartist #brooklynart #quintgallery by @nancy_blum

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‘Rainbow Light’
Colored pencil and graphite on paper, 38”x28”

I am delighted to be presenting my second solo exhibition ‘Stars and Stripes’ @quintgallery on display until July 25.

La Jolla, CA- Quint Gallery is pleased to present Nancy Blum: Stars and Stripes, the Brooklyn-based artist’s second
solo exhibition with the gallery. Stars and Stripes builds upon Blum’s prolific drawing practice, which explores the
dynamic relationship between the macro and the micro, both as an entanglement between the bounded and the
infinite, and between the individual and the collective. Blum’s meandering lines explore how attention itself can
become a form of devotion: an embodied act of care that transforms producer and perceiver.

#worksonpaper #drawing #abstractart #transcendentalart #nancyblum #brooklynartist #brooklynart #quintgallery by @nancy_blum

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Thank you to everyone who came out to the opening of ‘skins’
exhibition @franklinparraschgallery a wonderful group show curated by Lile Kvantaliani and Mayra Raphaela

@bethkatleman @susanyork.studio

‘skins’ brings together eight artists whose works engage, directly and indirectly, with surface as a site of transformation, memory, and permeability.

#worksonpaper #drawing #abstractart #transcendentalart #nancyblum #brooklynartist #brooklynart #franklinparraschgallery by @nancy_blum

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‘Black Drawing 258’ from ongoing series.
Colored pencil and graphite on paper, 9”x12”.

Delighted to be showing Black Drawings as part of ‘skins’ exhibition @franklinparraschgallery a wonderful group show curated by Lile Kvantaliani and Mayra Raphaela

‘skins’ brings together eight artists whose works engage, directly and indirectly, with surface as a site of transformation, memory, and permeability.

#worksonpaper #drawing #abstractart #transcendentalart #nancyblum #brooklynartist #brooklynart #franklinparraschgallery by @nancy_blum

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‘Black Drawing 257’ from ongoing series.
Colored pencil and graphite on paper, 9”x12”.

Delighted to be showing Black Drawings as part of ‘skins’ exhibition @franklinparraschgallery a wonderful group show curated by Lile Kvantaliani and Mayra Raphaela

‘skins’ brings together eight artists whose works engage, directly and indirectly, with surface as a site of transformation, memory, and permeability.

#worksonpaper #drawing #abstractart #transcendentalart #nancyblum #brooklynartist #brooklynart #franklinparraschgallery by @nancy_blum

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We appreciate the wonderful crowd that joined us this weekend in welcoming Nancy Blum to San Diego on the occasion of her second Quint exhibition, “Stars and Stripes”

The exhibition is now on view through July 25 at 7722 Girard Avenue.
artwork:
Nancy Blum
Stars and Stripes, 2026
colored pencil and graphite on paper
28x23 in each drawing
90 x 158.5 in total

event photos: @roys_photos taken in Quint Gallery by @nancy_blum

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‘Stars and Stripes’ @quintgallery
Opening Reception: Sat, June 6, 11am-1pm
Join me for an artist walkthrough this Sat, 1130am

La Jolla, CA- Quint Gallery is pleased to present Nancy Blum: Stars and Stripes, the Brooklyn-based artist’s second
solo exhibition with the gallery. Stars and Stripes builds upon Blum’s prolific drawing practice, which explores the
dynamic relationship between the macro and the micro, both as an entanglement between the bounded and the
infinite, and between the individual and the collective. Blum’s meandering lines explore how attention itself can
become a form of devotion: an embodied act of care that transforms producer and perceiver.

#worksonpaper #drawing #abstractart #transcendentalart #nancyblum #brooklynartist #brooklynart #stars #stripes #starsandstripes #quintgallery by @nancy_blum

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2 months ago

In honor of the 28th of May, I present you with these flowers. Just because.

"Roaming Underfoot" by Nancy Blum

@mtaartsdesign #NancyBlum #mosaic #mosaicart @nancy_blum taken in 28th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) by @nancy_blum

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OPENING JUNE 6
Nancy Blum: Stars and Stripes
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 6 11:00am-1:00pm
Artist Walkthrough begins at 11:30am
On view through July 25, 2026
7722 Girard Avenue, La Jolla

Please join us for the opening reception of Nancy Blum: Stars and Stripes, the Brooklyn-based artist’s second solo exhibition with the gallery.

For this exhibition, employing graphite and colored pencil on black paper, Blum has created a large-scale installation of alternating Stars and Stripes compositions. The juxtaposition of vertical bands of color and radiating light forms, each etched with unique undulating shapes, brings together what initially emerged as two distinct bodies of work. Over time, the series began to inform one another and, installed here together, generate a pulsating visual field that amplifies the singular and the multiudinous through precision, iteration, and accumulation.

Read more at quintgallery.com

We hope you can join us for the opening celebration of the exhibition with the artist present, as well as the group exhibition Drifting In Unison, taking place at 7655 Girard on the morning of Saturday, June 6 from 11:00am-1:00pm.

@nancy_blum #nancyblum taken in Quint Gallery by @nancy_blum

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2 months ago

Jenny and I finally saw the poster on the subway! Was so pleased. @mtaartsdesign by @nancy_blum

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4 months ago

View Red Bloom by Nancy Blum and more editions available for purchase at https://blog.alfred.edu/iea/iea-editions/ or at the link in our bio.

“While in residence, I was able to produce two multi-colored screen prints both of a sizable nature. The editions were to be split between myself and the iea and they began by me individually applying a yellow gold color to the background on [sheets of Coventry Rag] that gave each piece a slightly different atmosphere behind the illustrative botanical imagery. The flowers represented were taken from original (and singular) drawings I had completed within the past couple of years. Using digital processes, those images were simplified and created with color separations through photoshop. The final pieces have a significantly different quality than the drawings but stay true to line quality which is a defining marker of my artwork. The pieces become more pop inspired and lose some of the connection to the illustrative – they have a boldness and a simplicity and airiness that is quite striking and something that I will continue to assess as I get the chance to live with the work.” – Nancy Blum

ieaEditions is an invitational endeavor, featuring a selection of artists-in-residence as part of the New Media and Print+New Media Residency Program. All editions are produced in-house with the artist and iea staff, utilizing the extensive printmaking and digital facilities within the School of Art & Design, New York State College of Ceramics, at Alfred University.

@alfreduniversity @alfredu_arts @pam.joseph.art @alfredu_nysceramicscollege taken in Institute for Electronic Arts by @nancy_blum

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