Nancy Lu Rosenheim
College of Arts and Sciences, Art + Design
Instructor, Graphic Design and Foundations
Office:
FA 106A
Email:
n-rosenheim@neiu.edu
Office Hours:
By appointment.
Country:
United States
Expertise
Rosenheim’s projects span sculpture, works on paper, painting and printmaking. Her fictional landscapes and hybrid beasts explore themes of environmental degradation, aging and the flesh.
Image
Drawing III
Drawing IV
Two-Dimensional Design
Research Interests
Rosenheim fashions beasts out of features borrowed from animal, human and mythological creatures to embody environmental peril and the psyche. She explores the feminist assertion that the personal is political, proposing aging as both intimate experience and social stereotype. Rosenheim’s practice is steeped in material exploration. She uses labor-intensive practices to build form and embellish surfaces. Her mediums range from 14 karat gold to papier mâché, traditional paints and raw pigments as she responds to the expressive demands.
Education
Master of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Selected Exhibitions
Great Lakes Invitational Art Fair, Kewaunee, WI
Harpy· Human· Hybrid· Beast, Epiphany Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL
Gender Fluid: Evolving Identities, Studio 88 Gallery, Chiang Mai, Thailand
CSI x ALMA, Alma Gallery, Chicago, IL
Do Ostriches Really Bury their Heads in the Sand?, Dickson Window Project Space, Sugar Grove, IL
Mystical, Mythical, Magical, Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art, Grayslake, IL
Vivarium, Slow Gallery, Chicago, IL
Additional Information
Studio 88 Artists Residency, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Artist Residency, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
Founding Director of The Bike Room and TBR@, an artist-run project space and popup gallery. Over 50 artists exhibited.