Jenene Nagy
Watermark Drawing (Black)

Media: graphite on cast paper

Artist Statement:
I think often of a quote by Robert Smithson discussing Donald Judd's work: “The more one tries to grasp the surface structure, the more baffling it becomes. The work seems to have no natural equivalent to anything physical, yet all it brings to mind is physicality.” This is very much this notion I aim to evoke with my work.

Biography

Jenene Nagy is a visual artist living and working in the Inland Empire. Nagy’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at venues including the Portland Art Museum, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Southern Exposure in San Francisco, Takt Kunstprojektraum in Berlin, and Samuel Freeman in Los Angeles, among others. Her work has been recognized with grants and awards from the Foundation of Contemporary Art, the Oregon Arts Commission, Colorado Creative Industries, and the Ford Family Foundation. Nagy is represented by PDX CONTEMPORARY ART in Portland.