Nantandy

Autobiographical mural: Growing Up in Texas
Born in Abilene	Move to Ozona	The Tender Years	Becoming a Woman

Discovery of the Indians by the Spanish Friars (panel 1810, #1)

Mormons Came to San Bernardino (panel 1850)

Jungle Fantasy

 

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Nantandy was born in Abilene, TX, in 1927, and moved to Ozona, TX, in 1932, where she attended public school. In 1948 she became a professional artist after having won awards in watercolor, oils, and drawing, and attending college at NTSU and TWC in Denton, TX, and San Angelo University, San Angelo, TX. She moved to California in 1960 and worked for several movies studios and attended Otis Art Institute and USC, receiving her BFA in 1964. In 1967, while working on her MA in Painting from CSULB, she taught high school and college. By this time she had invented her style of structural canvasses and sculpted in various media. She became known internationally. In 1978 she was awarded her first public commission by the California State Architect to create a 6' x 72' mural for the EDD building in San Bernardino, CA.

Nantandy moved to New York in 1981, joined the National Society of Mural Painters, and began painting autobiographical murals. They were exhibited at the Keane-Mason Gallery and Studio 54 in 1982. Her San Bernardino Mural was included in the NSMP Bicentennial Traveling Exhibition form 1984 to 1990. She has continued to exhibit, winning awards in various mediums. She has had over 50 solo exhibitions including retrospectives in California, New York, and Texas. Her most recent honor was inclusion in the permanent collection of the Vay Adam museum in Vaja, Hungary. She has exhibited in the Westbeth Art Gallery since 1991. Her second retrospective solo exhibit is scheduled there from April 2 - 24, 2005. All her friends are invited to attend this gala event.

Texas Agent: Kathryn Keathley, 2134 Old Orchard Road, Abilene, TX 79605, Tel: (915) 692-7650.

Museums/Collections

State of California, EDD Bldg., San Bernardino
South Coast Hospital, Laguna Beach, CA
A Vay Adam Museum, Vaja, Hungary

Galleries/Shows

Westbeth Gallery, NYC
Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX, 1991
A Vay Adam Museum, Art Camp Group, Hungary

Awards/Foundations

Texas Watercolor Society, San Antonio, TX, 1952, 1957, and 1959
NSMP Mural Competition, NYC, 2nd place, 1983
Art in Public Places, mural commission

Educational Institutions

University of Southern California, BFA, 1961
California State University, Long Beach, MA, 1967
California State University, Fullerton

Professional Affiliations

National Society of Mural Painters
Westbeth Independent Artists
Artists for Economic Action

Reviews/Publications

Ultra Magazine, 1983
Who's Who of American Women
The Week, NYC, 2001

Regina Stewart, Executive Director