Nancy Bleck is from Toronto, Ontario, and a daughter of immigrants from Berlin, Germany. She holds a BFA from Emily Carr, and an MA in Fine Art from MAHKU, The Netherlands. An explorer of ecological, collaborative and socially engaged art practices, Nancy works primarily with large-format photography, coupled with writing, feminist theory, and video. Embracing embodied knowledge and social innovation, she is co-founder of the Uts'am/Witness project (1997-2007) and was honoured with Squamish name ‘Slanay Sp'ak'wus’ (2001). A hardcover book titled 'Picturing Transformation, Newx-ayanstut', showcasing her photography over fifteen years, was released in 2013. She is a recipient of the YWCA, Women of Distinction award in the category of Arts, Culture and Design (2007). Nancy is developing new work for the German Biennale in Sustainable Arts, to be exhibited in Hamburg for the International Year of Soils (2015). She has lived in Berlin, Prague, Utrecht and currently North Vancouver, BC.
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