Nelleke Nix – Bio

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Nix maintains a primary studio in Washington State and a studio in New York. Work is included in the permanent collections of The National Museum of Women in the Arts in WjTBCashington DC, The Rhode Island Museum of the Holocaust, The Victoria and Albert Museum London England, The Bank of South America. Special collections of The Allen Library of the University of Washington, and many private collections. She completed commissions in Seattle (WA), New York (NY), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Sandomierz (Poland), Rosas (Spain), Santa Fe (NM), Tari Papua (NG), Valley of the Queens (Egypt). A MFA degree was received at the Royal College for the Visual Arts in The Hague, (Netherlands). As an emerging artist she completed summer courses at the Beaux Arts in Paris (France). She received extension credits from UW in Seattle, and a certificate degree in advanced Publishing from Stanford (CA). Nix is also the author of many Artist’s Books. Material is found during travel to remote places where she not only interacts with the locals, but also collects fibers and pigments to work with. She is a member of SoHo20 Gallery since 1996.

http://www.nnix.com