Nancy Bruno is a New York based ceramic artist and educator who holds an MFA from Queens College. Her work explores complexity and human experience and the history of art. is informed by her background in architecture and archaeology. Bruno is an exhibiting NYC artist and has completed international artist residencies. She teaches visual arts for the NYC Department of Education and serves as Vice President of the Long Island City Artists, a non-profit artist advocate organization. She continues her art practice at the Brick House Ceramic Art Center in LIC. Her artwork has been published in Art as Social Action: An Introduction to the Principles and Practices of Teaching Social Practice Art.
Things and objects connect to our experiences and schemas, acknowledging our coexistence and constant mutual affect. As an artist, I explore the material and form of things to express the complexity and conflict in our lives. Each thing emits an edifying energy that individualizes each object and facilitates meaning.
"A word or an image is symbolic when it implies something more than its obvious and immediate meaning. It has a wider 'unconscious' aspect that is never precisely defined or fully explained. Nor can one hope to define or explain it. As the mind explores the symbol, it is led to ideas that lie beyond the grasp of reason."
- Carl Jung