Pastelist Nicora Gangi, has been a member of the art department faculty at Syracuse University in New York since 1985. The first impression one gets from a pastel by Nicora Gangi is of technical excellence, since many believe her paintings are a photograph.
Using bold colors contrasted with dark backgrounds she achieves a level of drama reminiscent of the Old Dutch style, but with a more modern flair. Gangi’s startling level of realism instantly informs the viewer we are looking at the work of an incredibly accomplished artist. She has had numerous solo exhibitions nationwide and is in many important public and private collections. More recently, Nicora Gangi was one of the featured artists in Pure Color: The Best of Pastel.
''Everything has its testing point in the eye, an organ which eventually involves the whole personality and as much of the world as can be got into it. To see the world rightly, to learn to 'stare' at it, is difficult; sight is a moral sense. My aim as an artist is to use the ‘eyes of my heart' to penetrate this concrete world in order to realize at its depths the ultimate reality; and to render the sublime - that aesthetic experience of being overwhelmed, filled with awe at something so majestic it evokes a sense of the One who created this astonishing universe.''
Academic Background
1974 Syracuse University B.F.A.
1976 Syracuse University M.F.A.
Professional Employment
1985 - Present: Business Partner, Machaira Studio, Syracuse, NY
1985- Present: Faculty, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY>
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