Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci circa 1487

  James Nance Sculpture Studio

   Museum Quality Portraits and Sculpture of Distinction

Artist Biography and Resume

Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci circa 1487

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   Commission Subjects

   Life & Posthumous Portraits

   Historical / Commemorative

   Allegorical  / Inspirational

   Abstract / Representational

   Topographical Relief Maps

Sculpture Style 

Full Round

Relief

Bust and Figurative

Classical Realism

Contemporary

Sculpture Scale

Medallion

Life Size

Maquette

Monument

Any Size or Subject

Sculpture Materials

Bronze

Cast Marble

Terra - Cotta

Cast Linen Paper

Acrylic / Steel

Project Management

Design

Research

Presentation

Installation

Collaboration

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Veteran Owned Business VBE,

Registered with US General Services Administration Art in Architecture Program and Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery

Commissions for Private, Corporate, Military, Government, and Public Percent for Art

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Professional Skills and Services:

  • Sculpture in classic realism, portrait bust, figure, relief, monumental, or medallion
  • Medium in bronze, terra cotta, cast marble, cast linen paper, resin, or steel
  • Subjects of contemporary, historical, posthumous, abstract, and representational
  • Reference from live sittings and models, photographic, and historical research
  • War Memorials
  • Project management in research, design, presentation, installation, collaboration

 

Education:

  • USAF Academy, Colorado Springs, B.S Degree Engineering                  1967-1971
  • Minneapolis College of Art & Design                                                        1984-1986
  • Atelier Lack Classical Realism Academy, Minneapolis                           1986-1989
  • University of Minnesota Medical School, Anatomy 2 Semesters            1987-1989

 

Awards and Competitions:

  • Korean War Memorial Design, Washington DC, Finalist                        1989
  • International Sculpture Center, Johnson sculpture competition
    • 1st Place in 5 day live model figure sculpture competition              1989
  • Smithsonian National Gallery “Guest Artist in Residence”                     1990-1991
  • Uffizi Gallery, 6 month sculpture study, Florence Italy                             1992
  • Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, Award of Merit
    • Abraham Lincoln Dual Portraits, Lincoln Library                           1995
  • Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Medallion                                                  2008
  • 2008 Presidential Inaugural Medal 2nd Place Finalist                               2008
  • Portrait Society of America competition,  placed                                       2009

 

Memberships and Affiliations:

  • National Sculpture Society, Associate Member
  • Portrait Society of America
  • Registered VBE Veteran Owned Enterprise
  • Registered with Smithsonian Portrait Gallery
  • Registered with US General Services Administration Art in Architecture Program

 

Installations and Commissions:

  • Portrait busts sculpted for private client commission, total 119              1979-2009
  • Lincoln Home, Lincoln Library, Lincoln Museum                                    1996-1998
  • Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville Tennessee                                    1997
  • USAF Vietnam Memorial                                                                          2010

 

Current Project:

For the past 9 months, I have been working on a commission for USAF sculpting a 8 foot tall by 7 ft wide, exaggerated vertical scale, high relief topographical map of South East Asia for a new Air Force Viet Nam Memorial in Colorado Springs to be dedicated on 1 October 2010. The map will be cast in bronze.

 

 

 
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James Nance Sculpture Studio

4617 Lone Tree Drive, Loveland, Colorado 80537

970-669-5507  jimnance4617@aol.com  

 

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