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Nancy Calef is a contemporary American figurative painter and author. Her work is distinguished by the technique of sculpting off the canvas with clay to produce paintings in three-dimensional high relief. Calef is also a singer/songwriter.〔Guthmann, Edward, "(Nancy Calef Writes of Recovering from Mom's Madness )", May 20, 2014, San Francisco Chronicle〕〔"(Conference Speakers 2012 )," Women's Power Strategy Conference web site, retrieved October 24, 2015.〕 == Biography == Born in New York City, Calef graduated from the Bronx High School of Science at age 15 and received a scholarship from the College of New Rochelle to study painting and sculpture. She exhibits widely in museums and galleries in solo and group shows.〔Carroll, Jerry, “Missing Out on Magic” (July 8, 1998), ''San Francisco Chronicle'', p. D2 ()〕 Calef has lived in Europe and Thailand and has traveled throughout the U.S., Mexico, Central America, Southeast Asia, India and Nepal. She has lived in San Francisco since 1977.〔“(Artist of the Month: interview with Nancy Calef ),” The Artlist web site, December, 2009〕 Calef’s studio is in the city’s North Beach district where she exhibits in numerous galleries and the Beat Museum.〔Koeppel, Geri, (“North Beach artist, author to talk at Beat Museum exhibit March 27” ), March 27, 2015, ''Barbary Coast News''.〕 Calef is co-author with Jody Weiner of ''Peoplescapes: My Story from Purging to Painting''. The memoir chronicles Calef’s evolution from child model suffering anorexia and bulimia, through recovery and maturation into a multi-disciplined artist. The book contains 149 color images of her 3D oil paintings.〔(Babu Books web site )〕 “Expressing myself through art provided a foothold to wrestle my self-destructive demons and connect to the world. I channeled those negative impulses into disciplined production,” Calef was quoted as saying in an article about her in the ''San Francisco Chronicle''.〔Guthmann, Edward, “(Nancy Calef Writes of Recovering from a Mom’s Madness )” May 20, 2014, ''San Francisco Chronicle'' 〕 Calef is also a co-author of ''Nothing But the Truth So Help Me God''.〔“Nothing But the Truth So Help Me God,” (Amazon.com ) web site, retrieved September 28, 2015〕 She speaks at literary and art forums including Litquake.〔Garchik, Leah, “(Writing and Fighting Creative Couples Collaborating )”, Litquake event moderated by Jody Weiner and Nancy Calef mentioned in “Kansas City’s contribution to this City by the Bay” October 23, 2014, ''San Francisco Chronicle''〕 〔(Litquake event moderated by Jody Weiner and Nancy Calef ) 〕 She is the wife of author Jody Weiner.〔Jody Weiner, dedication to ''Prisoners of Truth'', Council Oak Books, 2004. ISBN 978-1-57178-124-6〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nancy Calef」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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