Nanci France-Vaz B. 1966
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Nanci France-Vaz
B. 1966
Time Channel
Oil on linen panel
30 x 20 inches
Signed
Provenance
Nanci France-Vaz
Rehs Contemporary Galleries, Inc., New York City
BIOGRAPHY
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Nanci France-Vaz is a contemporary realist painter and an Art Renewal Center Living Master, a distinction awarded to a select group of artists whose work demonstrates exceptional technical mastery and lasting significance in representational art. 6 of her paintings are held in the permanent collection of the ARC Museum—an institutional recognition that places her work among the most respected living realist painters today.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, France-Vaz trained at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in animation, film, and special effects. That early foundation continues to shape her work, giving her paintings a cinematic quality—carefully composed, emotionally charged, and rich with narrative suggestion.

Her figurative and portrait paintings draw inspiration from classical traditions, particularly the Pre-Raphaelites and Naturalist painters, while remaining deeply contemporary in voice. France-Vaz is known for her masterful use of light, subtle color harmonies, and psychological nuance. Rather than presenting a fixed story, her work invites the viewer into a moment of quiet contemplation, where emotion lingers just beneath the surface.

Collectors are often drawn to the stillness within her work. There is a sense of inner life in her subjects and a contemplative atmosphere that invites the viewer to pause, breathe, and linger. These paintings reward slow looking, revealing emotional depth through gesture, expression, and light. They are works meant to be lived with—returning something new each time they are encountered.

France-Vaz has exhibited widely in galleries, museums, and prestigious juried exhibitions in the United States and internationally, including exhibitions with the MEAM (Museum of Modern European Art) in Barcelona. Her work is held in private collections nationwide and continues to be sought after by collectors who value both technical excellence and emotional depth.

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Nanci France-Vaz
B. 1966
A World Between Worlds
Oil on linen panel
30 x 20 inches
Signed
Nanci France-Vaz
B. 1966
Nimue
Oil on linen panel
20 x 16 inches
Signed
Nanci France-Vaz
B. 1966
Suspended in Silence
Oil on linen panel
36 x 24 inches
Signed
Nanci France-Vaz
B. 1966
Time Channel
Oil on linen panel
30 x 20 inches
Signed
Nanci France-Vaz
B. 1966
Transfigured Night
Oil on linen panel
30 x 20 inches
Signed