{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftake-it-from-the-iron-woman-trailer.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fep-278-nanci-0LjfKmGx","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Ep. 279 Nanci France-Vaz - Modern Renaissance Painter","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/d23eb322-464f-4a16-bb27-70fe974a605f/2d540e55-e943-461d-b3b5-09094cd0af92/nanci-france-vaz.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/b44b0b60-ca78-4104-acb3-3dd125a6b155\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Ep. 279 Nanci France-Vaz - Modern Renaissance Painter\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Nanci France-Vaz is a modern renaissance artist that uses allegorical symbolism to create visual stories on canvas. France-Vaz draws inspiration from the Pre-Raphaelite and Naturalist periods of art, poetry, and classic literature, and film. She combines her strong foundation in life painting with imaginative backgrounds fusing classical with contemporary realism. \n\n \n\nThe artist was born in Brooklyn, NY and moved to the UWS in Manhattan in 2002 to study portrait and figurative art. She was the recipient of the Rhodes Scholarship Award and earned a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in 3D Computer Animation for Film and Special Effects.\n\n \n\nFrance-Vaz has exhibited at the Museum of Modern European Art for ModPortrait and first round of Figurativas,  Abend Gallery, Principle Gallery, Lovetts Gallery, Eisele Gallery, Butler Insitute of Fine Art, National Arts Club NYC, and Salmagundi Club NYC. She has had 3 solo shows. \n"}