Nancy Genn, Evolution, 1962, oil on canvas. Crocker Art Museum, gift of Sarah and Rauly Butler, 2023.156.1
SONOMA, CA.- The Sonoma Valley Museum of Art is presenting a retrospective of the work of Nancy Genn, a Berkeley-based artist, whose long career explores the history of post-war American art in the fields of gestural abstraction and abstract expressionism. Nancy Genn: The Nature of Being opened on Saturday, May 10, and runs through September 7, 2025.
“I have known Nancy and her work for over twenty years. I am thankful that our paths converged again, and that we could work together to bring Nancy Genn: The Nature of Being to Sonoma Valley Museum of Art,” writes SVMA Executive Director & Chief Curator, Linda Keaton. “Nancy continues to refine and develop both process and expression. Her natural positivity and curiosity about the world around her is infectious.”…