A Pioneer of Live Performance Painting
Deeply textured and enthralling in their execution, Ostrovsky's improvisational works draw wholly from the immediacy of the musicians' resonant vibrations in the room as a testament to the singular experience that only a live performance can offer. Her spontaneous method of smearing, dripping, squeezing, and manipulating paint onto canvas in real-time, as compelled by the music, is provocative and deeply exhilarating. This synesthetic experience is truly electrifying: to see vibration, to feel color, to witness sound manifest-- this is Ostrovsky's unique gift to the overlapping worlds of art, music, and culture.
Ostrovsky has worked with musicians of the highest caliber, performing alongside talent at many venues, including: Jazz at Lincoln Center Deichtorhallen Hamburg Institute of Contemporary Art Boston Express Yourself Lesley College University of San Diego Eastman School of Music |
"Painting to Music" Live Performance
with Stan Strickland, Cambridge, MA
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with Roswell Rudd Trio, NY
Documentary Short feat. Nancy Ostrovsky
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"Nancy made the swirls and thrusts of the instruments visible...." - Bob Blumenthal, The Boston Globe |
Nancy Ostrovsky
Nancy Ostrovsky was born in North Africa and spent much of her childhood in various countries in Asia. These early African and Asian influences contribute to a unique stylization perfectly suited to the dynamic art of live performance with musicians from around the world. Ostrovsky has exhibited in Germany, New York, Boston, and California. Her work is included in many private collections and public collections including HBO, Young Audiences, Very Special Arts, American Society of Hypertension. Huntington Town Hall, and a collection of 40 paintings owned by the Green Street Grille in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Nancy has performed alongside musicians of the highest caliber at venues including:
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Deichtorhallen Hamburg
Institute of Contemporary Art Boston
Express Yourself
Lesley College
University of San Diego
Eastman School of Music
Nancy has performed alongside musicians of the highest caliber at venues including:
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Deichtorhallen Hamburg
Institute of Contemporary Art Boston
Express Yourself
Lesley College
University of San Diego
Eastman School of Music
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Are you an artist, gallery, or venue seeking to expand your music or arts programming? Book Nancy Ostrovsky to make your future concert, opening, or event one to remember!
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