Between Dimensions Feature Artist: Nicole Lenzi's Spatial Drawing

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Images 1-5. Time Lines (Projections), 2023-24; Ink and pencil on paper, wooden dowels, wire, and acrylic

Time Lines (Projections) 

The recent installation Time Lines (Projections) explores how dimensionality, architectural space, and time can affect the development of a drawing and thinking. Shadows cast by the sun coming through a window (in relation to architecture) along with projections of shadows were traced onto paper. 3D marks (made with dowels) are then interrelated with the 2D lines, creating a dialogue between dimensions and space. Works are then placed on the walls, floors, and corners of an environment to converse and see what happens next.

About

Nicole Lenzi’s work questions what a drawing is and its link to thinking and time. She works between mediums and dimensions to expand the concept of drawing that includes installation, photography, and works on paper. Lenzi has exhibited in galleries and museums in the United States and internationally. She has a B.F.A. from Carnegie Mellon University and an M.F.A. from Maryland Institute College of Art. Lenzi is based in Baltimore, MD, United States. Her blog, Expanded, presents non-traditional drawing practices around the world and is a contributor to Drawing Tube, an international platform for alternative research and practice of drawing.