Artist Biography
 
Nancy Kramer Bovee is a visual artist who works primarily in clay. She makes wall tile installations and free standing sculptures of richly textured hand rolled slabs of terra cotta clay. Exuberant colors adorn the varied surfaces, patterns and textures. Mandalas of introspection and observations of the natural world, be it plants or animals with elements of human soul. She received her B.F.A. from the Kansas City Art Institute in December of 1980 with Ken Ferguson as instructor and mentor. Leaving Kansas City she moved to Montana and set up a studio in the mountains outside of Helena. She developed as a studio potter making functional pottery of terra cotta clay. She used white majolica glaze and embellished it with a vivid color palate of bright gestural motif. In 1989 Nancy moved back to the Midwest and began making handmade tiles. Overtime these tiles morphed into sculpted wall installations and the free standing sculptures that she continues to make today. She currently lives in Santa Fe New Mexico and continues to explore her love of terra cotta clay.