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Nisha Bansil ARTIST STATEMENT This work is inspired by the folding techniques of Japanese astrophysicist Koryo Miura. These techniques use a repeating set of creases to create a variety of faceted shapes, which can then be combined infinitely to create three-dimensional tessellated patterns. My interest in folded models lies within the transformation of a flat sheet of paper into an elastic and fluid paper model. It is this moment of fluidity frozen within a rigid glass form, which fascinates me, most. Using the optical properties of white glass, I am able to create a surface which is reminiscent of paper, yet retains the unique properties of glass. Education/Training 2001 B.F.A., Printmaking, Cum Laude, State University of New York at New Paltz Professional Experience 2016 Owner/Designer Heni Inc. (from 2010) 2016 Residency, Corning Museum of Glass, New York 2016 Residency, Bullseye Glass Company, Mamaroneck, New York 2016 Artist assistant to Denise Stillwaggon Leone, Earlville, New York (from 2001) 2009 Assistant Curator of Exhibitions, Fenimore Art Museum and The Farmers’ Museum, New

York State Historical Association, Cooperstown (from 2002) Selected Exhibitions 2016 In Residence: New York, Bullseye Resource Center New York Gallery, Mamaroneck 2016 Charcoal and Glass, Lis Engle and Nisha Bansil, MURAL on Main Gallery, Roxbury, New

York 2016 Bedtime Stories, Wedeman Gallery, Lasell College, Newton, Massachusetts 2015 40/40, Greene County Council on the Arts, Catskill, New York 2015 Photowork '15, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York 2015 Passages, Wedeman Gallery, Lasell College, Newton, Massachusetts 2015 Extreme Surfaces, Greene County Council on the Arts, Catskill, New York 2014 Jim Zivic Collaborations, Ralph Pucci International, Gallery Nine, New York City 2006 Refection, Nisha Bansil and Lorien Jordan, MPG Contemporary, Boston 2005 Greene County Council on the Arts Board Member Invitational, Catskill, New York 2003 Shelter, the Art of Denise Stillwaggon Leone and Nisha Bansil, Earlville, New York 2003 New Directions 2001, MPG Contemporary, Boston 2001 BFA Thesis Show, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, New York Awards, Honors, and Grants 2010 Selected as Alternate for Fulbright Grant to Czech Republic