Bio

Nancy Wallace Brown received her B.F.A. in Drawing and Painting from the University of North Texas, College of Visual Art and Design.  She is a recipient of  the Katherine Rigsby Dougan Scholarship Award from the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University.  Nancy Wallace Brown is a graduate of the Meadows School of the Arts with an M.F.A. in Studio Art. 

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Wallace Brown's work  has been exhibited at various galleries and institutions, including The Dallas Contemporary, The 500X Gallery, Craighead-Green Gallery, Hamon Art Gallery, Templeton Art Center at Texas Christian University, M.F.A. Gallery, and the University of Texas at Dallas. Her work was selected for inclusion in the "5th National Juried Exhibition" at Axis Gallery in Sacramento and at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center Solo Invitational. The Dallas Art Fair, Lightwell Gallery, Alameda Art Center, Manifest Gallery, Pollack Gallery,  Studio832, and the City of Austin City Hall are venues that have featured her work.     

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Wallace Brown is originally from Dallas, Texas.  In 2013, Nancy relocated her studio practice from Dallas to Austin, Texas.  In 2025, she opened an additional studio at ArtHub ATX. 

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Artist Statement 

I find color to be the most intriguing phenomena.  It is both physically healing and violently expressive; a trickster with multiple personalities. 

I am most intrigued by the early 20th century European artists associated with the Bauhaus School in the Weimar Republic of Germany before WW2.  The study of early leaders in abstract art has been the priority in my research since I began making artwork in 1980.  Currently,  I am attuned to Joseph Albers' experiments in regards to simultaneous contrast and color relativity.  Additional influences on my work include post-painterly abstraction, pattern, decoration, my spiritual life and music.​ 

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