Ronna Nemitz
Ronna Nemitz is a Phoenix-based artist whose work examines memory, notions of time, gesture, and autobiography. She received a BFA (1995) from The University of Wyoming and an MFA (2011) from Arizona State University. Her projects include Homesickness and Other Endeavors, an installation that renovated the Eric Fischl Gallery into a domestic residence. And, Paper Thin Walls, a projection dominated installation about the intricate relationship of her parent's marriage featured at Xavier College Preparatory in Phoenix, AZ. Her most recent work, Amnesia and Other Stories, is an on-going multi-media project that examines life cycles of loss and manipulates photographic portraits to visualize the operation of memory. Nemitz teaches art at Mesa Community College. Her work has been exhibited at the Phoenix Art Museum, Eric Fischl Gallery, and Mesa Community College Art Gallery and FOUND:RE PHOENIX.
I Can’t Stay and I Can’t Come Back
I Can’t Stay and I Can’t Come Back
You Like To Be Sick
You Like To Be Sick
The Things We Try To Mend And Repair Repurposed and reconstructed taxidermy form, boat shaped bookcase enveloped in cotton batting, led light source, men’s work shirts, women’s negligees, bed sheets, various domestic wares, including mason jars, jelly jars, and drinking glasses with warm water Park Central Gallery - Phoenix, Arizona 2019
The Things We Try To Mend And Repair
The Pull of Gravity installation of life casts, glass aquarium, raw steel, led light source, and stainless steel wire Harry Wood Gallery - Tempe, AZ 2011
The Pull of Gravity
Paper Thin Walls Multimedia installation: Two channel projection, life casts, analog projectors, men’s shirts, paper, and photography Xavier College Preparatory - Phoenix, AZ 2013
Paper Thin Walls
Paper Thin Walls