Bianca Nemelc (b. 1991) is an American painter of Dominican, Indonesian and Surinamese heritage who lives and works in New York; her work has been shown by galleries including Hashimoto Contemporary, Steve Turner and WOAW Gallery. In vivid, dreamlike acrylic landscapes, the bodies of full-figured women of colour merge with hills and water, and rest becomes an intentional, even sacred state. She also reflects on migration and her ties to ancestral Caribbean landscapes.
Bianca Nemelc (b. 1991, New York, USA) is an American painter of Dominican, Indonesian and Surinamese heritage. She was born and raised in Washington Heights in Upper Manhattan and lives and works in the Dyckman/Inwood area of New York City. She works in acrylic, creating vivid, dreamlike landscapes populated by full-figured women of colour. In her compositions the curves of the female body merge with hills, mountains and water, expressing a sense of oneness with nature. Her figures often swim, float or recline, and rest itself is a central theme, understood as an active, intentional and even sacred state. Her work also reflects on migration, femininity and her connection to ancestral Caribbean landscapes, often in warm, earthy tones. She has cited Latin American women artists such as the photographer Lola Álvarez Bravo and Ana Mendieta as sources of inspiration. Her work has been shown by galleries including Hashimoto Contemporary, Steve Turner and WOAW Gallery. The painting “Snowmelt and Blood” (2022), acrylic on canvas, offered by TUMO Gallery, belongs to this body of work on the bond between womanhood and the land.
