Brooklyn-based artist Nancy Blum is known for her large-scale botanical artworks that blend history with innovation. Drawing inspiration from 16th and 17th-century botanical illustrations, Blum reimagines these timeless images through her unique lens, combining species that would never naturally coexist. Her works challenge conventional views of nature, presenting flowers not as delicate, but as powerful, forceful agents of growth and continuity.

Blum has made her mark through public art commissions, including her large-scale mosaics for New York City’s MTA Arts in Transit program and monumental glass windows at San Francisco General Hospital. Her pieces are celebrated for their meticulous craftsmanship and their ability to transform environments, often responding to the architecture, ecosystem, and community of the space.

Her work has been showcased at prestigious galleries such as the Weatherspoon Art Museum and the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, and her pieces are held in public and private collections across the U.S. Blum’s creative process has been recognized with fellowships from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation and the Peter S. Reed Foundation, and her artistic journey is documented in her 2017 monograph.