Nava Atlas
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| Education | University of Michigan, B.F.A. State University of New York at New Paltz, M.A. |
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Nava Atlas is an American vegan cookbook author and artist known for her work as a maker of artist's books.
An archive of her papers is housed in the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture at Duke University.
Education[edit]
Nava Atlas received her B.F.A. degree from the University of Michigan in 1977,[1] and her M.A. degree in Art Studio in 2007 from the State University of New York at New Paltz.[2]
Cookbooks[edit]
Atlas has written and illustrated a number of vegetarian and vegan cookbooks.[3] Her first cookbook, Vegetariana, came out in 1984,[3] and an entirely vegan edition of Vegetariana was released in 2021.[4]
Her first set of cookbooks focused on vegetarian and natural foods: The WholeFood Catalog: A complete Guide to Natural Foods (1988), American Harvest: Regional Recipes for the Vegetarian Kitchen (1991), Great American Vegetarian (1998), The Vegetarian 5- Ingredient Gourmet (2001), and The Vegetarian Family Cookbook (2004). Later, she transitioned to vegan and plant-based cookbooks: Vegan Holiday Kitchen (2011), Wild About Greens (2012), Plant Power (2014), 5-Ingredient Vegan (2019), Vegan on a Budget (2020), and Plant-Powered Protein (2020).[5]
VegNews listed Vegan Holiday Kitchen as one of the "Top 100 Vegan Cookbooks of All Time" in 2024. [6]
Book arts[edit]
Atlas is a maker of artists' books, often experimenting with the physical form and incorporating found materials.[7] Her artist's books have been included in numerous, international exhibitions including: The Sexual Politics of Meat at The Animal Museum in Los Angeles, California, 2017; Book Power Redux, 23 Sandy, Portland, Oregon, 2017[8], From Bande Dessinée to Artist’s Book: Testing the Limits of Franco-Belgian Comics, Center for Book ArtsNYC, 2013[9]; Conceptually Bound 3, California State University Chico, 2007, and Mohr Gallery, CSMA, Mountain View, California, 2008.[10] [11]
Her works include: Secret Recipes for the Modern Wife (2009), Sluts & Studs (2008), Tomcats & Trollops (2008), (Mis)labeling Hillary (2008), Hand Jobs (2008), Deconstructing Elsie (2014), Why You Can't Get Married: an Unwedding Album (2013), The Completely-from-Scratch Steer-to-Sirloin Beef Slaughter Guide and Cookbook (2012), and Any Man Gets Tired of Toast All the Time (2007).[7] Love and Marriage (2008) is a 1950s comic book in which all the dialogue has been replaced with original text by Atlas, and installations that feature text.[12]
Collections[edit]
Atlas' work is in the collections of Brooklyn Museum, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Wichita Art Museum.[7]
Bibliography[edit]
Conceptually Bound 3, An Exhibition of Artists’ Books by Nanette Wylde, Hunger Button Books, 2007.ISBN: 978-1-936083-00-8 [13]
References[edit]
- ^ Nava Atlas and Clarissa Sligh in Conversation
- ^ More Than Art Books, the Books Are the Art
- ^ a b Kanner, Ellen. "Meatless Monday: Nava Atlas and the Art of Plant Power". Huffington Post, Oct. 27, 2014,
- ^ Writer Nava Atlas reflects on the (vegan) return of her cult-classic "Vegetariana" cookbook
- ^ List of cookbooks
- ^ Pointing, Charlotte (January 10, 2024). "The Top 100 Vegan Cookbooks of All Time". VegNews. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
- ^ a b c Isaacs, J. Susan.The Book: A Contemporary View. Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, 2011, p. 14.
- ^ "Book Power Redux". 23 Sandy. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
- ^ "From Bande Dessinée to Artist's Book: Testing the Limits of Franco-Belgian Comics". Center for Book Arts. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
- ^ "Conceptually Bound, exhibitions of Artists' Books". preneo.org. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
- ^ "Why You Can't Get Married by Nava Atlas (Hard Cover)". 23 Sandy. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
- ^ "Artist's Books: Love and Marriage". University of Michigan Library website, 2017.
- ^ Nanette Wylde (2007-10-21). Conceptually Bound 3 Catalogue.
External links[edit]
- Living people
- 21st-century American women writers
- American cookbook writers
- American veganism activists
- American women artists
- State University of New York at New Paltz alumni
- University of Michigan alumni
- Vegan cookbook writers
- Vegetarian cookbook writers
- Women book artists
- Book artists
- American women food writers