Nava Atlas

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Nava Atlas
Education University of Michigan, B.F.A.
State University of New York at New Paltz, M.A.
Occupations
  • Vegetarian and Vegan Cookbook Author
  • Artist

Nava Atlas is an American vegan cookbook author and artist known for her work as a maker of artist's books.

Contents

An archive of her papers is housed in the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture at Duke University.

Education

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

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

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

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

Conceptually Bound 3, An Exhibition of Artists’ Books by Nanette Wylde, Hunger Button Books, 2007.ISBN: 978-1-936083-00-8 [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Nava Atlas and Clarissa Sligh in Conversation
  2. ↑ More Than Art Books, the Books Are the Art
  3. 1 2 Kanner, Ellen. "Meatless Monday: Nava Atlas and the Art of Plant Power". Huffington Post, Oct. 27, 2014,
  4. ↑ Writer Nava Atlas reflects on the (vegan) return of her cult-classic "Vegetariana" cookbook
  5. ↑ List of cookbooks
  6. ↑ Pointing, Charlotte (January 10, 2024). "The Top 100 Vegan Cookbooks of All Time". VegNews . Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  7. 1 2 3 Isaacs, J. Susan.The Book: A Contemporary View. Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, 2011, p. 14.
  8. ↑ "Book Power Redux". 23 Sandy. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  9. ↑ "From Bande Dessinée to Artist's Book: Testing the Limits of Franco-Belgian Comics". Center for Book Arts. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  10. ↑ "Conceptually Bound, exhibitions of Artists' Books". preneo.org. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  11. ↑ "Why You Can't Get Married by Nava Atlas (Hard Cover)". 23 Sandy. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  12. ↑ "Artist's Books: Love and Marriage". University of Michigan Library website, 2017.
  13. ↑ Nanette Wylde (2007-10-21). Conceptually Bound 3 Catalogue.
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