About
My work explores the concept of nature's interconnectedness, seeds and playfulness. My hand drawn animated films, paintings and prints (scarves and wall hangings) merge to create a whole universe. I engage with the absurd and humorous as well as the dark and the light. My work has been described as 'Hermes on acid' and takes that as a compliment.
My animations have been screened at film festivals around the world, winning awards along the way. They have been projected in cinemas, galleries, as backdrops to live stage performances, as well onto the sail of a boat. I've directed and hand animated short films for HBO TV and Sesame Street. My paintings, murals and fabric prints are in various private collections and public places in the US and UK. I draw every year for the Met Opera, creating scarf prints inspired by their musical productions.
After living and working in New York City for 28 years, my studio is now based in London.
Paintings, murals and screenprints...
Nadia has created works for the Metropolitan Opera House, NYC; the Chicago Lyric Opera, the San Francisco Opera, BMG Sony Classics, NYC and Berlin, Absolut Vodka, Delta Airlines, the Reception Rooms at the United States Department of State, the Pierre Hotel, the Guggenheim Museum, Neiman Marcus, Liberty of London, and Artisan Publishing House, NYC among others.
Hand made Animated films...
Nadia's animations have been screened at film festivals world wide, winning awards along the way.
She has created animated backdrops for the plays 'Drowning Crow' at the Manhattan Theatre Club and the musical 'Grey Gardens', both of which were realised on Broadway. Her animations formed the live backdrops for the comic opera 'Naked Revolution' at the Guthrie Theatre Lab commissioned by the Walker Art Foundation in Minneapolis and created an animated 'opera in a box' at The Kitchen, NYC. Her animations have been projected with live musical performances at Le Poisson Rouge and City Winery NYC. Nadia has animated and directed several short films for HBO TV and for Sesame Street. She animated sequences for the documentary film In Glorious Smell-O-Vision. Nadia animated three highly successful national TV commercials staring 50's Hollywood movie stars as vegetables for Publicis Advertising Agency in Dallas and GlaxoSmithKline. Her award winning animated film 'Serenade' was purchased by MOMA for the picture library film collection at Lincoln Center for performing arts.
Awards include...
The Tom Phillips Drawing Prize
First prize Asifa East Charles Samu Award
Black Maria Directors Choice Award
Ann Arbor Film Festival Audience Prize
Best single subject cookbook for the USA category-Gourmand awards- Granita Magic which she wrote and illustrated as a testament to the marriage of food and art.
Nadia's silkscreen print 'Balancing Act' at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2024