Nadia

Nadia is an Italian born married to a Japanese and worked for UNESCO. After retiring from the UN she decided to go into art. She was influenced by her mother’s artistic talents that she acquired in Tuscany when she was young. Nadia worked and studied with Japanese artist for over 30 years. You can see her alter ego at www.absolutejapan.com.

Nadia has somehow retired from just Japanese arts and has started painting on silk only a year ago from 8 10  hours a day. She is trying to combine her Italian background with the Japanese art that she has mastered through the years.

She has had 2 exhibits in 2009.One at the Greenbelt Courthouse, where together with 40 other silk painters put up a SPIN show of which she is the chapter President for Maryland, Virginia and D.C. Nadia was elected last year as chapter President by the members.

SPIN stands for Silk Painting International.

Her second exhibit is at the Plum Center in Virginia where she is exhibiting 4 of her pieces together with other instructors of different media.

Nadia teaches silk painting at her studio in Rockville as well as through the Adult Education and ACE.

She is planning to have more exhibits.She has sold several of her pieces, and is working hard in mastering new techniques that are only acquired with so many hours of practice.

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She plans to include her artwork with fashion where she studied at the San Francisco Art University.

You can contact Nadia for upcoming 1-2 days workshops or on going classes.

She also teaches painting on Indian Saris as well as how to use silk painting in fashion runway collections.