Nadiya (she/hers) is a visual artist and designer, currently based in San Diego. Circus and craft inspired, she works in the intersections of mediums developed work at the Guapamacataro Center for Art and Ecology, the Bechdel Project, Artshack Brooklyn, and Mi-LAB Echizen, Japan.

Trained most early on as a Slavic decorative artist, she’s invested in artistic work that prioritizes storytelling, craft, and folk-based modes of creation. Her current focuses are illustration, murals, and ceramics.

Her work has been exhibited at Cooperativa Regional de Ecología Aplicada (CREA), Teatro Morelos de Maravtío, the Udatsu Paper & Craft Museum, and the Williams College Department of Art. She’s trained at East London Printmakers, La Villa Bastille, Academie de la Grande Chaumière, and Williams College and most recently was a ceramics working member at Artshack Brooklyn. Nadiya’s been a Sol Lewitt drafting & fabrication assistant at MASS MoCA and a ceramics production assistant at various studios.

Past commercial clients include Tessa Violet, Cesarina Restaurant,and Peacedale Global Arts.