Biography

Nadiya Jinnah as a “quad-continent” of Indian heritage was born in Uganda, East Africa. In her teens she moved to London to study Art. There she received her graduate, masters and fellowship in painting and sculpture. She found a way to develop a groundbreaking process that allowed her to merge sculpture and painting.

Blue Lagoon, 2023, Mixed Media, 96X155X10

She finally fulfilled her dream to move to New York City where she has been living for many years now. This blend of varied backgrounds had created what she called “a force of artistic inspiration”. By questioning everything, she found She needed to transfer an infinite perspective of life into abstract Art.

Nadiya’s work has been exhibited extensively around the world, including the Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair in Turkey, the Florence Biennale in Italy, the Osaka Matsuzakaya Gallery in Japan, the Estense Castle in Ferrara Italy, Galleria de Marchi, Bologna Italy, Galleria Civica D’Arte, Marsala Italy, Gallery Ateneo de Madrid Spain, Helander Gallery NYC and Florida, Gallery BAI NYC, Noho Gallery NYC, Broadway Gallery NYC, Hammond Museum, North Salem NY, Foreman Gallery, Oneonta NY, Monroe Center for the Arts Hoboken NJ, Hofstra Museum Hempstead NY, NJ Center for Visual Arts NJ, MSC Visual Art Gallery TX, Saginaw Museum Saginaw MI, Art Center Gallery Okaloosa FL, Melvin Art Gallery FL, Parkersburg Arts Center WV, and many more.

Cosmic Space,2023, Mixed Media, 96X155X10

Her art is held in numerous private, corporate, and public collections. These include the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Monroe Center for the Arts, the AT&T Conference Center, Heublein Inc., Best Products, Provident Mutual Life Insurance, among others.

Rise and Shine,2023, Mixed Media, 96X155X10

She has received Awards from Premio Ercole d” Este Italy, Manhattan Arts International, New Jersey center for Visual Arts, University of Massachusetts. Press includes, Trevisan “Art Fairs International” , The Gallery Journal Asian Identities, NY Arts Magazine, Art in America, NY Arts Volume 12, The Ismaili Magazine, NY Daily News.

Contracting Yang, 2024, Mixed Media, 96X155X10

Artist Statement

I am Asian of Indian heritage and was born in Uganda, East Africa. At the age of 17, I decided to travel to England to study Art. After undergraduate and a graduate degree in painting, I received scholarship to study at the prestigious Royal College of Art in London for master’s degree in painting and sculpture. Following my studies, I was awarded a fellowship in sculpture at the Gloucestershire College of Art, Cheltenham.

Expanding Ying, 2024, Mixed Media, 96X155X10

This combination of studies allowed me to develop a groundbreaking process to merge the two disciplines, sculpture and painting. I begin my creative process by going through a series of rituals. Each painting starts on a clay bed carved as a three-dimensional drawing which becomes a negative mold.

Tunnels of Air, 2022, Mixed Media,122X106X14

This impression is then transferred to a flexible acrylic canvas, which is stretched and or formed as a 3D object, painted with oil colors mixed with metallic powders. This process affords me an infinite variety of textures and depths in order to capture the feeling of an organic landscape, rocky surface, heather on the fields, or an ocean floor.

Tunnels of Earth, 2022, Mixed Media,122X106X14

My passion has always been to experience the existence of the intimate connection that exists between creativity and spirituality. After years of meditation and studying variety of energy healing modalities I feel the energy in all my life experiences. My purpose is to translate this energy into the Artform. I find the most magical part of my process is the moment of seeing both the original clay carving and its mirrored counterpart.

Tunnels of Fire, 2022, Mixed Media,122X106X14

It’s like witnessing a conversation between past and present, or between my inner and outer worlds. There’s something deeply personal about this space, where I can reflect on my own light and shadow, and the coexistence of both my creative and personal life. Each piece that I create has a life of its own and a message beyond the mind. In my understanding, it comes from our multi-dimensional self beyond our physical. I recognize this as a gift from the universe and that it has to be shared.

https://www.njinnah.com/