ABOUT

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When Nadia was in kindergarten, her teacher told her that her drawing of a tree didn’t look like a tree. That small comment silenced her artistic expression for years. Feeling that her way of seeing the world wasn’t acceptable, she set drawing aside until college, where it reappeared—this time as a requirement for her Art History major.

 

Drawing became one of her most challenging courses, because it forced her to confront difference. To see the world differently can feel like a burden, especially when you’re young and eager to belong. Over time, though, Nadia came to understand that her perspective wasn’t a flaw, but a gift. Her differences could be an edge—something that gave her creative process its unique depth.

 

Photography became her first medium of choice, and for years it was the foundation for her paintings. In 2022, after a decade devoted to photography, she began to explore abstraction. What started as an experiment—using photographs to spark ideas for new paintings—soon became an artistic chapter of its own. Both her painting and her photography began to evolve into studies of letting go: releasing control, embracing freedom, and inviting the unexpected.

 

Now, through both brush and lens, Nadia is uncovering a new voice. Her work moves fluidly between image and interpretation, realism and abstraction, structure and surrender.

 

You can see more of her photography on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bklyn_block or at http://www.nadiablockphotography.com

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