Born in Lebanon in the year 1992, Nina had found a great interest in expression through drawing at a young age. At the age of 13, she completed her first canvas (30cm x 45 cm), and her first comic book. Since then, she was interested in telling stories through drawing, painting, and writing. The renowned painter Van Gogh, and nature that was a big part of her childhood influenced her style. The technique was acrylic on canvas Years later, after studying animated filmmaking at ALBA (Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts) and graduating with a master’s diploma, she lives in Beirut as a freelance animator, storyboard artist, and character designer, and produces paintings in parallel. One of her biggest influences today is Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, and Julio Pomar among many others. The urban life also helped her shape depth into her characters and their surroundings. The Lebanese architecture and repetitive patterns are dominantly present in her compositions. The urban life also helped her exploreseveral medias other than purely just acrylic on canvas.
KEY EXHIBITIONS
Oct 2022, Artists of Beirut Collective Pop up show, ‘A Sweet Fantasy’, Rebirth Beirut, Gemmayze, Lebanon.
June 2021, Artists of Beirut Collective Pop up Show, Season Two, “Women of Beirut: Untold stories”, Bossa Nova Hotel , Beirut, Lebanon.
September 2020, Liwatani, Petit Bain, Paris France.
SELECTED ARTWORKS
’Tout ce que je peux manger’, Mixed media,
50 x 70 cm, 2021
