Born in ‘92, Nada is a self-taught visual artist whose roots and heart are from Homs, Syria. She’s a strong believer that beyond bringing beauty to the world, art is a form of language and that heals, liberates and builds community resilience.

Currently based in Alexandria, Virginia - Nada grew up in Saudi Arabia and spent many years in the United Kingdom, before settling in Alexandria in 2020. As a self-taught artist, her style has grown and evolved over the years — starting off with just a pencil and paper from as early as 8 years old. Her love for portraiture and capturing people has remained a common thread in all her work, taking on new forms as the years went on.

Her love for painting and using colorful new art mediums began in 2020 with her first acrylic and oil painting on canvas, and she hasn’t looked back since.

The Syrian Revolution, Palestinian and Indigenous liberation movements, the civil rights movement, and her 9-to-5 job as a humanitarian aid worker have had major influences on her life and artwork. Her work and travel have unveiled the harsh truths of systemic inequality, from warfare and colonialism to the economic divide between the global south and north. She has chosen to devote her career and aspects of her artistic expression to amplify the narratives of individuals from marginalized communities and the global south. She aims to illuminate these realities and highlight resistance movements, which has become a vital drive in her art, connecting her to her homeland in the Middle East.