Nadia Tyson spent two decades as a travel and portrait photographer, and approaches her art like a true documentarian: with watchful attention and professional confidence, she composes contemporary abstract and expressionist paintings marked by creative form, space and texture. Having grown up in the US, Costa Rica and Sweden, she learned artwork, culture, photography, music, and more. She is constantly in motion and after having spent a total of two years globetrotting and freelancing, she grew a fascination with vibrant colors and fine art editing which inspired her to create her large-scale abstract paintings. She has travelled to over fifty countries in total and each one she has gathered inspiration in abundance that she translates into a dynamic canvas using oils, pastels and acrylics. She attended UCSB to study cultural anthropology and received a Master’s in teaching. Nadia currently resides in Los Angeles, CA and teaches art and photography to middle school students when she is not painting.