NADIA JANJUA is a Visual Artist and founder of the creative business, NADIA J Art. She is also an Art Educator teaching at various Islamic schools based in MD, as well as independent and community programs. She holds a B.A. in Fine Arts from the George Washington University, and a Masters in Architecture from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Recently named one of DC’s Best Up-and-Coming Artists, Nadia has been professionally exhibiting her abstract and mixed media paintings throughout the past fifteen years. She has served as a panelist and curator for numerous exhibitions and conferences in the United States, England and Malaysia, and is best known for her entrepreneurial and social activist spirit, focusing on promoting arts education and youth empowerment through her professional and volunteer community work.
ARTIST STATEMENT
"In all of my creative work, I am committed to narrating my inner truth and reflections through expressions of colors, texture, and text. I am drawn to the abstraction of concepts and moments, and thrive on the multiple interpretations that human experience brings to it. My art has been my source of healing, and in the process of creating it, I am essentially searching for the truest reflection and understanding my soul has ever experienced. Paintings often feel like they reveal themselves onto my canvas, and somehow I always seem to discover myself in them."
"In all of my creative work, I am committed to narrating my inner truth and reflections through expressions of colors, texture, and text. I am drawn to the abstraction of concepts and moments, and thrive on the multiple interpretations that human experience brings to it. My art has been my source of healing, and in the process of creating it, I am essentially searching for the truest reflection and understanding my soul has ever experienced. Paintings often feel like they reveal themselves onto my canvas, and somehow I always seem to discover myself in them."
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
2005 Master of Architecture, New Jersey Institute of Technology 2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts, George Washington University Minor in Biology & Sociology |
EXHIBITIONS / EVENTS
2023 .Solo Exhibit. Tarbiyah Academy Fundraiser Gala. College Park, MD 2022 .Selected Speaker for AAPI Month, Georgetown Day School. Washington, DC .Artist of Indoor mural at Islamic Society of Baltimore, Sunday Al Rahmah School. Baltimore, MD .Featured on NetMediaTV Indonesia Muslim Travelers. Indonesia National TV .Featured Online Artist Presenter, “Future Imagined by Young Artists,” IWESCO. Morocco .Featured Artist Podcast, “The Spiritual Side of Art,” Saffirah Art. Netherlands 2021 .Solo Show. The Qahwa Cafe. Sterling, VA .“Heart of the Cosmos,” Solo Show. Sip @ C St. Flats. Laurel, MD .Featured Art Vendor. 10-Year Anniversary Art Works Now. Hyattsville, MD .Speaker, “Motherhood & Art,” HafsaCreates Entrepreneur Forum, Canada 2019 .Selected as featured Artist, “Concordia Forum,” Canada .“Fluid,” Solo Show. Ragamuffin Coffee Shop. Laurel MD .Featured Artist at Tarbiyah Academy Benefit Gala. Baltimore, MD 2018 .Featured Vendor at Small Business Marketplace. Laurel, MD 2017 .Featured Vendor at Laurel's Main Street Second Saturday Fair. Laurel, MD 2016 .Featured Artist & Presenter. Aha Moments! MD Women’s Heritage Center. Baltimore, MD 2015 .Featured Live Artist. The 14th Annual Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial Awards. Women in Islam. Harlem, NYC 2014 .Featured Live Artist. Community Café, an IMAN Production. Chicago, IL .“The Taking & The Returning.” Solo Show produced by Art Soiree. The Ritz Carlton, Washington, DC 2013 .Marketplace of the Creative Arts Fest. Group Show. 9th Annual World Islamic Economic Forum. London, UK .Selected works in Group Show. Pepco Gallery, Washington, DC ."Spirituality & Art," Solo Show. Islamic Society of Frederick, Frederick, MD ."Intersections," Solo Show. Baked & Wired, Washington, DC 2012 ."She Comes With A Past: The Art of Healing," Solo Show. Bloombars Gallery, Washington, DC ."Flight by Letter," Solo Show. Dempsey Gallery, Takoma Park, MD .Solo Show. Artland/ Brookland Temporium; Washington, DC ."Urban.Contemporary.Africana, " Group Show. Washington, DC ."Man and Nature Divided: A Spiritual Quest for Integration," Group Show. Busboys & Poets, Washington, DC .Featured Artist. RAW : Natural Born Artists; Washington, DC |
SERVICES
- Customized abstract paintings
- Original & Reproduced art work
- Art workshops for children & adults
- Speaking engagements & youth empowerment on creative paths
- Creative collaboration & consultation
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