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Education
BFA: George Mason University 2019-2024
Magna Cum Laude, Biology Minor
Employment
Exhibit Graphics Designer
GMU College of Science | June 2024-
Worked with content experts to redesign exhibit cases on human origins and evolution
for the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences.
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Medical Graphic Designer
Global Autoimmune Institute | May- November 2024
Designed graphics for newsletters and articles on autoimmune research and treatment.
Contract Artist
GMU Murals At Mason | October 2022- November 2024
Completed artwork for display on GMU campuses, ran workshops and volunteer events.
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Residencies
2022- Listasafnið a Akureyri (Iceland)
2022- Oak Spring Garden Foundation YASC (VA, USA)
Grants and Awards
2023
GNSI Visual SciComm Conference Grant
Student Research Excellence Award, GMU OSCAR
2022
GMU Summer Impact Undergraduate Research Grant
Shortlist DSWF Wildlife Artist of the Year
2021
Community Engagement Award, GMU Student Involvement
2020-21
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Undergraduate Fellowship
2019
Rosette Mines Award Scholarship
Solo exhibitions
2023
"Re_Source Art" Delaplaine Arts Center (April)
"Gathering" Brookside Gardens
"Gathering" Green Spring Gardens Foundation
2022
"Víðsýni " George Mason School of Art (November)
"Middle Ground" Deiglan Gallery, Akureyri Iceland (July)
2018
“The Beastearey” Russian Cultural Center, Washington DC (June)
"Beauty Will Save The World" University of Maryland (December)
"Work by Nadya Steare" Monroe Street Studio, Herndon VA (September)
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(Select) Group exhibitions
2023
"GNSI Juried Members Exhibition" Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
"OSCAR Celebration of Student Scholarship and Impact" GMU CPA
"NCUR Student Research Exhibition" Foster Gallery UW-Eau Claire
2022
“Cumberland Valley Artists Exhibition” Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
"Regional Juried Exhibition" Hill Center Galleries DC
2021
"Emergence: Teen Juried Exhibition" Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art
"Athenaeum Open: Art Optimism" Athenaeum Gallery, Alexandria VA
“Enviro-Art Gallery: Global Expansion” Duke University
2020 and prior
2020 “Spotlight @Touchstone”, Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC
2019 "Scholarship Recipient Exhibition" George Mason University
2016 "National Juried Photography Exhibition" Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick MD
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