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Education
MA Medical Illustration: Johns Hopkins University 2025-2027
BFA: George Mason University 2019-2024
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Residencies
2025- RaumArs (Finland)
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
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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)
​​(Select) Group exhibitions
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2024
"23rd Margaret Flockton Award" Botanical Gardens of Sydney
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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