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Nadia Vitlin is an artist based in Sydney, Australia, who has a background in geospatial and biological sciences. Her art brings together the study of nature, humanity, emotions, and sociological phenomena through the lens of the scientist via the exploration of colour and the tactile form of clay.
Using clay as a means to bring the third dimension onto the canvas, her artworks project movement and dynamism by using contours and drapery to play with light and shadow. Using her knowledge of the earth's terrain and the natural shapes found in the world around us - the reflection of water, the pattern of marble, the rolling waves of mountains viewed from the sky - she creates sensuous renditions of her experiences, both tangible and psychological.
Her works come alive under light and change character according to their aspect and the position of the viewer in the room. Being three-dimensional, the eye is drawn to the sumptuous flow of both shape and colour, creating an immersive aura around each artwork that is further enhanced by the different textures of paint. Ebbs and flows of stratified media spread and reach across the surface, drawing the eye gradually around the canvas like the leaf that falls dancingly from the tree in autumn.
She has created several bodies of work in this style and continues to explore this method as well and expand into the fourth dimension of scent. Her experimental tendencies influence the seasonality of her works, and each series creates a different atmosphere and evokes a new plethora of emotions.
She has been featured in group shows in Sydney and Melbourne, and had four solo exhibitions across Australia and Korea. Her collectors can be found all over the world from Holland to the Philippines.