Nadia Warner was born in Giza, Egypt in 1962. Daughter of the renowned Egyptian philosopher Dr Osman Amin and the British physicist Rhoda Lingard, much of her work focusses on the bridge between mysticism and the frontiers of science, and on the bridge between the cultures of East and West.

She spent the first half of her childhood in Egypt and the second in England and Scotland. Nadia was educated in art at Bournville School of Art (Birmingham, England), and in Ecology at the University of East Anglia (Norwich, England). She worked as a journalist (on the Middle East and Africa), then as an environmental television documentary maker, before returning to her first love of art in 1993. Nadia lives and works in London, England.

Nadia's recent work is collage based and combines photographic, and sometimes hologramic, images with impasto media and acrylic paint. The paintings are sculptural and her techniques rely on the continual removal as well as application of layers of paint, giving a richness of texture and colour. She says "The combination of techniques lends itself to the subjects I'm exploring - how our perceptions influence and create the reality we experience. Our perceptions exist in a painted world ... and what becomes manifest is reflected in photographic imagery." Series in collage include Quantum Shift and Alexandria Rising as well as her most recent project, A Bridge from East to West, exhibited in April 2001.

Her earlier work is in oil or gouache. The Journey - takes us through expressionist landscapes. She investigates Jung's archetypal symbols by imbedding them in the land. Other series include Scenes from a Night's Dreams, the Trial of Lucifer, The Protected Woman and The Deep Blue Click here to see her earlier work.

Nadia's three passions, which she explores in her art are:

• The intuitive way, or path of the alchemist; quantum shifts, edges and gateways between dimensions; the mind and our ability to create the reality we experience.
• Creating bridges between cultures, races and religions; a world where differences between races/cultures/religions are a source of creativity rather than division.
• The environment; creating a world we want to live in - with a powerful relationship with the Earth and other species; Nadia has a particular affinity with gray whales and the oceans.

Nadia exhibits regularly in London and Geneva. Click here for details of Nadia's exhibitions.

Nadia has been interviewed by MBC television and has had in depth in features with British, Swiss and Middle Eastern papers (including the top four international Arab papers Al Ahram International, Al Quds, Al Hayat and Asharq Al Awsat). Her work has been featured in colour spreads in numerous major magazines. In England Southern Cross magazine described her as "Egyptian artist of the future", While Al Quds called her "a bridge between cultures."

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