Nadia Younes nadiayounesstudio@gmail.com nadia-younes.com | vimeo.com/nadiayounes Languages: English, Hebrew, Russian, Arabic | |
About | Nadia Younes is an interdisciplinary artist working across painting, sculpture, installation, and video. Born in Nazareth to a Palestinian refugee father and a former Soviet Union immigrant mother, she grew up moving between Israel, Mali, Mauritania, Jordan, and Russia. Her practice explores material instability, translation, and the spaces between structure and collapse. She works with materials that shift, stretch, or resist control, examining how physical forms mirror histories of displacement and tension. Fluent in English, Hebrew, Russian, and Arabic, she approaches materials much like she approaches language: as systems that can be bent, fractured, and reconfigured to reveal new meaning. Younes completed her MFA in Painting and Printmaking at the Yale School of Art (2025) and holds a BFA from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem, with additional training from the Saint Petersburg Art and Industry Academy and the Muzot School of Arts in Tel Aviv-Jaffa. |
Education | Yale School of Art, New Haven, CTMFA in Painting and Printmaking, 2025Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, IsraelBFA in Fine Arts, 2022Saint Petersburg Art and Industry Academy (Stiglitz Academy), St. Petersburg, RussiaCertificate Program in Painting, Drawing, and Fashion Design, 2018 Muzot, High School of Arts, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, IsraelDiploma in Fine Arts, 2017 (Graduated with Honors)Supplementary Training
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Exhibitions and other projects | Power Line, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Yale School of ArtNew Haven, CT, 2025Elusive Territories, Solo Exhibition, The Study at YaleNew Haven, CT, 2024-2025Upward Spiral, Second Year MFA Exhibition, Yale School of ArtNew Haven, CT, 2024Let's Hear You, ZAZ10TS Video InstallationTimes Square, New York, NYAn exercise in f*ing up, embarrassing myself, and hopefully falling off this ladder, Yale School of ArtNew Haven, CT, 2024Why Do I Always Fall Out of Bed at Night? / First Year MFA Exhibition, Yale School of ArtNew Haven, CT, 2023Fresh Paint Art Fair, curated by Yifat Gurion and Raz ShapiraTel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel, 2023Interference Pattern, Solo Exhibition, curated by Uri NirBezalel, Jerusalem, Israel, 2022House, Group Exhibition, curated by Joseph KrispelBezalel, Jerusalem, Israel, 2022True Kaleidoscope, Duo Exhibition with Sergey KadochnikovBezalel, Jerusalem, Israel, 2022 Meta-Bolism, Group Exhibition, curated by Hila Lulu-LinKoresh gallery, Jerusalem, Israel, 2021 Gender Blender, Group Exhibition, curated by Dr. Yael RozinBezalel, Jerusalem, Israel, 2020The Dissolution of Old Times, Solo ExhibitionBezalel, Jerusalem, Israel, 2020Invitation, Group ExhibitionBezalel, Jerusalem, Israel, 2019National Insurance Institute Annual Fundraiser ExhibitionTel-Aviv Jaffa, Israel, 2019Here We Are (Film Set Collaboration), directed by Nir BergmanReleased internationally, 2019Basis School of Arts and Culture Graduate Exhibition, curated by Yuri KatzBasis School of Arts and Culture, Herzliya, Israel, 2019Muzot Graduate Exhibition, curated by Tzuki Gavrian and Vered AharonovichZomer Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel, 2017 |
Awards and Honors | Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Grant for Thesis Excellence Israel, 2022America-Israel Cultural Foundation PrizeIsrael, 2020Winsor & Newton Award for Excellence in PaintingIsrael, 2019 Outstanding Achievement Award, Basis School of Arts and Culture, Herzliya, Israel, 2017 |
| Professional Experience | Graduate Instructor for Drawing Basics at Yale School of Art (Instructor: Maria de Los Angeles), New Haven, CT, 2025 Graduate Instructor for Painting Basics at Yale School of Art (Instructor: Maria de Los Angeles), New Haven, CT, 2024 Printshop Technician, Yale School of Art New Haven, CT, 2023-2025 Graphic Designer, Yale School of Art New Haven, CT, 2023-2025 Spray Booth Technician, Yale School of Art New Haven, CT, 2023-2025 Drawing and Visual Studies Advisor, Haas Library, Yale University New Haven, CT, 2023-2024 Teaching Assistant in Visual Culture and Theory, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, Israel, 2022-2024 Arts Mentor for Children with Special Needs, Nitzanei Rishon Center Rishon-Lezion, Israel, 2021 Art History and Theory Tutor, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, Israel, 2019-2024 Teaching Assistant in Fine Arts and Studio Practice, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, Israel, 2019-2021 Instructor of Painting and Printmaking, JAFI summer camp Haifa, Israel, 2021 Gallery Coordinator, Gefen Gallery Jerusalem. Israel, 2019 Studio Assistant, Muzot School of Art Tel-Aviv-Jaffa, Israel, 2018 |