With a degree in Graphic Design from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-AZC, my design adventure began in Mexico City as a free-lance graphic designer. This was followed by appointments for in-house design at a couple of design studios, the Museum of Modern Art (CDMX), and part-time teaching at UVM-EM. Eventually, a dear friend suggested that I give the textile industry a shot and from there I became a free-lance colourist and designer. Needless to say, I fell in love with all things textiles delving further in textile design by pursuing an MFA in Fibre Arts at the Savannah College of Art and Design with the support of a Fulbright-García Robles Fellowship.
Once done with grad school, a new chapter began at SCAD as full-time faculty in the Fibres Department. Years later, I returned to Mexico City, which presented the opportunity to take a sabbatical of sorts and enrol in various professional advancement courses in art, graphic design, and textiles. Finally, since relocating to Toronto, I became a member at the Contemporary Textile Studio Co-op, a sessional instructor in the textiles studios at Sheridan College & OCAD University, and a volunteer in the Textiles and Fashions Department at the ROM.
After the pandemic much of that has changed. I've been mostly working from my home studio with a focus on textile print design (repeat-pattern) and hand-stitching while teaching sessionally at OCAD University.
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Current / recent collaborations:
nadiaembroidery.com Consultation and design support (generated the logotype, webpage and pertinent content/design for various communications; 2023 to date).
drawingintothreads.org Founding member of the Drawing Into Threads Collective (2004 to date), showing at Harbourfront Centre until the end of December, 2023 and during DesignTO in the winter of 2024. We will be showing some work in the UK this fall, more details coming soon!
dedaluspress.com/product/no-mans-land Cover artwork for David Nash's poetry book released in mid November, 2023.
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Image: Self portrait. Cotton fabric and antique paper embroidered with Mettler sewing thread. 20cm x 20cm. Work in progress, 2023-to date.