Nicholas Nadja is a Chicago based contemporary artist. His work is focused in the practice of fine art paintings dealing with a scope between Realism and Surrealism. Nadja attended the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design from 2012-2013 for a BFA in painting, when after the first semester, Nadja left his studies to pursue life in Florence, Italy. During 2013 Nadja practiced painting sustainable farming techniques on various farms throughout Tuscany region. The roots of Renaissance in Nadja’s work were born at this point of living throughout the Tuscan Hills and traveling until 2014. Nadja attended the San Francisco Art Institute for one semester studying painting and sculpture for a year before he transferred to The School of the Art Institute of Chicago completing his BFA in 2017 Nadja opened his studio storefront in Chicago shortly after graduating from SAIC, and started teaching painting lessons in academic realism there. Afterwards Nadja opened a studio at the famous Zhou B Art Center where he worked on until 2018. Nadja relocated to the Blue Ridge Mountains in Mars Hill, NC for 3 years developing his craft in retreat, where he linked up with Mars Landing Gallery. Nadja now works and lives in South Florida in Lake Worth Beach. Nadja takes on private students on a rolling basis, in his studio and continues to teach on traditional oil painting and contemporary practice. Nadja has been acclaimed and reviewed for his academic realism in publications such as New City Magazine, Poets & Artists Magazine, Surrealism Today, Asheville Made, and Chicago Tribune. He has exhibited at numerous galleries throughout the country, and he continues to expand his work into the contemporary art world at the age of 30.