Nadine Shaw-Nabass is an Arab world-builder, artist, RAWI member, and climate justice organizer residing on unceded Coast Salish land of Puyaləpabš (Puyallup) and Dxʷsqʷaliʔabš (Nisqually) peoples near so-called Tacoma.
Nadine’s art-making explores themes of embodiment, diaspora-related grief, ecological transitions, and “what ifs” that are just out of place and time. For them, creativity is sown in the intersection of their spirituality, ethnic background, community traditions, and their relationship with non-human worlds. Truly an interdisciplinary and mixed-media artist, Nadine blends reflective storytelling with a radical political ecology in pleasant & unexpected ways through zines, essays, poems, collage, interactive workshops, and assemblages of natural materials and even preserved animal remains.
When they are not making art, you can find them squinting at a tree (trying to identify a bird), playing tabletop games with friends, or fighting for their life in the mosh pit of a metal show.
With a background in sustainability & social justice, I love imagining and building beautiful worlds rooted in liberation with community members, writers, and other artists. I’ve developed and taught a lecture series introducing basic sustainability & social justice concepts, led solidarity gatherings, and facilitated community writing and art-making workshops.
If you or your organization is interested in hosting me for a class or workshop, please reach out from my contact page!