The Biography of Nina Dell'Orto

EDUCATION

1978 PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN

B.F.A., Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Art History

1977/Summer THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ART, Montparnasse, Paris, France

Nine weeks / concentration in painting, drawing, and French

architecture from the 14th century to the present.

1973 / 1975 PRATT INSTITUTE, Brooklyn, New York

painting, drawing, art history

1975 / Winter PRE-COLOMBIAN ART HISTORY, Mexico

Traveled through Upper and Central regions of Mexico to

research various major archeological sites. Studying the different

tribes of each region and their corresponding similarities and

differences.

TRAVEL

1980/Feb/April EGYPT

Traveled from Lower to Upper Egypt with intense study of

the architectural and artistic development throughout the

chronological periods of the Pharonic Dynasties.

1982/February EGYPT

Returned to the Nile to further probe the art of the Egyptians

From their mysterious religious ways and how they

express it through their daily life through all art forms.

1987/ October ITALY

Traveled throughout Central Italy to see Etruscan sites and tombs

Exploring the ancient peoples cultural habitation.

1990/April FOUR CORNERS, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado

Researched Anastasi Indian dwelling places.

1994/ October

1999/May TURKEY

Studied Turkey’s first five civilizations, Hatti, Hitties, Greeks,

Romans and Byzantines, along with the peoples whom they fought and

intermarried in the regions from Istanbul to the coast. Returned

specifically, traveling to the east researching Nemrut Dag, a Collasal

Tumulas, built by Antiochus I, First Century B.C.

Weehawken 1992

Please contact if you are interested in viewing or purchasing any painting. I am located in Cape Canaveral, FL 32920 and can be contacted at

nina@unspokencreations.org