Nina Dell'Orto

Part travelling, part researcher, Time Traveller Artist  charts the triumphs and tribulations of an imaginative soul with a passion for travel, whose worldwide voyages have become a catalyst to create art that is elemental to her ultimate goal of engaging with people from all walks of life.

1978 - PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN BFA, 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, sculpture, art history

1975 / Winter - PRE-COLUMBIAN 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 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 Pharaonic Dynasties.

1987/October - ITALY                               

Traveled throughout Central Italy to see Etruscan sites and tombs exploring exploring the ancient peoples cultural habitation.

1990/April -  FOUR CORNERS, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado researching 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 colossal tumulus, built by Antiochus I,                         first century BC