About

A woman with long dark hair, wearing a St Agni suit, sitting on a wooden chair. She is in a photography studio setup with a gray background, a large black reflector or softbox above, and a tall clay pot in the background.

Hi, I'm Nadera. I paint abstract landscapes on the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia, a place so peaceful it's honestly suspicious.

I was raised in Australia with Uzbek heritage, which meant growing up surrounded by hand-woven silk ikat, textiles so beautiful they've ruined me for all other patterns. Every repetitive brushstroke in my work is basically me trying to weave like my ancestors did, except with paint, and with considerably less patience.

The landscapes themselves come from the places I've travelled and lived. You know that moment on a plane when you look out the tiny window and the ground below has completely changed, and your stomach does the thing? That little flip of oh, everything is about to be new? That's the feeling I'm trying to bottle. The first-day shimmer of a place: its light, its people, its noise, its music, all of it still unfamiliar and therefore magic.

I trained as an environmental health scientist, which means I can't romanticise a landscape without also accounting for it. The advocacy and the painting are the same impulse, expressed at different volumes.

    • 2026 Deep Roots (solo) - Good Bank Gallery, McLaren Vale SA

    • 2026 The Bloom (group) - Arts Centre, Port Noarlunga SA

    • 2026 Kosh Chenar (solo) - The Mill Gallery, Adelaide SA

    • 2025 Inheritance (solo), SALA Festival, Home of Plenty, Currency Creek SA

    • 2026 Sun Ranch Byron Bay Residency

    • 2026 Adelaide Fringe Foundation Fund Recipient

    • 2025 The Mill Gallery Studio Residency, Adelaide SA

    • 2025 Independent Arts Foundation Grant Recipient

    • 2023 Joints Byron Bay Residency

    • 2023 Seafarers Lodge Middleton Residency

    • 2026 Fleurieu Biennale Art Prize Finalist - Fleurieu Arthouse, McLaren Vale SA

    • 2026 Adelaide Fringe Guildhouse Award Winner for Kosh Chenar - Adelaide SA

    • 2025 SALA Advertiser Contemporary Art Award Finalist - Keith Murdoch House, Adelaide SA

    • 2025 Georges River Art Prize Finalist - Hurstville Museum & Gallery, Hurstville NSW

    • 2025 All Connections to Unley Art Prize Finalist - Hughes Gallery, Fullarton SA

    • 2023 Little Thing Artist Prize Finalist - Saint Cloche, Paddington NSW

    • 2023 Environmental Art & Design Prize Finalist - Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Manly NSW

    • 2023 Waverley Art Prize Finalist - Bondi Pavillion Art Gallery, Bondi Beach NSW

    • 2022 National Emerging Art Prize Finalist - Michael Reid Art Bar, Pyrmont NSW