Today we’d like to introduce you to Nadia Blanton.
Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
Throughout my childhood, I had art supplies with me everywhere I went. I was eager to visually combine people and places of distant worlds. I am now an Artist and Floral Designer creating arrangements with various flowers and artworks using mediums, such as paint, marker pen, and collage. I specialize in abstract and modern art, capturing the essence of contemporary themes. With 4 years in the floral industry, I give traditional charm and modern creativity to my designs.
I aspire to art direct films, photography, and music videos. Art direction, to me, is about creating a vision that brings all these different crafts together in a harmonious and impactful way. Over the years, my dedication to practicing art has sharpened my sensibilities in fashion, cinematography, and music, enabling me to integrate these elements into my work. My fascination with astronomy and women’s studies offers a perspective on strength, and beauty. While different themes of love, in all their complexity and depth, consistently inspire me.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Throughout my journey as an artist, I’ve struggled to balance passion with practicality, juggling various creative roles—floral design, artmaking, and writing—while trying to establish myself. As a multidisciplinary artist, navigating my career direction hasn’t always been straightforward, as I explore different paths like art residencies, art direction, and exhibition opportunities. Managing my time between work, personal responsibilities, and artistic pursuits can feel overwhelming, making it hard to stay consistent. Finding meaningful opportunities that align with my vision takes persistence, and gaining recognition in a competitive field requires constant networking and self-promotion. Despite these challenges, my inspirations—love and poetry—keep me moving forward as I refine my vision and carve out my place in the art world.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
My crafts are writing, floral design, and visual media.
I write conceptual observations and poetry, linking themes like nature and time, or touch and anxiety. I notice relationships between inner senses and external stimuli that reshape the personal worlds we live in.
My flower arrangements are intended to declare love and support during celebrations or mourning. My visual art features nostalgic emotional landscapes. They mark transitions, an ending meeting its new beginning. As my creative tools find their way across the paper, I define the passing moment.
I graduated from Booker T. Washington High School of The Visual Performing Arts in 2019. Then, I spent years as a member of The Cedars Union art studio, endlessly building my portfolio.
In my five-month internship at Ro2 Art Gallery, I installed, organized and researched artworks. I have also interned at Flocc photography studio, where I ,again, found creative space and community. I’ve volunteered at events like the Oak Cliff Film Festival, further deepening my understanding of art curation, production, and community engagement. Currently, I work as a Visitor Services Associate at another art gallery in Dallas, where I support daily operations while staying immersed in the creative environment.
In my work, I like to imagine I am dismantling what I know and then reconstructing from what I learned during the break down. Sometimes I feel there aren’t enough shapes to express my inner world. So I make my own. I construct something I feel, but haven’t seen before.
If we knew you growing up, how would we have described you?
As a child I was quiet, polite, and obedient. I spent a lot of time alone drawing and imagining different ways to create and change my environment visually. I danced a lot to early 2000s bops and played dress up. I used to pretend to host fashion shows. Largely because Polly Pocket, Bratz, and MyScene dolls inspired me.
Now I characterize myself as hyper feminine, taking pride in being someone who still loves all what I was gifted as a child. Often things like fairy dolls, pink glittery princess stickers, and hello kitty books and journals.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.nadiasunangel.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nadiasunangel/
