ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Nadia Ørneborg is a Danish artist working and living in Copenhagen.
She earned a Bachelor of Computer Graphics Art from The Animation Workshop, Viborg in 2017. She has training in classical drawing from the Drawing Academy in Viborg, 2013.
She worked as a Digital Painter, Location Designer and Art Director in the animation industry until September 4th 2020 when she was hit by a taxi.
Nadia sustained a severe concussion and a whiplash leaving her with violent chronic pain and numerous other invisible disabilities. The Danish health care system doesn’t offer treatment to concussion patients and without medical help her life rapidly fell apart.
The 4 years that followed became an increasingly desperate battle to stay afloat and maintain hope in an otherwise hopeless situation.
In the darkest moments she escaped into her imagination, seeing clearly what truly mattered to her - being able to paint, genuine connection to other people and finding a level of physical health that would allow her her freedom back.
Nadia's sudden physical limitations informed both a new reality and the need for a new artistic expression. She moved away from figurative, digital art and embraced abstraction. Needing to prioritise availability due to her health, she slowly converted half her living room into a studio space.
Little by little she started exploring. However, painting on smaller canvases felt more and more restricting. Accepting the overpowering need to use her whole body when creating, she began working on canvas laid out on the floor following the examples of contemporary artists Helen Frankenthaler and Mariana Oushiro.
This decision made something unspoken but very heartfelt click into place.
In late October 2024, Nadia was able to travel to the USA to receive specialised care. She has been recovering ever since and is now able to paint regularly again.
Nadia has always been drawn to stories and projects that challenges our collective world view - either through emotional states that is turned upside down over time and/or through the many untold female stories that exist.
But where she used to tell other peoples stories she is now basing her work on her own personal experiences - exploring ways to express the enormous emotional ups and downs she has faced since her accident.
Tapping into her love of movement, texture and colour she creates large, unplanned abstract works of art. She is inspired by Precisionism, Cubism and the plethora of incredible artists she knows from the animation industry as well as artists from the contemporary art scene.
Nadia has begun to piece a new life back together, starting with her first exhibition “Beginning Again” (Genstart) September 5th 2025, marking the 5th year anniversary of the accident that changed her life.