Nina is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in the heart of the Somerset countryside. Born in Somerset to Welsh parents, she has long been shaped by a dual connection to the rural landscapes of the West Country and the dramatic coastline of Pembrokeshire. These environments continue to nourish her practice, offering both inspiration and grounding.

Working across textiles, ceramics, and paper, Nina explores the interplay between material, process, and the natural world. Her practice is rooted in an intuitive response to texture, surface, and form, drawing on the rich histories of craft while reimagining them through a contemporary lens.

At the core of Nina’s work is a deep reverence for nature and a growing urgency in the face of the environmental crisis. Her practice embodies slowness and material sensitivity, often utilising natural fibres, sustainable processes, and traditional techniques as a subtle act of resistance against mass production and disposability. Through her work, Nina invites reflection on the interdependence between humans and the ecosystems we inhabit, creating objects and images that feel both intimate and expansive.

Nina’s creative life is also deeply connected to community and collaboration. She is a curator at ACEarts, a gallery and education charity in Somerton, Somerset, where she helps foster dialogue between artists, audiences, and ideas. She is a member of the Royal West of England Academy Artists’ Network, the seam Collective and the Royal Society of Sculptors.

Whether through wool, clay, thread or paper, Nina’s work invites a slower gaze. It asks the viewer to notice—to feel the quiet complexity of materials, of making, and of the world around us.

Higher Education:

2014 MFA. Bath Spa University

2012 BA Hons Fine Art Plymouth University

Selected Teaching:

2024: Spinning a Yarn. Somerset Art Works.

2015: Lead artist of Craftivist Garden community arts project for Somerset Art Works

2012 - 2014 Teacher of art and design, Sherborne International School, Dorset.

Selected Gallery experience/curation:

2015 - current Artistic Director, ACEarts, Somerton

2014 - 2015 Hauser and Wirth Somerset, Bruton, Gallery and education assistant.

2013 Gavin Turk Night at the Museum, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, assistant.

2012 Field for the British Isles Anthony Gormley, Barrington Court, Somerset, member of installation team.

Find and follow me on Instagram: @ninagronwlewis