As a newcomer to Canada from Iran, Nasim Makaremi Nia has been finding a place for herself as a Newfoundland and Labrador artist.
Her work brings together painting, collage, drawing, embroidery and found objects to examine the relationship of women to their bodies within her own cultural foci. She graduated with an MSc in solid-state Physics and is currently an MFA candidate at Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador