Nadiya Nacorda 


b. 1991 Detroit, Michigan 

nacordani@gmail.com


Education

2018-2021 M.F.A. in Art Photography, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 

2009-2014 B.F.A. in Photography & Film, Minor in Spanish VCU Arts, Richmond, VA

2012 Study Abroad year, Suffolk University (Madrid) and University of Antonio De Nebrija, Madrid, Spain 


Exhibitions

2024

Memory Orchards, Candela Books + Gallery, Group Exhibition, Richmond, VA

All the Orchids are Fine, Little Manila Queens, Solo Exhibition, NYC (forthcoming) 

2023

We Need Love, ADAMA Museum, Group Exhibition (curated by Nydia Blas), Atlanta, GA 

2022

All the Orchids are Fine, Solo Exhibition, Candela Books + Gallery, Richmond, VA

Steady/Retcon MFA Group Thesis Show, Governor’s Island, New York, NY

And Let it Remain So: Women of the African Diaspora, Phoenix Art Museum, Group Exhibition, Phoenix, AZ

2021    

Radial Survey Vol. II, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Group Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA

With, all, & in-between, Group Exhibition, Candela Books + Gallery, Richmond, VA

Take It From Here, Group Exhibition, Filter Photo, Chicago, IL

PhotoVogue Festival, Group Exhibition, BASE Milano, Milan, Italy 

2020  

Women of the African Diaspora: Identity, Place, Migration, Immigration, Group Exhibition, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR

Americans Looking In, Center for Books Arts, New York, NY

Soften, Chase Gallery, Group Exhibition Spokane, WA 

Future Perfect, Study Hall Gallery, Group Exhibition, Utica, NY

Take It From Here, Brick City Gallery, Group Exhibition, Springfield, MO

2019  

SPE Juried Group Exhibition, Red Eye Gallery at RISD, Providence, RI

Face Value, The Parlour Gallery, Baltimore, MD

UnBound8!, Juried Exhibition, Candela Books + Gallery, Richmond, VA

Flora, International Exhibition, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS

Safe Space, Group Exhibition, Detroit Public Library, Detroit, MI 

It's a miracle that we are standing here, Group Exhibition, Lenscratch & For Freedoms, online

A Room of One’s Own, Group Exhibition, Random Access Gallery, Syracuse, NY 

SPE Juried Combined Caucus Exhibition, Cleveland Convention Gallery, Cleveland, OH 

Winter Pictures, Juried Group Exhibition, Humble Arts Foundation, online 



Publications

All the Orchids are Fine - Monograph forthcoming '25 with For the births trapped in airports publishing

Memory Orchards - group photo book published by Candela Books + Gallery 

Southwest Contemporary -Exhibition Review: The African Diaspora Experience for Women at Phoenix Art Museum

The Washington Post Magazine - The Vulnerability of New Motherhood

A Special Kind of Double - book published by Monolith Editions (sold out of print) 

A Special Kind of Double - The Picture Show - NPR online

Oxford American Magazine - Spring 2022

Poignant photos celebrating women of the African diaspora - Huck Mag

Take It From Here catalog as DIY exhibition - 2021 Paris Photo - Aperture photo book award shortlist 

Americans Looking In Exhibition - Center for Book Arts in NYC

Future Perfect - Pratt MWP Exhibition Catalog

Radial Survey Vol. II feature - Fraction Magazine Issue 150 

A Month in Photos: June - Booooooom

The Picture Show - NPR online

The Denizen Co. -How Artist & Photographer Nadiya Nacorda Spends Her Mornings

Taking Our Seat Interview, Shades Collective

Photographers on Photographers interview, Lenscratch

The 2020 Lenscratch Student Award Winner, Lenscratch

A Special Kind of Double, Artist feature, Aint Bad Magazine

The World is Quiet Here, Artist Interview, Cumulus Photo

The Good Catholic series, Ignant Online Magazine




Awards

2022

Adobe Artist Development Fund Grant

2021 

The Silver List

2020 

Lenscratch Student Prize, 2nd place 

Lit List: Photographers to watch, exhibit and hire

2019 

Magenta Foundation Flash Forward Competition 

Syracuse University Graduate Student Organization Travel Grant 

Syracuse University VPA Creative Opportunity Grant 

2015 

Capital One Graduating Senior award

2012 

Photo of the year award and scholarship, Universidad Antonio De Nebrija, Madrid, Spain



Professional Activities

(FIL/AM) Filipinx American artist directory member 

Advisory Board member, Oakwood Arts non-profit, Richmond, VA 

Founder of Syracuse University Community Black Feminist Support Group

Mayoral Appointee, Syracuse Public Arts Commission 

Visiting Portfolio Reviewer, VCUarts Photo Senior Portfolio Review Day, class of ’17,'19, '23

Assistant Curator, Syracuse University Gallery, SYR-South Africa Social Justice Symposium

Visiting Artist Lecture: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Stanford University, Brandeis University, and University of Washington, RISD. 



Experience

Tenure Track Post-Doc Fellow, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI / 2022-Present

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Art Photography I (Instructor Doug DuBois), Syracuse University / 2018-2019

Instructor, Intro to Analog (B&W) Photography,  Syracuse University / 2019-2020

Instructor, Intro to Art Photography II - Digital, partially online, Syracuse University/ 2020

Independent Freelance Artist and Photographer / 2014-present

Apple Inc. Sales Specialist and Tech Genius / 2011-2015



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