Brooklyn, NY
About Nina Boesch:
Nina Boesch was born in 1978 in Bremen, Germany. When she was 22, after a 3-year interaction design apprenticeship, she moved to the U.S. where she earned a BFA with honors in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School of Design.
Today, Boesch works as a UX design director at the renown experience design firm Local Projects in Manhattan and spends her spare time in her art studio working on collages and paintings.
Boesch’s MetroCard collages have been exhibited in group and solo exhibits in the U.S. and Germany and her work has been recognized in publications such as The Daily News, the Huffington Post, Business Insider, Design Taxi, UK Mirror, News Australia, and others.
Nina's design work has won awards from the most prestigious design organizations in the world, including the Art Directors Club, the Type Directors Club, the AIGA, and Adobe.
Selected exhibitions
- Superfine! Art Fair - New York, NY, 2018
- Upcycling New York - Bremen, Germany, 2017
- The World Around Us - New York, NY, 2016
- Upcycling New York - New York, NY, 2016
- MetroCard Collages - New York, NY, 2014
Education
- Rhode Island School of Design, BFA - Providence, RI,2006
- Hochschule für Künste, N/A - Bremen, Germany,2002
- Berufliche Schule für Gestaltung, N/A - Bremen, Germany,2001
Press Accolades
- Lin Manuel Miranda Tweet (https://twitter.com/lin_manuel/status/1086293984849416196?lang=en) - Jan 18, 2019
- The Daily News (https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/metrocard-artist-nina-boesch-discarded-mta-passes-create-works-art-article-1.1129597) - Aug 5, 2012
- Weser Kurier (https://www.weser-kurier.de/bremen/bremen-kultur_artikel,-Die-Frau-mit-dem-TicketTick-_arid,1527995.html) - Jan 10, 2017