Nadia Sablin

Nadia Sablin is an Associate Professor in the Art Department at SUNY New Paltz. She holds a BFA from Rochester Institute of Technology (2002) and an MFA from Arizona State University (2011).

• Education:
  • BFA, Rochester Institute of Technology (2002)
  • MFA, Arizona State University (2011)

Her creative practice blends documentary and fictional storytelling to explore rural communities in Russia and Ukraine, focusing on how individuals cope with economic instability and the passage of time. Her work has been featured in major publications like The New York Times and The Guardian, as well as exhibitions at institutions such as the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Bellevue College.

Her books Years Like Water (2023) and Aunties (2015) examine intimate narratives through photographic essays, with themes of aging, labor, and environmental change.

Scientific Awards & Recognition:

• 2018 Guggenheim Fellow
• New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow (2019, 2014)
• Peter S. Reed Foundation Grant
• Honickman Foundation First Book in Photography Prize
• MacDowell Fellow
• Firecracker Grant Recipient
• Puffin Foundation Grant Recipient

She teaches photography at SUNY New Paltz and contributes regularly to the Washington Post.