Nadia Nuñez is a Tijuana/San Diego architect, educator, and multidisciplinary artist whose work bridges architecture, interiors, public art, and material exploration. She currently teaches in the Interior Architecture program at San Diego State University and the Architecture program at Southwestern College.
Her professional background includes community engagement, spatial design, and public art initiatives, experiences that continue to shape her interdisciplinary approach to creative practice. Through sculptural objects, architectural studies, and spatial installations, Nadia explores the relationship between light, color, form, and emotional experience.
Working across scales and mediums, her practice examines how atmosphere, geometry, and material influence the way people experience space. Her evolving body of work merges research, education, and design into a practice centered on reflection, sensory experience, and human connection.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
FINE ART
Nadia’s fine art practice explores the relationship between light, color, material, and perception. Using stained glass as a primary medium, she creates sculptural objects, architectural studies, and spatial compositions that move beyond traditional glass panels.
Glass becomes an active material, filtering sunlight into shifting atmospheres throughout the day. Through color, transparency, and geometry, each work invites viewers to slow down and engage more deeply with space, reflection, and sensory experience.
EDUCATOR
As an educator, Nadia connects technical design education with creative experimentation and community engagement. Her teaching practice emphasizes mentorship, interdisciplinary thinking, and real world application, encouraging students to understand how architecture and interiors shape behavior, wellbeing, and human connection.
She views education as an extension of her creative practice, where curiosity, empathy, and exploration become tools for design innovation.
ARCHITECTURE
Nadia’s architectural background serves as the conceptual framework for her multidisciplinary practice. Rather than focusing solely on traditional buildings, her work explores how geometry, structure, light, and atmosphere shape emotional experience across scales.
From spatial installations to sculptural interventions, she applies architectural thinking to create environments that feel reflective, atmospheric, and emotionally resonant.
