About

Born in the Soviet Republic of Georgia and having immigrated to the United States in 1992, Nino Trentinella‘s transnational perspective informs her subtle critiques of systemic structures through experimental artmaking. She is a multi-disciplinary artist whose practice spans mixed media, painting, photography, and AI-generated imagery. Her work is driven by narrative storytelling and rich symbolism, creating conceptual and thought-provoking images that engage with current social and cultural issues. She also draws deeply from her own dreams as a primary source material, translating subconscious imagery, emotions, and symbolic narratives into visual form.

Nino’s research places particular emphasis on stereoscopy and 3D illusions, which she incorporates—often in combination with cutting-edge technologies like AI—to generate profound senses of depth, alternate realities, and ethereal, otherworldly qualities. These techniques allow her to manipulate spatial perception, creating immersive illusions that enhance the viewer’s experience of dimensionality and perceptual tension within otherwise flat media.

Nino holds an MFA in Imaging and Digital Arts from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and is a multi-award-winning artist and educator. Her works reside in permanent collections including the Library of Congress (Washington, DC) and the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (Japan), with exhibitions at venues such as the Baltimore Museum of Art and Soho Photo Gallery. Additional recognitions include the 2008 Presidential Scholars Program Teacher Recognition Award, the 2023 Pearson National Teaching Award for Digital Innovator of the Year, first and second place at the annual Stereoscopic Society Exhibition, and the Martin Wilsher Award for outstanding contributions to AI in stereoscopy and its promotion in teaching. Her stereoscopic explorations are also featured on Sir Brian May’s London Stereoscopic Company website.

Currently dividing time between London and Tbilisi, Nino Trentinella sustains an evolving studio practice alongside teaching, where the boundaries of image-making, perception, depth, symbolism, dreams, narrative, and materiality remain in ceaseless inquiry.