About The Artist

Nissa Kubly

Nissa Kubly received her Bachelor in Art from the University of Wisconsin- Madison, before continuing studies at UW in Art Education for a teaching degree. At the same time she competed for the Badgers in Women’s Cross Country and Track & Field in distance events.

She went on to pursue a love of Italy and twice lived in Italy for study abroad programs in graduate studies in Studio Art and Art History with University of Georgia- Athens (in Cortona, Italy) and Arizona State University (in Florence, Italy).  Ms. Kubly earned a Masters of Fine Art from Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.   Her thesis, Macchine di Luce, was an exploration of  optics of the pinhole camera in functional metal fabrication.   Kubly was awarded a residency at Anderson Ranch Art Center, Aspen, CO to work in sculpture and photography studios, constructing cameras and experimenting in film.   She has been awarded grants from Phoenix Art Museum, City of Phoenix and 3M Corporation. Her work has been included in publications such as Design & Architecture and public and private collections around the world.  Ms. Kubly’s work is part of  the Largest Pinhole Collection in the World with numerous cameras and Images included in the permanent collection at the New Mexico History Museum in Santa Fe. Kubly participated in the summer residency at Tempe Center for the Arts in Biomimicry researching optics of butterflies and coloration of wings. 

For the last 15 years Nissa has been teaching fine art to high school students while watching her kids grow up, running and producing work in her Phoenix, AZ studio.