Vanessa Narbey lives in Auckland, Tamaki Makaurau with her family. She is a visual artist and art educator and holds a MFA with first class honors from Elam School of Fine Arts. A finalist in major art awards, she has exhibited her work globally and has art pieces held in both private and public collections worldwide. She explores visual perception, materiality and illusion in her semi-abstract paintings with layering of shapes, collage, pigments and lines. There is a meditative quality to her work that creates ambiguity and intrigue. Vanessa tutors meditative drawing workshops with natural dyes.