I am an American born visual artist living in Brooklyn, NY.  I use a variety of materials such as oil, pencil, ink, gouache, watercolor, photography, digital and mixed media. My work is informed by personal experience and reflects my observations of daily life. It often embodies a narrative or conceptual component. My work explores themes of Human Relationships, Womanhood, Femininity and Family.   I studied English Literature and Studio art at Allegheny College. I continued my studies by taking courses at the Art Students League, Mason Gross College at Rutgers University, Fashion Institute of Technology, and the School of Visual Arts. I also studied art in Israel on a Kibbutz where I met Michele Smith. I learned to paint in France at the Atelier de Recherche Picturale. I have had work in solo and group shows in Paris and New York including The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, The Invisible Dog Art Center and The Ground Floor Gallery and the Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC). I illustrated a children’s book titled, When Santa's Hat Fell From the Sky, and won a Bronze Moonbeam Award in 2015. My work can be found in private collections in North America and Europe.  I am excited to be involved in NWAC. I find it is a wonderful way to tap into my interest in women's roles, experience and power in the past and connect it to my experience as a female in today's society. By collaborating with social scientists, I will have an opportunity to tap into their knowledge and experience in order to enrich my work. I am particularly looking forward to discovering more about the power held by women in the past and sharing it through my work in the future. For more information and to see my work you can visit my website www.daraoshin.com or follow me on Instagram at @daraoshin.