ABOUT
Nina Schwarz
Owner and Creative Director
Founded 2022
Nina Schwarz was born outside of Cologne, Germany. Fascinated by art, museums, and metropolitanism since childhood, Nina moved to New York in 2006 to attend Parsons, The New School for Design. She enrolled in the Integrated Design program to focus on art and art history. After graduating in 2010, Schwarz worked at several international galleries, including Gavin Brown’s enterprise and Salon 94 (both NYC) and 356 S. Mission Rd. (Los Angeles), to deepen her appreciation of art while working closely with artists on realizing their desires and vision. In 2018 Nina co-founded Relationships with Su Beyazit, a convivial showroom and store for art and design, with coffee bar.
Selected Projects
Relationships
Store for art and design, with coffee bar
Co-Owner and Creative at Relationships
920 Fulton Street, Brooklyn
2018-2021
Squarespace
Video feature of the co-owners of Relationships
produced for Squarespace by Danny Owens
Spring 2020
No Notice
Independent Art Exhibition
Co-Curator
Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Winter 2015
Tiger, Tiger
Art Exhibition at Salon 94
Co-Curator
243 Bowery, New York
Summer 2015
356 Sculptures
Art Exhibition at 356 Mission Rd.
Co-Curator
356 Mission Rd., Los Angeles
Summer 2013
Selected Press
Southwest Magazine
March 2020
"Found in Brooklyn. Fun Surprises Await at Relationships NYC."
The New York Times
October 17, 2019
"So You Wanna Open a Coffee Shop?"
by Julia Rothman and Shaina Feinberg
Re:D - Parsons Magazine
Fall 2019
"Transdisciplinary Creatives"
New York Magazine
March 4-17, 2019
"Best of Shopping"
Cultured Magazine
Winter, 2018
"Drink Up"
by Kat Herriman
Clever - Architectural Digest
October 17, 2018
"This Design Store Wants Your to Make New Friends"
by Sydney Wasserman
Lopez Island, Washington
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