[1] She studied art from Ásgrímur Jónsson, a close relative on her father’s side.

[4] During those years Nina kept making and practicing her art, exhibiting in many places and traveling through Europe.

They returned to New York City in 1959 where Nína continued to work on her art and exhibiting mostly in Europe.

She frequently based her compositions on nature where Icelandic landscape and the Nordic light played an important role.

[6] In 2023 her work was included in the exhibition Action, Gesture, Paint: Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940-1970 at the Whitechapel Gallery in London.