Over two decades of original work has taken Nan Coffey from her San Diego studio to the walls of Caesars Palace Las Vegas, the iconic Hotel del Coronado, Town & Country Resort, Bali Hai, breweries across the country, and the California Center for the Arts, Escondido — where her massive 2023 museum retrospective, Positively Animated, filled every room.

Along the way, she has created original work and special projects for Red Bull, Google, Tender Greens, and San Diego FC, to name just a few. Her work has also crossed into the music world through limited-edition print collaborations with Rancid, Fishbone, Less Than Jake, Frank Turner, Buck-O-Nine, Violent Femmes, Bouncing Souls, Wreckless Eric, and The Slackers.

Every year, she donates her time, talent, and sweat to Musack, a nonprofit providing instruments, lessons, and music programs to kids who might not otherwise have access to them. Her artwork alone has raised tens of thousands of dollars for the organization.

But at the heart of everything Nan creates is a desire to make people happy. Her work is colorful, bold, nostalgic, and unmistakably her own — built around a vision of compassion, inclusion, unity, and the belief that art can bring people together.