John Nava studied art at the College of Creative Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He earned his masters of fine arts degree at Villa Schifanoia Graduate School of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy. His work is found in private, corporate, and public collections throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan. In addition to The Communion of Saints, The New Jerusalem, and The Baptism of the Lord tapestries for the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, Nava has done large-scale public works in painting and tapestry for the Tokyo Grain Exchange in Japan, the Seattle Symphony Benaroya Hall, the Ronald Tutor Campus Center at the University of Southern California, the Firestone Library at Princeton University, and the School of Music, Yale University.