Teknikk
Text, performance, analogue photography, film and installation
Artist statement
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Nayara Leite (b. 1989) is a Brazilian artist and writer based in Bergen, Norway. She holds an MFA from the Bergen Art Academy and an MA in Photojournalism & Documentary Photography from the London College of Communication. Nayara works across text, performance, analogue photography, film and installation. Through autobiographical narrative, political news, archival material and letters to close friends, she produces a portrayal of the reality in which the LGBTQ+ community lives in Brazil and in Norway.
Besøksadresse
USF Verftet, Georgernes Verft 12
5011 Bergen
Kontakt
E-postadresse: hello@nayaraleite.com
Web: http://www.nayaraleite.com/
CV
Education
2018-20 – MA Fine Art, Bergen Art Academy, Bergen, NO
2016-17 – MA Photojournalism & Documentary Photography, London College of Communication, London, UK
2007-11 – BA Social Communication / Advertising, Universidade de Fortaleza, Fortaleza, BR
Selected Exhibitions and Performances
2024 – (upcoming) Coast Contemporary, Gamle Munch, Oslo, NO
2024 – (upcoming) Open Out Festival, Tromsø, NO
2024 – (upcoming) The Demise of Everything Good, Lydgalleriet, Bergen, NO
2024 – The Green and Yellow are Ours as Well, Visningsrommet USF, Bergen, NO
2024 – The Matrix of Power, Nitja senter for samtidskunst, Lillestrøm, NO
2023 – Evaporate Festival, Waterworks Museum, Boston, US
2023 – Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, NO
2023 – Momentum Biennale, Galleri F15, Moss, NO
2023 – Machine Membranes, Lydgalleriet, Bergen, NO
2022 – Meus Caros Amigos – part IV, Isotop, Bergen, NO
2022 – Oslo Negativ, Det Gamle Biblioteket, Oslo, NO
2022 – Ways, Isotop, Bergen, NO
2022 – Performance Fest, Studio 17, Stavanger, NO
2022 – Sommarljom Festival, Ørsta, NO
2022 – Cruising Utopia, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, NO
2022 – Matrix of Gender, Fossekleiva Kultursenter, Berger, NO
2022 – Over the Rainbow, Preus Museum, Horten, NO
2022 – Performance Art Bergen Festival, Bergen, NO
2022 – Resonating Nordnes, Borealis Festival, Bergen, NO
2022 – Matrix of Gender, Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall, Arendal, NO
2022 – Scarlet Room of the Nonsensical, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, NO
2021 – Open Out Festival, Tromsø, NO
2021 – I decided to share my love with you, Benkene til Kim, Bergen, NO
2021 – Meus Caros Amigos – part III, Palmera, Bergen, NO
Selected Awards and Residencies
2024 – (upcoming) Live Studio Residency – Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, NO
2024 – Two Years Working Grant, Kulturdirektoratet (Norwegian Arts Council), NO
2024 – Residency at BEK – Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts, Bergen, NO
2023 – Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale Residency, Dale, NO
2023 – Risograph Programme Residency, Pamflett, Bergen, NO
2023 – One Year Working Grant, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, NO
2022 – Ways House Residency, Gyula, HU
2022 – One Year Working Grant, Kulturdirektoratet (Norwegian Arts Council), NO
2021 – Working Grant, Vestland Fylkeskommune, NO
2021 – Establishing Grant for Emerging Artists, Bergen Kommune, NO
2021 – One Year Working Grant, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, NO
Memberships
UKS, NBK, VISP, Performance Art Bergen
