Leite, Nayara

Teknikk
Text, performance, analogue photography, video and installation

Artist statement

-- Åpent atelier lørdag 23.september 2023 --

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, video and installation. Through autobiographical narrative, political news, letters to close friends and archival material, she produces a portrayal of the reality in which the LGBTQ+ community lives in Brazil and in Norway.

Besøksadresse
USF Verftet, Georgernes Verft 12. Atelier 337
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
2023 – (upcoming) 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
2023 – (upcoming) Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale Residency, Dale, NO
2023 – (upcoming) 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, Norsk Kulturråd (Norwegian Arts Council), NO
2022 – Residency at BEK – Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts, Bergen, 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

Homodagene. Cruising Utopia/Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen. 2022. Photo: Johanne Karlsrud
Meus Caros Amigos - part IV. Isotop, Bergen. 2022. Photo: Nayara Leite
Meus Caros Amigos - part IV. Isotop, Bergen. 2022. Photo: Nayara Leite
I decided to share my love with you. Sommarljom Festival, Ørsta. 2022. Photo: Jacob Stærk