NARA PEEK-SILVA,
Bundjalung Country, AUS
Nara’s work is an exploration of the mystery of personal and planetary experience, how it is bound together in potent alchemy, reaffirming our intimacy with all things.
Her creative practice is an anarchic ritual of rebellious devotion in this hyperrational and hyperreal simulacra we find ourselves tangled within. The Artwork itself an invitation to return to the wisdom of nature, of chaos, of stillness, of the dream, of timelessness, of the cycles that guide us.
Australian born of Brazilian descent and (formerly) European based, an instinctive syncretism informs and is reflected in Nara’s being and multi-disciplinary practice.
Exploring the contemporary experience through a mythical & mystical lens. Nara aspires to dance with and grind our collective madness up against our holy moments – to ignite a vision of humanity aligned with more harmonious forces. In doing so every artwork becomes an imperfect invitation, a portal of hope and healing for all to enter.
EXHIBITIONS & PRIZES
2024 | Land of Being, Time Based Art Installation. ALMARIA, SPAIN
2024 | Waves Retreat, Video Installation. CRESCENT HEAD
2024 | Trishula Festival, Video Installation. MELBOURNE​
2022 | Brunswick Picture House, Moontide Ensemble, Video installation. BYRON BAY
2021 | Burning Man XR, Video installation. The Drive Thru, BYRON BAY
2020 | Midnight, group exhibition. MULLUMBIMBY
2020 | From the Ashes, group exhibition.The Drive Thru, BYRON BAY
2019 | The Palace, Bushfire Fundraiser, group exhibition. MELBOURNE
2016 | KulturFabrik, group exhibition. ZURICH
2015 | The Forrest, group exhibition. EDINBURGH
2015 | Galleria 88, group exhibition. LISBON
2014 | BEAMS Art Festival, Video Installation. SYDNEY
2014 | SWAP, See Street Gallery, group exhibition. SYDNEY
2014 | Chippendale New World Art Prize, finalist, NG Art Gallery. SYDNEY
2013 | Macquarie Digital Portraiture Award, finalist, National Portrait Gallery. CANBERRA
2013 | BEAMS Art Festival, Video Installation. SYDNEY
2012 | Sydney Fringe Festival, Video Installation. SYDNEY
2012 | He Made She Made Gallery, group exhibition. SYDNEY
2012 | TAP Gallery, Women in Art, group exhibition. SYDNEY
2012 | Australia Museum, Jurassic Lounge, group exhibition. SYDNEY
2011 | Studio Pira, group exhibition. RIO DE JANEIRO
2009 | Seymour Centre, OnStage, Solo Performance. SYDNEY
2008 | OnStage Certificate of Outstanding Exhibition of Dramatic Performance
2007 | Young in Art, group exhibition, 1st Runner up. SYDNEY
2007 | Award of Recognition for Sister Veronica McColgan Memorial Award for Creative Arts
RESIDENCIES
2024 | Land of Being, ALMARIA, SPAIN
2023 | Punch & Daisy, MULLUMBIMBY
2022 | Rock & Roll Cafe, MULLUMBIMBY
2022 | Meld, BYRON BAY
2022 | Cowabunga, BILLINUDGEL
2017 | Kultur Fabrik, ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
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PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA
Planet Local: A Quiet Revolution / Creative Director & Editor / Local Futures / 2022
BardoTide Multimedia Performance / Video Artist / Burning Man XR / 2021
The Anthropological Cinema of Jean Rouch / Author / MEFT Journal UNSW / 2011
EDUCATION
IKON INSTITUTE | Bachelor of Art Therapy [current]
APOLLON ART SCHOOL, Florence | Oil painting, 2024
UNSW, Sydney | Bachelor of Arts, Major in Film, Theatre & Performance (Distinction), 2011