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Nina Satie is a Brazilian artist born in 1995 in São Paulo, where she continues to live and work. Through painting and drawing, Nina delves into the delicate interplay of self-image and spirituality, sexuality and queerness, young womanhood, and black existence. Her work is characterized by symbolic imagery deeply rooted in the traditions of Afro-Latino surrealism.
Her vibrant, femme-centered figures serve as protagonists in self-evoked myths, inhabiting a world rich with the flora and fauna of the southern tropics. These figures invite viewers to uncover subtle dimensions imbued with psychological and emotional undertones, offering an impermanent fugue state into the realm of ancestral dreams.
Nina’s artistic inquiry centers on the intersections of identity and individuality, cultural ancestry, Afro-diasporic myths, and the cycles of nature. Her work also highlights the emancipation of black women’s bodies through spiritual expression. By exploring and unraveling the concept of "Otherness" and its implications in contemporary visual representations of black femme bodies—particularly in the global south—her art draws a parallel with the preservation of her homeland’s plants and animals. These elements become symbols of resistance, permanence, and self-governance, echoing the resilience of the women in her cultural heritage across generations.
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EDUCATION
2014-2016 Bachelor of Visual Arts, State University of Rio de Janeiro
2018 Brazilian Contemporary Art in the collection of the Mário de Andrade Library
2021 Art criticism, poetry, and self-writing in bell hooks, an online course with Vinícius da Silva
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2019 2o Painting Festival IA-UNESP
2019 Arranjo - Nina Satie and Catha Gomes, São Paulo, SP
2019 Bienal Black Brazil Art, Porto Alegre, RS
2022 Ties that Binds Us - The Cowrie Culture, Accra, Ghana
2022 MASTERPIECE III: An Ode to Okwui Enwezor (“MIII”) - Band of Vices Gallery, Los Angeles, US
2022 The Hero She Needs, Arushi Gallery, Los Angeles, US
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2019 Mural for the Latinidades Festival, at Centro Cultural de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP
2019 1st Mostra de Autoestilismo, at Centro Cultural de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP
2022 Mural for the Disney headquarters, São Paulo, SP
PUBLICATIONS
2019 Philadelphia, United States, Call + Response Journal, Volume I
2019 Interview and cover illustration for the 6th edition of Revista das Minas
2020 Utah, United States, Illustration for the May issue of Strange Horizons magazine
2021 Illustration for the book BLACKOUT, Seguinte Publisher
PUBLICITY PIECES
2020 Auction of 2 works of art in partnership with do bemTM and Teto Brasil
2021 Global campaign for Motorola US, motorola g stylus line
2021 Video Manifesto #SouMotorola | The Power for Those Who Make It Happen
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