Nayara Leite

Will we ever feel safe again? (Have we ever felt safe at all?) Performance on top of the Silo at Vippetangen in Oslo.
Will we ever feel safe again? (Have we ever felt safe at all?) Performance on top of the Silo at Vippetangen in Oslo.

Nayara Leite performed the commissioned work Will we ever feel safe again? (Have we ever felt safe at all?) on top of the Silo at Vippetangen in Oslo for Art on Food.

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.


In Search of Rainbows (excerpt) from Nayara Leite on Vimeo.

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.

Nayara Leites website.

Homodagene (2022), performance (15 min). Momentum Biennale 12, Moss. Photo credits: Jannik Abel. Commissioned by Bergen Kunsthall.
Homodagene (2022), performance (15 min). Momentum Biennale 12, Moss. Photo credits: Jannik Abel. Commissioned by Bergen Kunsthall.
Hilda’s Bar (2022), 3x photographs. Isotop, Bergen. Photo: Nayara Leite.
Hilda’s Bar (2022), 3x photographs. Isotop, Bergen. Photo: Nayara Leite.

She has exhibited and/or held performances at Bergen Kunsthall, Palmera, Lydgalleriet, Isotop, Bergen Kjøtt and KODE 2 in Bergen; Preus Museum in Horten; Studio 17 in Stavanger; Kunstnerforbundet and Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo; and Momentum Biennale in Moss.

The Demise of Everything Good (2024), three channel 4K-video installation (16 min), 5-channel audio, metal structure. Work made in collaboration with Kaeto Sweeney. Nitja senter for samtidskunst , Lillestrøm. Photo by Tor Simen Ulstein.
The Demise of Everything Good (2024), three channel 4K-video installation (16 min), 5-channel audio, metal structure. Work made in collaboration with Kaeto Sweeney. Nitja senter for samtidskunst , Lillestrøm Photo by Tor Simen Ulstein.