Nayara Leite

Meus Caros Amigos part II (2020), performance (40 min). Bergen Kjøtt, Bergen. Photo credits: Thor Brødreskift Commissioned by Bergen Senter for Elektronisk Kunst (BEK).

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.

In Search of Rainbows (2022), film (9 min). Screenshot of the film. Commissioned by Preus Museum.

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.

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.