Nina Davies (b. 1991) is a Canadian-British artist who considers the present moment through observing dance in popular culture and how it is disseminated, circulated, made, and consumed. Working primarily with video and performance, Davies considers current dance phenomena in relation to the wider socio-technical environments from which they emerge. Previous research projects have included the recent commodification of the dancing body on digital platforms and rethinking dances of today as traditional dances of the future. Oscillating between fiction and non-fiction, her work helps build new critical frameworks for engaging with dance practices.
Davies graduated in 2022 from Goldsmiths MFA Fine Art where she was awarded the Almacantar Studio Award and the Goldsmiths Junior Fellowship position. Her first solo institutional show was Precursing at Matts Gallery, London in 2023. Her work has been exhibited at The Photographers Gallery, Overmorrow House, Battle, New Contemporaries 2023 at Camden Arts Centre and Gextophoto, Spain.
Biography
Seventeen Exhibitions
Becoming the Edit
In winter, mute
Press
Nina Davies, Never let them know your next move, 2022 (excerpt)
Single channel 4k video with sound
10 minutes 56 seconds
Installation view of Nina Davies, Never let them know your next move, 2022 at In Winter, Mute at Seventeen.
Nina Davies, Stepping into machine, 2022 (excerpt)
Single channel video with sound
9 minutes 18 seconds
Nina Davies, Bionic Step, 2023. Performance at transmediale 2023, Berlin.
Installation view of Nina Davies, Precursing, at Matt’s Gallery, London (2023)
A new video and sound installation in Matt’s Gallery with roaming performances in the surrounding area.
Installation view of Nina Davies, Precursing, at Matt’s Gallery, London, 2023
Video and sound installation with roaming performances in the surrounding area.
Installation view of Nina Davies, Precursing, at Matt’s Gallery, London 2023
Video and sound installation with roaming performances in the surrounding area
Nina Davies, Precursing, 2023 (excerpt)
Single channel 4k video with sound
11 minutes 12 seconds
Installation view of Bionic Step at Goldsmiths MFA Degree Show 2022
Video and related performance
Nina Davies, Haters Will Say I’m Real, 2024 (excerpt)
Single channel 4k film with sound
9 minutes 08 seconds
Install view of Becoming the Edit at Seventeen, 2024
Nina Davies, Phantom Power, 2024
Wax, tracking unit, foam
218.5 x 218.5 x 25.5 cm
Nina Davies, The Gawk, 2024
Leaf blower, ring light, PLA
40.6 x 40.6 x 20.5 cm
Nina Davies, Never let them know your next move, 2022 (excerpt)
Single channel 4k video with sound
10 minutes 56 seconds
Install view of Becoming the Edit at Seventeen, 2024
Install view of Becoming the Edit at Seventeen, 2024
Nina Davies, Techno Faith Altar, 2023
Single channel video, iPhone, ring light, holofan with video file, headphones, surgical stand, wall mount
9 minutes 33 seconds
Nina Davies, Techno Faith Altar, 2023
Single channel video, iPhone, ring light, holofan with video file, headphones, surgical stand, wall mount
9 minutes 33 seconds
Nina Davies, Glitch Guiser, 2022
Dance sequence, holographic fan, 360 degree video, steel, polyolefin
122 x 77 x 77 cm