Niya B is a multi-disciplinary artist, working at the intersections of visual art and performance on ecology, (trans)gender embodiments, class, mythology, and the knowledge held in the land and the performing body.
Niya has exhibited and performed extensively at venues including Tate Britain (London), CCA (Glasgow), Site Gallery (Sheffield), BOM (Birmingham), International Print Biennale (Newcastle), Visioni Del Sud (Salento, Italy), the 5th and 8th Thessaloniki Biennale (Greece), 2023 European Capital of Culture (Greece), 5th Moscow Biennale (Russia), Goldsmiths University of London, and University of Leeds. Niya has been supported by Arts Council England, the British Council, Jerwood Arts, and the Cultural Institute Leeds among others. In 2023, she became an artist-in-residence at BOM Immersive Lab.
Niya holds an MA in Landscape Architecture from the University of Sheffield and is currently a candidate for a practice-as-research PhD at Kingston University, School of Art, where she is investigating the intersections of ecology and gendered embodiments. https://www.niyab.com
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