Biography
Nadia Bautista is a queer latin american visual artist from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
She studied drawing and painting, fashion design and photography.
Bautista has exhibited in Argentina in Museo Bonfiglioli, Centro Cultural Kirchner, Macsur, 2 Museos, Museo Galisteo and abroad including shows in Culture Lab Lic in New York, Experimental Photo Festival in Spain, Photo Vogue Festival in Italy and México, Venezuela and Iceland.
Her work has been reviewed in Pomegranate Press, FOLA, Página 12, Dislexia Magazine, Alternativas Magazine, Bache Magazine, Kaltblut Magazine, Pornceptual Magazine and more.
In 2022 received a Honourable mention, National Salon of Visuals Arts in Argentina.
In 2023 winner of Visuals Arts Macsur in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Nominated within the short-list of the Fashion Photographer of The Year for Latin American Fashion.
In 2024 winner of Portrait Awards of LensCulture.
Statement
A Argentina native, born to Latin-American immigrants and based in New York, Nadia Bautista is a queer Latin-American visual artist .
The diaspora marked Bautista upbringing, vision and artistry, her identity is not defined as purely argentinian but rather wholly Latin. This perspective is fundamental to her focus as a photographer, her work depicts the effects of colonialism and the identity on different socio-cultural strata within diasporic queer communities.
Bautista addresses different triggers that are part of her life, such as dissidence, queerness, raciality, gender, generations and relationships.
Each of these issues are intrinsically linked and she tries to present them as a necessary paradigm shift today. Generating more spaces for identities that have been marginalized for a long time.
Reflecting on this hegemony allows us to rethink a new possible world where inclussion is the base of the construction.
Education
Teacher of drawning and painting, at Academia Albenix, Argentina
Fashion Designer, at Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Photography, at C.C. Roberto Arlt, Argentina
Awards
Winner of Portrait Awards of LensCulture, 2024.
Winner of Visual Arts at Macsur, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2023
Honourable mention at the 110º Salón Nacional de Artes Visuales, Palais de Glace at Centro Cultural Kircher, Argentina. 2022
Workshops and residencies
“Film Photo 101” Workshop at Worthless Studios, Brooklyn, New York. 2024
Artist in residency Pillow Fort Arts Center, New York. 2023
“Clorotyping” Workshop at Experimental Photo Festival, Spain. 2023
Ceramic at Frita Store, Buenos Aires Argentina. 2022
Conferences
Experimental Photo Festival, Spain. 2023
“El (auto)retrato” Cátedra Gallo, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2023
“Talk: Nadia Bautista” Casa Arbus, Uruguay. 2023
Cátedra Gallo, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2021
Teaching
Experimental Photo Festival, Barcelona. Spain. 2023
“Workshop de Retrato”Fotoarte Escuela de Fotografía, Uruguay. 2019
“Workshop de Retrato ”Fotoarte Escuela de Fotografía. Uruguay. 2018
Nude Workshop, Argentina since 2017
Portrait Workshop, Argentina since 2017
“Dibujo”, Cátedra Sassone. Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2015
Publications
BALAM and Pomegranate, EEUU. 2023
Dislexia Magazine, Argentina. 2023
“Un fin próximo”, Cultural Alternativas Magazine, Mexico. 2021
Recreo Fanzine, FOLA. 2020
Newspaper Página 12, Argentina. 2018
Exhibitions
"Pride" Group show, Artsgowanus, Brooklyn, NY. 2024
"Sacred implications" Group show, Brooklyn Film Camera, Brooklyn, NY. 2024
“Feria + velitas” pop-up art exhibition at Espacio Amazonas, Madrid, Spain. 2023
111º Salón Nacional de Artes Visuales, Palais de Glace at Centro Cultural Kircher, Argentina. 2023
Group exhibition “Breaking More Boundaries”, Culture Lab Lic, New York. 2023
Salón de Artes Visuales at Museo Rosa Galisteo, Santa Fe, Argentina. 2023
Salón de Artes Visuales at 2 Museos, Bahía Blanca, Argentina. 2023
110º Salón Nacional de Artes Visuales, Palais de Glase at Centro Cultural Kircher, Argentina. 2022
“Free To Be”, Culture Lab Lic, New York. 2022
Salón de Artes Visuales Domingo José Martínez, Córdoba. Argentina. 2022
Art show “Fardo” Centro Cultural Recoleta, Argentina. 2021
Photo Vogue Festival, Italy. 2021
Art Show, Centro Cultural “El taller de Omar”, Argentina. 2019
Art show, “Fardo”, Argentina 2019
“Furia”, Santos Dumont 4040, Argentina. 2018
Art show, “Fardo”, Argentina. 2018
“Basado en Hechos Reales” ̈in CCK, Argentina. 2018
“Cruda”, Santos Dumont 4040, Argentina 2018
“Trazan”, ̈Centro Cultural Paco Urondo, Argentina. 2018
“Free love”, Sandro Estudio, Argentina. 2018
“Free love”, C.C. Konex, Argentina. 2018
Solo exhibition “NATURAE”, La soaree, Argentina. 2017
“Tarde Noche” with the artist Lorges Ossa, Argentina. 2016
Art show “Dislexia” Naranja verde, Argentina, 2015
Art show “El bar” Spain, 2013Art show “Dislexia” Casa Sic, Argentina. 2012