Artists
Argentina
Nina Haynal
MUTUALISMS
07.02.24 28.02.24
Nina Haynal is an Argentinean visual artist, independent art curator and art therapist, who promotes contemporary and less toxic print media. She works in the fields of lithography and experimentation in alternative media, drawing, video, installation and photography. Nina was awarded one of the fellowships to be part of Together Apart | MUTUALISMS in its English cohort.
ARTIST STATEMENT & TESTIMONY
It is the curious question that begins my work. A constant question in artistic work and reflection of the limits of each materiality. I investigate to what extent the body itself extends to the landscape, even becoming it. Is it possible that the skins themselves are confused with the textures and traces of the context? Other people’s traces complete our own in the process of assuming that the subject is a contextual self in direct and concrete dialogue with the habitable landscape. It is the collection of work material and the journey, observation and registration in the territory where production begins. I need to root my work in the present context, think about the landscape and investigate its particularities.
My experience in the program was wonderful. I really enjoyed each meeting and learned a lot about the purpose of connecting with other people from around the world. I loved having the possibility of participating and being part of a network that transcends borders. It is an excellent program to encourage creativity working with others and in carrying out specific topics for reflection.
BIO
Nina Haynal
1996 | Argentina
Lives and works in Valle de Calamuchita, Córdoba
EDUCATION
2023 | Expographic Curation seminar/workshop. Cinematographic Research Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2023 | Art and Curation course. GESTAR, Educational Group, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2022 | Postgraduate training in Art Therapy (Dr. Bettina Egger). FARBE school, Barcelona, Spain
2022 | Lithography studies. La Maldita Estampa Gallery Workshop, Barcelona, Spain
2020 | Graduate in Visual Arts. Faculty of Arts, National University of Córdoba, Argentina
2018 | Lithography Studies. EFA -The Elizabeth Foundation for The Arts – Robert Blackburn Printmaking4 Workshop Program, New York, USA
EXHIBITIONS
2023 | La pie la j e n a (solo show). Casa de Pepino Cultural Center, Córdoba
2023 | Visual Arts Hall (group show). House of Culture, Río Cuarto, Córdoba
2023 | La pie la j e n a (solo show). Tintorería Japonesa by selection from the Visual Arts call of the Subsec. of Culture of the Municipality of Río Cuarto, Córdoba
2022 | La pie la j e n a (solo show). Taula de Cultura, San Esteban de Palautordera, Barcelona, Spain
2019 | Cuerpo (solo show). Casa del Bicentenario, Villa General Belgrano, Córdoba, Argentina
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2022 | Residency in Ca´inua, Bologna, Italy
2022 | Project selected for a residency at KAMart in residence, Cereggio, Italy
2022 | Project selected for a residency at Taula de Cultura, San Esteban de Palautordera, Barcelona, Spain
2019 | 10th Annual National Bicentennial Show – RECORDED –
2017 | Selected for the REA Graphic Salon (Regina Espacio de Arte). 3rd International Engraving Biennial, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Related Activities
Together Apart
# 8: Mutualisms | Results
Artists in Dialogue
07.02.24 28.02.24
In this new edition of Together Apart, we met again, this time under the title Mutualisms. During 4 weeks of intense exchange, 12 artists from different countries and cities collaborated and contributed to create this space of mutuality in which to freely explore their ideas.
In the words of Daniela Ruiz Moreno, program curator: “The 8th edition of Together Apart was, once more, a very gratifying surprise to us—
the coordinators and creators of the programme. It was very interesting to see how the individual interests of each artist were articulated with each other through collaboration across different disciplines, the generation of collective archives, and the invention of methodologies for coexistence. We were able to observe a gradual development, akin to an accumulation and metabolization of all the knowledge and information shared by the various team members and the invited artist, Rodrigo de Arteaga, as well as the invaluable knowledge shared by each participant. We explored alternative approaches to artistic practice, a different way of conceiving scientific knowledge, and acted in response to the urgent need for these two areas to collaborate more frequently. As one of the participants mentioned, the final session felt as watching -in a fast forward speed- a garden grow. Bringing back one of the philosophers who accompanied us during this program, I would like to quote again the words of Michael Marder regarding the writings of Hildegard von Bingen, a Benedictine abbess who in the 12th century was contemplating more holistic and spiritual approaches to ecology and the plant world. Hildegard proposes to look at the mystery of plantness, of greening greenness, of growth. I believe that the arts, in relation to many other forms of knowledge, serve as a vehicle to achieve an awareness of the interdependence inherent in all forms of life on this planet and a re-enchantment with the mystery that life forms entail. Each participant in this program allowed us to do just that, from observing the mystery of trees that make many fundamental cycles of our lives possible, to the landscapes that surround us and shape us, the different constructions and perceptions of time, to the intricate and not entirely straightforward relationship of our coexistence and co-creation with technology and nature.”
