Born in 1976, Kika Nicolela is a Brazilian new media artist, and her works include single-channel videos, video installations, performances, experimental documentaries and photography. Graduated in Cinema and Video by the University of Sao Paulo in 2000, Kika Nicolela also completed film courses.... More

Born in 1976, Kika Nicolela is a Brazilian new media artist, and her works include single-channel videos, video installations, performances, experimental documentaries and photography. Graduated in Cinema and Video by the University of Sao Paulo in 2000, Kika Nicolela also completed film courses at UCLA – University of California in 2002. Since then, she has developed her personal works, which have been exhibited and awarded in festivals of more than 30 countries, such as: Videoformes New Media & Video Art Festival (France), Kunst Film Biennale (Germany), ACA Media Arts Festival (Japan), VAD Festival Internacional de Vídeo i Arts Digitals (Spain), International Electronic Art Festival Videobrasil (Brazil), AluCine Toronto Latin@ Media Festival (Canada) and Exis Experimental Film & Video Festival (Korea). In 2005, her first documentary feature film, "Woman Cries Out!", received the award of Best Film at both the festivals CineEsquemaNovo (Brazil) and Cineport (Portugal). The same film was also nominated by UNESCO for the Breaking The Chains Award. She has participated of exhibitions in Brazil, USA, Canada, France, Spain, Portugal and Poland. She won the following grants: Support to Production in Visual Arts from São Paulo Arts Council, Support to Production from Recife Art Week, Exhibition Program by São Paulo Cultural Center and Cultural Diffusion and Exchange Program of the Brazilian Ministry of Culture. She received nominations for the Sergio Motta Award of Art and Technology and the Nascente Art Award. Close

One of my major concerns is to examine the connections between the camera, subject, author and the spectator. I’m interested in investigating questions surrounding the crescent production of audiovisual, like authorship, identity construction, communication, voyeurism, fetishism and privacy. Anot.... More

One of my major concerns is to examine the connections between the camera, subject, author and the spectator. I’m interested in investigating questions surrounding the crescent production of audiovisual, like authorship, identity construction, communication, voyeurism, fetishism and privacy. Another theme that is recurrent in my works is the search for defining what means being a woman in contemporary society, as well as the relationship between female body and nature. I play with tensions such as civilized and primitive, sacred and profane, beauty and decay, love and violence, impermanence and infinity. My background in film studies and production has been a great influence in my works. Often I use elements of film language in different ways, blurring the line that separates documentary from fiction, the narrative from the experimental. Another trace that I borrow from filmmaking is my vocation to work in collaboration with other artists, performers and musicians. I always find that experience enriching, and as a result dance and music have had significant roles in many of my videos. Even though I was trained in filmmaking, contemporary art opened to me a realm of possibilities that better accommodate my questionings and inquietudes. I’m passionate about my work and sharing it with others is the most important thing in my life.  Close