SASHA IMAN DOUGLAS-NARES IS A MULTIMEDIA ARTIST AND CURATOR.
DOUGLAS-NARES'S WORK IS POST-DISCIPLINARY AND SEEKS TO UNEARTH COVERT MEANINGS WITHIN TABOO SOCIETAL NORMS. SHE STRIVES TO REPRESENTS THE VISCERALITY OF LIFE. THROUGH MATERIAL, CONCEPTUAL, AND EMOTIONAL RESEARCH, SHE EXPLORES UNDERLYING PARADIGMS WHICH FUEL CULTURE FROM ITS UNDERBELLY. TRAUMA IS AN IMPORTANT FOCUS FOR SASHA, AND THE EXPRESSION OF WHICH IS TEASED OUT THROUGH THE PROCESS. BEGINNING HER ARTISTIC CAREER STUDYING PHOTOGRAPHY, DOUGLAS-NARES HAS SINCE EXPANDED INTO TEXTILES, RELATIONAL ART, AND SCULPTURE. HER CURRENT EXPLORATION FOCUSES ON THE INTERSECTIONS WITHIN CARE AND CRAFT.
DOUGLAS-NARES GREW UP IN MANHATTAN, NY, BEFORE ATTENDING RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, AND LATER CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS (G. 2018), BOTH FOR PHOTOGRAPHY. DURING THESE YEARS, SHE LED TWO CURATORIAL PROJECTS, BOTH FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY BUILDING FOR ARTISTS. HER THESIS PROJECT AT CALARTS “FACES ARE MIRRORS TOO” WAS PUBLISHED IN AMADUES MAGAZINE AND SHOWN AS A SOLO EXHIBITION AT THAT THAT GALLERY IN LOS ANGELES IN 2019. HER FIRST BOOK, “SAFETY IN NUMBERS” WAS PUBLISHED BY PARADIGM PUBLISHING IN 2019. FOLLOWING UNIVERSITY, DOUGLAS-NARES WORKED IN THE COLOR DEPARTMENT AT YEEZY, WHERE SHE FIRST DEVELOPED HER TEXTILE PRACTICE. DOUGLAS-NARES HAD HER SECOND SOLO SHOW OF PHOTOGRAPHS “THE SNAKE THAT HOLDS OUR HOUSE TOGETHER” AT DIEFIRMA GALLERY IN NY IN 2022. SASHA MOVED TO BERLIN SHORTLY AFTER, WHERE SHE WON THE 2025 PLATTE NEXT GEN AWARD FOR HER WORK IN REPURPOSING SECOND HAND CLOTHING, AND WORK WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SECOND ISSUE OF NUTS INTERNATIONAL. SASHA THEN COMPLETED HER MFA IN TEXTILES AT WEISSENSEE KUNSTHOCHSCHULE IN BERLIN (G. 2026). SHE CURRENTLY LIVES IN NEW YORK.
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