Na_Mira

Na Mira

Na Mira

Visual artist and filmmaker


Na Mira (born 1982), also known as Dylan Mira,[1] is an American artist and educator, known for her installation art. She is based out of Los Angeles, California, "on Tongva, Gabrielino, Kizh, and Chumash lands."[2]

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Early life and education

Na Mira was born in 1982 in Lawrence, Kansas.[2] She grew up between the United States and East Asia, and is of Korean-American descent.[3][4]

Mira received a BFA degree in 2006 in Film, Video, New Media at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; and a MFA degree in 2013 in New Genres at the University of California, Los Angeles.[5][6]

Artistic practice and exhibitions

Beginning in 2018, Mira has a since ongoing video installation series titled Night Vision.[3][7] The Night Vision series started with a noted visual glitch when filming with an infrared camera in Jeju Island in South Korea, and the work features audio components.[3][4] Her Night Vision work touches on topics such as esotericism, Korean shamanism, feminism, and personal family history.[4][8]

In January 2022, Fulcrum Arts hosted a conversation titled "Unfolding Dimensions" between Mira, Simon Leung, and Satyan Devadoss, focused on an analysis of Mira’s research work in the archives of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha.[9]

In April 2022, Mira participated in a "multi-sensorial, durational performance" Eternal Spa, organized with QNA (collective) at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.[10]

Mira was selected to participate in the 2022 Whitney Biennial titled "Quiet as It's Kept" curated by Adrienne Edwards and David Breslin.[8] Mira presented Night Vision (Red as never been), 2022, a video installation at the 2022 Whitney Biennial, a work in conversation with the work of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha.[11][12]

Mira is on the faculty at University of California, Riverside (UCR) in the Department of Art.[13]


References

  1. "Suzy Halajian: Show 2". Oregon Contemporary. 2019. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  2. Durón, Maximilíano (2022-01-25). "Taking the Title 'Quiet as It's Kept,' 2022 Whitney Biennial Names 63 Participating Artists". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  3. Teets, Jennifer (2022-03-29). "A Kind of Science Friction: Na Mira". www.moussemagazine.it. Mousse Magazine and Publishing. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  4. Mitter, Siddhartha (2022-03-23). "From the Border, the Whitney Biennial Asks What American Art Can Be". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  5. "Na Mira: "Passages Paysages Passengers"". The Kitchen OnScreen. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  6. Schneider, Tim (2019-06-13). "What Can We Learn About Art Fairs From Liste, Basel's Platform for Emerging Talent? Here Are Four Lessons". Artnet News. Retrieved 2022-04-02. Dylan Mira's 밤시각 Night Vision (2019)
  7. Mitter, Siddhartha (2022-01-25). "Whitney Biennial Picks 63 Artists to Take Stock of Now". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  8. "Unfolding Dimensions". Fulcrum Arts. 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  9. "Eternal Spa". www.moca.org. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  10. Greenberger, Alex (2022-03-29). "A Sharp, Understated Whitney Biennial Looks to the Past to Process the Grief of the Present". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2022-04-01.

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