NURYA CHANA

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American, b.  Bronx, NY 1988

Lives and works in Hudson, NY

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Education

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2020 MFA, Hunter College, New York, NY  

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2011 BA Biology cum laude, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

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Group Exhibitions

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2023

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Dream Alliance, Chashama, New York, NY

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Coast to Coast, Cauterskill Design & Build HQ, Catskill, NY

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2022

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Some Kind of Monster Roster, Analog Diary, Beacon, NY 

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2021

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The Holiday Show, LabSpace, Hillsdale, NY 

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WinterOver?, Time/Space Limited, Hudson, NY 

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WinterOver?, Joyce Goldstein Gallery, Garage, Chatham, NY

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NADA x Foreland, Foreland, Catskill, NY

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The Privilege of Getting Together III, Swivel Gallery x RegularNormal, Brooklyn, NY

 

2020 

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The Holiday Show, LabSpace, Hillsdale, NY

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MFA Thesis Exhibition, 205 Hudson Gallery, New York, NY

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Hunter MFA Thesis Spotlight, Hauser & Wirth, online

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2019

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Earthly Delights, Re-Institute, Millerton, NY

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The Mnemonic Body, Hunter College, Tribeca, NY

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 2018 Six Months In, Hunter College, Tribeca, NY

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2017 Music Seen, LabSpace, Hillsdale, NY

 

2015 Geek Show, curated by Ryan LaPointe, Hudson, NY

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2013 (Solo) Swallow, Hudson, NY

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2011 Light Changes Cells (Solo), Beekman Street Artist's Co-op, Saratoga Springs, NY

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Solo Performances

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2021 Aspirations, Unfix Festival, Online

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2020 Gut Dance, Exponential Fest Variety #1, Para\\el, Williamsburg, NY

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2019

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Gut Dance, Performance Anxiety curated by Brandon Perdomo, Chinatown Soup, New York, NY

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Gut Dance, event curated by Melinda Kiefer, The Grove, Bushwick, NY

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Photophilia RPG, Coney Island Ritual Cabaret, Coney Island USA, Brooklyn, NY

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2018

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Navel, The New York Butoh Institute Festival, Theater for the New City, New York, NY

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Navel, Bobo Beer Can Release, Honey's, Brooklyn, NY

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Navel, Unfix Festival, New York, NY

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Navel, Coney Island Ritual Cabaret, Coney Island USA, Brooklyn, NY

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2017

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Hunger, Halloween event curated by Ming Liu, C.A.V.E., Kingston, NY

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Feeding, event curated by Nina Isabelle, The Shirt Factory, Kingston, NY

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Feeding, LabSpace, Hillsdale, NY

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Feeding, with Representative I, WeDoUs, Hudson, NY

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1-800-Wisdom, event curated by Brandon Perdomo, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY

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1-800-Wisdom, Hot Mud Fest, Hudson, NY

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1-800-Wisdom,  Rosekill Performance Art Farm, Rosendale, NY

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Ontogenesis, with Representative I, Death Cafe Fundraiser, MaMa, Stone Ridge, NY

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2016

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Solidarity, FeminineRulez2 curated by Lindsey Beebe, Tarot Reading Room, Brooklyn, NY

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Object Snatch, with Representative I, WeDoUs Festival, Hudson, NY

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Plastic Wrap, Sugar, and Weeds, with Representative I, +Space, Catskill, NY

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Borders 5 hour durational, with Representative I, LabSpace, Hillsdale, NY

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2015

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Big Cloth with Hole, curated by Slink Moss, +Space, Catskill, NY

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Butoh Street Tour, solo tour, DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, NYC, Gloucester, Boston, Providence, and Portland, ME

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Three Colors, with Representative I, CCCA Showcase curated by Slink Moss, Hudson, NY

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End and Enduring, with Representative I, Gallery Four, Baltimore, MD

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Trifecta, with Representative I, Get The Poison Out curated by Chris Carlone, Tarot Reading Room, Brooklyn, NY

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Trifecta, with Representative I, Basilica Soundscape side stage curated by Bunny Brains, Hudson, NY

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Representative I, Shadow People's Project, Times Square, New York, NY

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Representative I, Basilica Drone Fest, Hudson, NY

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Workshop Performance, with Representative I, TSL (Time/Space Limited), Hudson, NY

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2014

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The Holiday Party, with Representative I, WinterWalk, Hudson, NY

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Representative I, Basilica Soundscape side stage curated by Bunny Brains, Hudson, NY

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Collaborative Performances

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2018 

 

Cinematic Death Moon Return, solo dancer, Katherine Bauer, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

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Rabid Lords Gang, dancer, Ieva Mesciucavite, Private Party, Manhattan, NY

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2017

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Cinematic Death Moon Return, solo dancer, Katherine Bauer, Fahrenheit 451, Catskill, NY

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Rabid Lords Gang, dancer, Ieva Mesciucavite, The Met Breuer, Manhattan, NY

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Rabid Lords Gang, dancer, Ieva Mesciucavite, video project

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2015 

 

Neven, Representative I, film project with Chris Carlone

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2014

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Being Bodies, Representative I, film by Ephraim Asili

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Pretty Please, Representative I, music video for Josephine Foster by Ephraim Asili

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Curatorial Projects

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April 2017- Dec 2021, HiLo Art, Director/curator, Catskill, NY

 

Press

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2021 Upstate Art Weekend 2021, Bigger and Better, Paul Laster, White Hot Magazine,  https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/art-weekend-2021-bigger-better/5132

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2020 Interstices Acts as Aperture During a Most Miserable Year, Dana Notine, Eliana Blechman, and June Scalia, White Hot Magazine

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2018 The New York Butoh Institute Festival 2018 Showcases Women and International Artists, Cindy Sibilsky, Broadway World

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