Zarina Nares
Zarina Nares (b. 1995, New York, NY)
Living and working in New York
EDUCATION
Goldsmiths University of London
BFA Electronic Music, Computing and Technology
August 2020
EXHIBITIONS + SCREENINGS
2025
But I Still Love You, Forma, London, United Kingdom, curated by Tabatha Batra Vaughan and Charlie Bird (screening)
Girl Crush, HEART, New York, New York, curated by Maya Man (screening)
Between Us, OCHI, Los Angeles, California, curated by Avery Wheless (group/online)
PANOPTICON II, Blade Study x HEART, New York, New York, curated by Ian Glover and Maya Man (group/performance)
I Disagree, Galeria Na Wysokim Poziomie, Poznan, Poland, curated by Zuza Szczepańska (solo)
'White-Knuckle' Screening, Rose Easton, London, United Kingdom, curated by Ruba Al-Sweel and Tasneem Sarkez (screening)
2024
WORK BITCH RAVE FREQUENCY HEALING MEDITATION FOR STRESS AND BURNOUT AND BECOMING YOUR BEST SELF BY LETTING GO OF YOUR PAST AND FOLLOWING YOUR TRUTH AND PUTTING IN THE HARD WORK BECAUSE YOU DESERVE IT!!!!, HEART New York, New York, curated by Maya Man (solo/performance)
Beg To Differ, TIMESHARE, Los Angeles, California, curated by Andy Bennett and Colleen Hargarden (group)
Sacred Screenshots, HEART, New York, New York, curated by Maya Man (group)
Chthonic Panic, The Source, Lake Hill, New York, curated by Juliet Raina (group)
Artists Screen Artists, Toxi, Zurich, Switzerland, curated by Gaia Del Santo (screening)
Girl Crush, Heavy Manner’s Library, Los Angeles, California, curated by Maya Man (screening)
2023
HOMECOMING, Public Works Administration, Brooklyn, New York, curated by Tomi Faison (group)
SCRAP YARD SCREENINGS, SARA’S, New York, New York, curated by Tomi Faison (screening)
Day Before Tomorrow, Eugster Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, curated by Vuk Cuk (group)
PRESS
Three Short Blocks, Screen Slate, 2023
PUBLICATIONS
EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED NOTHING HAS CHANGED (2024), Metalabel
Hey. Honestly, I’m just…I don’t know. (2024), Metalabel
“Leave at my door” (2024), Printed Matter
TIK TOK + THE PATRIARCHY + THE 4TH DIMENSION (2022), Printed Matter, Pioneer Works
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Arthur Jafa Studio and SunHaus - Editorial Assistant (2022-2024)
Flying Lotus - Assistant Tour Manager, Assistant Production Manager (2021-2022)
Thundercat - Assistant Tour Manager, Assistant Production Manager (2021-2022)
BIO
Zarina Nares (b. 1995) is a New York City-born artist of Indian Muslim and British descent. She pursued her higher education at Goldsmiths University of London, where she studied electronic music, computing, and technology. Her interdisciplinary practice explores femininity in virtual spaces through the themes of desire, authenticity, self-worth, and performance of self. She examines how these aspects are digitally shaped and how they relate to broader societal structures both past and present.
Zarina has exhibited at TIMESHARE, Los Angeles, HEART, New York, Eugster Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, and screened at Sara’s Gallery, New York, Heavy Manner’s Library, Los Angeles, and Toxi, Zurich, Switzerland. Her work has been published by AUTRE Magazine, Do Not Research, and DSCENE, and her books have sold at Printed Matter, Pioneer Works, and Metalabel.