Willa Nasatir (born 1990) is an American visual artist and photographer.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]} In 2017, Nasatir presented a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum organized by Jane Panetta.^{[9][10][11][12]}

Life and work

Willa Nasatir was born in 1990 in Los Angeles, California.^[13] She attended Cooper Union and received a BFA degree in 2012.^[13][14] Nasatir was a recipient of the Louis B. Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award in 2015.^[4]

She uses a spectrum of material and optical technics to make images. From soaking prints in water, sanding them down, burning and freezing them, then rephotographing them through translucent textured screens.^[15] Nasatir does not manipulate the images on the computer, letting the surreal effects happen entirely in the camera.^[15][16]

Exhibitions

• September–October 2015 – White Room, White Columns, New York City^[4][17]
• March–April, 2016 – Chapter NY, New York City
• September–October, 2016 – François Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles, California^[18]
• February–June 2017 – Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York^[19]
• July–October 2017 – Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, organized by Jane Panetta^[10]
• 2019 – Studio Photography: 1887–2019, Simon Lee Gallery, New York City, New York^[20]

References

External links

• Locating the Photographs of Willa Nasatir – Jane Panetta