Nathalie Balsan-Duverneuil, Nath-Sakura (born November 21, 1973, in Girona) is a Catalan-Spanish photographer. She is of unknown parentage and was raised in an orphanage. She became a photographer because "she couldn’t paint", as she explained to Art Nou, the Catalan art magazine.
Biography Nath-Sakura graduated with a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Montpellier. She then took up a career as a professional reporter. Her identity as a trans woman plays a large role in her work, which often narrates her own transition and those of others. Her work is mostly about the "movement between genders and aims to show with great subtlety the 'metaphysical brutality' in being born again."
She now lives in the south of France, near Montpellier, and works for many non-specialized daily and weekly newspapers as a photo reporter. To date she has published five photography books and appeared in many exhibitions. She is one of the associated artists of the Bertold Foundation in Lugano, Switzerland and is both a photo reporter and an art photographer.
Exhibitions
2004
Museu d'Art Contemporani Art de Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain II Prague, Czech Republic. Reporting from Gaza, Palestine, children of mixed couples (Israelis / Palestinians).
2005
Exhibition "Art in prison," Villeneuve-les-Maguelone. Exhibition in the Saint-Sulpice church, Montpellier, France. Prize winner of the photojournalism festival in Melbourne, Australia.
2006
Photographic artbook "Powers" (Map editor). Exhibition at the Tavern of Chaos, Paris, France. Gallery Albertini, Dijon, France. Exhibition and artist associated with Bertold Foundation, Lugano, Switzerland. Gallery Què Pasa, Vigo, Spain. Gallery W & V, Berlin, Germany.
2007
Photographic Collection "duality" (LDP editor). Tarot of Eve and / Tarot nathcsf2007.jpg Lilith , exposed in Alet-les-Bains and Marseille, France. Vauban National Exhibition, National Maritime Museum in Toulon, France. Museum exhibition - La Seyne-sur-Mer. Arte Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
2008 Exhibition "Contradictory", Le Divan du Monde, Paris, France. Photographic collection "Pervy Obsessions" (Ragage). Exhibition Tate Gallery, Liverpool, United Kingdom. Restaurant Sketch Exhibition, London, United Kingdom. Exhibition at Teatro Fernán Gómez, Plaza de Colón, Madrid.
2009
Reports and photographic illustrations "A woman, two men, three eyes (Ragage editor). Panelist Assises du Corps Transformé (Assizes of the Body Transformed), Faculty of Law of Montpellier. Exhibition "To finish once and for all with photography ," In my gallery, your home, Nîmes, France.
2010
Exhibition "Everything Lust go" Backstage Gallery, Marseille, France.
2011
Exhibition "Ergo sum", The Showcase Gallery, Arles, France (February). Exhibition "icon (s) vs Lilith Eve," MUSEAAV, Nice, France (March). Exhibition "Between them," Concord Art Gallery, Paris, France (April). Sponsor of the Festival "313730.php Supernova" in Montpellier, France (May). Exhibition "Res Cogitans" in Chai du Terral Saint-Jean-de-Vedas (Hérault) in May. Gallery Hoche, Versailles, France, June.
2013
Exhibition Corpus Delicti lecture on her photojournalism work International Exhibition of Photography of Riedisheim (France)
2013
Exhibition "Corpus Delicti" (subscription required, copy on the artist's website): his photographic approach and exposure Conference on his photo-journalism work (subscription required, copy on the artist's website) at the Salon international de la photographie de RiedisheimLe programme du salon international de la photographie de Riedisheim
2014
Exhibition in Hollywood at the Artist's Corner Gallery & Bookmaking in the 23° PhotoLA (Los Angeles). Exhibition in Hong-Kong, in the Asia Contemporary Art Show by Paris Art Limited gallery. Exhibition in Rennes (France), at the Eleven galleryAbout Eleven Gallery
2015
Lecturer at the International meetings on professional photography in Montpellier (France)Program of the International Meetings of Photography
Bibliography Pouvoirs, (Powers), éditions Map, 2005 Dualités, (Dualities), LP, 2006 Vauban à Toulon, l'arsenal et la rade, (Vauban in Toulon, the Arsenal and the Harbor), Musée national de la marine, 2007 Pervy Obsessions, photographic collection, preamble by Robert Chouraqui, Thomas Ragage editpr, Neuilly, 2008 1 femme, 2 hommes, 3 regards, (One Woman, Two Men, Three Looks), with Fabrizio Pasini and Nalair, preamble by Patrick Wecksteen, Thomas Ragage editor, Neuilly 2009 Fatales, (Fatal), texts by Jean-Paul Gavard-Perret, preamble by Christophe Mourthé, Victoria Editions, Montpellier, 2012 Eternelles, (Eternal), texts by Eugène Durif, Victoria Editions, Montpellier, 2014
References
External links Official portfolio Official website Nath-Sakura books in French Article on Nath-Sakura in El Païs Article on Nath-Sakura in Midi Libre Article on Nath-Sakura in La Gazette de Montpellier Report on the French TV Canal +