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Nina Boas (1980 Saumur, France) is a visual artist and theater maker based in Amsterdam. She graduated from AKI ArtEZ in Enschede and obtained her master's degree from DAS Theater. Her work combines shamanistic rituals, visual performance art, and theater, with a overarching theme of healing. This theme has manifested in various ways, including performances with mime players, rituals involving the audience, and installations where guided meditation takes the audience on a visual journey. She is a co-founder of PAE (Performance Art Event) and is a part of the performance ensemble TRICKSTER and the duo Botanic Circus.

Her artistic practice encompasses a combination of visual performance art and theater and drawings, with healing as the overarching theme. The artist has expressed her work in various ways, including performing with mime players, engaging the audience in rituals, and creating installations where guided meditations take the audience on a visual journey. Drawings, performance, video, and experiential installations are used in her practice.

In addition to her own art practice, she works as a scenographer for the Profound Play foundation, collaborating with theater maker Jasmin Hasler. Profound Play focuses on creating performances in the forest or with a forest theme. Currently, she is also collaborating with choreographer Emilie Gallier and visual artist/editor Nienke Terpsma on the research project 'Glaneuses et Vers de Terre,' exploring new ways of interacting with landscapes and the connection between the body, soil, and skies through artistic gestures inspired by the concept of 'living from the landscape.'

Apart from her art practice, she has an interest in shamanism and ritual creation, gradually incorporating these elements into her art. The interest in shamanism grew during her time at DAS Theater, where she learned about shamanistic practices. This experience led her to explore ways in which art can create mystical experiences, viewing the world as a living and interconnected place.






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