Yamini nayar biography of michael

Originally from Detroit MI, Yamini Nayar currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Yamini received her BFA in Photography from the RhodeIsland School of Design in 1999, and MFA in Photography and Related Media from the School of Visual Arts, NY in 2005.
Her work has been exhibited at the Queens Museum of Art, Bose Pacia Modern and the Studio Museum of Harlem.

Awards and residencies include the Aaron Siskand Fellowship in 2004 and Chashama, NY.

Statement
In my images, I explore the representation of place, memory and fragmentation through sculpture and photography.

Yamini nayar biography of michael

My photographs are made from constructed miniature installations that depict imaginary environments and objects, documented and printed in large-format. I work within the aftermaths and traces of experience - cracks and crevices found in the walls, a stack of objects as a reminder - creating narratives within this periphery.

Source material draws from historical image archives, postcolonial literature and set design