Nath-Sakura
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.
Nath-Sakura

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- Name
- Nath-Sakura
- Born
- 21 November 1973
- Birthplace
- Girona, Catalonia Spain
- Occupation
- fine art photography journalist
- Nationality
- France and Spain.
- Languages
- Catalan, Spanish and French.
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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.
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• Name — Nath-Sakura • Born — 21 November 1973 • Birthplace — Girona, Catalonia Spain • Occupation — fine art photography journalist
Biography
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." • Illustration — Photo, par Nath-Sakura, de Laïka de N. 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.
2004
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
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
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
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. Fort de Balaguier Museum exhibition - La Seyne-sur-Mer. • Arte Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
2008
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
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
2010
• Exhibition "Everything Lust go" Backstage Gallery, Marseille, France.
2011
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
2013
• Exhibition Corpus Delicti • lecture on her photojournalism work • International Exhibition of Photography of Riedisheim (France)
2013
2013
• Exhibition "Corpus Delicti" • Conference on his photo-journalism work at the Salon international de la photographie de Riedisheim
2014
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 gallery
2015
2015
• Lecturer at the International meetings on professional photography in Montpellier (France)

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- 1.Focus. Nath Sakura: Affirmer son identité. 44. 19. 2010.
- 2.Concorde Art Gallery - The Artists - Nath Sakura. www.concorde-art-gallery.com.
- 3.DNA. sa démarche photographique et son exposition. 20 April 2013.
- 4.DNA coverage (French newspaper). 22 April 2013.
- 5.Program of the International Exhibition of Photography of Riedisheim.
- 6.Muller, Robert. Derniers flashes avec Nath. DNA. 2013-05-20.
- 7.Gallais, Pierre-Marie. Les itinéraires de Nathalie. DNA. 2013-05-20.
- 8.Le programme du salon international de la photographie de Riedisheim
- 9.BIO.
- 10.BIO.
- 11.About Eleven Gallery
- 12.Program of the International Meetings of Photography
Bibliography printed in the source article · 7
- 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
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