Sarah Nakiito´s artistic practice is deeply rooted in an ongoing exploration of the body – her own, others’, and imagined or organic bodies that exist beyond fixed definitions. Nakiito is drawn to the ways in which bodies are shaped by, and respond to, the environments they inhabit – both physically and symbolically. And the inherent need for healing.

 

The work operates in the borderlands of textiles, installation, costume design, performance and video where Nakiito explores corporeality, memory and resistance in relation to colonial and inherited structures. Sarah´s material-based work also draws on historical textile traditions, hand-dyeing, and craft techniques rooted in subaltern knowledge. Using recycled and natural materials such as wool, cotton, silk and wood, she references domestic labor and the circulation of resources shaped by colonial and patriarchal histories.

 

The practice is interdisciplinary and moves between traditional craft techniques, and spatial expressions such as installation, scent, sound and ritual gesture- the personal is intertwined with historical, political and social layers through an exploration of storytelling techniques and narrative structures.