ABOUT THE ARTIST 

NASTRÈ IS A TRANSDISCIPLINARY ARTIST, ALCHEMIST AND PHILOSOPHER. THEIR PRACTICE IS ROOTED IN AWARENESS SUCH THAT IT BUILDS ON A BASE OF MOVEMENT AND VISUAL ART, MARRIES PSYCHOLOGY AND THEOSOPHY TO MAKE A STRONG HEART, WHILE THE UNDERSTANDING OF BODY MECHANICS AND THE VOCABULARY OF PERFUMERY ADD HINTS OF SCIENCE TO THE TOPNOTE.

THOUGH NASTRÈ IS AN ENTITY IN THEMSELVES, IT IS NUDGED INTO ACTION THROUGH BHAKTI, AN INDEPENDENT ARTIST AND DISCIPLE OF THE FIELD OF PERFORMANCE STUDIES. RAISED AS A CLASSICAL DANCER, BHAKTI WAS INTRODUCED TO THE ART WORLD WHILE SHE PERFORMED AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES OPENING CEREMONY IN NEW DELHI AND SUBSEQUENTLY FELL IN LOVE WITH ARTS WHILE PERFORMING ACROSS MEXICO FOR THE CERVANTINO FESTIVAL. THROUGH HER TRAINING IN PSYCHOLOGY AND PRACTICE IN VARIOUS MEDIUMS, NASTRÈ EMERGED AS A METHODOLOGICAL SYNTHESIS. ASSERTING THE NEED FOR OLFACTION IN THE POSTCOVID ERA, NASTRÈ MAKES WORK THAT RIPS OPEN THE FABRIC OF REALITY THROUGH HUMOR AND METAPHOR AND MOVEMENT AND BREATH, TO SAY THE SIMPLEST OF A THING: INHALE. HOLD. EXHALE. HOLD.