NAFT 2025

Trained at the Luca School of Arts, Nina lives and works in Binche, Belgium, weaving personal history and everyday moments into a body of work that balances raw emotion with playful detachment. Her art is a dialogue between past and present, where childhood memories, fleeting adventures, and intimate reflections take form.

Recurring throughout her work are dreamy dogs and lost horses—echoes of nostalgia—alongside mundane objects that gain poetic weight through her lens. At the heart of it all, figures emerge, embodying the fractured relationship she has with her own image. Trauma and self-perception intertwine, yet they are softened by humor, irony, and self-mockery, as if she is winking at the ghosts that linger in her canvases.

She seeks beauty in the grotesque, capturing imperfection in a way that seduces rather than repels. Her technique creates a perpetual sense of movement, reminiscent of a paused film frame—still, yet brimming with energy, as though the image might shift the moment you look away.

In “5 More” series, she confronts the struggles of adolescence and early adulthood—body dysmorphia, the relentless pressure to exercise, to sculpt herself into the glossy ideals found in magazines and social media. Yet, amidst this pursuit of perfection, she presents a woman of strength—one who, with a touch of blasé detachment, recognizes the game she’s playing. A certain fatigue, born from the shallowness of it all, lingers on the faces of her figures.

But her work is not all weight and struggle. There is also light—found in her beloved dog, Gustave, a frequent muse, and in the lost horses of her childhood. Objects, flowers, and vases populate her canvases, celebrating her deep love for design and interior spaces. In these moments, her art becomes a place of solace, where joy and aesthetic pleasure stand resilient amidst the chaos of self-reflection.