Na Mira
Na Mira
Born1982 (age 43–44)
Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.
Other namesDylan Mira
Alma materSchool of the Art Institute of Chicago, University of California, Los Angeles
OccupationsArtist, educator
Known forInstallation art

Na Mira (born 1982), also known as Dylan Mira,[1] is an American artist and educator, known for her installation art. She is based out of Los Angeles, California, "on Tongva, Gabrielino, Kizh, and Chumash lands."[2]

Early life and education

Na Mira was born in 1982 in Lawrence, Kansas.[2] She grew up between the United States and East Asia, and is of Korean-American descent.[3][4]

Mira received a BFA degree in 2006 in Film, Video, New Media at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; and a MFA degree in 2013 in New Genres at the University of California, Los Angeles.[5][6]

Artistic practice and exhibitions

Beginning in 2018, Mira has a since ongoing video installation series titled Night Vision.[3][7] The Night Vision series started with a noted visual glitch when filming with an infrared camera in Jeju Island in South Korea, and the work features audio components.[3][4] Her Night Vision work touches on topics such as esotericism, Korean shamanism, feminism, and personal family history.[4][8]

In January 2022, Fulcrum Arts hosted a conversation titled "Unfolding Dimensions" between Mira, Simon Leung, and Satyan Devadoss, focused on an analysis of Mira’s research work in the archives of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha.[9]

In April 2022, Mira participated in a "multi-sensorial, durational performance" Eternal Spa, organized with QNA (collective) at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.[10]

Mira was selected to participate in the 2022 Whitney Biennial titled "Quiet as It's Kept" curated by Adrienne Edwards and David Breslin.[8] Mira presented Night Vision (Red as never been), 2022, a video installation at the 2022 Whitney Biennial, a work in conversation with the work of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha.[11][12]

Mira is on the faculty at University of California, Riverside (UCR) in the Department of Art.[13]

References

  1. ^"as if i was a thing i could do in the dark - Dylan Mira". Oregon Contemporary. 2019. Archived from the original on 7 November 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  2. ^ abDurón, Maximilíano (25 January 2022). "Taking the Title 'Quiet as It's Kept,' 2022 Whitney Biennial Names 63 Participating Artists". ARTnews. Archived from the original on 30 November 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  3. ^ abcTeets, Jennifer (29 March 2022). "A Kind of Science Friction: Na Mira". Mousse Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 March 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  4. ^ abcMitter, Siddhartha (23 March 2022). "From the Border, the Whitney Biennial Asks What American Art Can Be". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. ProQuest 2641773435. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  5. ^"Na Mira: 'Passages Paysages Passengers'". The Kitchen OnScreen. 2021. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  6. ^"Fulcrum Arts is Launching (soft) "Sequencing" Transmedia Publishing Platform in Late 2021". Leonardo/ISAST. 4 November 2021. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  7. ^Schneider, Tim (13 June 2019). "What Can We Learn About Art Fairs From Liste, Basel's Platform for Emerging Talent? Here Are Four Lessons". Artnet. Archived from the original on 9 November 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2022. Dylan Mira's 밤시각 Night Vision (2019)
  8. ^ abMitter, Siddhartha (25 January 2022). "Whitney Biennial Picks 63 Artists to Take Stock of Now". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. ProQuest 2622493146. Archived from the original on 27 August 2025. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  9. ^"Artist Talk: Unfolding Dimensions". Fulcrum Arts. 21 January 2022. Archived from the original on 12 May 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  10. ^"Performance: Eternal Spa - Organized with QNA". Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. 2022. Archived from the original on 28 June 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  11. ^Greenberger, Alex (29 March 2022). "A Sharp, Understated Whitney Biennial Looks to the Past to Process the Grief of the Present". ARTnews. Archived from the original on 18 August 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  12. ^"In Pictures: See Practically Every Artwork in the Highly Anticipated, Agenda-Setting 2022 Whitney Biennial". Artnet. 30 March 2022. Archived from the original on 21 November 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  13. ^"Faculty: Na Mira". University of California, Riverside | Department of Art. Archived from the original on 17 February 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
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