NYA FORDER-HUDSON | FINE ARTIST & TATTOO ARTIST.
NYA FORDER-HUDSON | FINE ARTIST & TATTOO ARTIST.
NYA FORDER-HUDSON AKA NOTNYA, IS A MULTIMEDIA ARTIST AND TATTOO ARTIST. SHE HAS PREVIOUSLY GRADUATED WITH AND FDA IN ART & DESIGN FROM KINGSTON COLLEGE AND IS CURRENTLY STUDYING BA FINE ART AT (UAL) CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS.
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NYA IS A MIXED-MEDIA ARTIST AND HAS BEEN A TATTOO ARTIST SINCE 2022. AFTER PURSUING HER TATTOOING CAREER FOR OVER A YEAR, SHE DECIDED TO GO BACK TO HER STUDIES AND DEVELOP HER IDENTITY AS A FINE ARTIST AT CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS.
HER WORK IS A COMMENTARY AND RESPONSE TO THE SYMPTOMS SUCH AS MELANCHOLY, ISOLATION, DESPONDENCY, EXISTENTIALISM AND SO MUCH MORE THAT STEM FROM A BATTLE WITH A CHRONIC ILLNESS, IN NYA’S CASE, MENTAL ILLNESS. OVER THE LAST 3 YEARS SHE HAS FOCUSED ON HOW THIS HAS IMPACTED HER YOUTH. SHE DOES THIS BY UTILISING COMMON GROTESQUE THEMES FOUND IN ERO GURO NANSENSU, CINEMATIC GORE/ BODY HORROR ETC. SHE JUXTAPOSES THEM WITH VIBRANT AND SWEET, KAWAII-INSPIRED IMAGERY, THAT MOMENTARILY TRIVIALISES THE PAIN DEPICTED, DISARMING THE VIEWER WITH ITS OVERWHELMING SWEETNESS, ONLY FOR A UNCOMFORTABLE REALISATION THAT ALL IS NOT AS IT SEEMS TO FLOW IN. FOR NYA, THIS COMES FROM A FEELING OF HAVING TO HIDE HER TRUE AGONY AND REPLACE IT WITH A SMILE, ESPECIALLY AS A BLACK WOMAN, THIS HAS AN ADDED LAYER OF DIFFICULTY THAT ONLY COMPOUNDS HER PRE-EXISTING MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES. SHE CONTINUES TO EXPLORE THE THEMES OF THE INTERNAL BATTLE AND IS VENTURING INTO THE NEW TERRITORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY.
