Nicky Charly Murmann (they/them) West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Biography and approach I am born in 1983 in Lausanne (Switzerland). Living and working in Leeds (UK), since 2016. Achieved a BA in Fine Art at the HKB in Bern (CH) and an MA in Fine Art in 2014, at HEAD in Geneva (CH). In 2018, I achieved an MA in Performance Art at Leeds Beckett University, in the UK. I work as an artist individually and collaboratively on projects or in collectives.
I create safe environments in private, public or art spaces in order to facilitate conversations and storytelling. These spaces are developed linked to subjects and material treated in projects, who can be physical spaces or life art. In fixed or manipulated framework if it is on screen as final result, for example as video or installation work. My working process combines a variety of media including text, sound, and visual material (for example drawings) – to produce performances, sound pieces, or videos.
I embrace the power of vulnerability and intimacy to link humans in different kinds of dialogue – through active listening or through the sharing of opinions. Consent is an essential part of my practice when I am creating a one-to-one performance. The audience member is always free to leave at any point and share with me as little or as much as they are comfortable doing. In videos and sound work I use text, a song, a poem or a fake interview using my own life experiences of the everyday, queerness, mental health, emotions, trauma, or identity-ies.
Artwork
Hand Washing, Video, 2020
Match Percentage, Sound piece, 2020
Kiss In, Video, 2019
Muscle Your Heart, Performance, 2019
Cis men: roots aren’t sweet, installation, video and sculpture, 2019
What is your definition of queer?, Sound piece, 2018
Listen Through My Ears , Performance, 2018
1400 Ways of closeness, Performance, 2018
Duel Moite (Sweaty Duel) , 2017
Letzter Schluck (Last Swallow), Video, 2016
Corps non sportif (No-sporty body), Performance, 2014
Time lies, Video, 2021, -
Ça ira mieux demain (It will be better tomorrow), Video, 2021
Projects and exhibitions
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Scratch Nicht, "Ingestion of Guilt"23/04/2024 This performance, explores the play Titus Andonicus with a rewriting of Lavin’s charachters, creating a new diaologue between Titus and Aaron through queer bodies and voices. Materiality: black latex harness and short, vegan black leather harness and short, silver chaine, chest tape, silver splash blanket, fake red wine, three... [Read more] |
Scratch Night, Grand Opera Theatre, ATG, York | Details |
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Night Obscure Short Film Festival, " Senses of being"20/01/2024 This film features three queer people sharing their experience of intersectionality through their intimate relationships to significant objects and the spaces in which they feel connected to their multiple identities. |
films by trans/non-binary directors, curated by Sammy, Love Locks Coffeeshop, Liverpool, UK, Liverpool, UK | Details |
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Micro-commission, Transform Festival 23, in response to the work: PUMPITOPERA TRANSATLANTICA, Mexa collective, "Tell me of a complicated...animal"19/10/2023 In this performance, Athena takes you on a journey of Discovery into what it means to live in a queer body. An unexpected learning through the bones, skins, and blood of people’s identity as disabled or chronically ill. Athena is guiding you back to your body, your house, your home. Synopsis: A figure coming on the stage, wearing a grey... [Read more] |
The Warehouse in Holbeck, Leeds | Details |
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Scratch Night, "One-human show"21/06/2023 A Performance between story telling and stand-up comedy. Synopsis: A person coming on the stage, wearing a green jumpsuit, a golden jacket and T-Rex latex mask. They will put on the floor an i-pod and a portable speaker. From the speaker you can hear the GP voice message followed by classical music. Nicky will share with you their life... [Read more] |
Grand Opera Theatre, ATG, York, UK | Details |
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HERE & QUEER, "Senses of being", as part of Queerology Colletive20/04/2023 — 22/04/2023 "Sense of being" features three queer people sharing their experience of intersectionality through their intimate relationships to significant objects and the spaces in which they feel connected to their multiples identities. The collection of golden animals are belong to the artist. They symbolise important stages of live and people who... [Read more] |
Assembly House, Leeds, UK | Details |
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Price, film awarded: " Ça ira mieux demain, (it will be better tommorrow)", Honorable mention01/11/2022 — 30/11/2022 Synopsis: A conversation between two artists and friends (in French) drawing links between romantic relationships and art collectives. Materiality: video Duration: 16.52 minutes |
Award winner, Special Mention, Global Shorts,, Los Angeles, USA (online) | Details |
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Price, film awarded: "Time lies", Honorable mention22/10/2022 — 31/10/2022 Materiality: video Duration: 12.38 minutes |
Seoul short film Festival, 2022 (online), Seoul | Details |
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CLOSE TO HOME, Assembly House studio holders, "Put your feet up"14/06/2022 — 14/08/2022 |
Hyde Park Art Club (HPAC), Hyde Park Book Club (HPBC), Leeds, UK | Details |
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Sonic Stimulus, "What is your definition of disability?", "Match percentage", "Cis Men: Roots aren't sweet"07/06/2022 — ongoing A live show on the 7th June 2022 at 15.00 GMT called Sonic Stimulus. Sonic Stimulus is a radio broadcast created in partnership with an audio education project launched at CCW (Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbeldon colleges of Art, UAL). |
Rounded Radio, project by Roshni Bhagotra, London, UK | Details |
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Price, film awarded: "Kiss In", Category: Other, Best film experimental29/05/2022 — 04/06/2022 |
Mumbai 17th Entertainment International Film Festival 2022, India, Mumbai | Details |
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Scratch Night, "Remember your taste", performed by Kp Culver, Orange Ibreck and myself29/01/2022 Synopsis:It is an exploration of the different links between a body and its onlookers, how the audience experiences intimacy and connectivity through the language of the body. This work aims to test communication between bodies and space through movement and music. Duration: 20 minutes |
LIVE HOLLBECK, Slung Low, Leeds | Details |
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Artist development and bursary, Mentoring with Orrow Amy Bell and Ali Pidsley20/12/2021 — 28/01/2022 |
LIVE HOLBECK, Barrel Organ, at Slung Low, Leeds | Details |
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Not going anywhere, "What is your definition of disability?" in collaboration with Vickie Orton01/12/2021 — 13/02/2022 Synopsis: The aim of this art work was to explore people’s perception of disability. We took it in turns to stand in the middle of a busy shopping street in Leeds over two weekends, holding a large cardboard sign saying ‘what is your definition of disability? ‘. We stood there for up to three hours. Nicky has a hidden disability and... [Read more] |
Explore Library, York | Details |
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Price, film awarded: "Time Lies", Category: All about cities01/11/2021 — 30/12/2021 |
Rome Short Film Festival, Rome, Italy, Rome, Italy | Details |
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To be continued, "Print of actions"01/10/2021 — 16/10/2021 Jewerly by Nicolas Christol Sculptures by Nicky Murmann |
BORAX, Vevey, Switzerland | Details |
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"Inner Child"17/07/2021 Synopsis: “Inner Child” is a one-to-one performance, where the audience member is invited to talk with me – and I with them – about our childhoods, through memories, through one or a few chosen subjects, printed on cards. There are 38 cards representing the 38 years of my life, and 38 subjects linked to my childhood. On the reverse... [Read more] |
Hyde Park, Leeds | Details |
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YSI Sculpture Network 202001/06/2020 — 30/09/2020 The YSI Network was a four months programme, who addressed an urgent need to connect with peers, develop an artist network, share conversations about our practice and hear from national and international artists talks/seminars and workshops. |
YSI Network is supporting artists to developp their practice and their exchanges, Leeds, UK | Details |
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COANTIVIRUS, "Hand washing"20/03/2020 — ongoing Online exhibition ongoing till the day when Cornavirus is fully under control, NY20 , CHINA |
Online exhibition ongoing till the day when Cornavirus is fully under control, NY20 , C, NY20 CHINA | Details |
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NEWK’ed, Performance Festival, "Muscle your Heart"15/12/2019 NEWK’ed, Performance Festival and talks, CLAY |
NEWK’ed, CLAY, Leeds, UK | Details |
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Artist Development Bursaries 2019, Compass01/07/2019 — 30/11/2018 As part of their 2019 programme, Compass offered six months artist development bursaries to four artists with an emerging interest in socially engaged and/or participatory arts practice. |
offerd/ supported by Compass Festival, Leeds | Details |
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Heavy Souls, " Cis men: Roots aren’t sweet"22/03/2019 — 14/04/2020 Queerology collective: Kit George (he/him), Naomi Gilby (she/her), Luna Morgana (she/her), Nicole Murmann (they/them) |
as part of Queerology Colletive, Emergency Art Space, Vevey, CH | Details |
Queer Ways of Being, "What is your definition of queer?"01/02/2019 — 16/02/2019 |
Queer Ways of Being, 35 Chapel Walk, Sheffield, UK | Details | |
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Listen Through My Ears12/09/2018 — 14/09/2018 Soundwalk and text reading. |
Landing Party, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK | Details |
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Heritage Open Days, Heritage weekend, What is your definition of queer?06/09/2018 — 19/09/2018 Curated by Rhian Cooke Artist Involved: Jessica Wheeler Paula Chambers Izzy Brittain Sylvia Winnington Zoe Barber Nicole Murmann Alexi Marshall Rhian Cooke |
Heritage Open Days, Heritage weekend, All Souls’ Church, Leeds, UK | Details |
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TF18, Tempting Failure, Performance Festival, "1400 Ways of closeness"01/05/2018 — 31/07/2018 Mentoring programme, May-July, with the artist: Rhiannon Armstrong, TF18, Festival, TF18, Tempting Failure, East Croydon, London, UK |
Performance Festival, TF18, Tempting Failure, East Croydon, London, UK | Details |
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What have you done for me lately?, "What is your definition of queer?"08/03/2018 — 30/03/2018 In the exhibition: What have you done for me lately?, as part of Queerology collective. Artists: Kit George (he/him), Naomi Gilby (she/her), Luna Morgana (she/her), Polly Spanner (she/her), J.J William (they/them), Nicole Murmann (they/them) |
SERF, artist led-community and art space, Leeds, UK | Details |