Artists

Artist of the Month, December 2024 - Nina Oltarzewska

2nd December, 2024

Nina Oltarzewska is our Artist of the Month for December 2024.

Various types of mobile phones attached to an upright steel structure.
Les Reseaux C’est Super Cool by Nina Oltarzewska. Arts Council of Northern Ireland Collection.

Nina Oltarzewska is a French artist who has studied and practiced in Belfast. She works with sound, video and performance as well as sculpture and installation. She grew up in France and moved to Belfast in 2017 to start a Foundation year in Art and Design at the Belfast School of Art. She completed her BA(Hons) Fine Art at the Belfast School of Art in 2021. Nina received numerous graduate awards before moving to London to pursue an MA Fine Art at the Chelsea College of Art, which she graduated from with distinction in 2024.

Les Reseaux C’est Super Cool is part of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland Art Collection. Its title translates to Social Media is Super Cool, and it is a work that confronts the viewer, forcing them to explore their relationship with their social media apps of choice. Social media is all about the consumption of products, bodies, ideals and opinions. This piece questions the legitimacy of the distorted mirror image that appears as a result of that particular type of online consumption.

Further information about Nina and her work can be found at www.oltarzewska.org