Interdisciplinary Artist / Aquatic Bodywork Therapist / Steam Bath Specialist
“How to access the memory held in our bodies? How do we listen to Water and the liquids running in our bodies, in the veins, in the fascias, the connective tissue fluids, the oceans, the seas, the rivers running on Earth? Between the skin and stone, the breath and the sound, the ice and the sun, the mist and the mountain, the cells and the touch, there is a constant, circular whirling, pendular oscillation. Some refer to ‘borderland travelers’ as those who walk in between liminalities, between the everchanging realm of the spirits and the unpredictable flow of life”
“My work is rooted in hydrofeminism, deep ecology, and neo-animist ontologies. I explore how art can bridge the nature-culture binary by establishing alliances with the Land and its inhabitants. From the cellular level to the whisper of plant tissues, art may unveil the interdependencies of animated entities.”
I work with the transformative properties of water, heat, and botanical essences to awaken cellular memory and sensory intelligence. I facilitate incubations in water, subtly influencing the thermal properties of cell clusters and harmonic crystals. Driven by quantum activism, I investigate how the body’s memory records and recalls experiences, shaping the manifestation of realities. The interplay between individual and collective memory reveals liquid futurities, weaving new collective imaginaries for survival and regeneration. Like a weaver spinning golden honey yarns.”
Nazaré Soares
Nazaré Soares (Spain/Norway) is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, aquatic bodywork therapist, and steam bath specialist whose practice merges relational arts, spiritual technologies, and deep ecology. Through aquatic bodywork, Phyto-thermal bathing, and communal water rituals, she explores themes of cellular memory, liquid intelligence, and intergenerational healing. Her work integrates psychoacoustics and cinematic spaces, speculative design, and performance arts to create immersive spaces for ritual and transformation.
Driven by a profound belief in the transformative potential of water and a commitment to fostering interconnectedness between human and more-than-human worlds, Nazaré’s practice seeks to map invisible architectures of relationality and create conditions for collaborative survival . Her work is a testament to the enduring resonance of water as a medium for art, ritual, and the facilitation of deeper ecological and existential awareness.
Nazaré is the co-founder of Eden Baths, a water sanctuary dedicated to healing and artistic research on more-than-human agencies. Previously, she founded Invisibledrum, an art platform in Norway exploring the intersections of technology, ecology, and animistic systems, and curated projects for Tribute Earth, an NGO focused on ancestral wisdom and biocultural regeneration. Her current research project, Water Holds the Shell of the Skin, a Cluster of Cells, revives the cultural significance of communal bathing while investigating hydrofeminist perspectives on trauma, soul transmigration, and the interconnectedness of all life.
Trained in Aquatic Somatic Education (Liquidzome, Watsu Lithuania) and Bath Mastery (International Bath Academy, Vilnius), Nazaré holds an MFA from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, a Master’s scholarship from LAV (Laboratorio Audiovisual Creación Práctica Contemporánea) in Madrid, and she earned a degree in Moving Image Arts from Brighton University, which included studies at the Academy of Art in Ramallah, Palestine.
Her work has been exhibited globally, including at the Art & Science Museum of Singapore, Metamorf Biennale, Museum of Contemporary Art of Ethiopia, Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Centro Botín, Kunsthall Trondheim, Varanger Museum, and Sonar Music & Technology Festival, amongst many others.
Nazaré’s journey began with an early career in photography, which took her to Tokyo in 2006, where she lived for two years. After relocating to the UK, she was awarded the Ideas Tap & Magnum Photography Award (2010) and earned an Advanced Vocational Certificate of Education (AVCE) in Photography from FP Luis Buñuel, Madrid (2005).
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