b. 1990, Baton Rouge, USA; lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Nasheeka Nedsreal is a dancer, choreographer, and artist working with movement, music, and visual art. Often exploring subjects related to identity, ritual, futurism, and improvisation, her work incorporates uses of voice, collage, found objects, textiles, and masking. She has performed extensively throughout Europe working with artists such as Trajal Harrell, Jeremy Shaw, Ricardo de Paula, Navild Acosta, K.ZIA, Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, and Joana Tischkau. As a video artist, her work has been showcased at Sadler’s Wells London, HAU Hebbel Berlin, Kampnagel Hamburg, and Gallery Am Tacheles Berlin. Nedsreal is interested in art as a place of interrogation and activism, freedom and exploration. She is the co-founder of Soul Sisters Berlin, a collective dedicated to empowering Black women throughout Germany, and a member of the collective Santix Schwarz. In 2021, commissioned by Kampnagel Hamburg, she produced her first video-dance film entitled Memories of Reincarnated Imaginings. In early 2022, she directed and choreographed her first group performance entitled Junctions, which premiered at Ballhaus Naunynstraße. Further, she has worked as a dramaturg, childhood educator, fashion model, and actress. Having dropped out of university during her second year, Nedsreal considers herself to be an autodidact artist. She is currently a guest performer at the Schauspielhaus Zürich.
