Self-portrait by Nina Sarnelle, from Mouth Noise

Nina Sarnelle, Mouth Noise
Friday, May 30, 2025 | 7PM-9:30PM

With Anuj Bhutani, Tsiambwom M. Akuchu, DaEun Jung, and Paul Outlaw

Nina Sarnelle (Mouth Noise) makes research projects, participatory performances, music composition, video and sculpture; their work interfaces with sites of neocolonialism, ecological destruction and labor exploitation in strange and intimate ways. In 2024, they were awarded fellowships from the California Arts Council and Metabolic Studio. They hold degrees from Oberlin College and Carnegie Mellon University, and in 2020 had a solo video exhibition at the New Museum. Their work has also shown at Whitechapel Gallery (London), Hammer Museum (LA), Getty Center (LA), Ballroom Marfa (TX), MoMA (NY), Istanbul Modern (Turkey), Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (Berlin),  Museum of Art, Architecture & Technology (Lisbon), Fundacion PROA (Buenos Aires), Black Cube (Denver), Southern Exposure (San Francisco), Recess (NY), UNSW Galleries (Sydney), Project 88 (Mumbai), Kevin Space (Vienna), Villa Croce Contemporary Art Museum (Genova), Mwoods (Beijing), Human Resources (LA) and others; and featured in Art Forum, Frieze, Art in America, Huffington Post, SFMoMA, Creators Project, FlashArt and others.

The LAX Micro Fest is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, and is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture. Los Angeles Performance Practice is also supported, in part, by The Mellon Foundation, The Perenchio Foundation, and the California Arts Council.