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This is a space where creation becomes a threshold.
Where the infinite starts to become visible.
The head as a sacred territory, a microcosm, a point of passage between the earthly and the cosmic.
The headdress becomes an opening, a form of connection between the human and the divine, and the body a vessel, receiving and carrying what moves through it.
My work grows from this relationship between body, Earth and Cosmos, seeking new ways of perceiving ourselves and the world around us.
Bio
Nikole Tursi is an Argentinian artist based in London. Her work begins with an interest in the moment an object stops being something we wear and starts becoming something we inhabit.
Rooted in millinery, her practice has grown into a broader artistic language. Guided by an impulse to translate sensations, visions, dreams and experiences into physical form, she works intuitively through materials, craftsmanship and experimentation. Each piece can become the beginning of a wider story, extending through image, movement, sound, space and collaboration.
At the heart of her work is a desire to shift perception and create moments of reconnection. In a world that often distances us from the landscape around us, from the ground beneath us and the sky above, her artefacts invite us to sense ourselves differently, as part of something larger.
Alongside her independent practice, she has collaborated with international fashion houses including Burberry and Givenchy, as well as stage productions and institutions such as Teatro Colón and the Royal Opera House.
Her work has been recognised by Comité Colbert, UNESCO and the Argentine Public Media System. She is a member of the Michelangelo Foundation, the British Hat Guild, the Royal Ascot Millinery Collective and the Crafts Council UK.
Her practice continues to evolve through research into material transformation, ritual and spatial experience, developing works that function as fields for perception.