Ananda Nahu

{{short description|Brazilian graffiti artist (born 1985)}}

{{notability|1=Biographies|date=September 2017}}

{{Infobox artist

| name = Ananda Nahu

| caption = Brazilian graffiti artist

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1985}}

| birth_place = Bahia, Brazil

| education = College of Design

| alma_mater = Federal University of Bahia (2004)

| known_for = Graffiti art, murals

| notable_works =

| style = Combines past and modern cultures and people

| movement =

| spouse = Rodrigo Izolag (husband)

}}

Ananda Nahu is a Brazilian graffiti artist born in Bahia, Brazil in 1985.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Aleyna |date=1 April 2014 |title=Interview + Graphic Essay: Ananda Nahu |url=https://kalamu.com/neogriot/2014/04/01/interview-graphic-essay-ananda-nahu/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216101919/https://kalamu.com/neogriot/2014/04/01/interview-graphic-essay-ananda-nahu/ |archive-date=16 February 2021 |access-date=29 November 2022 |website=neo-groit}}{{Cite web |title=Biography |url=http://www.anahu.com/biography |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528010915/https://www.anahu.com/biography |archive-date=28 May 2022 |access-date=17 September 2017 |website=Anahu.com}} In 2001, she moved from Juazeiro to Salvador, where she attended the College of Design in 2003 and the Fine Arts School at the Federal University of Bahia in 2004.{{Cite web |last=Stockley |first=Tom |date=29 May 2015 |title=Meet the artist: Ananda Nahu |url=http://www.abelhacachaca.com/meet-the-artist-ananda-nahu-2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527155838/https://abelhacachaca.com/meet-the-artist-ananda-nahu-2/?v=79cba1185463 |archive-date=27 May 2022 |access-date=17 September 2017 |website=Abelha |language=en-US}} Throughout this time, she developed interests in diverse artistic expressions such as photography, Fine Arts Paintings and engravings, as a result of her studies and research on lithography, serigraphy, metal graving, and posters.{{Better source needed|reason=primary source|date=September 2017}}

Nahu was introduced to the art of graffiti when she met graffiti artist and current husband, Rodrigo Izolag. As a result, she began using stencils in order to create wall arts. In Nahu's work, which mostly showcases women, utilizes a variety of techniques, colors, visual effects, and painting styles contribute to her vision of, combining past and modern cultures and people into a harmonious compositions that expresses the pure beauty, strength, and positivity from the nature of human beings.{{Better source needed|reason=primary source|date=September 2017}}

In 2014, Nahu, along with Jeremy Thal, created a "sound and art" installation at the BRIC House Hallway focused on New York's diaspora communities, SOUND WALLS/SOANDO PAREDES.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=10 January 2014 |title=Ananda Nahu & Jeremy Thal: SOUNDING WALLS / SOANDO PAREDES |url=https://www.bricartsmedia.org/art-exhibitions/ananda-nahu-jeremy-thal-sounding-walls-soando-paredes |access-date=29 November 2022 |website=BRIC |language=en}} Over the course of multiple years Nahu collaborated with fellow Brazilian artist, Izolag, and Bronx based photographer, Ricky Flores, to create art based on Flores's work which finally culminated in Faces from the Block at the BronxArtSpace in 2015.{{Cite web |last=Stavsky |first=Lois |date=22 July 2015 |title=Faces from the Block: The Brazilian-Bronx Connection with Izolag, Ananda Nahu and Ricky Flores through August 10 at BronxArtSpace |url=https://streetartnyc.org/blog/2015/07/22/faces-from-the-block-the-brazilian-bronx-connection-with-izolag-ananda-nahu-and-ricky-flores-through-august-10-at-bronxartspace/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130025504/https://streetartnyc.org/blog/2015/07/22/faces-from-the-block-the-brazilian-bronx-connection-with-izolag-ananda-nahu-and-ricky-flores-through-august-10-at-bronxartspace/ |archive-date=30 November 2022 |access-date=29 November 2022 |website=Street Art NYC}}{{Cite web |date=14 November 2015 |title=Faces from the Block – Izolag, Ricky Flores, Ananda Nahu |url=http://www.bx200.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405181119/https://bx200.com/portfolio/faces-from-the-block-izolag-ricky-flores-ananda-nahu/ |archive-date=5 April 2018 |access-date=29 November 2022 |website=Bronx 200 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=David |date=17 August 2015 |title=A South Bronx Graffiti Walkabout |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/17/a-south-bronx-graffiti-walkabout/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112221044/https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/17/a-south-bronx-graffiti-walkabout/ |archive-date=12 November 2022 |access-date=29 November 2022 |website=The New York Times: Lens Blog |language=en}}

Nahu was selected as one of the "redefining" artists of Brazil in 2015 by CNN Style.{{cite web |author=Rezende |first=Marcelo |author-link=Marcelo Rezende |date=2 July 2015 |title=7 creatives redefining Brazilian art and design: 'The future has just begun' |url=http://www.cnn.com/style/article/brazil-best-new-designers-art/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814065929/https://www.cnn.com/style/article/brazil-best-new-designers-art/index.html |archive-date=14 August 2022 |accessdate=15 September 2017 |work=CNN}} In 2016 she contributed to a large (600 plus feet long) mural in Cleveland, Ohio.{{cite web |last=Smedley |first=Chealsia |date=9 February 2017 |title=A New Ohio City Mural Paints a Community of Togetherness |url=https://clevelandmagazine.com/entertainment/articles/new-ohio-city-mural |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523112356/https://clevelandmagazine.com/entertainment/articles/new-ohio-city-mural |archive-date=23 May 2022 |accessdate=17 September 2017 |website=Cleaveland Magazine |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Rachel Dissell |first=The Plain Dealer |date=13 November 2016 |title='Kings and queens' of Lakeview Terrace reflected on mural |url=https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2016/11/kings_and_queens_of_lakeview_terrace_reflected_on_mural_wall_that_for_decades_has_divided_residents_from_ohio_city_photos_videos.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416112938/https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2016/11/kings_and_queens_of_lakeview_terrace_reflected_on_mural_wall_that_for_decades_has_divided_residents_from_ohio_city_photos_videos.html |archive-date=16 April 2021 |access-date=29 November 2022 |website=Cleveland.com |language=en}} In 2022, Nahu painted a large mural in one of the guest room hallways at the Rosewood hotel in São Paulo.{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Elise |date=20 January 2022 |title=This New São Paulo Hotel Is a Design Marvel |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/this-new-sao-paulo-hotel-is-a-design-marvel |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524110407/https://www.vogue.com/article/this-new-sao-paulo-hotel-is-a-design-marvel |archive-date=24 May 2022 |access-date=29 November 2022 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Nicoll |first=Ruaridh |date=2 February 2022 |title=Natural wonder — the leafy luxury of São Paulo’s newest hotel |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/d97a65f8-c823-4fa5-9109-9bcccb5f5e48 |url-status=live |access-date=29 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215220328/https://www.ft.com/content/d97a65f8-c823-4fa5-9109-9bcccb5f5e48 |archive-date=15 February 2022}}

Nahu currently resides in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.