Nathalie S. Fari (b. 1975, São Paulo) is a German-Brazilian performance artist, researcher and lecturer. Her work explores the documentation, mediation and translation of site-oriented practices. Motivated by her keen interest in pedagogy and methodology, she investigates how specific places can serve as creative sources for developing different mediated expressions.

She holds a degree in Art Education from the Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado University (1998), a Master of Arts in Space Strategies – Exploratory Art in Public Contexts (2009) from Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin and a Doctor of Philosophy in Performance Practices (2024) from The Artistic Faculty University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Additionally, she has completed trainings in acting and experimental theatre at the TUCA theatre school (1994) of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo and at the renowned Centro de Pesquisa Teatral Institute (1995) under the direction of Antunes Filho. 

After moving to Berlin in 2004, Nathalie founded atelier obra viva, a production label dedicated to fostering cross-disciplinary and international dialogue among artists and researchers. Committed to exploring issues around embodiment, site-specificity and documentation, atelier obra viva has spearheaded numerous performance projects and educational programmes in diverse contexts, ranging from historical sites to public spaces and cultural institutions. One notable example is the Body Mapping Lab (2016–17), which Nathalie designed at Teufelsberg, a former American spy station during the Cold War. This initiative brought together an interdisciplinary group of artist-researchers and participants to engage in a series of experimental exercises aimed at mapping, sensing and documenting the site’s complex history and spatial attributes.

Since 2018, Nathalie has been based in Gothenburg, Sweden, where she has been committed to artistic research, developing her own projects and creating innovative documentation strategies for others. She is currently designing a postdoctoral project entitled “Mobile Screens in Transit: Embodied Imagining and Algorithmic Flows”, which explores the affective, social, and aesthetic implications of mobile devices in transitory public spaces.