Nathalie S. Fari (b. 1975, São Paulo) is a German-Brazilian performance artist, researcher, and lecturer whose work explores the documentation, mediation, and translation of site-oriented performance practices. Driven by a deep interest in pedagogy and methodology, she investigates how specific places can serve as a creative source for developing different mediated expressions such as performed photography, screen performance and film.

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. Furthermore, she has been exploring for over 30 years several embodied practices, from dance (Jazz, Butoh, Isadora Duncan) to acrobatics, to movement improvisation, to yoga (she is certified in the Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga system) and conscious dance (5 Rhythms).

After relocating to Berlin in 2004, Nathalie founded the 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, the atelier obra viva has spearheaded numerous performance projects and educational programs in diverse contexts, from historical sites to public spaces and cultural institutions. A notable example is the Body Mapping Lab (2016–17), which Nathalie designed at Teufelsberg – a former spy station of the Americans during 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 is based in Gothenburg, Sweden, where she has been committed to artistic research – both by developing her own projects and by creating innovative documentation strategies for other artistic-research projects. Currently, she is designing a post-doctoral project on the topic Rendering-Embodying Urban Screen Spaces which explores the intersection of urban environments, embodiment, and digital media. This research is affiliated at the research cluster “Materialities & Experimental Aesthetics” at HDK-Valand, University of Gothenburg.