Living and working in New York City, Reka Nyari's practice spans from fashion and fine art photography and videography, to elaborate installation and performance pieces. Oscillating between mischievous eroticism and wistful splendor, her work employs and explores traditional ideals of beauty and gender to portray sexuality from a predominantly female perspective. Nyari’s images of nude figures are not strictly intended as alluring portraits – while deriving their emotional charge from the familiar motifs of erotic photography, they expand the pictorial
vocabulary to the realm of narratives, layering in personal histories and fictitious content. Unapologetically, Nyari embeds luscious and empowered bodies in luminous landscapes or against staged backdrops. Nudity, gesture, gaze, as well as objects become intrinsically linked to the feminine identity.

Born in 1979 in Helsinki, and raised in Finland and Hungary, Nyari came to New York City at the age of seventeen. After studying at The School of Visual Arts, she started modeling and discovered her interest in photography. The cinematography and eccentric narratives of Roman Polanski and David Lynch influence her work as much as the art of Helmut Newton, Guy Bourdin, Miles Aldridge, and Cindy Sherman. Her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries in the United States and Europe. She has received awards from prestigious organizations, including first place Winner of International Photography Awards (IPA in 2010 and 2022). Her 225-page Monograph titled “Femme Fatale: Female Erotic Photography” is published in 6 languages and sold out worldwide.Her video art piece raised $200,000 for Charity during Art Basel 2021, and was featured in the New York Times.

Books

INK STORIES by Reka Nyari. 2023 Hemeria, Paris, France. Fine-art Portfolio Book limited to 300 signed and numbered editions. ISBN 978-2-490952-41-0.
Geisha Ink by Reka Nyari. 2018 Self Published Fine Art Edition of 500.
Femme Fatale: Female Erotic Photography by Reka Nyari. 2010 Tectum Publishers NV. ISBN: 9490822159
INK: The Art Of Tattoo. Victionary, November 2016. ISBN 978-988-77148-3-5
Nude Photography. Endeavour London Ltd, 2010. ISBN: 8492731001 Haje Jan Kamps.
Shooting Yourself. The Ilex Press Limited, 2013. ISBN: 9781781579947
Palette 04: “Neon, New Fluorescent Graphics”. Viction: Workshop Ltd, 2013. ISB9789881222817