I am interested in how art can activate an ecological way of thinking rooted in environmental and social justice. Scientific and surreal, my work intertwines the elemental and mythological. Through experimental methods that span video, performance, ceramics, collage and installation, I practice storytelling, revealing intimacies in the unexpected. I am fascinated by the agency and legacies of materials and their potential as witnesses; full of history, story, warning, and hope.


My current research focuses on nuclear colonialism and deep time stewardship.


Water flows through all my work, it carries the poetics and politics of this miraculous substance that supports all life on the planet Earth.

Nina Vroemen is a multidisciplinary artist and educator born in Gatineau, Quebec, and based in Tiohtiá:ke (Montreal), on the traditional territory of the Kanien’kehà:ka. Their practice spans video, performance, ceramics, and installation. It is grounded in research-driven, experimental methodologies that examine how artistic practice can activate ecological ways of thinking grounded in environmental and social justice. They hold an MFA in Sculpture and Ceramics from Concordia University (2024).

Vroemen’s work has been presented in solo exhibitions at  L’Ecart (QC, 2025), Agrégat (QC, 2025), and PHI (Montreal, 2025), and in group exhibitions at institutions including NERMA (Australia, 2025), the Critical Media Lab at McGill (2025), the Beall Center for Art + Technology (CA, 2025), the Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery (QC, 2024), and Centre Clark (QC, 2022). In February 2026, they will present work as part of Briser la glace: La biennale de Québec at MAC Baie-Saint-Paul.

Performance and time-based works have been presented at festivals such as Manifestation JE/US (QC, 2024), Sight and Sound (Eastern Bloc, 2024), Sentient Disobedience (PHI, 2024), Marées: Queer Tides (Gallery Sans Nom, 2023), and Place Publique (Darling Foundry, 2020). Their research-creation has been supported through residencies at PHI (2024), Studio Kura (Japan, 2024), Eastern Bloc (2023), PAF (France, 2023), Watershed Art and Ecology (Chicago, 2023), ARTSCAPE Gibraltar (2022), and RURART (2020). This year (2026), they are the recipient of the DePOT Artist-in-Residence Fellowship and the Woodhaven Artist-Scientist-in-Residence at UBC.
Vroemen’s writing and artistic research have been published in Bodies of Sound (Silver Press), Being a Body of Water (PHI), Engaging the Margins (Brill), and esse: art + opinions, amongst others. Most recently, their collaboration with Erin Hill, Horizon Factory, appears on the cover of Espace: art actuel no. 142 and will participate iin a roundtable at Plural Contemporary Art Fair (2026).

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