Nina Vogel is a Brazilian creator-performer whose practice unfolds at the intersection of costume design, object theatre, performance, voice, and material-based artistic research. She holds a BA in Theatre from the Célia Helena School of Arts (Brazil) and pursued a specialization in Contemporary Puppetry at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM), supported by two excellence scholarships from the Government of Québec and the university. She conceives, creates, and performs her own works, building poetic theatrical worlds where voice, body, and material evolve together beyond disciplinary boundaries.

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Initially trained in classical music, Vogel studied piano, music theory, and music history at the Carlos Gomes Institute (Brazil) before dedicating more than twenty years to classical vocal training under renowned tenor Benito Maresca and conductor Bruno Roccella, founder of the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra. Her musical education was further enriched through advanced studies in France and the United States. This musical foundation remains central to her artistic practice, informing performances in which vocal presence, physical action, and visual composition are intricately intertwined.

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Her work explores the relationships between body, object, space, and transformation through sculptural costumes, miniature forms, performative installations, and participatory formats. For more than a decade, she has been developing Playing Costumes, an original artistic methodology that approaches costume as an active agent in composition, capable of generating imagination, memory, and interaction.

An internationally active artist, Vogel has presented performances, lectures, and workshops in more than twenty-five countries across the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Recent residencies and presentations have taken her to Canada, the United States, Japan, Taiwan, China, Chile, France, the Czech Republic, Senegal, and Brazil. Highlights include participation in the Prague Quadrennial (Rare Performances), the Festival of Animated Objects (Calgary), the Beijing International Puppet Festival, and representing Brazil at the AVIAMA World Congress in South Korea.

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Her work has received several international distinctions, including the AVIAMA Mobility Grant (2023), the Lisa Simon Scholarship and Founders Award from the O’Neill Theater Center (USA, 2021), and the Outstanding Work Award at the Chuncheon International Puppet Film Festival (South Korea, 2020).

Recent activities include artistic residencies in Japan, Taiwan, and Senegal, the creation of the opera-fable UIRAPURU TORI in collaboration with Japanese artists, and invitations from institutions such as Aalto University, the University of Helsinki, DePaul University, Aoyama Gakuin University, Theatre Direct, and Open Eye Theatre.

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Her works emerge from a dialogue between body, sound, and material. Costumes and objects are conceived as extensions of the performer’s presence—elements that generate movement, rhythm, and narrative rather than merely illustrating them. Through this process, she creates intimate theatrical experiences that invite audiences to explore imagination, memory, and transformation.

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Alongside her artistic practice, Vogel develops pedagogical and research-based formats that explore costume, voice, and objects as creative tools, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue among performers, designers, and visual artists.