niko wearden

Photo Credit: Negin Alladin

niko wearden (he/they) is a British performance artist who lives in Helsinki now. At the moment, they have a practice of mostly refusing to talk about their practice. niko tends to their body in water, lying on the floor, ecological grief and waiting with his kin. He doesn’t want to wait alone anymore. niko will graduate in July 2025 from their master's in Live Art and Performance Studies (LAPS) at the Theatre Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki.

niko's performance was created in collaboration with Dr. Clair Le Couteur.

Dr Clair Le Couteur (they/them) is a visually impaired, non-binary vocalist, artist and scholar. They explore voice and folk heritage through performance and research. Clair has a 3+ octave range and is a specialist in overtone technique, performing and teaching internationally at a wide range of venues including music festivals, museums, universities, theatres and galleries. They received the British Music Collection’s 2021 LGBTQ+ Composers Award, the 2022 George Butterworth Award and the 2022 RNIB Elizabeth Eagle-Bott Award. Clair’s PhD project ‘The Fictive Museum’ (RCA 2017) explores the spaces between fact and fiction in museums and archives.