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Nando Messias

@nancymessias

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Queer performance artist. Trans/non-binary ✨🧚🏼‍♀️✨ based in London

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Get @reshare_app • @somersethousestudios Follow Somerset House Studios artist @jenkinvanzyl during the making of Enclosure, their newest film work.

From rehearsals to shoot days, see the work take shape in our behind the scenes mini doc, How To Free Your Cherub.

Character vignettes feature the cast and crew, highlighting ‘the village’ that brought van Zyl’s vision into being.

Watch the short documentary on Channel via the link in bio.

Enclosure was commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella, Somerset House Studios and HOME, Manchester. Film produced by Film and Video Umbrella. Developed in residence at Somerset House Studios. FVU and HOME are supported by Arts Council England. by @nancymessias

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Get @reshare_app • @somersethousestudios Enclosure is now open.

Step into Studios artist Jenkin van Zyl’s immersive installation, Enclosure, to explore a culture where technological advancement has outpaced our ability to make sense of it.

Move through the remains of a decaying facility—fairground signage, office debris, decaying ephemera—in a world where meaning erodes faster than systems can adapt.

Until 29 Nov
Free to book, link in bio.

Enclosure was commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella, Somerset House Studios and HOME, Manchester. Film produced by Film and Video Umbrella. Developed in residence at Somerset House Studios. FVU and HOME are supported by Arts Council England. by @nancymessias

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Get @reshare_app • @jenkinvanzyl Time, already spoiling❗️

Enclosure opens this week! 24 September–29 November 2026 Lancaster Rooms, @somersethousestudios

I feel so lucky to have made this with the most exquisite people. So all my love to everyone below who made this film and show with me..

Commissioned by @somersethouse, @filmvidumbrella & @homemcr
 A @filmvidumbrella production
Curated by @marina_doriti8

Starring @nancymessias as Mercy
@agnieszka__szczotka as Hostess  and @st_dismas_the_penitent_thief as Cherub

Executive producer: @angelica_sule Producer: @lauren_parker87  Development producer: Alexzandra Jackson
Production manager: @s.p.a.c.e.t.o.o.t.h

Direction, DOP, production design, edit, grade & music: me 2nd camera: @kev1n_brennan  1st AC: @sam_keelan Production sound: @adam_laschinger2 Script consultant: @caraghdavison Movement director: @artpornblog Production assistant: @nikiharman  Makeup: @terrybarberonbeauty Wigs: @neciashairstyling Costume design: me & @olddrag Set & production design assistants: @chinchillaluver93 & @greezblack Sound mix: @sammasonsounddesign Saxophone, theremin & guitar: @cj.calderwood Organ: @barbs.co.uk Runners: @robertcooperartist & @panttheo Production assistant / van driver: @benjaminedwinslinger  Catering & production support: @betsievanzyl Magda Viljoem, Marlene Coetzee & Diana van der Walt
Thanks to Sarah Brown at Bentwaters Parks & @slvstudios

Thanks to @priyakaurpalak and @pablorojodop for joining us on set to make your brilliant mini-doc, to @clarissacorfe from @homemcr and to @marie_mcpartlin @emmahannon @mrlaurentjohn and everyone from the studios team! And to jacopo_sarzi @anna_selleri @hi_qbl @s.p.a.c.e.t.o.o.t.h and our install techs Adam, Chris and DJ, and the team at KSO for all the work that went into getting the pink palace up ❗️ by @nancymessias

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Love this portrait by @yanademi 💜💗 by @nancymessias

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Toscana 🌞🍦 by @nancymessias

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2 months ago

I have had a series of significant setbacks recently. Among them, a rejection of a funding application to Arts Council and a cancellation of a big commission. I know I’m not alone but sometimes it feels impossible to contemplate a future in the arts. As they say, the show must go on. But at what cost? by @nancymessias

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Thinking (through creative action) about my new project. Might delete later. #archive #collections #transhistories by @nancymessias

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"Two gender freaks and a shopping trolley, getting trollied."

In this work-in-progress, drag and dance artist @wet_mess collaborates with performance artist Nando Messias (@nancymessias) in a prayer for failure.

Watch Wet Mess in this new performance film, directed by Phoebe Davies (@phedavies), on Channel now.

This performance took place in December 2025 as part of Grounding Practice: Performance Symposium. by @nancymessias

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Get @reshare_app • @wet_mess Work in progress of TROLLIED @icalondon @cardionarts pic by @christaholkastudio … Thankyou for having us @kevin.kane.art @gemmarollsbentley

So excited to be developing this work the icon @nancymessias

Looking for more places to develop it… just sharing that here if you maybe can help 🪽 by @nancymessias

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Get @reshare_app • @cardionarts Nando Messias’ work straddles performance art, dance and theatre. Their performances combine beautiful images with a fierce critique of gender, visibility and violence. Nando has performed at prestigious venues such as the Royal Court, The Gate, Hayward Gallery, V&A, Tate Britain, Roundhouse, Royal Vauxhall Tavern and ICA, among other spaces across the UK and internationally.

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Photo credit: Holly Revell

Get ready to see Nando Messias and many more at Cardion Nights on the 20th of March from 7pm @icalondon

Tickets are linked in the bio⬆️ by @nancymessias

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Get @reshare_app • @cardionarts We are excited to announce the full line up for Cardion Nights: Queer Performance in aid of @aktcharity on the 20th of March at @icalondon . Featuring @travisalabanza , @madamdedangelaim , @wet_mess , @nancymessias and @emily_pope90 , Cardion Nights will be an evening of drag, music and queer artistry.

Curated by @gemmarollsbentley and @katiedellavalle , this event will be held on the 20th of March from 7-10 pm at the ICA.

Tickets are linked in the bio!⬆️

#queerart #queerperformance #cardionnights #icalondon by @nancymessias

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