Nadia Botello — artist, composer, engineer
Nadia Botello (b. 1986) is a sound artist, composer, and engineer. A 9th-generation Texan, she’s based in San Antonio. Her work has been exhibited and performed at MATA Festival, Nameless Sound, Clocktower, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Fairmount Water Works, Flux Factory, Icebox Project Space, the Rail Park, the Arthur Ross Gallery, and James Turrell’s Skyspace Gathered Leading, among other venues. She’s lectured and developed workshops at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Johns Hopkins University (MA), the University of Pennsylvania (MFA/PhD), and Columbia University (MFA). Nadia has self-released two full-length albums — Saint Shë: Ska jag berätta en hemlighet? and Emerald Rd. She’s most often working around themes of listening, attention, presence, water, and resonating bodies.
2025:
Finalist for the 10th Annual Water, Texas Film Festival with “What the River Says” — Event and winners announced on April 1st in Austin, TX