Nadia Botello — artist, composer, engineer
Nadia Botello (b. 1986) is a sound artist, composer, and engineer based in San Antonio, TX. Her work has been exhibited and performed at MATA Festival, Nameless Sound, Clocktower, 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). She has self-released two full-length albums — Saint Shë: Ska jag berätta en hemlighet? and Emerald Rd. Forthcoming is a comprehensive overview of more than a decade of unreleased materials, archived scores and sound design (film, dance, opera, new media), rare live performance recordings, and a monograph featuring essays and ephemera.
As a public-interest technologist, Botello initiated a successful shift in education policy — from STEM to STEAM — across stakeholders for the City of San Antonio through her advocacy and work as Co-Lead/Tri-Chair of the Alamo STEM Ecosystem. She has further served on the Advisory Board for the City of San Antonio's Arts, Culture, and Heritage Committee; the Advisory Board for Mayor Ron Nirenberg's Smart City Challenge; as a mentor for the Women in STEM mentorship program for CAST Tech High School; and has consulted extensively for businesses and institutions on the intersection(s) of art, music, science, and technology. She is currently serving on the Community Experience Committee for SAWS (San Antonio Water System) and on the Board of Directors for the Better Futures Institute. In addition to her studio practice, she owns and operates a business supporting entrepreneurs in Texas after serving in executive leadership at a global technology consulting firm.
2024:
Studio Sabbatical
2023:
Featured in Ear Wave Event’s Issue Seven
2022:
Ojo de Agua with Agarita @ Alamo Heights Pool (San Antonio, TX) -- May 6th
2021:
Sound Art + Experimental Music Artist-in-Residence @ Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (Omaha, NE)
Sisters with Transistors Metrograph Premiere (Virtual/US) -- April 23rd
Sisters with Transistors screening for The Listener’s Gallery @ Mercury Project’s Outdoor Patio (San Antonio, TX) -- April 30th
Featured in Sounding Change by Raven Chacon on the role of environment in new music on BBC Radio 3 -- June 19th
A Conversation with Rachel Adams (Chief Curator and Director of Programs at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts) @ Virtual/Zoom -- September 23rd -- https://www.bemiscenter.org/events/a-conversation-with-nadia-botello
Other Channels on KVNO (Omaha, NE) -- September 28th -- https://www.kvnonews.com/2021/09/bemis-center-presents-nadia-botellos-other-channels
Other Channels for Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts @ River City Star (Omaha, NE) -- October 2nd -- https://www.bemiscenter.org/events/other-channels