Oya is a performance artist, based in the field of consciousness, currently (un)working through constructs of reality by means of conceptual, installation and sound art. Charged by a tireless, perpetual linking of encounters with phenomena, in whatever form they may present themselves, preceding and proceeding each performance, Oya attempts to weave a living ontology of the moment, strung out on the nebulous arcana of existence. They find the ‘medium’ of performance art as a grounds for channeling and catalyzing invisible forces, catharsis and perceptual shifts between artist and audience; a medium inherently bent to the whims of a mysterious order that both never and always seems to be unveiling itself.
Founder of The Ear (est 2016), a performance arts venue / gallery / community based in brooklyn, formed in collaboration with peers interested in bridging the world of performance and experimental art in all its mediums.
Damla has performed and/or shown site-specific sound installations at Judson Memorial Church, Parallel Performance Space (formerly Panoply Lab), Rosekill Performance Art Space, Grace Exhibition Space, Trans Pecos, Living Gallery, Avalon Lounge Hudson, Greenkill Art Center Kingston, NYC Anarchist Art Festival, Satellite Art Club, Miami Art Week Art Basel, CDMX, DOC: Paris, FR, Chaos Computer, Washington Square Park, Intercomm, Prospect Park, Church of Fun, Los Angeles, Joshua Tree Firehouse, and various other public spaces in the world.