NIRAJ NAIR is a person from the world.

He is Indian by heritage, spent his childhood in the UAE, Australia and Singapore, and studied in European schools. He’s interested in the way culture makes us turn up to things.

Niraj’s artistic inspirations/curiosities include but are not limited to Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman, Phil Hoffman, Marin Ireland, Harriet Walter, Mason Alexander Park, Cate Blanchett, Ralph Fiennes, Riz Ahmed, Maryann Plunkett, Vivian Munn, Miriam Silverman, Simon Stone, Jake Beckhard, David Lynch, Michelangelo Antonioni, Satyajit Ray, Mara Nelson Greenberg, Jennifer Packer, Edward Hopper, Mark Greif, Jennifer Egan, Kenzaburo Oe, Annie Ernaux, Phoebe Philo, Kiko Kostadinov, Wales Bonner, King Krule, Vegyn, Jessica Pratt, Aphex Twin, Clipse, Giggs, Beach House, Cocteau Twins, Ashbeck, Dev Hynes and Jiddu Krishnamurti.

Deep down in his heart, he believes something Krishnamurti said: Effort is a contradiction of energy.

He likes this song.