Imarni Boyer-Nugent is a Nottingham-based interdisciplinary artist born in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire. She has worked with various arts organisations and collectives, including Nottingham Contemporary, Foxall Studio, Flower Shop Collective, and Sidedoor Social. Notable exhibitions include ‘Lee Miller: Late at Tate Britain’ with Girls In Film, and ‘New Art Exchange Open’ 2026, Nottingham.
Treating the creation process as an act of meditation and reflection, Imarni Boyer-Nugent questions the passage of time and the value of labour through sculpture, textile, video, and performance. In line with Walter De Maria’s 'Meaningless Work' (1960) and Northcote Parkinson’s 'Parkinson’s Law' (1955), the works are created through time-consuming and repetitive processes, such as hand-embroidery and ceramics, forcing a physical burden on the body to ensure that every second is felt. Blurring the line between sacrifice and punishment, the cycle of work has no end in sight, yet the time must be filled. Moving image and performance provide an ephemeral element to the work, using the body and repetitive actions as an example of cyclic labour, meditative practice, and a means of measuring the passage of time. The pieces are often created to be destroyed and remade, existing only as a never-ending task to pass the time, serving as a reminder that nothing is permanent.
In addition to her main practice, she is the founder and editor of Femicide Zine, a submission-based publication inspired by 90s Riot Grrrl culture, intersectional feminism, and independent art. Femicide Zine has been showcased at various zine fairs, including notable venues like Rough Trade, Bonington Gallery, and 180 The Strand. The seventh issue of Femicide Zine was also part of the ‘MISHPOCHA: The Art of Collaboration’ exhibition at the Jewish Museum in Frankfurt in 2026. The zine is available in several zine libraries worldwide, such as the Grrrl Zine Library, The Old Waterworks in Southend-On-Sea, and the Reed College Library in Portland, USA.