{"id":18170,"date":"2025-04-07T13:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T11:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/?p=18170"},"modified":"2026-01-29T16:19:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T15:19:15","slug":"nia-delfau-the-art-of-inhabiting-the-gaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/hogar\/nia-delfau-el-arte-de-habitar-la-mirada","title":{"rendered":"Nia Delfau, between images, a sense of home and the sea"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nia Delfau: the art of inhabiting the gaze<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Between the Empord\u00e0 and Barcelona, the photographer Nia Delfau builds an intimate and poetic aesthetic that runs through her home, her objects and each of her images.<\/h2>\n\n\n
7 April 2025 by Claudia Romero<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Between the city and the sea, between image and memory, the photographer and visual artist Nia Delfau cultivates an intimate, luminous and deeply sensitive aesthetic. Her visual universe - where found objects, domestic details and Mediterranean atmospheres converge - is also the mirror of a way of inhabiting the world: slow, conscious, full of meaning. From her home shared between Barcelona and the Empord\u00e0, Nia constructs visual stories that combine intuition, memory and everyday beauty.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Tell us about yourself and your work. Where did your vocation start? Any first memories?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I am Nia Delfau, photographer and visual artist, born in 1983 in Barcelona. I currently live between the city and a small village in the Empord\u00e0. Since I was very young I liked drawing and creating images. That passion for capturing moments and building new visual gazes led me over the years to turn my artistic intuition into a profession, constantly exploring new visual languages.<\/p>\n\n\n

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What do you find most satisfying about your work, and any that you are particularly proud of?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I love collaborating with people I admire. I am currently developing a project with another photographer: a visual dialogue between two cultures. I can't anticipate too much, but the experience has been eye-opening in terms of creative openness, and I'm very proud of how it's taking shape.<\/p>\n\n\n

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What is your creative process like, what are your sources of inspiration, any particular music while working?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My creative process flows in conversations and silences in equal parts. I am very inspired by listening to my friend Marta Cascales Alimbau - her reflections on art and culture nourish me deeply. I also like to think that my images are born out of shared spaces and common emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Favourite colour, film and record, in that order! ;D<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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Is your home a reflection of who you are.... favourite corner, objects, collection, pet...<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My house smells of figs, coffee or the bougainvillea blooming at the entrance. My desk is my creative haven - surrounded by ceramic bowls salvaged from second-hand markets in Tokyo, unique spoons and cloth napkins that I collect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have wooden shelves designed by Jordi Casanovas which, when we moved, turned out to be as special as they were difficult to relocate. I am also accompanied by the wooden stoppers from Klas junto Apartamento, for wine or water, simple objects that transform the daily ritual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, of course, Leia, my partner's dog, who I feel is also mine: affectionate, social and always ready to share the final stroke of a homemade photo session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you could buy anything right now and take it home, what would it be?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Books. The more the merrier. Right now I would love to bring Carmen Winant's new titles for my personal bookshelf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A great plan at home always includes...<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Friends, Rafa's natural wine and a swim in the nearby sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you have a signature dish?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I cook less and less, but in my dreams I recreate the gnocchi my father used to make. I tell Klas: \u201cOne day I'll cook you gnocchi like his\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Where is your favourite place in your city and abroad?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The sea is my refuge: I always choose it to reconnect. No matter the city, I always look for a beach, a harbour or a pier to listen to the waves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anything you want to tell us that we haven't asked you about.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I am looking for a studio to buy in Barcelona<\/a>... but it is almost an impossible mission. What a frustration!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where can we follow your work?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Instagram: @niadelfau
<\/a>Web: niadelfau.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nia Delfau photographs not only what is visible, but also what is intuited: the slight gesture, the texture that evokes, the light that crosses an emotion. Her house - like her work - is inhabited by objects that tell stories, by silences that invite us to look carefully and by a sensitivity that finds beauty in the minimum. In his images, domestic life, the sea, friendship and craftsmanship become poetic matter. A warm and delicate gaze that reminds us that the personal can also be universal.<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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