Artist Statement
Nima Amiri’s artistic practice is driven by a desire to create new culinary experiences that challenge familiar ideas of taste. He works through fermentation and low-waste processes to explore how flavor is shaped by history, environment, and attention, and how it can carry memory and shared experience. Fermentation sits at the center of his practice as a slow and living process. It allows ingredients to move beyond their expected forms, opening space for curiosity and reflection. By working with overlooked ingredients and repurposed materials, Nima reframes waste as a site of possibility and questions how value is defined within contemporary food culture. Participation is integral to his work. Cooking becomes a shared act rather than a service, and learning unfolds through collective making. Through workshops and communal meals, he challenges the separation between chef and guest, returning food-making to a relational and communal practice.
Nima Amiri_Time, Kept in Salt_Culinary Art_2025