Anoxia (they / them)
is a Chicago-based rope artist, performer, and educator.

Nox loves to deconstruct and synthesize knowledge from an abundance of sources, striving always for a more complete understanding of the interactions of rope, anatomy, psychology, and aesthetics. Driven with an insatiable hunger to know more, they have had the pleasure of studying in detail with many teachers from the US, Europe, and Japan.

After many years of study, they present classes which go beyond patterns and rote memorization to teach underlying principles relevant to students at any point in their rope journey. In play, their rope is often intense, creative, dynamic, and charged with emotional sadism.

They teach privates in their home studio, have presented in small community spaces around the US for evening classes and weekend intensives, and have presented at rope and kink cons like Westcoast Bound, Tethered Together, Kinkfest, Ropecraft, and Desert Bound. Nox has been teaching extensively since 2019.

Nox served on the steering committee for NARIX (North American Rope Innovation eXchange) from 2022-2026, and currently works during the day at Shibari Study.