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Berndnaut Smilde (Groningen, 1978) is a Dutch visual artist.
Berndnaut Smilde was born in 1978 in Groningen. [1] In 2005,[ citation needed ] Smilde graduated with a master's degree in fine art from the Frank Mohr Institute of Hanze University in Groningen. [1] [2]
Smilde's best known works include the series Conditioner; sculptures that spread an antiseptic scent throughout several rooms, [3] and Unflattened, which shows an inverted rainbow. [4]
I see them as temporary sculptures of almost nothing — the edge of materiality. It looks like you can dive into them or grab them, but they just fall apart. There's a duality there that I really like, where you're trying to achieve this ideal thing that then just collapses moments later. [5]
Smilde in an interview with IGNANT
In 2012 he created a series of self-made clouds, of which Nimbus II, 2012, first performed in the Lady Chapel of Hoorn, was included in London's Saatchi Gallery. [6] He chooses locations that are old, damp, that have no air circulation. [5] Time magazine called this technique one of the fifty best inventions of 2012. [7] [8]
In a collaboration with the photographer Simon Procter Smilde signature manufactured cloudscapes with fashion luminaries Karl Lagerfeld, Dolce & Gabbana, Donatella Versace and Alber Elbaz. The pictures appeared in feature in the September 2013 issue "ICONOCLOUDS" of Harper's Bazaar U.S. [9] [10]
Smilde won a stipend from the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts. [1]
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Marcus Harvey is an English artist and painter, one of the Young British Artists (YBAs).
Gavin Turk is a British artist from Guildford in Surrey, and was considered to be one of the Young British Artists. Turk's oeuvre deals with issues of authenticity and identity, engaged with modernist and avant-garde debates surrounding the 'myth' of the artist and the 'authorship' of a work of art.
Anish Kapoor is a British artist and activist who works with sculpture and painting.
Nicholas David Gordon Knight is a British fashion photographer and founder and director of SHOWstudio.com. He is an honorary professor at University of the Arts London and was awarded an honorary Ph.D. by the same university. He has produced books of his work including retrospectives Nicknight (1994) and Nick Knight (2009). In 2016, Knight's 1992 campaign photograph for fashion brand Jil Sander was sold by Phillips auction house at the record-breaking price of HKD 2,360,000.
Eva Rothschild RA is an Irish artist based in London.
Simon Callery is an English artist.
Ryan Joseph McGinness is an American artist, living and working in Manhattan, New York. Known for his original extensive vocabulary of graphic drawings which use the visual language of public signage, corporate logos, and contemporary iconography, McGinness creates paintings, sculptures, and environments. McGinness is interested in assuming the power of this anonymous aesthetic in order to share personal expressions. His work is in the permanent public collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Cincinnati Art Museum, MUSAC in Spain, and the Misumi Collection in Japan.
Anh Duong is a French-American artist, actress, and model. She is known for her self-portraits, which she has compared to a visual diary, as well as portraits of significant art collectors and influencers.
Albert Watson OBE is a Scottish fashion, celebrity and art photographer. He has shot over 100 covers of Vogue and 40 covers of Rolling Stone magazine since the mid-1970s, and has created major advertising campaigns for clients such as Prada, Chanel and Levis. Watson has also taken some well-known photographs, from the portrait of Steve Jobs that appeared on the cover of his biography, a photo of Alfred Hitchcock holding a plucked goose, and a portrait of a nude Kate Moss taken on her 19th birthday.
Adam Niklewicz is a Polish-born American sculptor who earned his BFA in graphic communications in 1989 from Washington University in St. Louis, and his MFA in sculpture from SUNY Purchase in 2006. His work has been featured and discussed in ARTnews, CNNSculpture Magazine, Modern Painters, Art New England, The New York Times, and The Nation, among others. He has shown at such venues as Grounds for Sculpture, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Real Art Ways, the New Britain Museum of American Art, Black & White Gallery, Five Myles, Stamford Museum, Galerie fur Landschaftskunst, Galeria Sztuki Wspolczesnej, and Zacheta.
Sara Rahbar is an Iranian-born contemporary visual artist. Her work ranges from photography to sculpture to installation, all of which reveal and transform the artist's personal experiences and are intimately autobiographical. Her work explores concepts of nationalism, separation and belonging - driven by central ideas of pain, violence and the complexity of the human condition. Compelled by an instinctual obsession to piece together and dissect, her approach is reflective of her need to deconstruct her emotions and memories. She is based in New York City.
Seth Price is a New York City-based multi-disciplinary post-conceptual artist. He lives and works in New York City.
An Te Liu is a Taiwanese-Canadian artist based in Toronto. Liu has become well known for his predominantly sculptural practice that involves a creative and insightful use of everyday found objects that are reconfigured into often playful yet critical commentaries on the ideals of modernism.
Simon Procter is an expatriate British artist and photographer who has collaborated with Karl Lagerfeld, John Galliano and Vivienne Westwood. Through his work with the world's most famous fashion designers, Simon Procter is considered one of the most important fashion photographers of his time. Today, his works hang in many museums and galleries around the world. His artwork is held in collections and museums worldwide, and has been shown at Paris's Grand Palais, the Boston Museum of Fine Art, Art Basel Miami and the Moscow Museum of Modern Art. In Britain, he is known for his work with Royal Ascot.
Chen Man is a Chinese visual artist. Her medium includes photography, graphic design, cinematography, and digital art.
Rokni Haerizadeh is an Iranian artist living and working in Dubai. He participated in the Carnegie International in 2013. He is part of a collective Ramin, Rokni, Hesam
Ronchini Gallery is a contemporary art gallery founded by Lorenzo Ronchini in Umbria, Italy, in 1992. Artists exhibited at the gallery include: Jacob Hashimoto, Will Cotton, Conrad Marca-Relli, Berndnaut Smilde, Sean Lynch (artist), Paul Jenkins (painter), Mario Schifano, Alexander Calder, Alighiero Boetti, Rebecca Ward, and Paolo Serra. Originally heardquartered in Terni, the gallery moved to 22 Dering Street, Mayfair, London, in February 2012. The inaugural exhibition was titled Italian Beauty, and featured works by Giulio Paolini, Domenico Bianchi and Giò Ponti. The program focuses on international contemporary art.
Adeline de Monseignat is a Dutch-Monegasque contemporary visual artist who lives and works between London and Mexico City. Made from natural materials such as recycled fur, soil, textiles, glass and marble, her sculptures and installations show an interest in mythology, anthropology and psychology, especially the Uncanny.
Julia Dault is a Canadian artist. She is best known for her abstract paintings and Formica and Plexiglas sculptures. She lives and works in Toronto.
Libby Black is an American contemporary artist working primarily in drawing, painting, and sculpture. Black lives and works in Berkeley California.
