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Nick Smith

Nick Smith

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  • Nick Smith creates pixelated works with hand-placed colour-chips, cleverly combining text and image to create intriguing and provocative collaged works.

    Nick Smith is a contemporary artist based in London. With a previous career in Interior Design spanning 11 years, Smith references his concept design background throughout his work. He reworks the design aesthetic using unique colour swatches in hand-made collages, placing his work firmly in the fine art category.

    From his first collage experiment back in 2011 of Warhol’s ‘Marilyn’, when he assembled a tessellation of swatches as a challenge. This eventually inspired his career as an artist and determined his unique style he is now known for.

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    The multi-layered element of his work, combining image and word, allows Smith to explore complex art-historical concepts. The text is often narrative, referring to Greek mythology or classical literature. It can be read in sequence adding another element of intrigue and interest to the work.

     

    This additional element of text, placed under the empty space of each swatch, creates either complimentary or subversive meanings. Nick deliberately leaves these word/image constructions open to viewers' interpretation, sparking new debates and meanings.

     

    Producing large-scale works to micro-chip collages, and multiple sell out print editions, Smith continues to push the boundaries of collage with new subjects and experimentation, forging a unique visual aesthetic.

     

    Since 2014, the artists adopted his trademark style: transforming some of the world's most recognisable artworks into "pixelated" creations using paint sample colour chips. Since then some of his selected solo shows include: 'Posed' in 2022, 'Psycolourgy 2.0' in 2021 and 'Poineers' in 2020 at Rhodes Contemporary Art.

  • Works
    • Nick Smith, The Milkmaid, 2023
      The Milkmaid, 2023
      Sold
    • Nick Smith, The Milkmaid (Microchip), 2023
      The Milkmaid (Microchip), 2023
    • Nick Smith, Dance (I), 2022
      Dance (I), 2022
      Sold
    • Nick Smith, Peter Getting Out of Nick’s Pool, 2022
      Peter Getting Out of Nick’s Pool, 2022
      Sold
    • Nick Smith, The Birth of Venus - Microchip, 2022
      The Birth of Venus - Microchip, 2022
      Sold
    • Nick Smith, The Great Bathers, 2022
      The Great Bathers, 2022
      Reserved
    • Nick Smith, Wish You Were Here 1, 2022
      Wish You Were Here 1, 2022
      Sold
    • Nick Smith, Coca Cola - Full, 2020
      Coca Cola - Full, 2020£ 4,750.00
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  • Exhibitions
    • POSED

      POSED

      Nick Smith 25 Nov - 22 Dec 2022
      Rhodes Contemporary Art are delighted to announce Nick Smith’s phenomenal tenth gallery exhibition, ‘POSED’ opening at the new gallery space in Fitzrovia, London. After a hiatus experimenting with individual colour...
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    • Psycolourgy 2.0

      Psycolourgy 2.0

      Nick Smith 3 - 7 Dec 2021
      Rhodes Contemporary Art is thrilled to host Nick Smith’s new solo show ‘Psycolourgy 2.0’ at our pop-up gallery space, 15 Bateman Street, Soho. Having hosted 7 exhibitions with Nick Smith,...
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    • Pioneers

      Pioneers

      Nick Smith 22 Oct - 28 Nov 2020
      Rhodes Contemporary Art is proud to present Pioneers, a solo exhibition by Nick Smith that examines the American canon of art and cultural heritage through a personal lens of word-colour...
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  • News
    • Nick Smith Charity Commission at The Rijksmuseum

      Nick Smith Charity Commission at The Rijksmuseum

      in collaboration with Philips March 10, 2023
      On February 10th , 2023, the largest-ever exhibition of Johannes Vermeer opened at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. A historic event in itself: never have so...
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    • New Nick Smith Edition | 8 December, 4pm

      New Nick Smith Edition | 8 December, 4pm

      PETER GETTING OUT OF NICK'S POOL Coming Soon 08.12.22 December 2, 2022
      We are so excited to announce that the new Nick Smith print will be available over on our sister site Rhodes Editions on the 08.12.22...
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    • Nick Smith 'POSED' - The Private View

      Nick Smith 'POSED' - The Private View

      Exhibition continues until the 22.12.22 November 30, 2022
      Last Thursday saw the much-anticipated opening of Nick Smith's newest 'P' exhibition 'POSED', Voice of the Muse. Thank you to everyone that attended the...
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  • Press
    • Art Daily - Nick Smith: Pinched

      Art Daily
    • London Student - Nick Smith: Pinched

      London Student
    • Interior Design - Nick Smith: Pinched

      Interior Design, June 4, 2019
    • Highsnobiety - Nick Smith: Pinched

      Highsnobiety, May 23, 2019
    • PINCHED: Nick Smith

      May 2, 2019
    • Wide Walls - Nick Smith: Pinched

      Wide Walls, May 2, 2019
    • Creative Boom - Nick Smith: Pinched

      Creative Boom, April 25, 2019
    • Art Rabbit - Nick Smith: Pinched

      Art Rabbit, March 12, 2019
    • Art Today - Priceless by Nick Smith

      Art Today, April 18, 2018
    • Vice Magazine Creators - Ruff Ryders Collection at Scope Miami by Nick Smith

      Vice Magazine, December 18, 2017
    • Menswear Style - Nick Smith: Parlance

      March 27, 2017
    • VNA Magazine - Nick Smith: Parlance

      February 24, 2017
    • After Nyne - Nick Smith Paramour

      April 15, 2016
    • The Inspiration - Nick Smith Paramour

      April 15, 2016
    • Extorted - Nick Smith Paramour

      April 15, 2016
    • Supersonic Art - Nick Smith - Paramour

      April 15, 2016
    • Status Magazine - Nick Smith Paramour

      April 15, 2016
    • High Snobiety - Nick Smith : Paramour

      April 8, 2016
    • Design Taxi - Nick Smith Paramour

      March 24, 2016
    • The Culture Trip - Nick Smith Paramour

      March 22, 2016
    • Digital Arts - Nick Smith Paramour

      March 21, 2016
    • Flaneur - Nick Smith Paramour

      March 21, 2016
    • Creative Boom - Nick Smith Paramour

      March 21, 2016
    • The Creator Project - Nick Smith Paramour

      March 11, 2016
    • VNA Magazine - Nick Smith Paramour

      March 9, 2016
    • If it's hip it's here - Nick Smith Psycolourgy

      February 10, 2015
    • BBC Arts & Entertainment - Nick Smith Psycolourgy

      February 10, 2015
    • Artwort - Nick Smith Psycolourgy

      February 6, 2015
    • Moderne Klassiker - Nick Smith Psycolourgy

      February 6, 2015
    • Popist - Nick Smith Psycolourgy

      February 6, 2015
    • Dangerous Minds - Nick Smith Psycolourgy

      February 6, 2015
    • The Mirror - Nick Smith Psycolourgy

      February 6, 2015
    • Design Taxi - Nick Smith Psycolourgy

      February 5, 2015
    • Artlyst - Nick Smith Psycolourgy

      January 22, 2015

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