Berndnaut Smilde
Berndnaut Smilde (Groningen, 1978) is a Dutch visual artist.
Early life
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]
Career
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]
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]
Exhibitions
- Process Room (2008)[2]
- Irish Museum of Modern Art (2008)[2]
- Bunker Project (2010)[2]
- Galerie West (2010)[2]
- The Hague (2010)[2]
- Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht (2013)[1]
- Ronchini Gallery, London (2014)[2]
- LIAN Contemporary Art Space, Shanghai (2015)[1]
Group shows
- Galerie Boven de Bank (2001)[2]
- Groningen (2001)[2]
- Nofound Photo Fair, Paris (2012)[2]
- Saatchi Gallery, London, (2012)[2]
- Art 13, London (2013)[2]
- Somarts, San Francisco (2013)[2]
- FotoMuseum, Antwerp, (2015)[1]
- Museum Kranenburgh, (2016)[1]
- RWA Bristol, (2017)[1]
- Saatchi Gallery, London (2017)[1]
Awards
Smilde won a stipend from The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts.[1]
Sources
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Malinsky, Richard (22 June 2017). "An Interview with Berndnaut Smilde". The Woven Tale Press. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Punj, Rajesh (24 May 2014). "Berndnaut Smilde interview". Out of Nothing. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ^ Image of one of the sculptures
- ^ "Unflattened" accompanied by images of the rainbow, '5uur' blog post.
- ^ a b Flanagan, Rosie (1 June 2018). "Berndnaut Smilde, The Man Who Creates Clouds". IGNANT. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ^ "SELECTED WORKS BY BERNDNAUT SMILDE". Saatchi Gallery.
- ^ Best Inventions of the Year 2012 - Indoor Clouds on techland.time.com.
- ^ Artist creates clouds indoors. Named one of TIME magazine‘s ‘Best Inventions of the Year 2012' Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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