b. 1972, Australia
Atoms Encode (Content Aware), 2020, acrylic mirror, MDF and voile, 30 x 24 x 2,5 inches, 75 x 60 x 6 cm.
*Atoms Encode (Southern), 2020, acrylic mirror, MDF and voile, 30 x 24 x 2.5 inches, 75 x 60 x 6 cm
Kansai Schwartzkopf (Red), 2021, voile, powder coated aluminum, mirror polished brass, 81,5 x 81,5 inches, 207 x 207 cm.
Schein Blossom (Spring has no border), 2022, voile, powder coated aluminum, mirror polished brass, 69 x 69 x 1.5 inches, 176 x 176 x 3.5 cm.
Atoms Encode (Small Carp), 2020, acrylic mirror, MDF and voile, 30 x 24 x 2.5 inches, 75 x 60 x 6 cm.
ATOMS ENCODE, 2022, 1301SW, Melbourne, AU
ATOMS ENCODE, 2022, 1301SW, Melbourne, AU
Zig Zag Dream (Amber), 2022, voile, acrylic mirror, MDF, 56 x 40 x 4 inches, 141 x 101 x 9 cm.
Mutual Illumination (Study), 2021, voile, acrylic mirror and MDF, 28 x 28 x 2.5 inches, 71 x 71 x 6 cm
Aba Zabba Zoom (Emerald), 2022, voile, acrylic mirror, MDF, 28 x 28 x 3.5 inches, 71 x 71 x 9 cm
Astral Sphere for Pierre La Roche, 2021, voile, powder coated aluminum, mirror polished brass, 81.5 x 81.5 inches, 207 x 207 cm.
Schein Blossom (Kansai Hanami), 2021, voile, powder coated aluminum, mirror polished brass, 81.5 x 81.5 inches, 207 x 207 cm.
Art Brussels, 2023, The Hole, Brussels, BE
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Jonny Niesche’s neon-hued chromatic fields and prismatic structures riff on mid-century minimalism with formal inventiveness. The artist employs voile, dye sublimation, mirrored frames, and digital color palettes (which he makes himself) to generate what he calls “image-objects”—pieces that straddle the line between painting and sculpture. Inspired by Ziggy Stardust and other collectible items from David Bowie’s indelible glam rock era, Jonny Niesche’s paintings function something like a concept album caked with cultural samples. His paintings disinter pigments central to Bowie’s iconic glam rock persona, blowing them up to disorienting proportions. The Australian-born, Sydney-based artist has exhibited in New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, Sydney, and Melbourne, and his work belongs to multiple public collections including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, the National Gallery of Victoria, and the Art Gallery of South Australia. Through his imaginative processes, Niesche highlights the power of both illusion and objecthood.
jonny niesche
Lives and works in Sydney, Australia
education
Master of Visual Arts, Mikala Dwyer, Sydney University, AU
2013
Heimo Zobernig Masters class, Academy Fine Arts, Vienna, AT
2012
Bachelor of Visual Arts, Honors (1st class), Sydney University, AU
2008
Bachelor of Visual Arts, Sydney University, AU
2007
solo exhibitions
Electric Light Orchestra, Galerie Ron, Mandos, Amsterdam, NE
2024
Haptic sfumato, 1301PE, Los Angeles, USA
2024
_ness, Fundacion La Nave Salinas, Illes Balears, ESP
2023
Art Singapore 2023, Starkwhite Gallery, NZ
2023
You say sfumato, I say sfumato, Starkwhite, Auckland, NZ
2023
Furry light, Westlotto, Münster, DE
2022
ATOMS ENCODE, 1301SW , Melbourne, AU
2022
Fairlight, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney, AU
2021
Cosmoscow, Zeller van Almsick, Moscow, Russia
2021
Art Rotterdam, Zeller van Almsick, NL
2021
Duo show with Michael Staniak, The Hole, New York, NY
2021
Auckland Art Fair, Starkwhite, Auckland, NZ
2021
poikilos, Starkwhite, Auckland, NZ
2020
Transition, Duo show with Regine Schumann, Collectors Agenda, Vienna, AT
2020
When I get very stressed, I make jam, Station Gallery, Melbourne, AU
2020
Cosmos Cosmetics Vol ll, Zeller van Almsick, Vienna, AT
2020
BLUSH, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney,AU
2019
Art Athina Summer, Zeller Van Almsick, Athens, GR
2019
Floating over lovers in clouds of signs, LUNDGREN Gallery, Palme De Mallorca, SP
2019
‘throb’ ,Zeller Van Almsick, Vienna, AT
2018
Moving Picture, Station Gallery, Melbourne, AU
2018
MCA Commision for Vivid festival, ‘ Virtual Vibration’ Collaboration with Mark Pritchard and Spinifex, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, AU
2018
Auckland Art Fair, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Auckland NZ
2018
and so I wait with Brendan Van Hek, Sarah Cottier Gallery, AU
2018
Cracked actor, Peter Von Kant, London, GB
2017
Splitting Image, Zeller van Almsick, Vienna, AT
2017
Love-light, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney, AU
2017
Picture this, STATION, Melbourne AU
2016
Cosmos Cosmetics, Minerva Sydney, Sydney, AU
2016
New Jörg, New Jörg, New Jörg Kunstverein, Vienna, AT
2016
Sundial, STATION, Melbourne, AU
2015
At length; Italian Baroque, as SLUSH collective, Minerva, Sydney, AU
2015
We refer to a thing but have no name for the smell, Cointemporary (online)
2015
Nothing goes as deep as decoration, Station Gallery, Melbourne, AU
2014
Vegas Can Be, Minerva, Sydney, AU
2014
Too Many Heroes, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney, AU
2013
group exhibitions
25 Years of Galerie Ron Mandos, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, NE
2024
Aotearoa Art Fair, Starkwhite, NZ
2024
Grit, curated by Markus Proschek, Zeller van Almsick, Vienna, AT
2024
Melbourne Art Fair, 1301SW + Starkwhite, Melbourne AU
2024
Metamorphosis, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide AU
2023
Art Antwerp, Galerie Ron Mandos, Antwerp, BE
2023
Living Patterns: Contemporary Australian Abstraction, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, AU
2023
Phenomena Evoking Theosis, curated by Angelo Plessas as part of Curated by 2024, Zeller van Almsick, Vienna, AT
2023
Contemporary Art Now, The Hole NYC, Ibiza, ESP
2023
Art Brussels, The Hole NYC, Brussels, BE
2023
Art Singapore, Starkwhite, Singapore, SI
2023
Sydney Contemporary, 1301SW, Sydney, AU
2022
The Armory Show, The Hole, New York, NY
2022
ENTER Art Fair, The Hole, Copenhagen, Denmark
2022
Art Brussels, The Hole, Brussels, BE
2022
Countershading, Zeller van Almsick, Vienna, AT
2022
Melbourne Art Fair, 1301SW, Melbourne, AU
2022
The Armory Show, The Hole, New York, NY
2021
Messe St Agnes, König Galerie, Berlin, DE
2021
Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning, 1301PE, Los Angeles, CA
2021
Summer Camp, Neukirchen, AT
2021
MIRRORS/MIRAGES, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, NL
2021
Hand picked masterpieces, Collectors Room Hamburg, Andrea von Goettz, Hamburg, DE
2020
Parallel Vienna, presentation with Zeller van Almsick, Vienna, AT
2020
CUBED, The Hole, New York, NY
2020
Gymnasium, curated by Liam Garstang, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, AU
2020
MiniMalism, Minigalerie, Amsterdam, NL
2020
Apparition, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney, AU
2020
ALAC, Starkwhite NZ, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Flat Earth Society, Cement Fondu, Sydney, AU
2019
Sydney Contemporary, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney, AU
2019
Shit that I like, Nicholas Projects, Melbourne, AU
2019
Sculptur Garden, Vienna, AT
2019
Idle Worship, Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore, AU
2019
New acquisitions, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, AU
2019
In Formalism Now, Presented by S.N.O at Casula Powerhouse, Sydney, AU,
2019
Jubilee, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney, AU,
2019
Ways of seeing, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, AU
2019
ENTKUNSTUNG/VERKUNSTUNG, Austrian Cultural Forum, Berlin, DE
2019
Close encounters, Usfin Atelier, Sydney, AU
2018
SMOOTH CHROMATICS, Stephanie Kelly Gallery, Dresden, DE
2018
Sydney Contemporary, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney, AU
2018
The night before, Episode 1, Shirlow St, Marrickville, AU
2018
Curator MCA ARTBAR, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, AU
2018
Robert Hunter with Patrick Lundberg and Jonny Niesche, STATION Gallery, Melbourne, AU
2018
Rate of change, COMA Gallery, Sydney, AU
2018
Colour and form, ArtGalleryHome, Sydney, AU
2018
Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize, National Arts School, Sydney, AU
2018
Group show #36, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney, AU
2017
The Gaze of Narcissus, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Milan, IT
2017
Sydney Contemporary, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney, AU
2017
VOLTA Basel, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Basel, Switzerland
2017
Wholesome environment, Lundgren Gallery, Mallorca, ES
2017
Matter matters, Massimo Carasi, The Flat, Milan, IT
2017
Superposition of 3 types, ARTSPACE, Sydney, AU
2017
Nice one Picasso, Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, Sydney, AU
2017
Shut up and paint, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, AU
2016
Painting.More painting, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, AU
2016
Spring 1883, Sarah Cottier Gallery, The Windsor, Melbourne, AU
2016
Green, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney, AU
2016
Studio Wars, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, AU
2016
Birmingham St Studios, Art Month, Sydney, AU
2016
Sharing Space, Alte Post, Vienna, AT
2015
OF DECEIT, Greenwood St, Abbotsford, AU
2015
Its all underneath the floor, its all between the walls, Hestinger Atelier, Vienna, AT
2015
Another Destination, Gesso Artspace, Vienna, AT
2015
Spring 1883, the Establishment, Sydney, AU
2015
The Kaleidoscopic Turn, NGV Collection, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, AU
2015
NADA New York, Basketball City, New York, NY
2015
Casual Conversation, Minerva, Sydney, AU
2015
Right Here, Right Now, Penrith Regional Gallery and The Lewers Bequest, Sydney, AU
2015
Fun House, Minerva Off-Site, 33 Guildford Lane, Melbourne, AU
2015
Television, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney, AU
2014
reSATURATEryb, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Sydney, AU
2014
Miami, The Walls, Queensland, AU
2014
NSW Visual Arts Fellowship, ARTSPACE, Sydney, AU
2014
Speculative Everything, as SLUSH, Firsdraft Gallery, Sydney, AU
2014
The Future’s Knot, T.I.N.A. Critical Animals, The Lock-up, Newcastle, AU
2014
Bildhauen, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, AU
2014
Spring 1883 Art Fair, Minerva, Melbourne, AU
2014
Fauvette Laureiro Artists Travelling Scholarship, Sydney University, Sydney, AU
2014
Signal, The Cat St Gallery, HK
2014
New Contemporaries, Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, Sydney, AU
2014
Sunny and Hilly, Minerva, Sydney, AU
2014
Fishers Ghost Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney, AU
2013
Mono No Aware, as SLUSH, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne, AU
2013
N.S.W. Visual Arts Fellowship for Emerging Artists, ARTSPACE, Sydney, AU
2013
Connection points, sites of exchange, Willoughby Art Space, Sydney, AU
2013
The Churchie, Griffith University Gallery, South Bank, Brisbane, AU
2013
Masters of Fine Arts graduation exhibition, Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, Sydney, AU
2013
Finisce e Continue Uno, Gesso Artspace, Vienna, AT
2013
GLOW, Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, Sydney, AU
2013
Home is where one starts from, as SLUSH, Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney, AU
2013
Cronies, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, AU
2012
Eon, Alaska Projects, Sydney, AU
2012
SLUSH, as SLUSH collective, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney, AU
2012
Reflect/Deflect, Alaska Projects, Sydney, AU
2012
collections
Art Gallery of South Australia
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, AU
National Gallery of Victoria, AU
Lyon Housemuseum
M.O.N.A. Museum of New and Old Art, Hobart, AU
ARTBANK AU
Private collections in Europe, UK, U.S.A, South America, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia.
awards/residencies
Australia Council Grant
2017
Australia Council Grant as SLUSH Collective
2016
Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Artists Travel Scholarship, Sydney University.
2014
New Work Grant, as SLUSH collective, Australia Council.
2014
Art Start Grant, Australia Council.
2014
Firstdraft Gallery Residency, Sydney, Australia.
2013
Australian Post Graduate Award
2011-2013
Fauvette Laurerio Travelling Exchange Scholarship, Sydney College of the Arts.
2011
publications
Jonny Niesche Cracked Actor Works
2018
Monograph, Texts by Martin Herbert, Kristina Marberger, Nadim Samman, Verlag Für Moderne Kunst, Vienna, AU
2013-2015
Sagmaeister and Walsh:Beauty, Phaidon Press Limited, 65 Bleeker St, New York
2018
Entkunstung II, Kulturverein Entkunstung Rembrantstrasse 24/13 1020 Vienna
2018
Synaesthetic surface of Jonny Niesche, Alice Finney , Ignant
2018
The Australian, Jonny Niesche Lights Up the MCA
2018
Virtual Vibration, Neighbourhood Paper
2018
Behind Jonny Niesche’s Vivid Sydney Projection, The design files
2018
Mind Blowing Overtaking the MCA, Monique Penning, Monster Children
2018
Parnass Magazine, Austria, Up and coming Wien, München, Berlin
2017
Museum Magazine, Laura Bannister
2017
Into the Vortex, Alison Veness, 10 Magazine, AU
2017
Collectors agenda, In The Studio
2017
Wanted Magazine, Shans Chandra
2017
Gradients and Bands of Gold
2017
Australiana to zeitgeist, Melissa Loughlan, Thames and Hudson
2017
Art Vol 1, Scandale project
2017
Painting. More Painting., Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Southbank, Victoria, Australia
2016
Loop loop, collaboration with Alexander Jackson Wyatt
2015
Minerva publication for NADA New York, text S.T. Lore, design Robert Milne
2015
Jonny Niesche, Vegas Can Be, text Marian Tubbs, design Robert Milne
2014
Manuscript, Introducing, Mitchell Oakley Smith
2014
Sneakymag, Vegas Can Be, Interview with Jonathan McBurnie
2014
The Art Collector, Emerging Collectable Artists, Dr Jacqueline Millner
2013
‘SLUSH’ collective, SLUSH, All that is solid melts into slush, Dr Matthew Abbott and Astrid Lorange, Rainoff Book Publication
2012
Art Monthly Australia, EM Files, Emerging artists
2008