Nick Relph

Interested in the development of branding through images and objects Nick Relph conducts his work guided by notions of mystery, irony, and poetry. Multidisciplinary, Relph works in mediums which require a fine attention to detail and a technical knowledge of materials. His textiles, drawings, and installations draw from an interest in handmade production which promotes flaws and irregularities in contrast to the highly fabricated, manicured, and perfected digital sphere. His video projects often call into question the rigid constraints of the digital landscape as well as the manufactured limitations placed within daily lives. Through an interdisciplinary approach he utilises digital media to project surfaces that highlight both virtual perfection and idiosyncratic irregularities. These projections create a dialogue that disputes the social implications of textiles, consumption, marketing, and reproduction.

Recently Relph has exhibited work at solo shows at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise in New York, Herald St in London, Standard in Oslo, the Aspen Art Museum, the Kitchen in New York, and Chisenhale Gallery in London. Additionally he has contributed projects to group exhibitions at the Yokohama Museum of Art in Japan, MoMA PS1’s Greater New York, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, the 54th Venice Biennale in Venice, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Miami among many others.