Nick Verstand is a contemporary artist researching human perception through spatial audiovisual compositions. His autonomous installations and live performances investigate the frontier between the material and the immaterial, and are created through collaborative design processes aimed at breaking down social boundaries. The resulting intuitive experiences, co-creations of artist and audience, generate a hypnotizing environment for the subconscious mind.
Nick has exhibited and performed at Venice Biennale, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Barbican Centre, The Shed (NYC), Rewire Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, National Opera & Ballet (NL), CTM Festival, STRP Festival, Design Society (CHN), Paris Couture Week, Kunsthal, SXSW, Dekmantel Festival, Art Central Hong Kong, MTV VMAs (NYC), Design Museum Gent, Le Guess Who, Iceland Airwaves, Dutch Design Week and collaborated with artists such as Doja Cat, Iris van Herpen, Björk, Caterina Barbieri, Lykke Li, Marie Davidson, Eefje de Visser, Charlotte Adigéry, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Fatima Yamaha and Suzanne Ciani. Dezeen selected his project AURA as one of the top 10 art installations of 2017, alongside Olafur Eliasson, Ai Weiwei and Anish Kapoor. The lineage of his work can be found in shows of Lady Gaga, Travis Scott, Dua Lipa, Madonna, Lorde, Alicia Keys, Gesaffelstein and many others.
selected exhibitions & live performances
Venice Biennale
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Rewire Festival
Dekmantel Festival
Barbican
SXSW
Le Guess Who
The Shed (NYC)
Paris Couture Week
Kunsthal
Barbican Centre
Art Central Hong Kong
Dutch Design Week
MTV VMAs (NYC)
Design Museum Gent
Lowlands Festival
Design Society (Shenzhen, CHN)
Iceland Airwaves
MIRA Festival
STRP Festival
Nuit Blanche (Paris, FR)
EYE Film Museum (NL)
De School (NL)
Concertgebouw (NL)
FORMS (Toronto, CAN)
Van Gogh Museum (NL)
Amsterdam Dance Event (NL)
Trouw (NL)
selected awards
Dutch Design Award - finalist
Elisabeth van Thüringenprijs - winner
Lumen Prize - category 3D/Sculpture - finalist
HKU Award Entrepreneurship - winner
strategy and website design
Agency Agency