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 Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Shed (NYC), Rewire Festival (NL), Museum of Contemporary Art (Shanghai, CHN), National Opera & Ballet (NL), STRP Festival, Design Society (CHN), Paris Couture Week (FR), SXSW (USA), Dekmantel Festival, Art Central Hong Kong, MTV VMAs (NYC), Design Museum Gent (BE), Le Guess Who (NL), Iceland Airwaves (IS), Dutch Design Week and collaborated with artists such as Iris van Herpen, Björk, Caterina Barbieri, Lykke Li, Sarah Davachi, Eefje de Visser, Charlotte Adigéry, Doja Cat, 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.
selected exhibitions & live performances
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (NL)
The Shed (NYC)
Rewire Ferstival (NL)
Paris Couture Week (Paris, FR)
Dekmantel Festival (NL)
SXSW (Austin, USA)
Barbican (London, UK)
Art Central Hong Kong (CHN)
MTV VMAs (NYC)
Design Museum Gent (BE)
Lowlands Festival (NL)
Dutch Design Week (NL)
Design Society (Shenzhen, CHN)
Le Guess Who (NL)
Iceland Airwaves (Reykjavik, ISL)
MIRA Festival (Barcelona, ES)
STRP (NL)
Nuit Blanche (Paris, FR)
EYE Film Museum (NL)
De School (NL)
Nieuw Dakota Gallery (NL)
Concertgebouw (NL)
FRAME Lab (NL)
Sandberg Institute (NL)
Lehrter Siebzehn Gallery (Berlin, DE)
FORMS (Toronto, CAN)
De Nieuwe Kerk (NL)
TEDx (NL)
Van Gogh Museum (NL)
Gabriel Rolt Gallery (NL)
Amsterdam Dance Event (NL)
REC Festival (NL)
Trouw (NL)
Bimhuis (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
selected collaborations
Iris van Herpen
Björk
Caterina Barieri
Charlotte Adigéry
Kara-Lis Coverdale
Sarah Davachi
Lykke Li
Eefje de Visser
Suzanne Ciani
Doja Cat
Fatima Yamaha
selected publications
Dezeen
Victoria & Albert Museum
FRAME Magazine
Resident Advisor
Elephant
Design Society
Mister Motley
BBC Radio
NRC
Volkskrant
3voor12
The Chicago Tribune
Creators Project
Engadget
Trendtablet
National Post
selected presentations
SXSW - Linking Art & Science Through Technology
Netherlands Film Festival - Visualising Beyond The Mind
TENT Rotterdam - Collaborative Art Practices
Fiber Festival - EEG Interfaces In Contemporary Art
MTA Beijing - Discovering Interfaces Between Art, Technology and Sound
MU Artspace - Materialising The Internet
FORMS Toronto - AI In Art Is Metaphor
RTL Late Night - Muziek Maken Met Je Emoties
HKU - Realising Multidisciplinary Art Projects
Blink YoungBlood Award - head of jury
Amsterdam Dance Event - Sound Lab
Pakhuis de Zwijger