Nick Theobald

Nick Theobald is an American artist born in Los Angeles in 1986. He was raised in Tokyo, Taiwan and Singapore, and is currently living in New York City. Theobald is included in public and private collections worldwide and has most recently shown at the ARoS Kunstmuseum in Denmark.

Work

Theobald's spiritual BOND with abstraction and materiality acts as a vehicle to explore contemplative notions. Theobald uses beeswax as his primary medium. With compositions bearing beeswax drips, imprints and layered gestures, Theobald's unconventional adaptation of natural materials places him among artists challenging painting traditions. His work also engages with artistic concepts such as Monochrome painting and minimalism. Beeswax also coats his sculptures and works on paper. Theobald's use of beeswax refers to its related symbolisms across both eastern and western cultures, amongst them immortality. He also applies aspects of Buddhism to American consumerist culture, which encourages suffering through unbound, pleasure-seeking consumption.

Selected Exhibitions

  • No Man is an Island- The Satanic Verses, ARoS Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark (2016)

Public collections

  • ARoS Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark

Exhibition Catalogues

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