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BIOGRAPHY

Nemo Jantzen (b. 1970, The Hague) is an internationally acclaimed contemporary artist whose work has garnered recognition in major art capitals around the world. With a background in design, photography, and fine arts from the esteemed RTO Art Academy in Rotterdam.

From his early days as a graphic designer and billboard artist in Antwerp to his current status as a sought-after fine artist, Jantzen’s trajectory is a testament to his versatile talent and relentless drive for innovation. His striking works—known for their masterful use of color and light, intricate textures, and dynamic compositions—have made a significant impact on contemporary art. Jantzen’s career spans over 25 years, during which he has exhibited in some of the most prestigious galleries and art fairs globally. His work has captivate collectors and art enthusiasts alike and can be found in numerous private collections, as well as prominent public institutions across Europe, the United States, and beyond.

Today, Nemo works mainly from his studio in Barcelona, where he remains deeply engaged in the evolving art world. His continued ability to blend innovation with timeless craftsmanship ensures his place among the leading voices in contemporary art. 

 
STATEMENTS
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DOMES

Nemo Jantzen’s exploration of perception and perspective mixes photography, pointillism, and pop art to create mixed media photo-compositions that question and deconstruct pop culture and mass media.

 

In an effort to explore and interrogate the powerful presence of visual culture in the modern world – Television, billboards, music, social media, magazines, and more – Jantzen has developed an aesthetic that feels both analog and interactive.

 

After collecting thousands of images and organizing them by theme and color, the artist embeds them in small handmade resin spheres. Jantzen then joins dozens of the spheres together to create large scale mixed media photographic portraits. The work requires and inspires viewers to constantly investigate their perspective through the interplay of walking up close and standing at a distance.

 

Part of Jantzen’s intent seems to be bringing awareness to viewers of how individual perception is influenced by mass media messaging, “We sometimes get bombarded by so much information that we lose sight of “the big picture”.

 

Nemo Jantzen’s dome pieces created a buying frenzy and sold out shows from the moment it was introduced during Art Basel Miami in 2015 and has ever since caught the attention of many art collectors and consolidated private and public collections worldwide. The success of the works has taken the contemporary art world by storm and shows no sign of calming down; maintaining the status of the top ten in the most high-in-demand artist in Art Fairs (Study by Artsy) and beyond.

 
NAILS & THREADS

In his latest body of work, the Dutch artist Nemo Jantzen is combining skills obtained in the earlier years of his career as a painter, sketching his subjects on canvas or paper and learning about perspective, depth, contrast, and light. But instead of using conventional materials like charcoal and pencil, he is sketching his subjects using nothing but nails and one continuous thread.

 

By placing hundreds of stainless steel nails on a wooden board as his canvas, and using his photography as a road map, Nemo zigzags thread from nail to nail, layer over layer until magically his pieces take shape with a remarkable level of creativity and craftsmanship. By the use of delicate thread that cast subtle shades on the background, these dazzling pieces are not only extremely detailed, even photo-realistic; but also three dimensional, changing by the light cast and perspective of the beholder.


This new series sparked the immediate interest of Art collectors, journalists, interior designers, and art lovers alike from the moment he introduced the series to the public in 2018 at Art Miami. 

 
CERAMICS

In my mixed media bodywork of painted ceramics on wood, I try to capture and address these times of vigilance and voyeurism of hidden cameras and video surveillance that have become accepted in our society, creating awareness of this invasion of privacy for our own perverted need to know and watch all. In the name of safety and control and fed by the media this imagery has changed into entertainment and pleasure. Portraying public figures that became common good through the lens of a camera and a language of blurred and pixelated imagery, our eyes got all too used too over these last decades, photographic stills and scenes that can tell whole stories in one glance. In these pieces, built up out of hand-painted ceramic tiles which I use as building blocks that by themselves are nothing more than that but together form pixelated shapes that merely suggest an image that our imagination transforms into a flowing and complete figures. The missing details and shortage of information stimulate our imagination to fill in the blanks and create excitement.

 
OIL AND ACRYLIC ON CANVAS

In my hyper-realistic work, much inspired by film, I try to capture details of highly enlarged objects or photographic moments in time; scenes, often decadent and noir style subject matters with a story to tell, like a movie still with an open ending, deliberately avoiding eye contact giving away a personality of the painted subjects, not to interfere with the imagination of the spectator and compelling them to think and imagine what has happened or what will happen next. Intrigued by light and the mystery of darkness I play with a focus creating a sense of depth and connecting the image and viewer through the inclusion of the optical vocabulary of cinematography and the allusion to the constraints of the instant polaroid. Thus bringing into question the act of voyeurism and the anticlimactic and revelatory nature of privacy.

COLLECTIONS & SPECIAL COMMISSIONS

  • GEM Museum , Netherland

  • Museum POPA, Switzerland

  • Museum Diocesa, Spain

  • Mandarin Oriental Hotel, New York

  • Presidential Suite, Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas

  • Shannon Sedgwick Davis, Head of Bridgeway Foundation.

  • Fundraising auction against human trafficking.

  • Peru Contemporary Art Museum, Peru

  • Billy Frist, Photography Collector, DREAM Hotel Owner, TN

  • Robert Griffin III, NFL American Football Player

  • Alcazar Financial Group, Dubai

  • Wheelock Properties, Singapore

  • Dylan Farrell Design, Australia-NY

  • Claudia Schiffer, Super Model

  • Nicole Sassman Celebrity Interior Designer, LA

  • VIP Box Staples Center, LA

  • Avi Weitzman, New York

  • Kobe Bryant Commission, Los Angeles Lakers National Basketball Player, LA

  • Ronnie Wood, Rolling Stone Commission, Barcelona

EXHIBITIONS

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2022: Art Miami, Fremin gallery, Miami, US, Context Miami, K+Y gallery, Miami, US, Context Miami, Blank space, Miami, US, Art international Zurich, Reitz gallery, Zurich, GE, Sydney Contemporary, M Contemporary, Sydney, AUS, Public Art exhibition - Hearts Corperation, New York, US, Art New York, Fremin gallery, New York, US, Show, Manderine hotel, Barcelona, ES, Solo show, M Contemporary, Sydney AUS, Group show, Villa del Arte, Barcelona, ES Group exhibition, Mensin gallery, Berlin, DE, Art On Paper, Fremin gallery, New York, US, Art Hamptons, K+Y Gallery, Hamptons, NY, U, Art Seoul, Blank space, Seoul, KR, KunstRai, Chiefs and sprits, Amsterdam, NL, Palm Beach County Convention Center, House of Fine Art, US, Istanbul Contemporary, Vill del Arte, Istanbul TR, Group show, ZK gallery, San francisco US, Art Karlsruhe, Villa del Arte, , Karlsruhe, DE Solo Fremin gallery, New York, US, Art Wynwood, HOFA, Miami, US, Solo show, Red gallery, Mallorca ES, Solo show, Artbay gallery, Queenstown, NZ, Group show, Bel Air gallery, St. Tropez, FR 2021: Art Madrid, Artburo, Madrid, ES, Art Karlsruhe, Villa del Arte, , ES, Solo show, MContempoary, Sydney, AU, Solo show Fremin gallery, New York, US, Group show, HOFA, London, UK, Solo show, Villa del Arte, Barcelona, ES, Group show, HOFA, Mykonos, GR 2020: Istanbul Contemporary, Fremin gallery, IST, Solo show Fremin gallery, New York, US, Sydney Contemporary, MContemporary, AUS, Solo show Mensing gallery, Berlin, GER, Art New York, Fremin gallery, New York, US, Group show, MContempoary, Sydney, AU, Group show, HOFA, London, UK, Group show, Villa del Arte, Barcelona, ES 2019: Art Miami Fremin gallery US, Scope Miami/K+Y Gallery US, Solo show Fremin gallery New York US, Sydney Contemporary MContemporary AUS, Solo show Galerie Mensing Cologne GE, Group show Bel Air gallery St. Tropez FR, Solo show Galerie Mensing Berlin GE, Art New York Fremin gallery NY-US, Groupshow Villa del Arte  Amsterdam NL, Solo show M Contemporary Sydney AUS, Grouphsow Villa del Arte Barcelona ES, Solo show Galerie Mensing Hannover GE, Art Mrkt Hamptons K+Y Gallery NY-US, Group show House of Fine Art London UK, Group show House of Fine Art Mykonos GRE, Istanbul Contemporary Vill del Arte TR, Art Karlsruhe Villa del Arte galleries GE, Groupshow K+Y gallery Paris FR, Texas Contemporary ZK Gallery US, Palm Beach Contemporary K+Y gallery US, Groupshow ZK Gallery San Francisco US, LA Art Show K+Y Gallery Los Angeles US. 2018: Context Miami Blank Space gallery US, Scope Miami K+Y gallery US, Artered gallery New York US, MContemporary Sydney AU, Mensing gallery Hamburg DE, Texas Contemporary ZK Gallery US, Contemporary Istanbul Villa del Arte ES, ISLOV Collection Shanghai China, House of Fine Art London UK, George Billis gallery Los Angeles US, Art Cologne Reitz gallery GE, House of fine Art Mykonos GR, Kunsthaus Hannover DE, ZK gallery San Fransisco US, Villa del Arte galleries Barcelona ES, Art Palm Beach Blank Space US, L.A Art show K+Y gallery US. 2017: Art Miami Wanrooij gallery US, Art Beirut Bel-Air Fine Art gallery FR, Solo show, Reitz gallery Cologne DE, Group exhibition Kunsthaus Hannover DE, Scope Mark Hachem Basel Switzerland, Group show House of Fine Art London UK, Group show Bel Air gallery St. Tropez FR, Solo show K+Y Gallery Paris FR, Art Miami/New York Wanrooij Gallery NL, Gallery show Cube Gallery London UK, Solo show Ode To Art Singapore SG, Art Stage Singapore Mark Hachem Gallery SG, Art Silicon Valley Wanrooij gallery US, LA Art Show K+Y Gallery, US, Solo show MContemporary Sydney AUS, Grouphsow Villa del Arte Barcelona ES, Art Mrkt, Hamptons K+Y Gallery US, Groupshow Chiefs and Spirits The Haque NL, Art Karlsruhe Villa del Arte galleries GE, Group show K+Y gallery Paris FR, Art Texas ZK Gallery San Francisco US, Groupshow ZK Gallery San Francisco US, LA Art Show K+Y Gallery. 2016: Art Central Hong Kong Cube Gallery UK, Art Central K+Y Gallery Paris, Art Stage Singapore Mark Hachem Gallery, Art Wynwood K+Y Gallery Paris, Los Angeles Art Show K+Y Gallery. 2015: Art Basel Scope Miami K+Y Gallery, Contemporary Istanbul K+Y Gallery, Art Silicon Valley San Francisco USA, Wanrooij Gallery, Art Toronto Mark Hachem Gallery, Artsouthampton New York K+Y Gallery, Cube Gallery Art Hamptons New York. June K+Y Scope Art Basel, Woolf Gallery, March UK, K+Y Gallery LA Art Show, January Miami, K+Y Gallery Art Wynwood, January Miami, Mark Hachem Art Stage Singapore January. 2014: Art Hamptons Mark Hachem/DeMedics Gallery, Singapore Shows Artered Gallery, London-Paris-Toronto Shows Envie d'Art Gallery, Group Show Gallery 2.0, Holland 2013: Scope Basel, Switzerland, Artered gallery 2013: Group Show, Artered Gallery, NY. 2012: Artered gallery, Singapore 2012: Houston Fine Art Fair, Artered gallery 2012: LA Art show, Los Angeles 2012: Art Toronto, Canada 2012: London Art, UK, Artered gallery 2012: Context, Art Miami, US 2011: Art Chicago, Artered, Chicago 2011: Art Hamptons, New York, US 2011: Artered project, Wynwood Miami 2011: Villa del Arte galleries, Barcelona 2010: Line art, Gent, Belgium 2010: ARTI'10 The Hague, Holland 2010: BuyArt Fair, Manchester England 2009: Newcastle Gateshead, England 2008: GEAF, Gooi en Emland Artfair 2008: Buyart fair, Newcastle, England 2008: Konstmässen, Stockholm, Sweden 2008: Open Art fair Utrecht, Holland2008: Northern Art fair, Harrowgate, England 2007: Galerie Giardino, Berg en Terblijt, Holland 2007: ArtNime, Nimes, France 2007: Salzburg World fine Art fair, Austria 2007: Galeria Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain 2007: Glasgow Art fair, Scotland 2006: Villa del Arte galleries, Barcelona, Spain 2006: Galerie Giardino, Berg en Terblijt, Holland 2005: So-Hyun Gallery, New York, U.S 2005: IAF (Inspired Art Fair), London, England 2005: Barcelona Art Galleries, Barcelona, Spain 2005: Caixa Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain 2004: So-Hyun Gallery, New York, U.S 2004: Barcelona Art Gallery, Barcelona, Spain 2002: Villa del Arte, Barcelona, Spain 2001: Fundacion contra Sida, Barcelona, Spain

PRESS & PUBLICATIONS

  • Flash Art

  • Art & Décor

  • La Vanguardia

  • Art Republik

  • Modern Luxury

  • BAM Byron Arts Magazine

  • Luxe. Interior and Design Magazine

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