Nicolas Party (born July 1, 1980) is a Swiss visual artist. He lives and works in

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and

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. He is known for his multi-media interdisciplinary immersive exhibitions.

Biography

He received his BFA degree from the

École cantonale d'art de Lausanne The École cantonale d'art de Lausanne (ÉCAL) is a university of art and design located in the Renens suburb of Lausanne, Switzerland. It was founded in 1821 and is affiliated with the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerl ...

in 2004 and his MFA from the

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, in

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in 2009. Party's work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the

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, Montreal, the

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in Brussels, the

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, and the

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. For his second exhibition at the Hirshorn Museum which ran from September 18, 2021 until the spring of 2022 he created his largest work to date ''Draw the Curtain'', it "wraps 360 degrees around the temporary scaffolding that encases the Museum building and spans a circumference of 829 feet". It is an "original pastel painting digitally collaged and printed onto scrim". Party’s exhibition "When Tomorrow Comes" at the Museum Frieder Burda is the Swiss artist’s first museum presentation in Germany. Party' primary medium of choice is

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. Party is represented by

Hauser & Wirth Hauser & Wirth is a Swiss contemporary and modern art gallery. History Hauser & Wirth was founded in 1992 in Zurich by Iwan Wirth, Manuela Wirth, and Ursula Hauser, who were joined in 2000 by co-president Marc Payot. In 2020, Ewan Venters was ap ...

, The Modern Institute, Kaufmann Repetto, Gregor Staiger, Karma and

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. In February 2020 he had his first solo exhibition, "Scottsboro" with Hauser & Wirth at their

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, California venue. In 2017 he had his first solo exhibition, "Three Season" with Xavier Hufkens. Among the artists Party cites as having influenced his painting are

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Milton Avery Milton Clark Avery (; March 7, 1885 – January 3, 1965Haskell, B. (2003). "Avery, Milton". Grove Art Online.) was an American Modern art, modern painter. Born in Altmar, New York, he moved to Connecticut in 1898 and later to New York City. He wa ...

Pablo Picasso Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, Ceramic art, ceramicist, and Scenic ...

, and

Giorgio Morandi Giorgio Morandi (July 20, 1890 – June 18, 1964) was an Italian painter and printmaker widely known for his subtly muted still-life paintings of ceramic vessels, flowers, and landscapes—their quiet, meditative quality reflecting the artist's ...

. Party's landscapes often draw from or even directly cite styles and motifs from a diverse set of contemporary painters and painters of previous generations, including

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, a similarity picked up at a number of exhibitions.

Bibliography

*Stéphane Aquin, ''Nicolas Party: Mauve Twilight'', 5 Continents Editions,

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, 2022 *Stéphane Aquin,

Stefan Banz Stefan Banz (11 September 1961 – 16 May 2021) was an artist and curator. Banz was born in Sursee, Switzerland, and grew up in Menznau. In 1989, he co-founded the Kunsthalle Luzern and served as its artistic director until 1993. From 1994 to 199 ...

, Ali Subotnick, Melissa Hyde, ''Nicolas Party'',

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, 2022 *

Louis Fratino Louis Fratino (born 1993) is an American visual artist. Education Fratino graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD in 2015. Fratino was a recipient of a Fulbright Research Fellowship in Painting, Berlin, 2015–201 ...

, Glenn Fuhrman,

Loie Hollowell Loie Hollowell (born 1983) is an American painter. She was born and raised in Northern California. She currently lives and works in New York City. Hollowell creates abstract biomorphic paintings that suggest spirituality and sexuality. Hollowell's ...

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, Billy Sullivan, Robin F. Williams, Melissa Hyde, ''Nicolas Party: Pastel'', The FLAG Art Foundation,

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, 2021 *Tobia Bezzola, Francesca Bernasconi, Michele Robecchi, ''Nicolas Party: Rovine'',

Museo d'Arte della Svizzera Italiana The Swiss–Italian Art Museum (), commonly known as MASI Lugano, MASILugano or MASI, is an art museum predominantly featuring 20th-century and contemporary art in Lugano, Switzerland. Since December 2019, the museum has two locations, one in the ...

Lugano Lugano ( , , ; ) is a city and municipality within the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. It is the largest city in both Ticino and the Italian-speaking region of southern Switzerland. Lugano has a population () of , and an u ...

, 2021

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Party, Nicolas 1980 births Swiss artists Swiss contemporary artists 21st-century Swiss painters Living people Artists from Lausanne ÉCAL alumni Alumni of the Glasgow School of Art