Author: constantine nicholas
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Random scrubs: days of darkness
SLOT Window Gallery, Sydney. 15 July – 17 August, 2024 An installation by Constantine Nicholas SLOT window gallery is an artist run gallery space on the edge of the city of Sydney. As a shopfront retail space it provides a unique space for anyone to view art at any time of the day, 24/7. The…
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photo-based
Photography can tell a compelling story when executed well. ‘photo-based’ is a curation of digital works by 20 artists collected on-chain, on Solana. Photography was one of my first loves and introductions into the world of light captured on 35mm film. From the age of 15, all I wanted to do was to take photos.…
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Purely Abstract
A curated collection by Constantine Nicholas ‘Random Scrub’ (detail view) pigment, pen on paper. 2024. @artcons9 I’ve always wanted to curate a show on abstract art. I mean pure abstract work. Which to me is the non-figurative, the non-literal, where the subject matter is mostly a pure form of expression – from the artist’s hand…
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Slot studio packs a punch
Recently I visited my long time friend and artist Tony Twigg in his Sydney studio. I was there to check out the SLOT window gallery, at the front of his studio, where I will be showing my work, 14 July – 17 August. It’s a challenging space that offers exposure to the traffic and passers alike in Alexandria,…
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Accidental marks brings a new approach
It was just the other day while I was sanding a melamine board that I realised I was actually creating abstract marks on paper. This is interesting because part of the struggle with completing a work is knowing when to stop. If I remove the will to resolve a composition in my head I will…
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Art Lines bring new begining in 2022
After much work on creating digital works since 2011 with Art Words on instagram, the Covid lockdown finally gave me the chance and time to re-evaluate what digital works could be. The NFT momentum gave me hope that there could be wider audiences for art (and my art) beyond the ‘Art Gallery’ and beyond Australia.…
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create again
Thanks for visiting. It has been a while since I’ve had a chance to focus on creating anything artistic (formally) and that includes updating my website. I’ve been sitting on the sidelines and observing the world from my roles in marketing and digital media. Lots of things have happened in the art market over…
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