exhibition view »Celestial Telegraphies« 2020, REITER | Berlin

James Nizam

work info bio
exhibition view »Celestial Telegraphies« 2020, REITER | Berlin
exhibition view »Celestial Telegraphies« 2020, REITER | Berlin
»Fold of Light« 2021, archival print on fibre paper, 122 x 152 cm, Edition of 5
»Fold of Light« 2021, archival print on fibre paper, 122 x 152 cm, Edition of 5
»Celestial Telegraphies« 2020 . beyond violet. exhibition view
»Celestial Telegraphies« 2020 . beyond violet. exhibition view
exhibition view »Celestial Telegraphies« 2020, REITER | Berlin
exhibition view »Celestial Telegraphies« 2020, REITER | Berlin
»Celestial Telegraphies« 2020 . exhibition view
»Celestial Telegraphies« 2020 . exhibition view
»Celestial Telegraphies« 2020 . ogee. exhibition view
»Celestial Telegraphies« 2020 . ogee. exhibition view
»Drawing with Starlight (Failed Star)« 2020, Inkjet print on Photo Rag Baryta, 157 x 127 cm
»Drawing with Starlight (Failed Star)« 2020, Inkjet print on Photo Rag Baryta, 157 x 127 cm
»Shard of light« 2011, archival print on fibre paper, 122 x 152 cm
»Shard of light« 2011, archival print on fibre paper, 122 x 152 cm
»Spindle (after Laurie Spiegel‘s „harmonices mundi“) « 2017 . turned maple wood, carbon, pigment, wax . 304.8 x 10.16 cm
»Spindle (after Laurie Spiegel‘s „harmonices mundi“) « 2017 . turned maple wood, carbon, pigment, wax . 304.8 x 10.16 cm
»Score« Modified record player - autoloop - 16 rpm, amplifier, installation with 2 electrostatic speakers
»Score« Modified record player - autoloop - 16 rpm, amplifier, installation with 2 electrostatic speakers
»Music of the Spheres« 2017 . modified record player - Autoloop - 16U/min, amplifier, installation with 2 electrostatic speakers . 60.96 x 45.72 x 88.9 cm + »Score« 2017 . records, 42min composition. 30.48 cm
»Music of the Spheres« 2017 . modified record player - Autoloop - 16U/min, amplifier, installation with 2 electrostatic speakers . 60.96 x 45.72 x 88.9 cm + »Score« 2017 . records, 42min composition. 30.48 cm
»Drawings with Starlight (Tract)« 2018 . analogue photography . 152,9 x 122,4cm
»Drawings with Starlight (Tract)« 2018 . analogue photography . 152,9 x 122,4cm
»Frieze« 2016, lightjetprint on aluminiumdibond, 122 x 152 cm
»Frieze« 2016, lightjetprint on aluminiumdibond, 122 x 152 cm
»Orrery« 2019, Photopolymer 3D Print
»Orrery« 2019, Photopolymer 3D Print
»Thought form (Cube)« 2011, archival print on fibre paper, 102 x 127 cm
»Thought form (Cube)« 2011, archival print on fibre paper, 102 x 127 cm
»Solar Scale (Quintet)« 2017 . pigment print on baryta paper . 121.9 x 152.4 cm
»Solar Scale (Quintet)« 2017 . pigment print on baryta paper . 121.9 x 152.4 cm
»Starlight Drawing (Track)« 2017 . lightjetprint on dibond . 101.6 x 81.28 cm
»Starlight Drawing (Track)« 2017 . lightjetprint on dibond . 101.6 x 81.28 cm
exhibition view »Stellar Spectra« REITER | Berlin prospect
exhibition view »Stellar Spectra« REITER | Berlin prospect
Orthodrome, 2019. Lightjet print, 32 x 40 cm
Orthodrome, 2019. Lightjet print, 32 x 40 cm
»Cleft« 2016, relief print, 183 x 140 cm
»Cleft« 2016, relief print, 183 x 140 cm
exhibition view »Ascensions of Time« Burrard Arts Foundation, Canada
exhibition view »Ascensions of Time« Burrard Arts Foundation, Canada
»Contour« 2016, relief print, 183 x 140 cm
»Contour« 2016, relief print, 183 x 140 cm
exhibition view »Ascensions of Time« Burrard Arts Foundation, Canada
exhibition view »Ascensions of Time« Burrard Arts Foundation, Canada
»Drill holes through studio wall« 2011, archival print on fibre paper, 152 x 122 cm
»Drill holes through studio wall« 2011, archival print on fibre paper, 152 x 122 cm
»Railing« 2013, archival print on fibre paper, 102 x 81 cm
»Railing« 2013, archival print on fibre paper, 102 x 81 cm
»Gate« 2016, steel, 107 x 69 x 1.4 cm
»Gate« 2016, steel, 107 x 69 x 1.4 cm
»Drawing with Starlight (Circle)« 2020, Inkjet print on Photo Rag Baryta, 157 x 127 cm
»Drawing with Starlight (Circle)« 2020, Inkjet print on Photo Rag Baryta, 157 x 127 cm
»Sundial« 2013, archival print on fibre paper, 122 x 152 cm
»Sundial« 2013, archival print on fibre paper, 122 x 152 cm
»Four circles« 2013, archival print on fibre paper, 152 x 122 cm
»Four circles« 2013, archival print on fibre paper, 152 x 122 cm
»Two triangles« 2013, archival print on fibre paper, 152 x 122 cm
»Two triangles« 2013, archival print on fibre paper, 152 x 122 cm
»Icosahedron« 2014, archival print on fibre paper, 152 x 12
»Icosahedron« 2014, archival print on fibre paper, 152 x 12
»Vestiges of Memory« 2015, exhibition view
»Vestiges of Memory« 2015, exhibition view
»Octagram« 2016, Lightjetprint, 102 x 127 cm
»Octagram« 2016, Lightjetprint, 102 x 127 cm

James Nizam info

James Nizam works with light - it is both his theme and material for his photographs. Artificial studio light or natural daylight directs the lines, shapes and surfaces while suggesting physicality and movement in his works. Without any tricky perceptions, Nizam is able to challenge the view of the virtuoso imaginations of objects. He can easily ignore the visual habit of only being able to capture light on the surface and transform immateriality into objectivity.
Sculptures with sunlight, drawings with flashlights, and the architectural structures of the light rays and alienated objects illuminate the beginnings of photographic art. The topics of concrete photography and the current technical possibilities of optical physics are also present. For example, Nizam installs light sources that emanate radiated light from different points of a confined space. Just like a choreographer, he is able to combine all of the beams into constellations, so that the luminous spatial lines complement each other and form geometric bodies.
The resulting convex polyhedron can be expanded into an icosahedron with 20 faces (»Thought Form«). Other works are created by pierced holes in film cassettes or freight containers into which the light is projected and creates a fan of light.
According to the models of ancient, astrological observatories and prehistoric solar calendars, Nizam (by precise calculation of the solar incidence in columns of the building exterior) creates temporary walls of light (»Shard of Light«). In »Lathes« and »Wall« he enlightens the architectural details of abstract, floating structures. The combination of both sculpture and space into light is summed up in his large-format photographs that have a highly aesthetic quality and poetic form.

James Nizam bio

1977
born in Bedfordshire. England
2002
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Canada
James Nizam lives and works in Vancouver. Canada