Wessel Nimmer (1970,NL) Dutch-born artist formally known as Wessel Nimmer (Wessel Muller). Always looking for faster ways to change ideas into forms, his objects and paintings are mostly made out of building- and officematerials: memo-stickers, glues, floor- and wallpaints, adhesive tape and markers. Often his works combine wordplaying, images and a graphic use of color. Recently he builds installations out of recycled wood painted monochrome grey, which serve at the same time as furniture and barricades. In his "3-chord-visuals", based on digital photography, drawings and bitmaps in short graphic loops, he strives for similar direct, rough-edged, but nevertheless esthetic results. After studying art in Utrecht, he co-founded a performance- band called Ijime, exposed his work on many occasions in several european countries and restlessly changed studios in the Netherlands before, in 2000, settling in Berlin. Since 2002 he collaborates with Joerg Suermann in JPECH. Der in den Niederlanden geborene K¸nstler Wessel Nimmer (Wessel Muller), sucht st”ndig neue Wege seine Ideen schnell in Formen umzusetzen. Seine Objekte und Bilder gestaltet er meistens aus Bau- und B¸ro-Materialien: Lack, Klebstoffe, Boden- und Wand-Farbe, Klebeband und Stifte. Die Arbeiten schlieþen Wortspiele, gegenst”ndliche Bilder und grafisch eingesetzte Farbe ein. Seit Neuestem baut er als M–bel oder Barrikade anzusehende Objekte, die er aus monochromgrau gestrichenem Sperrholz herstellt. In seinen ì3-Akkorde-Visualsì, meistens basierend auf Zeichnungen, Digitalfotografie und Bitmaps in kurzen Grafik-Loops, untersucht er die Wirkung bewegter Bilder, des Lichtes und die Sprache der Werbung. Auch hier strebt er nach direkten, manchmal scharfkantigen, aber immer ”sthetischen Resultaten. Nach seinem Studium in Utrecht gr¸ndete er die Performance-Band namens ìIjimeì mit. Bei mehreren Anl”ssen in verschiedenen europ”ischen L”ndern stellte er seine Arbeit aus. Im Jahre 2000 lieþ er sich in Berlin nieder, um - angestiftet von J–rg Supermann - das VJ-Duo JPECH aus der Taufe zu heben. Exhibitions (selection) : Nicht Kippen, Peninsula, Eindhoven (2003); Seriously Sexed Up, Pictura, Dordrecht(2003); Kunst im Bau, Shellhouse, Berlin (2003); Roomservice, Ki-osk, Cologne(2003); Healing Art of Art, buro empty, Amsterdam (2003); The 4th Salon / Central Museum, Utrecht. (2002);The Indigo-room, Bread & Butter, Cologne (2002); Art Forum Berlin 2002; Autocenter, Berlin.(2002); just visiting, 2YK Gallery, Berlin. (2000); Extraroom, Academiegallery, Utrecht (2000); The Royal prize for painting, Royal Palace, Amsterdam (1999); An ordinary White-Cube artshow, Parel, Amsterdam. (1999); The 3rd Salon of art and design/ Central Museum, Utrecht (1998); Creative indoor play, Gallery Berlin-Tokyo, Berlin. (1998). Performances (selection) : Zeitruck / Auguststrasse, Berlin (ijime); Reinigungsgesellschaft, Dresden (ijime); Tivoli, Utrecht, (ijime); PLF, Utrecht (ijime);Sophies Palace (ijime); Beeldenroute, botanic gardens, Utrecht; SubClub, Roxy, Amsterdam (with radboud mens); Sophies Palace, Utrecht (ijime trevi); KW37, Arnhem (ijime trevi), Hrupna Lajna/noise organ, Sophies Palace, Utrecht; Haarlem (ijime trevi); DBs, Utrecht (ijime trevi); Forbidden Fruits, Ljubljana (1995-1997). Grants : Project: Storm the Studio, Dutch Foundation for Art, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam(2002) Basic Grant: Dutch Foundation for Art, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam (2000) Project: gueststudio Berlin, Dutch Foundation for Art, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam (1999) Startersgrant: Center for modern Art, Utrecht (1998) photo: was << BACK JPECH.NET | CONTACT