NICK ERVINCK
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Nick Ervinck (b. 1981) graduated in 2003 from KASK (Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent) with a master's degree in Mixed Media. He then specialised in computer modelling, sculpture, and working with materials such as polyester, plaster and wood.
After teaching at art academies in Tielt, Menen and Kortrijk (2004 to 2012), he returned to KASK, where he was connected to the academy as a guest professor for three years.
His body of work includes large installations, handmade and 3D printed sculptures, ceramics, prints, drawings, light boxes and animated films. However diverse this artistic production may be, he remains above all fascinated by "negative space," as he discovered it in the work of classical sculptors such as Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth. The realisation that a "hole" in matter is actually a relatively young idea is likely to occupy him for the rest of his life.
As a child of his time, he plays a constantly shifting game between the physical and virtual world, employing both classical and new craft techniques, such as computers, 3D printing and milling.
From this interplay, he explores classical themes in his own distinctive way, including the human figure, with particular attention to anatomy and the emergence of cyborgs; plants, and especially their genetic manipulation; masks; and animals. In doing so, he always starts from an art historical background, which he confronts with contemporary pop and science fiction culture.
