Berndnaut Smilde Explained

Berndnaut Smilde (Groningen, 1978) is a Dutch visual artist.

Early life

Berndnaut Smilde was born in 1978 in Groningen.^[1] In 2005, Smilde graduated with a master's degree in fine art from the Frank Mohr Institute of Hanze University in Groningen.^{[1] [2]}

Career

Smilde's best known works include the series Conditioner; sculptures that spread an antiseptic scent throughout several rooms,^[3] and Unflattened, which shows an inverted rainbow.^[4]

In 2012 he created a series of self-made clouds, of which Nimbus II, 2012, first performed in the Lady Chapel of Hoorn, was included in London's Saatchi Gallery.^[5] He chooses locations that are old, damp, that have no air circulation. Time magazine called this technique one of the fifty best inventions of 2012.^{[6] [7]}

In a collaboration with the photographer Simon Procter Smilde signature manufactured cloudscapes with fashion luminaries Karl Lagerfeld, Dolce & Gabbana, Donatella Versace and Alber Elbaz. The pictures appeared in feature in the September 2013 issue "ICONOCLOUDS" of Harper's Bazaar U.S. ^{[8] [9]}

Exhibitions

• Process Room (2008)^[2]
• Irish Museum of Modern Art (2008)^[2]
• Bunker Project (2010)^[2]
• Galerie West (2010)^[2]
• The Hague (2010)^[2]
• Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht (2013)^[1]
• Ronchini Gallery, London (2014)^[2]
• LIAN Contemporary Art Space, Shanghai (2015)^[1]

Group shows

• Galerie Boven de Bank (2001)^[2]
• Groningen (2001)^[2]
• Nofound Photo Fair, Paris (2012)^[2]
• Saatchi Gallery, London, (2012)^[2]
• Art 13, London (2013)^[2]
• Somarts, San Francisco (2013)^[2]
• FotoMuseum, Antwerp, (2015)^[1]
• Museum Kranenburgh, (2016)^[1]
• RWA Bristol, (2017)^[1]
• Saatchi Gallery, London (2017)^[1]

Awards

Smilde won a stipend from the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts.^[1]

External links

• • Recordings of the Clouds

Notes and References

1. Web site: Malinsky . Richard . An Interview with Berndnaut Smilde . The Woven Tale Press . 2 December 2019 . 22 June 2017.
2. Web site: Punj . Rajesh . Berndnaut Smilde interview . Out of Nothing . 2 December 2019 . May 24, 2014.
3. http://www.galeriewest.nl/artists2/Berndnaut_Smilde/0/7//dublin4 Image of one of the sculptures
4. http://5uur.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/unflattened/ "Unflattened"
5. Web site: Selected Works by Berndnaut Smilde . Saatchi Gallery.
6. https://techland.time.com/2012/11/01/best-inventions-of-the-year-2012/ "Best Inventions of the Year 2012 - Indoor Clouds"
7. http://www.good.is/posts/artist-creates-clouds-indoors-named-one-of-time-magazine-s-best-inventions-of-the-year-2012 Artist creates clouds indoors. Named one of Time magazine's 'Best Inventions of the Year 2012'
8. Web site: Moret . A. . Berndnaut Smilde: ICONOCLOUDS x Harper's Bazaar. Installation Mag . 11 November 2024 . September 24, 2013.
9. Web site: Alderson . Rob . Berndnaut Smilde's indoor clouds meet fashion icons for Harper's Bazaar. itsnicethat.com . 11 November 2024 . August 19, 2013.