Bio
Nick West is a British artist from Brighton. He studied Fine Art at the Kent Institute of Art & Design, specialising in Graphic Fine Art, a discipline that stemmed from printmaking and photography to include artists’ books, installation and video art.
Nick currently lives and works in Tokyo. He lectures at Joshibi University of Art & Design, writes for Genso, Tokyo Art Beat, and Metropolis Magazine, and organises Artist Talks.
Selected Exhibitions
Nov. 2018 RCA Secret 2018 Royal College of Art, London, UK
Sep. 2018 Turning the Page Paper Gallery, Manchester, UK
Sep. 2018 Reading Between the Lines Launchpad Gallery, Yokohama
May 2018 On Paper Clouds Art + Coffee Koenji, Tokyo
May 2018 World Book Day Exhibition World of Glass Museum, UK
Apr. 2018 World Book Day Exhibition Eccleston Library, St. Helen’s, UK
Oct. 2017 Tokyo Art Book Fair 2017 Tennozu Isle, Tokyo
Aug. 2017 Volumes ONCA St George’s Place, Brighton, UK
Apr. 2017 Subway Tacchi Studios, Shibuya, Tokyo
Mar. 2017 Surfaces Nishimachi Artist Space, Motoazabu, Tokyo
Sep. 2016 Tokyo Art Book Fair 2016 Shinanomachi, Tokyo
Public Engagement
Sep. 2018 Introducing Artists’ Books Launchpad Gallery, Yokohama
Sep. 2018 Workshop: How to Make a Book Launchpad Gallery, Yokohama
May 2018 Introducing ‘On Paper’ Clouds Art + Coffee, Koenji, Tokyo
Jul. 2017 Artist Talk: My Practice Good Heavens, Shimokitazawa, Tokyo
Sep. 2014 Tokyo Murals Pecha-Kucha Night, Super Deluxe, Roppongi, Tokyo
Collaborations
May 2015 Blueprint Arthur Huang, Yuko Kamei, John Reardon, Hyemin Son
Jan. 2010 Genso A website based on the periodic table with Sam Frith
Jul. 2005 A Storm in a Teacup A digital collage with Sam Frith
Nov. 2002 Sexymachinery A publication with Åbäke and other contributors
Projects
Jul. 2017- Artist Talks Organiser A series of talks with artists in Tokyo
May 2015- Art Researcher A blog about contemporary art – Genso
May 2013- Art Reviewer A series of articles and reviews – Tokyo Art Beat
Employment
Apr. 2018- Adjunct Professor at Joshibi University of Art & Design
May 2013- Art Writer for Tokyo Art Beat, Genso, and Metropolis Magazine
2011-2018 Art & English Teacher at Shoto Junior High School, Shibuya, Tokyo
Education
Jul. 2015 An Introduction to Curating University of the Arts London
Jul. 1999 Fine Art (BA Hons) First Class University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Awards
Jul. 1999 Kent Institute of Art & Design Commendation, Canterbury, UK
Curation
Apr. 2004 Miniatures Sam Frith, Sky Gallery, Kumamoto, Japan
Collections
Jul. 1999 Artists’ Books Collection The British Library, London, UK
Associations
Art Byte Critique is a group of working artists interested in constructive dialogues about studio work and the discovery of new ideas and inspirations.
PoNJA-GenKon is a group of artists, researchers, and art historians specialising in Post-War Japanese Art or Gendai Bijutsu Kondankai.
