Durch die Augen von... Nicholas Grafia

In a conversation with director and curator Theresa Roessler, Nicholas Grafia willsharehis own impressions and thoughts on Steffani Jemison’s solo exhibition*Augur*.

Nicholas Grafia (born in 1990 in Angeles City, PH; lives and works in Düsseldorf, DE) completed a master’s program in fine arts under Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, DE, in 2019. Prior to that, Nicholas Grafia studied at the Münster Academy of Fine Arts, Germany; the School of Arts and Cultures in Newcastle, UK; and British, American, and Postcolonial Studies at the University of Münster, Germany. Nicholas Grafia’s paintings, videos, and performances—often created in collaboration with the Polish artist Mikołaj Sobczak—explore processes of political memory culture and the inclusion and exclusion of certain individuals from Western-dominated global historiography.

Nicholas Grafia’s works have been exhibited internationally, most recently as part of the collateral program of the 60th Venice Biennale, Venice, IT; Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, AT; Hua International, Berlin/Beijing, DE/CH; KW, Berlin, DE; HKW, Berlin, DE; Steirischer Herbst, Graz, AT; MUDAM, Luxembourg, LU; Silverlens, Manila/New York, PH/US; Capitain Petzel, Berlin, DE; Shoot the Lobster, New York, US; Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, DK; Andersen’s Contemporary, Copenhagen, DK; Museum Ludwig, Cologne, DE; K21, Düsseldorf, DE; fffriedrich, Frankfurt am Main, DE; Tramway, Glasgow, UK; Kunstraum, London, UK; Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, DE; Dortmunder Kunstverein, Dortmund, DE; PS120, Berlin, DE; Exo Exo at David Giroire, Paris, FR; Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, PL; and at BOZAR, Brussels, BE.