Nico Sawatzki

Installation view 1 _von oben kommt der Regen_Photo Credit – Julia Knorr

VON OBEN KOMMT DER REGEN is the second solo exhibition of the artist Nico Sawatzki (*1984 in Regensburg) at Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister in Regensburg. Sawatzki creates landscape paintings in the broadest sense, whose atmospheric density is reminiscent of the moody paintings of William Turner.
However, Nico Sawatzki is by no means a landscape painter in the classical sense: the beginnings of his art lie in street art, the most important medium of which – the spray can – he has made use of for his unique artistic technique. However, he now applies the fine mist of acrylic paint to canvas in a cycle of construction and deconstruction of around 40 to 50 individual layers of paint.

Installation view 6_von oben kommt der Regen_Photo Credit – Julia Knorr

The picture titles – together with the poetic and humorous descriptions published for the first time in the course of the exhibition – are quintessences of his trains of thought and echoes of stories. In his works, Sawatzki draws on atmospheric memories and thus opens up his artworks to our imagination.

Nico Sawatzki_müde vom Fisch_120x180cm_spray paint and acrylic on canvas_2024

In 2022, Sawatzki was awarded the City of Regensburg’s Cultural Promotion Prize. The gallery regularly (re-)presents his works by participating in exhibitions in Germany, the USA, Canada and South Korea, among others. His works of art are represented in numerous private and public collections in Germany and abroad.
A catalog will be published to accompany the exhibition.

GALERIE ISABELLE LESMEISTER
Untere Bachgasse 7, 93047 Regensburg, Germany
+49 163 6988682

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