Nicholas Samartis

Nicholas Samartis
Nationality	Australian
Occupation(s)	Contemporary artist Sculptor Photographer

Nicholas Samartis is a contemporary artist working across several mediums including sculpture,[1][2] photography, film, art installations and as a creative director.[3] He is also known for his photographic artworks and portraiture in American Vogue.[4][5][6]

Biography

Samartis has worked with U.S Conde Nast,[7][8] The New York Metropolitan Opera[9][10] and during a decade long career with the US Vogue[11][12][13] he worked with many notable icons, including Academy Award winners, Anne Hathaway, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Cate Blanchett and among others, Keira Knightley, Hugh Jackman, Amy Adams,[14] Naomi Watts, Ashley Judd, Katie Holmes, Gerard Butler, Evan Rachel Wood, and music superstars, Prince, Tom Petty, Billy Joel. And artists including Jeff Koons.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

Samartis received 'The 'Pinnacle Award' for photography at The Australian Design Biennale in the year 2014.[10] He was featured in the Australian edition of Masters of Photography in 2015.[22] He was one of the 2016 finalists for the National Portrait Prize at The National Portrait Gallery in Canberra and a finalist in Paddington Art Prize and his sculptures have been featured at Sculpture by the Sea in 2021.[23][24][25]

In 2018, inspired by the 1960s brutalist frieze designed by Pablo Picasso, Collegi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya, Samartis designed and created the major work 'All You Need is Love',[26] a 5-meter x 2-meter brutalist wall with 65 hand-made and individually colored resin blocks in a font sourced from Dutch master-graphic-designer, Jurriaan Schrofer, for Crystalbrook Collection, helmed by Ghassan Aboud. The words, All You Need Is Love were originally written by John Lennon.[27][28][29]

In December 2021, Samartis was selected out of hundreds of applicants to exhibit at the inaugural show, opening the newly minted Woollahra Gallery[30] (formerly Redleaf Library[31]) in a group show along with 3 other notable artists.[32][33][34]

In March 2022, Samartis was announced as the recipient of the prestigious Andrea Stretton Award for sculpture.[35]

Exhibitions

• Blue Period – Solo show at The Downtown Standard Hotel, Los Angeles.[36]
• National Gallery, Canberra – National Portrait Prize Finalist group show 2016.[24]
• M2 Gallery – Group Show, 2016[37]
• Words Matter – Solo Show at Stylecraft Sydney, 2017[38]
• Antumbra – A summer group exhibition, Olsen Gallery, Sydney, 2018[39][40]
• WhiteWall Art Project- Group Show, 2018 Sydney.[41]
• Penumbra – Group show, Olsen Gruin Gallery, New York. 2019[42][43][44]
• Sculpture by the Sea – Bondi 2021[45][46]
• Woollahra Gallery (at Redleaf) group show 2021–22.[30][32][33][34]
• Sculpture by the Sea – Cottesloe, Perth. 2022[47]

References

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