Nils Peters is a German artist born in 1972. He lives and works in Hamburg.
He studied art history, architecture, and urban sociology. He has taught and published on architecture.
His work combines painting, collage, and material assemblage. He uses street-art elements too.
He uses fragments of words, old paper bags, newspaper, tar, coffee, iodine, and even cat litter. He mixes these into acrylic on canvas.
His paintings are monumental and strongly textured. They emerge like archaic dream-pictures.
“My work is inspired by the absurd rigid definitions of order, purity and perfection that illuminate the beauty of the opposite.”
Nils Peters
He searches for beauty in chaos. He arranges surreal absurdities into coherent compositions.
His works have been shown in over 130 exhibitions. He has had about 20 solo shows.
He has exhibited in London, Mumbai, Milan, Berlin, and many other cities. One of his works was published in the US art magazine “Artbook Milwaukee”.
What is Nils Peters known for?
He is known for combining painting, collage, and found materials like tar, coffee, and newspaper to create textured, monumental works.
Where does Nils Peters live and work?
He lives and works in Hamburg, Germany.
What themes does Nils Peters explore in his art?
He explores the search for beauty in chaos and the irony behind concepts like purity, order, and perfection.
Nils Peters has presented his work in over 130 exhibitions, including about 20 solo shows across Europe, Asia, and Africa.
