Nikholis Planck

Nikholis Planck's practice defies categorization and instead stretches across painting, drawing, sculpture, performance, and editions. Planck's paintings are firmly rooted in observational drawing while questioning the medium's traditional boundaries. The artist's shaped canvases are a result of his self-referential approach, in which he repurposes and upcycles previous works to produce paintings anew. One of the defining features of Planck's paintings is the waxy texture of the layered surface onto which he not only applies recurring muses and motifs using oil paint but also embellishes with personal ephemera as a sort of living archive—shreds of a checklist; an exhibition flyer; found paper; past show posters. Many of Nikholis Planck’s projects have paired mixed media paintings with low platforms or stage constructions and included performance schedules. Performers have included Keith LaFuente, Mario Maron, Paul Buonaguro, Karmeknife X, Elspeth Walker, Carolyn Schoerner, Winslow Laroche, Dan Herschlein, Chloe Maratta, Flannery Silva, and Max Guy. Planck has worked with numerous independent publishers to produce printed material, and regularly self-publishes his work in book, print and zine form. Planck’s books and publications organize his drawing and collage as well as writing, “bootlegs” and documentation of his projects.

Nikholis Planck has held solo and two-person exhibitions at Magenta Plains, New York, NY; 14a, Hamburg, DE; May 68, New York, NY; Signal, Brooklyn, NY; Rachel Uffner, New York, NY; Neochrome Gallery, Turin, IT; and Simone Subal, New York, NY. Planck has also been included in exhibitions at KARMA, New York, NY; Kerry Schuss Gallery, New York, NY; White Columns, New York, NY; The Journal, Brooklyn, NY; Anton Kern Gallery, New York NY; sophiajacob, Baltimore, MD; Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD; Capital, San Francisco, CA; Galeria Mascota, Mexico City, MX; and the Museum of Modern Art, Dubrovnik, Croatia. Planck lives and works in New York, NY.

Born in 1987, Arlington, VA
Lives and works in New York, NY

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2018

Tempo House, Magenta Plains, New York, NY
Therein, May 68, New York, NY
La Folie, 14a, Hamburg, DE

2017

New Badges New Stage, Signal, Brooklyn, NY w/ Elizabeth Karp-Evans
New Trousers New Painting and Drinks, Guertin’s Graphics, Brooklyn, NY

2016

Good Pair of Hands, Green River Project, Hillsdale, NY
Proctor Silex, Neochrome Gallery, Turin, IT
Open Time, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY

2015

CL+NP+VC organized by Sam Korman, Simone Subal Gallery, New York, NY

2014

Set List, 61 Greenpoint Ave, Brooklyn, NY

2012

Nikholis Planck curated by Deirdre Smith, sophiajacob, Baltimore, MD

Group Exhibitions

2021

Anarchy of the Imagination, organized by Ryan Foerster, Kerry Schuss Gallery, New York, NY
Earthly Coil, Magenta Plains, New York, NY
NADA House, New York, NY

2020

Delusional Chaperone, Insect, Los Angeles CA

2019

Daisy Chain, A.D., New York, NY
Two Stories, Entrance, New York, NY
Horology, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, NY

2018

NVV_2018, Organized by TARWUK at Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik, Croatia
Strange Attractors: The Anthology of Interplanetary Folk Art Vol. 2: The Rings of Saturn, Kerry Schuss Gallery, New York, NY
Snarl of Twine, Magenta Plains, New York, NY

2017

W.A.V.E Naturelle, Brooklyn, NY
Alley Show, Apples, Brooklyn, NY
Margins, Gutters, Bleeds & Creeps, Capital, San Francisco, CA
Run Off, Exhaust, & Other Pressures, Big Medium, Austin, TX

2016

The ongoing erosion of magic, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Beach 96th St, organized by Irina Lotravich & Justin Caguiat, Queens, NY
Postal Mascota, Galeria Mascota, Mexico City, MX
The Marriages between zones Three, Four, and Five, Currentspace, Baltimore, MD

2015

30/130, White Columns, New York, NY
Armacost/Planck: New Painting, Evening Hours, New York, NY
I Know What You Did Last Summer, Soloway, Brooklyn, NY
Freedom Culture, The Journal, Brooklyn, NY
The Painter of Modern Life organized by Bob Nickas, Anton Kern Gallery, New York NY
Fissure: Fog, Signal, Brooklyn, NY
B(L)RRR, 294 Tenth Ave, New York, NY

2014

173 E. 94th Street/Chausseé de Waterloo 550, Middle March, Brussels, BE
Spectrum II (1966-67), Apples, Brooklyn
24 / 7, Monte Carlo, Miami Beach, FL
EKW DJA NRP, TEMP, New York, NY

2013

24 HR w/ Elspeth Walker, TEMP, New York, NY
Check Paintings (NRP @ HG), 3649 Falls Rd, Baltimore, MD
Fishing in the Dark, Violet's Cafe, Brooklyn, NY
Organized by Elspeth Walker, sophiajacob, Baltimore, MD
Still Lyfe, Current Space, Baltimore, MD

2012

Baltimore Liste, (Armacost/Planck), the Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD

2011

Large Glass Project Space, Towson University, Towson, MD
Disorderly Construct (Armacost/Planck), Open Space, Baltimore, MD
GRAN PRIX, (Armacost Planck) Gresham’s Ghost organized by Ajay Kurian, Baltimore, MD
Alumni, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD
Print Mix, Current Space, Baltimore, MD
The Cave, Damned If You Doom, Small Engine Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Paper Chasers, (Armacost/Planck), Nudashank, Baltimore, MD

2010

Thanks for Sharing! D21 Kunstraum, Leipzig, DE
NWAA Group Winter Show, Wilmington, DE