Nick Veasey

Nick Veasey quite literally shows us what’s beneath the surface. The British artist is a luminary in the field of artistic x-ray photography. While other artists work in studios, Nick Veasey runs a laboratory in the English county of Kent, where he produces his extraordinary pictures taking the strictest safety precautions. His goal is to reveal what is on the inside, whether technical or organic in nature. In a society of visual superficiality, beauty is too often determined by appearance alone. Veasey seeks to give us a deeper perspective, laying bare the mechanics and materials behind what surrounds us every day. His large-format projects, such as the x-ray scan of a Boeing 777, have brought him widespread attention. Throughout the course of his career, he has x-rayed somewhere in the vicinity of over 4,000 objects including plants, clothes, records, and cars.

The use of x-ray technology outside the field of medicine – for security or observation – is a conscious and deliberate theme in Veasey’s works, and he approaches it with a subversive, satirical edge. The images in his Bags series reveal spicy secrets from the private lives of the titular accessories’ imaginary owners. The unique x-ray aesthetic sets delicate details and internal structures apart from their surroundings and never ceases to amaze us. Veasey opens our eyes to what lies beneath, allowing us to experience another level of perception.

Daniela Kummle

Solo Exhibitions

2014	Guns n Roses – Nick Veasey X-Ray, Galerie Frangulyan, Paris, France
2013	The X-Man, Bluerider Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2012	Nick Veasey – X-Ray, Brucie Collections, Kiev, Ukraine
	Nick Veasey – From Rocks and Reefs…, Joseph Bellows Gallery, La Jolla, USA
2010	Nick Veasey – X-Ray, Galeria Tagomago, Barcelona, Spain
2009	Nick Veasey, Maddox Arts, London, UK

Group Exhibitions

2014	It’s Only Human, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, USA
2013	Auf Schritt und Tritt – Schuhwerk in Kunst und Design, Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden, Germany
2011	British Photography, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
2009	Summer Show 2009, Maddox Arts, London, UK
2005	Best of Show, Farmani Gallery, Los Angeles, USA