Berndnaut Smilde

Born in the Netherlands where he currently lives and works, Berndnaut Smilde uses photography, sculpture and installations to challenge our notions of space and time. Made in site-specific locations, the stunning Nimbus series for which Smilde is known  explore the ephemeral and the impermanent.  Smilde creates clouds in building exteriors and interiors, capturing the image with his lens before the vaporous forms dissolves into thin air.  There is a surreal theatricality to the cloud floating in an unlikely space, set against a structured or ornate architectural backdrop devoid of any life form.  These highly sought-after images contrast and juxtapose the robust and the fragile in a very imaginative and poetic way.