Originally born in Belfast, Ireland, Nik Harron immigrated to Canada in 1981, and currently makes his home in Kitchener, Ontario.
His creative work spans several disciplines, but has focused in recent years on Canadian landscapes. His heavily textural approach to painting bridges the gap between traditional painting and sculpture.
Thematically, for nearly twenty years, his exhibited art has explored the surface of the world as a way of connecting to nature through quiet contemplation of the landscape.
“To contemplate a landscape is to feel a deeply spiritual sense of connection to one’s surroundings, and can lead to deeply personal, self-reflexive experiences that reinforce the complexity of our experience and our inescapable bond with our environment. When external appearances obscure the inner facts of our lives, it is only through a careful examination of our place in nature that we can peel away the layers to reveal something more deeply reflective of ourselves.”
Nik will be our Artist in Residence for the months of October – December 2015. We are looking forward to his upcoming artist talk during a TON soon (details to come), and a hands-on painting workshop towards the end of his residency.
“That dam river, Rockwood.” Acrylic on panel, 36×36 in. 2012
For more visuals, check out his online fine art portfolio, as well as his professional design work.
You’ve probably already seen or interacted with some of Nik’s work in the community, during events like NIGHTSHIFT and most recently at Maker Expo this past September. Nik had his Giant Pong (picture below) and Infiniscope on display for attendees to play with in the Dark Room.
Photo: Michael L. Davenport
Nik has a few goals in mind for his time at the lab:
- Create at least one new visual input module for my over-sized Kaleidoscope. I would like to learn how to use the laser cutter and work with acrylic to create a traditional liquid-filled, spinnable end-piece containing coloured elements.
- I want to explore photographic techniques for extracting depth-maps from textured surfaces, and attempt to create 3D printed, textured images from that exploration.
- I’d like to paint in the space, and use that time to help any interested members of the lab, or the public, learn more about painting using texture. I intend to organize a workshop on the techniques I use in my studio practice for at least one of the open-house nights.
- If anyone would like to learn more about how to use Illustrator or Photoshop, I’m happy to act as a mentor and share what I’ve learned.
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