Nicolas Deshayes

Nicolas Deshayes

Born 1983, lives and works in London.

“I create hybrid sculptures that bring together familiar cultural and stylistic references in a way that leads to a strange sense of hyper-materiality."

Nicolas Deshayes’ sculpturals use materials such as stainless steel and PVC to embrace the glossy aesthetics of 21st century design.  Despite their emphasis on slick industrial surfaces and physicality, Deshayes' works maintain a human presence in the form of glutinously rich, bodily allusions, engaging with the materials in ways that distort the ordinary.