Nicholas Folland

Nicholas Folland was born in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1967.

He is a sculptor and installation artist who reconfigures familiar household objects - such as soft furnishings, interior fixtures and whitegoods, found crystal and glassware - to create new and highly refined constructions. Folland has created numerous sculptures and installations referring to domestic interiors and to natural environmental processes and landscapes. Other works have considered extreme locations within the landscape, often taking inspiration from tragic journals of failed exploration.

This Adelaide-based artist understands the speech of materials - a principle advocated by the early 20th-century Russian constructivists whereby materials possess an inherent nature or power. This fascination intersects with a penchant for unorthodox materials and an interest in maritime history and colonial exploration, resulting in a distinctive and singular practice.