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Nicolas Cheng is based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Studied Interior Architecture in London and Hong Kong before receiving his BA from the Design Academy Eindhoven (2006). Upon graduation, he joined Fabrica Research Centre in Treviso, Italy. He earned his MFA from Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design (2010). In 2019, he completed his PhD from the University of Gothenburg and is published under the title: World Wide Workshop: The Craft of Noticing (2019). With his multicultural background and interdisciplinary perspective, Cheng's artistic practice takes into consideration the response-ability of craft and its role in a complex world; it is informed by the subject of jewellery but not limited to it.
While maintaining an individual studio practice, in 2011, he co-founded Conversation Piece with fellow artist Beatrice Brovia. The collaborative practice is a hands-on study on interconnectedness and interdependency: a reflection on making together with/through conversation, friction, and a dialogic space where notions of authorship and self-reliance are challenged.
His individual and collaboration work has been shown at the Pinakothek der Moderne (DE), Stedelijk Museum‘s-Hertogenbosch (NL), RIAN Designmuseum (SE), Triennale Design Museum (IT), Design Miami/Basel (US/CH), Asia Society (HK), Z33 - House for Contemporary Art, Design & Architecture, Hasselt (BE), Galleri F15, Moss (NO), Cheongju International Craft Biennale (KR), Sanit-Etienne Design Biennale (FR), MAD - The Museum of Arts and Design (US), The Dowse Art Museum (NZ), Schmuck, IHM (DE), among others.
For full CV, please request by email.
SOLO/DUO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Animacy, Objectspace, Auckland (NZ)
2019 World Wide Workshop: The Craft of Noticing, RIAN Designmusuem, Falkenberg (SE)
2019 Craft Remediation, Barklund & Co., Stockholm (SE)
2017 Gold Rush, Kunstburo Reillplast with Maurer Zilioli Contemporary Arts, Munich (DE)
2017 Friction - Resonace, Konsthantverkarna, Stockholm (SE)
2015 Terrior, Cultural Embassy, Amsterdam (NL)
2014 dé cor dé cor, Galerie de Zaal, Delft (NL)
2014 Beyond Repair, Bukowskis Market, Stockholm (SE)
2013 Chinoiseries, Galerie Caroline Van Hoek, Brussels (BE)
2011 Façades, Design Miami/Basel - Design On/Site, Basel (CH)
2011 On The Doorway, Ventura Lambrate - Salone del Mobile, Milan (IT)
LECTURES | TEACHING | OTHER ACTIVITIES
2020 KU Seminar - Artistic Research, Linköping University (SE)
2020 Panel Talk: Posthumanist and Post-Anthropocentric Perspectives on Contemporary Craft, Organised by NNCA (SE)
2020 Seminar: Craft & Materiality with BA Konsthantverkshistoria, Konstfack, Stockholm (SE)
2020 Artists Talk, Wallace Arts Foundation - The Pah Homestead (NZ) *
2020 Lecture, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland (NZ) *
2020 Seminar, Lecture and Workshop, Otago Polytechnic - Dunedin School of Art, Dunedin (NZ) *
2020 Lecture and Workshop, Massey University, Wellington (NZ) *
2020 Lecture, Objectspace, Auckland (NZ) *
2019 Guest Critic with MA2 Design Department, Konstfack, Stockholm (SE)
2019 Lecture, RIAN Designmusuem, Falkenberg (SE)
2019 Opponent of MA exam, Design Department, Konstfack, Stockholm
2019 External Discussant, Konstnärsnämnden, IASPIS Open House, Stockholm (SE)
2019 Opponent of MA exam, Craft Department, Konstfack, Stockholm (SE)
2019 External Discussant, Klasse Mackert - Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg (DE)
2017 Speaker, Craft & Ethics Conference, Röhsska Museum/HDK - Academy of Design and Crafts (SE)
2017 One-Year Mentoring Project, Handshake 4 with Caroline Thomas (NZ)
2017 Artists Talk, Konsthantverkarna, Stockholm (SE)
2017 Lecture, Central Saint Martins, London (UK) *
2017 Keynote Lecture, Making OUT Conference, National Gallery of Victoria/RMIT University (AU) *
2017 Short Course with MA Class, RMIT University, Melbourne (AU) *
2017 Lecture, Sint Lucas School of Arts Antwerpen (BE) *
2017 Short Course with MA Class, Sint Lucas School of Arts Antwerpen (BE) *
2017 Short Course with BA Class, Sint Lucas School of Arts Antwerpen (BE) *
2016 Opponent of MA exam, Ädellab - Jewellery and Corpus, Konstfack, Stockholm (SE)
2016 Forum Lecture Series, Lecture: The Space of Craft, HDK - Academy of Design and Crafts (SE)
2016 Lecture, Klasse Pontoppidan - Akademie der Bildenden Künste München (DE) *
2015 Appointed as Curator of MFA - Spring Graduation Show (Crafts), HDK - Academy of Design and Crafts (SE)
2015 Guest Teacher, MA1 (Ädellab - Jewellery and Corpus), Konstfack, Stockholm (SE)
2015 Lecture, Schmucksymposium Zimmerhof 2015, Bad Rappenau (DE) *
2015 Public Seminar - Where craft is at, Konstfack, Stockholm (SE)
2014 Lecture and Workshop, Klasse Mackert - Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg (DE) *
2014 Workshop - (RE)claiming Space with MA1, HDK - Academy of Design and Crafts (SE) *
2014 Educational Advisor - KU Board: Study Council (Ämnesråd) - Ädellab, Jewellery and Corpus, Konstfack, Stockholm (SE)
2013 Committee of BA and MA Education (Ädellab - Jewellery and Corpus), Konstfack, Stockholm (SE)
2013 Lecture, HDK - Academy of Design and Crafts (SE)
2013 Lecture and Workshop - Ornament as Function, Asia Society (HK)
* part of collaborative practice Conversation Piece