Biography
Raised in the NYC suburbs of Riverdale and Bronxville, attended University of California, Santa Cruz, B.A. in Communications, the San Francisco State Grad Program in TV Broadcasting, and the American Film Institute Grad Program. As a high school student, Nick won multiple awards in Art Contests. He studied art by making frequent trips down to to the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His primary influences are the Pop artists of the New York School, i.e., Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, Claus Oldenburg and the like. He attended the American Film Institute in the Graduate Producing Program, and was the Producer of two short 35mm films, using cameras provided by Panavision under the New Filmmaker’s Program. A true one-man band, he became a Cameraman, Editor, and Graphic Artist for an Internet company, and later was a Cinematographer for a low-budget feature. He has produced an independent feature entitled “Nutcracker: An American Nightmare”, made for a shoestring budget and sold worldwide as well as Amazon and Netflix. He has also independently produced and directed the documentaries, “Takashi’s Dream,” and “The Brokaw Hoax,” and was a Co-Producer and Editor on two other films, “Steel Drums, Not Guns” and “On Borrowed Time,” and was a Producer and Editor for “Genghis Heroes,” Editor of the Documentaries “Harlem to Hollywood” and “When Houston Had the Blues,” and the feature film “An Egypt Affair.”
Artist Statement
As a high school student, I won multiple awards in Art Contests, including First and Second Prize for two pieces in one competition, as well as Honorable Mention in local art shows. I studied art by making frequent trips down to to the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. My primary influences are the Pop artists of the New York School, i.e., Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, Claus Oldenburg and the like. I am also a successful Cameraman, Video Editor with dozens of titles to my credit. I have experience in creating Graphic Art pages for internet sites using Photoshop, and can create 2-D Animations using After Effects. I believe in creating art that speaks to a sensitivity derived from both the world of art history as well as the technical world. Thus, my early paintings combine my fantasies of worlds beyond this one. Later work portrays themes of contemporary life in the urban environment, where art and science collide. I am also an accomplished portrait artist, and the majority of my portraits are of the major musical influencers in my life.
