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Floppy Disk Art

Floppy Disk artworks of assembled disks, reflecting on identity and obsolescence.

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Film Negative Art

Film Negative artworks transform celluloid into portraits of identity and memory.

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Computer Punchcard Art

Computer Punchcard artworks transform vintage data into abstract landscapes.

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VHS Tape Art

VHS artworks examining identity, truth, and the spectacle of politics in the digital age.

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Blockhead Portrait Art

Blockhead portraits explore fragmented identity and anonymity in the digital age.

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Smoke Soot Art

Smoke Soot artworks capture icebergs' fragility, highlighting climate change.

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Data Dust Art

Data Dust portraits question the boundaries between humanity and technology.

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Nick in the studio January 2025
Photo by Paolina Stadler for Artiq

Nick Gentry | London-based Contemporary Artist

Nick Gentry is a British artist who uses the physical remnants of our digital lives to tell profoundly human stories. A Central Saint Martins graduate, he cultivates a deeply engaged international community through collaborative projects and exhibitions, pushing the boundaries of traditional portraiture.

Gentry’s work breathes life into obsolete technology. By transforming thousands of discarded floppy disks, film negatives, and medical X-rays into large-scale portraits, he creates secret archives of human memory. As the modern world grapples with the dark realities of compromised data, blackmail, and information traded as currency, these physical archives take on a subversive, timely edge. They are patchworks of mysteries, using the hard edges of technology to map the organic contours of the human face.

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