Jeremy Nichols Abstract Paintings

Jeremy Nichols was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1982. He spent most of his youth in the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio and traveled back and forth from Tokyo, Japan. After high school, he went to Ohio State University to study Printmaking under Charles Massey Jr, and Phillip Von Rabbe. Shortly after he graduated with a BFA degree, he moved to Portland, Oregon, where he is currently working, drawing, painting and staring at walls. In his work, he tries to explore the beauty, energy, movement and the harmony of the chaos in our environment. More specifically, the relation of human existence versus nature. As a kid, Nichols grew up in two contrasting environments/cultures, which confused him as a kid. It led him to not understand where he belonged, and more-so not knowing, where to call home. So, he tries to reflect on this alienating feeling when he approaches his artwork. Nichols tries to create something that contains fragments of recognizable patterns or textures, and layer them so they turn into this alien growth or world. He wants to present something that may or may not be familiar to the viewer. He wants viewers to see it as a foreign alien cluster, and take their visual journey through the details. Nichols wants to take the viewer somewhere unfamiliar, much like how he felt as a kid growing up.