Daniël van Nes

graph - crossover - drawing

Daniël van Nes (1972) is creating SellFable, an interdisciplinary artistic universe where boundaries between digitality and humanity get blurred.

Inspired by biotechnological developments and science fiction, SellFable is inhabited by automated beings looking for a human soul. Ranging from Lost Mechanic Orphans to System Bugs, these characters are documented by The Archivist as evidence of SellFable visiting our mundane world.

SellFable stands out with 'illuminated engravings', an authentic technique that refreshes ancient engraving through contemporary lighting to give shape to sculptural installations. Together with woodcuts, soundscapes, poems, drawings, paintings and performances, SellFable's body of work emerges as a dramatic environment.

Referencing the mysterious atmosphere of Art Noir movies, SellFable can be experienced as a 'Machine Noir Art Universe'. The audience is invited to explore different notions of identity and reality in a society that rushes into the future.

  • Portfolio
  • Agenda
  • Activities
  • Contact

    • FRESH AIR Residency Urban Nation

    Residencies / exchange

    • 01-09-2018 t/m 30-09-2018
    • In collaboration with: Urban Nation, Museum for Urban Contemporary Art
    • Location: Urban Nation, Museum for Urban Contemporary Art, Berlin
    • Impression of the SellFable residency at Urban Nation, Museum for Urban Contemporary Art, Berlin 2018: The Archivist at work. New developments and research into materials and spatial design. Creating an immersive installation with light, sound, paintings, woodcuts and sculptures. The sounds that escaped from the SellFable universe during the residency can be found on Soundcloud.
    • https://sellfable.com/portfolio/urban-nation-residency/

    VOLT

    Project

    • 01-10-2014 t/m 07-07-2015
    • In collaboration with: TenneT, Municipality of Rotterdam
    • Location: Rotterdam North, Rotterdam
    • 'Volt' is an ode to electricity and imagination, a portal to the parallel electric SellFable universe. It has almost become impossible to imagine life without electricity. 'Volt' lovingly wraps corten steel around a TenneT TSO oil pressure unit. The weathering steel provides a durable protection of the portal. The warm color of the rusted steel, the poetic appearance of the artwork and use of LED light contribute to a feeling of safety and a positive vibe in this Rotterdam neighborhood.
    • https://sellfable.com/portfolio/volt/

    Circuit Circus

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 01-03-2020 t/m 01-05-2016
    • In collaboration with: Tetem, Friso van Wijck
    • Location: TETEM, Enschede
    • Circuit Circus ” is an immersive experience at TETEM (Enschede), that invites visitors into physical and virtual representations of the SellFable universe, with performances, charcoal renderings, light sculptures and other traditional work. Soundscapes by composer and percussionist Friso van Wijck
    • https://tetem.nl/in-de-media/circuit-circus-op-hi-fructose/

    DOMINANT REALITY

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 15-05-2017 t/m 21-05-2017
    • In collaboration with: Urban Nation, Museum for Urban Contemporary Art
    • Location: Urban Nation, Museum for Urban Contemporary Art, Berlin
    • Installation with illuminated engravings and pained murals depicting the SellFable universe, also showcasing SellFable clothing and mask. Technique: acrylic paint murals, illuminated engravings and illuminated relic boxes, LED lights. Room size approx. 4,40 x 4,40 x 4 (h) meters.
    • https://sellfable.com/portfolio/dominant-reality/

    NOTHING PERSONAL

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 01-05-2017 t/m 31-05-2017
    • In collaboration with: Street Art Museum (SAM)
    • Location: Street Art Museum (SAM), St. Petersburg
    • A 10x10x4 meter immersive painted and sculptural installation at Street Art Museum, Saint Petersburg. The leading motif of the work is the phenomenon of revolution. A mob of angry creatures threatens to conquer the peaceful floating island of mother nature. While protecting her child, she evolves into something else. Seeds of life find their way and float around the room, guided by the lighthouse lamp sculpture in the middle.
    • https://sellfable.com/portfolio/nothing-personal/

    Acknowledgments

      Collection

    • Urban Nation Museum For Urban Contemporary Art

    • 2017, Berlin
      Collection

    • Urban Nation Museum For Urban Contemporary Art

    • 2014, Berlin
      Collection

    • strychnine

    • 2011, Berlin
      Collection

    • Street Art Museum

    • 2017, Saint Petersburg
      Publication

    • Large Rotterdam Art Calendar

    • 2013
    • Calendar
    • Trichis Publishing -
      Publication

    • Black Nes

    • 2013
    • Artbook
    • PulpArtPublishers -
      Publication

    • Sentinels Of The Citadel

    • 2013
    • Artbook
    • PulpArtPublishers -
      Publication

    • The New English “Tectonic Plates” catalog

    • 2010
    • Artbook
    • The New English -
      Publication

    • Art That Creeps

    • 2009
    • Artbook
    • Korero Publishing -