Rein Nomm

Born in Augsburg Germany in a displaced persons (DP) camp in 1945, he immigrated to the U.S. in 1950 with his parents. He is an artist and visual explorer who uses paint; stone, clay and wire; film; and digital pixels to create and capture new and experimental visual ideas. His work has evolved from recording the beauty and variety of the external world as it presented itself to creating his own imaginary worlds.. Although his work is varied in style, it does have undercurrents of Expressionism, Abstract Expressionism, and Lyrical Abstractionism; as well as reflecting his Northern European roots and the influences of a formal graduate education in art history and philosophy.

Nomm's work has been displayed or published by a variety of organizations including: the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, the BBC Collective Gallery; Downtown LA Life Magazine International; Boletin del Instituto Andaluz del Patrimonio Historico (PH 60) in Seville, Spain; Green Hills Literary Lantern, Detroit Free Press, File Magazine, Flak Photo, the permanent collection of the Meteor Photo Gallery, and the Agitatto Gallery in Geneva, Switzerland, which also represents my work in Europe. His work is also in private collections in Europe and the U.S. He has s...

Rein Nomm has a Bachelor of Arts degree in European Intellectual History and two Master of Arts degrees, one in the Humanities and one in Philosophy. He has taught art history and philosophy in college.