Nicholas Gentilli

I have been an architectural photographer all my life. Places and spaces interest fascinate me .

My work explores both the power of the single image and the rhythm and opportunity achieved through constructed images.

My project work on Hitler’s Atlantic Wall has taken me to the coastline of Northern Europe to capture these concrete crumbling behemoths while exploring their strong sense of time and place through their natural settings. I am especially intrigued by the way that the force of nature has undermined these brutal Blockhouses over the last 75 years leaving them softened and absorbed into their coastal landscape.

My ‘imaginary places’ series has enabled me to express my fascination with both architecture and image-making in camera and in computer via repetition and reconstruction.

The initial challenge is to find a space or place that resonates beyond its immediate 3 dimensional form . The manner in which the environment speaks to me, informs my artistic expression going forward. Having considered this carefully, and only over several days, do I start taking photographs in great detail and numbers. Generally, I now use high-end digital cameras or 35mm hand-held cameras. Armed with my photographs, I start ...

MA St Andrews university

2010 Wimbledon Art

2011 Guildford Arts

2011 London Group open – winner of Whitford Fine Art prize “best in show”

2011 Wimbledon Art

2011 RWA Bristol 159th exhibition

2012

may 2012 WAS open studios

14th – 19th June 2012 Affordable Arts , Vibe gallery, London se1

11 – 26 July 2012 The Mill studio .Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford

November WAS open studios

2013
15 – 23rd March Hurlingham Club, London SW6

3 April – 1 May 2013 Adam Street, Private Members Club London WC2 solo show

28th May – 7th June 2013 The London Group centenary open

17th – 20th October 2013 The Other Art Fair

2014

April-June: Longlisted for the Aesthetica Art Prize on view York St Mary’s

12 October to 19 December RWA 162 exhibition in Bristol

31 October – 6 November Art 50 group show Fulham

13 – 16 November Wimbledon Art Studios “Open studios”



2015

April TOAF London

May TOAF Bristol

October London Group Open

October TOAF London



2016

April TOAF London

April Aesthetica Art prize York – 100 emerging artists prize

2017 Solo show la Coupole , Vence , France