Nick Ervinck


Nick Ervinck is a Belgian artist

Biography

Ervinck was born in 1981 in Kortemark. From the age of fifteen, he studied at the Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Bruges and at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent.

Work

Ervinck creates, in his own words, a dialogue between craft and technology and between the virtual and the physical. His shapes are inspired by the work of Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, and Hans Arp. The futuristic blob architecture and the work of Zaha Hadid also inspire him. Ervinck often used the color yellow in his work, but he also uses other colors. Nick Ervinck#cite note-1|
In 2008, he conceived on behalf of the Liedts-Meessens two terraces for which its site in Ghent Zebrastraat. The work was WARSUBEC. Afterwards followed monumental works in public and private collections, including: NARZTALPOKS, LUIZADO IMAGROD CIRBUATS, EGNOABER ]. For NK Cycling in Emmen 2015 Ervinck designed the trophy entitled ENNERNEISE. ]
In 2016, he designed the trophy for the cycling race Gent-Wevelgem.
Ervinck investigating alongside more conventional work also the artistic possibilities of the digital revolution. The boundaries of the virtual space he wants to make tangible the complex forms of 3D prints that are impossible to do manually. Ervinck makes 3D printing, animation videos, digital and ordinary drawings interact with each other.

Awards

Ervink received from 2000 several awards and nominations: