Nickolas Mohanna

Nickolas Mohanna is an American artist and composer based in New York City.[1] His interdisciplinary practice utilizes a variety of media to explore and blur the borders between music, sound art, video and drawing.[2] Within his compositions there is a "tendency of sculpting and orchestrating a minimal array of sounds into sonically rich and spacious atmospheres." [3] Most of the sounds are sourced from local environments.[4][5] In a Village Voice interview, he remarks that his aim is to create an "immersive stereo space where the sound would be reduced to its rawest form.[6] In addition to these works, he has also published a number of artist books on his own imprint Run/Off and other publishers.[7][8]

Education

Mohanna attended San Francisco State University and went to the University of California, Davis for an MFA in Art Studio.[9][10] While there he took courses with Bob Ostertag,[11] Annabeth Rosen, Douglas Kahn, and Wayne Thiebaud.

References

  1. ↑ "Nickolas Mohanna". MoMA PS1. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
  2. ↑ "Biography". The Ice Plant.
  3. ↑ Fischer, Tobias. "Battling for supremacy". Tokafi. Tokafi.
  4. ↑ Catchpole, James. "Mantis/Muovia". Fluid Radio. Fluid Radio.
  5. ↑ "Phase Line". Decoder Magazine.
  6. ↑ Weingarten, Chistopher. "Interview". Village Voice. Village Voice.
  7. ↑ "LACA Archive".
  8. ↑ "Printed Matter".
  9. ↑ Jones, Dave. "Six MFA graduates in a show called Six". UC Davis. University News.
  10. ↑ Filipinas, Rachel. "The MFA Six". California Aggie. California Aggie.
  11. ↑ Raggett, Ned. "Reflectors". AllMusic. AllMusic.

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