Image: “Nickelodeon Inspired I Guess”
ARTIST BIO | NERS NEONLUMBERJACK bikes suburban neighborhoods and city streets collecting detritus, visits museums and galleries, enjoys landscaping and art making, yet…
Ners Neonlumberjack would enjoy nothing more than to hike or canoe deep into the wilderness to camp for months at a time; learning, exploring, and admiring the natural world ecstatic at the glimpse of a majestic deer, bear, magnificent tree, crystal encrusted geode, or fluorescent dinosaur while living off of chocolate and roasted marshmallows.
ARTIST STATEMENT | Ners Neonlumberjack was born in a tiny town in central Indiana in 1986. The various landscapes in which they have since lived—the Midwest, Southern, and Western United States—informs a wealth of variety and interest in plants and animals in their imagery as well as in material choice. After graduating Herron School of Art and Design with degrees in Painting, Sculpture, and Art History in 2009, their longing for a sense of place and their consciousness of the fragile nature of mortality have been currents within the works. Currently based on public (stolen) lands, their works maintain an environmentally conscious and sustainable working practice. Drawing inspiration from the natural beauty across the continent, Neonlumberjack’s work straddles the line between painting and sculpture showcasing vibrant colors in geometric patterns on raw natural materials such as sticks, stones, bones, feathers, and logs. The ever-present theme of mortality is contrasted with lively colors, and abstracted imagery of flora and fauna abound as they correlate alongside three-dimensional works.
