Nicholas Tossmann is a Gold Coast based conceptual artist. Tossmann is intrigued by our vast potential for curiosity and questioning irrespective of whether we can find answers. This existential curiosity creates the framework for Tossmann’s practice, exploring how art creates new ways of understanding ungraspable ideas. Tossman’s work utilises text for its capacity to give materiality to intangible concepts as well as ability to disseminate and expand on a focused idea. He works across installation, sculpture, performance and video. Tossmann often works site specifically, considering spaces and architecture to give presence to text as well as allowing viewer to physically engage in the work. His work invites a contemplation of how we construct and categorise meaning as well as offering spaces to exist along side expansive concepts without a need to solve or unravel them.
Tossmann graduated from QUT with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art) and upon graduating was awarded the Eyeline Magazine Prize. Tossmann was awarded the Christmas commission at HOTA (Home of the Arts, Gold Coast), exhibiting text-based works across the precinct. Tossmann’s work has been exhibited in public, private and artist-run gallery spaces such as Metro Arts (Brisbane), Outerspace (Brisbane). He has had solo exhibitions at Wreckers Artspace (Brisbane), Kuiper Projects (Brisbane) and The Old Lock Up (Sunshine Coast). Tossmann has completed residencies and programs nationally and Internationally, including, Art Keeper (HOTA), Fiskars AIR (Finland), Crexida (Italy), Tossmann is currently in Generate GC a 2 year long mentor ship program on the Gold Coast. Tossmann will be exhibiting work at Swell Sculpture Festival and Kings ARI (Melbourne) Later this year.
