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Nico Krijno (born 1981) is a South African visual artist, who combines photography, collage and sculpture. Krijno's typical process involves assembling collages or ephemeral sculptures from found and discarded objects; photographing them; and applying further digital transformation. The resulting "still life" artworks appear deconstructed, featuring exuberant colors, contrasting textures and materials, and visual paradoxes.

"I make sculptures, but I'm really just interested in photographing them. I'm interested in how the meanings of cast off objects can change. Dousing them in paint and removing their original use completely. And I am interested in fooling the eye. You're not sure what you're looking at, a painting or a photograph."

Krijno was born in Somerset West, South Africa in 1981. He received a BA in Film and Television from CityVarsity School of Cape Town. He lives with his family and works on a farm outside Wellington, South Africa, near Cape Town.

Solo exhibitions

 * Lockdown Collages, The Ravestijn Gallery, Amsterdam, 2020
 * Leave Your Body Behind, Elizabeth Houston Gallery, New York, 2019
 * The Fluid Right Edge, The Ravestijn Gallery, Amsterdam; Beetles and Huxley, London, 2017
 * New Gestures: Fabricated to be Photographed, Whatiftheworld, Cape Town 2015
 * Solo Booth, Rotterdam Art Fair; The Ravestijn Gallery, Amsterdam, 2015
 * Under Construction, The Ravestijn Gallery, Amsterdam, 2015
 * Construction – Residency Show, 133 ARTS, Johannesburg, 2014
 * Fulcrum Study, Blank Gallery Woodstock, Cape Town, 2013
 * On How To Fill Those Gaps, Museum Gallery, Cape Town, 2011