Jim C. Nedd (1991) is an artist and musician. In his practice he often collaborates with other artists, most recently with Yuri Ancarani (2023) and Invernomuto (2021). His artworks have been exhibited at MACRO, Rome (2022); MAMBO, Bogotà (2022); Biennale di Atene #7, Athens (2021); Liverpool Biennale, Liverpool (2021); Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (2021); Triennale, Milan (2020), and Autoitalia, London (2020); and at the galleries Gregor Steiger, Milan and Zurich (2023), SANDY BROWN, Berlin (2023/21), and Mishkin Gallery, New York (2020). In the music field, he is co-founder with Matteo Pit of Primitive Art, an artist collective devoted to experimental electronic music. Together, they released the EP Crab Suite (Arcola, 2018), and the LP Problems (Hundebiss Records, 2012). Since 2020 they worked together at the artistic project Shelter, whose Chapter 1 debuted at the Triennale in Milan. His work was published by Aperture; Flash Art; Vogue Italia; Kaleidoscope; GQ; Esquire; and Revue. Nedd has collaborated with fashion companies too, the like of Armani, Bottega Veneta, Gucci, and Prada, and he was in the team of Magazine Toilet Paper by Pierpaolo Ferrari and Maurizio Cattelan (2020-15). Since 2019 he is also a contributor of UNICEF, for which he has done reportages in Sicily, Beirut and at the Syrian border.
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“My work focuses on producing images that span the gap between fiction and documentary photography. Generally portraying figures and landscapes as my favorite subjects, which are based on geographic location, identity and popular culture. Up to this point, most of my photographic output has consisted of low-light repetitions and large crowds celebrations in Caribbean culture. As a result, elements and characters from my memories are transformed into works that are braided with recurring concerns and themes.

As someone who grew up listening to Vallenato music, a genre that tells stories with poetry and evokes a range of perceptions, oral archives are particularly important to me, as they enable me to craft images of stories I heard or experienced through collective memory.”

JIM C. NEDD

Born: 1991, Italy
Lives and works in Milan

SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 Upcoming: Remembering Songs, MADRE, Naples
2022 Grito: Las Brisas de Febrero, w. Invernomuto, Cinemateca Distrital, Bogotà
2021 A Continuous Flow of Liquid Air or More, SANDY BROWN, Berlin
2020 PICO: Un Parlante de Africa en America, w. Invernomuto, Autoitalia, London Blues, w. Lamin Fofana, Mishkin Gallery, New York

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Stratificazioni, ArtNoble, Milan
2023 Those of Us, SANDY BROWN, Berlin
2023 Don't worry this will all be over soon, Galerie Gregor Staiger, Milan
2022 Retrofuturo, MACRO, Rome
2021 Athens Biennial #7, w. Primitive Art, Athens
2021 Blues, w. Lamin Fofana, Preis der Nationalgalerie, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
2021 Having a party (hope you will be there), Damien & The Love Guru, hosted by CFA, Milan Liverpool Biennial, w. Invernomuto, Liverpool
2020 Triennale, w. Primitive Art, Milan

RESIDENCIES
2023 Paul Thorel Foundation, Naples
2020 Ardis Hall, Ravenna

COMMISSIONS / PUBLICATIONS
2023 Upcoming: Revue Beauty, 'More is More'
2023 Pull Letter UK #2, 'Desert'
2023 Alla Carta #22, 'Carnaval'
2022 Revue #14, 'Eau Écarlate' (cover story)
2022 Alla Carta #20, 'Il Giorno Dopo'
2022 Bottega Veneta & TF Journal #2, 'Sub Drexciya'
2021 Vogue Italia #853, 'Rétro Reloaded'
2021 UNICEF, 'Il Nodo', Catania
2021 Rivista Studio #48, 'Bogotà'
2021 Gucci & Kaleidoscope #39, 'Down The Rabbit Hole' (cover story)
2021 Hunter Fashion Magazine #36, 'Untitled'

COLLECTIONS
‘Camouflage Milieux’, MACRO Museum, Rome

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2015–2020 First Assistant at Toiletpaper
2014–2015 Head of Photo-retouch at Studio Toja
2013–2014 Editing Assistant for Vice Magazine (documentaries)

TEACHING
2023 Fundacion Gabriel Garcia Marquez
2022 Today At Apple