Jacques Nimki was artist in residence at the Camden Arts Centre in 2003, his work was included in Art of the Garden at the Tate Britain in 2004. More recently he has had solo exhibitions at the Ikon gallery in Birmingham and at the Approach in London.
Jacques Nimki was a resident artist at King’s Wood, Challock, Kent, one of a series of residencies hosted by Stour Valley Arts. King’s Wood is a working forest managed by the Forestry Commission and is used by a range of visitors, mainly for walking and recreation.
Usually Jacques Nimki collects, presses and makes large scale drawings of those plants found on urban waste ground. Easily categorised as weeds they are hardy and resilient, often unseen they find their own life within the everyday. In the wood, on the other hand, these same plants are designated wildflowers displaying what he describes as ‘a never ending series of idealised moments’, heralding the start of seasons or punctuating the natural daily cycle. His residency in King’s Wood has provided him with a new context in which to consider his work and develop ideas for this exhibition.
Woodlock draws together elements from both the urban and rural environments inviting us to consider contrasting ideas about nature, bio-diversity and conservation.