AS AN ARTIST, I HAVE AN INNATE DESIRE TO CREATE; I AIM TO EXPLORE PAST THE LIMITATIONS OF OUR PERCEIVED REALM

Nicholas Koontz is a conceptual sculptor and painter currently living in San Jose, CA. He graduated with a BFA from the University of California, Berkeley in 2022, where his work was first displayed in the Worth Ryder Art Gallery. During his final year as an undergraduate, Koontz studied art history and marketing in Florence, Italy where he interned as a gallery assistant at the Tobian Art Galley.

My work is an examination of subconscious thought invoked through ritualistic methodology. Through meditations, my dreams and thoughts are transient moments I use for inspiration while deconstructing and analyzing the meanings of subconscious desire. Looking through the boundaries of the conscious realm, I work to create objects within the spaces between time and form. With the instillation of specific metaphysical energies per project, my work begins to introduce powerful auras pertaining to the object’s purpose or theme.