Nick Gentry is a British artist from London. Much of his artistic output has been generated with the use of contributed artefacts and materials. He states that through this process "contributor, artist and viewer come closer together". His art is influenced by the development of consumerism, technology, identity and cyberculture in society, with a distinctive focus on obsolete media.
He is best known for his floppy disk paintings and film negative artworks, placing an emphasis on recycling obsolete media and the reuse of personal objects as a central theme. Such artistic works of social commentary have been featured in galleries in the UK, USA and in cities throughout the world.
Born in London, 1980, Nick Gentry is a graduate from Central Saint Martin’s College of Art & Design in the UK. He increasingly continues to make a name for himself on an international level with his distinctive works. Gentry re-uses obsolete media such as floppy disks and rolls of film negatives. He likes the idea that personal memories and special moments can somehow be preserved. The choice of media forms the subject of each work. The result is an archaeological display of digital history, memorializing the brief yet crucial roles they played in modern technology. As technology continues to advance, Gentry traces the effect of the changes as well as reflecting on its future. Gentry assembles the variety of recycled media to construct the canvas. The life and personality of these objects form the subject of ea...