Public has announced the representation of French artist Nils Alix-Tabeling (b. 1991, Paris, France) alongside Piktogram in Warsaw, Poland.
Alix-Tabeling’s multimedia practice reconfigures traditional narratives of religious worship in favour of alternative histories that foreground queer bodies, pagan ritual, séance and the occult. Incorporating repurposed and organic materials such as peacock feathers, pearls, and dried lotus flowers in his casted bronze and hand-carved wooden sculptures, the artist celebrates perversion, pleasure, and taboo, honoring the sacred kinship among natural forms and rebellious bodies. Nils Alix-Tabeling will open his next solo exhibition with Piktogram, Warsaw in May 2024, and with Public, London in Spring 2025.
About the artist
Nils Alix-Tabeling (b. 1991, Paris, France) lives and works in Montargis, France. Recent solo exhibitions include But Who Is Ulrike Mandrake?, Curated by Rebekka Seubert, Dortmunder Kunstverein, Germany (2023); FLEUR DE PEAU, TERRE À VIF, Centre d’art contemporain du Parvis, Parvis, France (2023); Split #2, Piktogram, Warsaw, Poland (2022); and Maison Catabase, Public Gallery, London, UK (2022). His work has been exhibited in group exhibitions at galleries and institutions including Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Mecenes du Sud, Montpellier; MOCO la Panacée, Montpellier; La Maison Populaire, Montreuil; Centre for contemporary art (CAC), Brétigny; and Kraupa Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin. His solo projects at Art-o-rama in 2023 and Liste 2021 were awarded the PÉBÉO prize and by the Friends of Liste Board respectively.
