Nickolas Mohanna

Nickolas Mohanna is an American artist and composer based in New York.[1] His interdisciplinary practice utilizes a variety of media to explore and blur the borders between music, sound art, video and drawing.[2] Within his compositions there is a "tendency of sculpting and orchestrating a minimal array of sounds into sonically rich and spacious atmospheres."[3] Most of the sounds are sourced from local environments.[4][5] In a Village Voice interview, he remarks that his aim is to create an "immersive stereo space where the sound would be reduced to its rawest form.[6] In addition to these works, he has also published a number of artist's books which have served as visual accompaniments or conceptual ideas to his sonic practice on the imprint Run/Off; which he founded in 2014.[7][8] Mohanna attended San Francisco State University and went to the University of California, Davis for an MFA in Art Studio.[9][10] While there he took courses with Bob Ostertag,[11] Annabeth Rosen, Douglas Kahn, and Wayne Thiebaud.

Discography

Optics Japan, Slow Flow Rec, CD. 2010. 

Transmission Hue UK, Low Point, CD. 2010. 

Reflectors Australia, Preservation, CD. 2011.

Various – 14 Tracks: Kafkaesque UK, Boomkat, File, MP3, Compilation. 2011

Parallax View UK, Low Point, Ltd LP. 2013

Control Group Denmark, Metaphysical Circuits, Ltd cassette. 2013

Phase Line US, Run/Off Editions & WFMU Free Music Archive, Digital/CD. 2015

Mantis Australia, Preservation, Ltd cassette. 2016

Chroma Germany, Karlrecords, Ltd LP. 2017

Karl Marx's 200th Germany, Karlrecords, Ltd Compilation CD. 2018

Smoke US, Aagoo Records, Ltd LP. 2019

Various – The Wire Tapper 51 UK, The Wire Tapper, CD. 2019

Throwing The Chain Australia, Longform Editions, File, FLAC. 2019

Parakustiks Germany, Karlrecords, File, MP3, Album, Compilation. 2020

Nerve Plexus Belgium, Dadaist Tapes, Ltd. Tape/DL, MP3, Album, 2021

Books / Prints
  • Theater. France: Kaugummi, 2010.  
  • Particles Brooklyn, New York: Medium Rare, 2010. 
  • Apparatus France: Lendroit éditions, 2011. Offset poster publication. Edition of 1000.
  • Interface  France: Lendroit éditions, 2011. ISBN 978-2-917427-11-8.
  • Floodlights. Brooklyn, New York: Oso Press, 2012. 
  • Boundaries  Los Angeles, CA: The Ice Plant, 2012. Edition of 100.
  • LAND New York, New York: Run/Off Editions, 2015. ISBN 978-1-63415-661-5.
  • Heat Death  France: Lendroit éditions, 2017. ISBN 978-2-37751-005-4.
  • Spin Group. New York, New York: Run/Off Editions, 2021. ISBN 978-1-64871-848-9.

Collections

His artist's books have been archived at the Franklin Furnace Archive, Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum, National Gallery of Art, Museum of Modern Art New York, Los Angeles County Museum, Dallas Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, New York Public Library (Spencer Collection), Museum Ludwig (Cologne), and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

References
  1. "Nickolas Mohanna". MoMA PS1. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
  2. "Biography". The Ice Plant.
  3. Fischer, Tobias. "Battling for supremacy". Tokafi. Tokafi.
  4. Catchpole, James. "Mantis/Muovia". Fluid Radio. Fluid Radio.
  5. "Phase Line". Decoder Magazine.
  6. Weingarten, Chistopher. "Interview". Village Voice. Village Voice.
  7. "LACA Archive".
  8. "Printed Matter".
  9. Jones, Dave. "A show called Six". UC Davis. University News.
  10. Filipinas, Rachel. "Six". California Aggie. California Aggie.
  11. Raggett, Ned. "Reflectors". AllMusic. AllMusic.
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