Collection: Nick Veasey

“We all know we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, that beauty is more than skin deep. By revealing the inside, the quintessential element of my art speculates upon what the manufactured and natural world really consists of.”  -  Nick Veasey

A man with x-ray vision, Nick Veasey creates art that shows what it is really like inside.

Nick's work with radiographic imaging equipment takes the X-ray to another level. Everyday objects are transformed from the banal to the beguiling and the layers and make-up of natural items are shown in fantastic detail.

These works are a classic example of the fusion between art and science. The results transcend classification as photographs, having the gravitas to motivate science institutions, museums, and art galleries to acquire the artworks. The Victoria and Albert Museum in London have recently added his work to the British National Collection of Photography and several museums have staged full retrospective shows.

The artist’s work can be seen as a project that harnesses and exploits modern technology to advance the boundaries of perception and of art.  But what sets him apart from other artists is not only the technique.  Instead of creating or transforming things, he is exposing something that always existed, objects we think we know but we don't. Not from the inside out.

The work is a dazzling balance of extremes, using lethal radiation to produce results of great lyricism and grace. Veasey’s x-rays penetrate solid matter to render it ghostly and gentle, giving the viewers that precious feeling that they have somehow seen reality afresh with an aspect to life that they have never before experienced.

An artist that pushes boundaries in pursuit of his calling.