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Nicholas Kontaxis

Twenty-eight-year-old contemporary artist, Nicholas Kontaxis thrives as a self-taught abstract expressionist. Echoing his unique fervor for life through his vibrant paintings, with a riot of primary colors on bold, colorful and inspirational large-scale canvases, he continues to touch countless individuals and collectors all over the world. Living with a brain tumor and enduring over 75,000 seizures in his lifetime, his brut art isn’t just survival it’s a true celebration of life and the power to transform through it. He has landed solo exhibitions in New York, London, Beverly Hills, Chicago, West Hollywood, Brooklyn, Atlanta, Palm Springs and Sun Valley, Idaho. With numerous commissioned works including, Kaiser Permanente Hospitals, the Los Angeles Chargers, and Adidas at Coachella in 2019.

His most recent solo exhibitions are Catch Me at the UTA Artist Space in June 2022 and I’m Just Like You during September 2023 in New York City. 

Solo Exhibitions:

I’m Just Like You at High Line Nine Galleries • NYC, NY (September 2023)
Catch Me at UTA Artist Space • Beverly Hills, CA (June 2022)
Color of Sound at Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA (June 2021)
Desert Jet at Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport, CA (May 2021)
Reach at Corinthia Hotel • London, England (2019/2020)
Nicholas Kontaxis at D Contemporary • Mayfair, London (2019)
Nicholas Kontaxis at The Other Art Fair • Brooklyn, NY (Nov. 2019)
Come Here at the Anne O Art Gallery • Atlanta, GA (Oct. 2019)
Reach at West Contemporary Gallery • London, England (2019)
He Dreams at Adidas Sport House • Coachella, CA (April 2019)
Walk With Me at TAO • Chicago, IL (Nov. 2018)
Sun is Back at The Ritz Carlton Residences • Los Angeles, CA (2018)
Nicholas Kontaxis and Fei Fei at Classical Palm Springs (Sept. 2018)
Nicholas Kontaxis at the La Quinta Museum • La Quinta, CA (2018)
That Way, Heather James Fine Art Gallery • Palm Desert, CA (2018)
Sun is Shining at the Gilman Contemporary • Sun Valley, ID (2017)
Jump at the De Re Gallery • Los Angeles, CA (April 2017)

1:26 The Art of Epilepsy at Jackson Junge Gallery • Chicago, IL (2021)
Hidden Truths at The Kant Institute • San Francisco, CA (Oct. 2019)