NEMESH - Original Artworks

'Simplicity'
Framed oil on canvas
540mm x 540mm 
​$1,700

'Surge III'
Framed oil on canvas
490mm x 490mm 
​$1,350

'Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder'
Framed oil on canvas
540mm x 540mm 
$1,700

'Rubicon'
Framed oil on canvas
540mm x 540mm 
​$1,700

SOLD 🔴
'The Power House'
Framed oil on canvas
540mm x 540mm 
​$2,000

ARTISTS' BIO

NEMESH

​Vjekoslav Nemesh (Known simply as Nemesh) was born in Petrovaradin, the former Yugoslavia (now Serbia). Since early childhood he manifested exceptional drawing skills and interest in drawing, especially comics, which naturally progressed into more detailed and graphic representations. His artistic direction however was about to change when in his early twenties a schoolmate commissioned him to create a large oil painting, an event that ultimately led him onto an artistic  path he has been on ever since.
Having only been painting for a few years, Nemesh was fortunate enough to win several local art awards, events which ultimately gave him the encouragement to pursue a career as an artist, a decision he has never looked back from. Events were also about to take a positive change for him, when in the early nineties there was a sudden reform in former Yugoslavia which saw a number of new private art galleries open.

This fundamental change offered Nemesh an opportunity to start building his artistic career but sadly this opportunity would be short lived as civil war soon broke out which eventually  saw the breakdown of the entire country. Yet even as the country was going through this very difficult time Nemesh was still able to experience great local success with his art.

However in 1993 with the war still raging, Nemesh decided that he and his former wife needed to leave the country and start a new life elsewhere. They decided on New Zealand as their new home due to its temperate climates and beautiful scenery, yet as we all know, any move has its challenges, and for Nemesh this meant him having to let go of his local artistic successes and start his career from the very beginning again in a new country.
Nemesh's artistic career spans over 35 years since he first put his drawings and sketches into a local exhibition back in 1984 (in former Yugoslavia). Nemesh has participated in more than 300 group exhibitions in New Zealand and overseas and has had more than 50 solo exhibitions in the former Yugoslavia, Sri Lanka, USA and New Zealand. In 1989 and 1991 as a young and already recognized artist he was elected and sent twice to participate in the Art Colony “17 Watermills” in Dusnik near Nis in Serbia.

In 2015 he was invited to participate in the exhibition for the Matariki Celebration in Rotorua where he was the Artist in residence for a period of two weeks. For the last 20 years Nemesh has also had annual solo exhibitions in Sargent’s Fine Art in Lahaina, Maui Island in Hawaii, USA and from 1995 to 2014 he was participating in Peter Reynolds Christmas exhibitions.

Together with his close friends Nemesh has organized seven ‘Interconnection exhibitions’ around New Zealand, the idea behind this Interconnection  being “to utilize a collaborative approach with other artists, exchange ideas and create works which will differ from the artist's usual style”.
Nemesh has had his work presented in collections throughout Europe, Russia, Britain, U.S.A., Canada, Australia, Asia, and New Zealand and has established world-wide recognition for his unique, authentic and visionary artistic style of work.

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