Tommaso Nervegna-Reed

Tommaso Nervegna-Reed works across a range of media including painting, video, photography, sculpture and installation. Informed by the internal logics present in conceptual art, his practice often subverts existing media or cultural objects by repositioning them in new and generative ways. Whether it be Venetian blinds wrapped in plaster bandages, a video of a light therapy session, or paintings of DVDs whose titles range from ‘corporate crime’ to ‘personality disorders’. Nervegna-Reed draws upon seemingly novel experiences which he cuts up and reassembles in unconventional ways. Through various formal techniques he transforms their original meaning, whilst simultaneously exposing their inherent structures, in an attempt to unpack our shared visual culture.

Tommaso Nervegna-Reed (b. 1996) completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours in 2021 at Monash University. Nervegna-Reed has exhibited at a range of galleries including Sutton Projects, Animal House Fine Arts, Composite: Moving Image Agency & Media Bank, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Aasleagh, Working at Heights, Cache, Rushes, Haydens, Conners Conners, Caves and Cathedral Cabinet.