NM
Nicole
Martens
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biography
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NM was founded in 2005 by graphic & audiovisual designer and visual artist Nicole Martens. As NM, Martens merges graphic and audiovisual language into typographic, abstract, applied and autonomous works.
NM strives to capture information in an inspiring and ambitious visual structure. Experiment and research tackle existing systems and in the process new ones are created.
The tense and dependent relationship between nature and culture; emotion and ratio; evolution and creation (make-
ability) are recurring themes in her work. As a designer and artist she tries to achieve a harmonious whole.
As NM, Martens positions herself between art and design and explores new areas within the existing visual discourse. This allows for a wide variety of cross-disciplinary
colla-
borations with artists, musicians, fashion designers, art
institutes and (print) media.
NM has been commissioned as a designer and artist in the public as well as the cultural, artistic, commercial and corporate domain. Clients include MVRDV, TNT-post (PostNL), Zeeuws Museum, Tent. Rotterdam, De Vleeshal & De Kabinetten van De Vleeshal, Erasmus Universiteit, Urban Outfitters, Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, Eye Film Museum Amsterdam, Het Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam, CBK Rotterdam (Centre for Visual Arts) and Ymere Amsterdam (centre for visual arts).