Jonathan Nesci
{{short description|American designer (born 1981)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2019}}
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| name = Jonathan Nesci
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|06|21}}
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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| known_for = 100 Variations
| occupation = Designer
| spouse = Christine Nesci
| children = 2
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Jonathan Nesci (born June 21, 1981, Chicago, Illinois) is an American designer best known for his furniture, lighting, and exhibition design. His minimalist furniture has been exhibited at international design shows, including Design Miami, Collective Design Fair, EXPO Chicago, International Contemporary Furniture Fair, PAD London, and PAD Paris. He lives in Columbus, Indiana and formerly worked at Wright auction house in Chicago, Illinois.{{cite book |last1=Rubinstein |first1=Daniel |title=Temperature 2012 |date=January 2012 |publisher=Museum of Art and Design |pages=74–77 |url=https://issuu.com/dannyc77/docs/temperature2012 |access-date=November 23, 2016}}
Career
While still working at Wright auction, Nesci's designs first appeared in 2007 at a juried group exhibition for Design Within Reach in Chicago. In 2008 he left Wright{{cite journal |last1=Khemsurov |first1=Monica |title=Jonathan Nesci, Furniture Designer |journal=Sight Unseen |date=July 16, 2013 |url=http://www.sightunseen.com/2013/07/jonathan-nesci-furniture-designer/ |access-date=November 25, 2016}} to pursue a full-time career in design. Since 2007 Nesci has exhibited his works at Design Miami with Casati Gallery, Giovanni Beltran, Patrick Parish Gallery, Plusdesign Gallery, [http://www.tileblush.com Tile Blush], and Volume Gallery. He has designed booths for Casati Gallery and Patrick Parish Gallery for Design Miami, Art Basel, EXPO Chicago and Collective Design Fair.{{cite journal |last1=Castellano |first1=Laura |title=Makers Marks |journal=Chicago Home + Garden |date=January–February 2008 |page=26}}
Nesci's first solo exhibition, "The New," was at Volume Gallery in 2010,{{cite web |title=Volume Gallery – The New |url=http://wvvolumes.com/exhibitions/the-new/ |website=wvvolumes.com |access-date=November 23, 2016}} and his first solo exhibition, "Nine Variations" in New York was at Patrick Parrish Gallery in 2011.{{cite web |title=Patrick Parrish / collection / Hale Industrial Design |url=http://www.patrickparrish.com/contemporary/exhibitions/exhibition/20 |website=www.patrickparrish.com |access-date=November 23, 2016}} In 2014 Nesci created 100 unique aluminum tables for the exhibition "100 Variations," that responded to the design of Eliel Saarinen's First Christian Church.{{cite news |last1=Shaw |first1=Matt |title=How to Wake a Sleeping Modernist Architecture Giant |url=http://architizer.com/blog/how-to-wake-a-sleeping-modernist-architecture-giant/ |access-date=November 23, 2016 |work=Architizer}} and in 2015 he premiered a collection of mirrors, coffee tables, and vases at Patrick Parish Gallery in the exhibition, "Present Perimeter".{{cite journal |last1=Kwun |first1=Aileen |title=Mirror, Mirror |journal=Dwell |date=September 2015 |page=44}}
His installation "100 Variations" served as a pilot project for Exhibit Columbus, which will feature more than 15 site responsive designs in the 2017 exhibition.{{cite news |last1=Shaw |first1=Matt |title=Columbus, Indiana announces biennial design exhibition to begin in fall 2017 - Archpaper.com |url=https://archpaper.com/2016/05/columbus-indiana-announces-biennial-design-exhibition-begin-fall-2017/ |access-date=November 24, 2016 |work=archpaper.com}}{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Aubrey |title=Maker of the Month: Jonathan Nesci |url=http://www.patternindy.com/2016/10/18/maker-of-the-month-jonathan-nesci/ |website=Pattern |access-date=November 23, 2016 |date=October 18, 2016}} Nesci is a member of the Exhibit Columbus Curatorial Team where his work focuses on the "Washington Street Installations."{{cite web |title=Exhibit Columbus |url=http://www.exhibitcolumbus.org |access-date=November 23, 2016}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://jonathannesci.com}}
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