Nick Hornby

Nick Hornby is a British artist based in London whose sculptures emerge from the convergence of a postermodern historical perspective and cutting-edge digital technology. Using computer software, Hornby combines silhouettes sourced from art history to create three-dimensional works that, as the viewer moves around them, seem to take the shape of different well-known sculptures of the past. Hornby's use of traditional materials like bronze and marble resin highlights the craftsmenship behind his works, which, while maintaining the look of a computer-generated model, are nevertheless hand-crafted. Mining the collective index of cultural history, Hornby uses technology not just to invoke potential new worlds but as a way of investigating alternative ways of seeing history.

Hornby, born in 1980, has received degrees from the Slade School of Art at the University College London and the Chelsea School of Art. He has exhibited his work internationally at London's Tate Britain and Southbank Centre, New York's Eyebeam Art and Technology Center, and Athens's The Hub, among others. In 2009, he was shortlisted for the inaugural 45,000 pound Spitalfields Sculpture Prize. In 2008, he was the recipient of the Clifford Chance Sculpture Award.