Nick Aikens

Nick Aikens is currently PhD candidate at HDK Valand, University of Gothenburg and research curator at the Van Abbemuseum (since 2012). Recent and ongoing projects have focused on the 1980s and specifically the UK Black Arts Movement via a series of exhibitions and the publication ‘The Place is Here: The Work of Black Artists in 1980s Britain’ (2019, co-edited with Elizabeth Robles), a retrospective / monograph on Rasheed Araeen (2017-19) and the exhibition / research project ‘Yael Davids: A Daily Practice’ (2017-ongoing). He leads the current research programme Deviant Practice at the Van Abbe. He was a Research Affiliate, CCC at the Visual Arts Department, HEAD, Geneva (since 2016 – 2018) and a member of the editorial board for L’Internationale Online (since 2013). He has been a tutor at the Dutch Art Institute ( 2013 – 2019) and at the Design Academy Eindhoven (2015-17).