About
I love art. Moved around a lot. Grew always fonder of all artforms. I’m deeply influenced by Tropicalia, MPB, Olafur Eliasson, Picasso, Herbie Hancock, Verner Panton, Oscar Niemeyer, and Louis Comfort Tiffany. All this art is created on their shoulders. I want to make increasingly immersive and diverse exhibitions.
Bio
Nicolas Cassel Dürr(b. 1996, Montreal, Canada) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Fort Collins, Colorado. Working across painting, drawing, and light, Dürr employs acrylic, alcohol ink, and India ink on diverse supports including canvas, mirror, glass, metal, and wood. Dürr is best known for his abstract depictions inspired by nature and the human figure, achieved through sophisticated layering and translucent effects.
Dürr’s practice explores the profound interdependence between humans and the natural world - celebrating the beauty of this relationship while underscoring the continuing importance of authentic human expression amid advancing technology. His compositions are characterized by fluid, organic forms, vibrant color fields, and an interplay of opacity and transparency that evokes both ecological systems and emotional states.
The ongoing JUNGLE series, initiated in 2024 and extending through 2025, marked a pivotal development in Dürr’s career, unlocking new technical possibilities and crystallizing his distinctive visual language. This breakthrough has since spawned several new projects and collections currently in progress. Nicolas Cassel Dürr has presented solo exhibitions including JUNGLE at The Lyric, Fort Collins, and Sight Songs at Cornerstone Gallery, Fort Collins, with works held in private collections in North America and Europe.
Curiosity Induced Change
Propagating Local Art Everywhere
There isn't a place in the world where art is not found. Most of the time the focus tends to veer toward the metropolitan epicenters of art. Market and Community alike. This is due to the relative abundance of opportunity in cities such as New York and Paris in comparison less densely populated areas. I would like to create locally based communities that can be self reliant while having a wide-reaching voice for the artists that are not at the artistic epicenters of the world. This could be created through regional, and traveling events that would not only stimulate the local communities but inspire others to create the same environment for their areas.
Endless Inspiration
I would love to work in as many creative areas as possible. Working with as many different artists as possible. Collaborative art is something incredibly important for me but the opportunities to create it seem to be rare, or too rare for my taste. I would always like to be a voice for the idea that art should be collaborative in the competitive space in which it resides.