Johan Nissen

Johan Nissen
Johan Nissen relaxing in his home in front of a wall sized painting by Thomas Warming
Born	July 20, 1958 Copenhagen
Nationality	Danish
Known for	Painting, Digital Art

Johan Nissen (born July 20, 1958) is a Danish New Media artist specializing in Digital Art.

Biography

Early years

Johan Nissen grew up on “Almindegaard in the Danish town Roskilde with his father Johan Nissen a Squire, a Third Degree Freemason and with his mother, a schoolteacher who was the first women in Denmark to teach carpentry.They send him to Steenhus kostskole, a public boarding school, where he graduated High school. He then went to Israel where he joined the kibbutz life and learned Hebrew and worked as a volunteer.

After Johan Nissen had received a college degree in Denmark he moved to Germany and later to Somerset in England, where he took interest in the Roman Culture and art.

Career

He went back to Denmark where he studied Art History, after the first year he went traveling to Spain. He stayed on for several months working in Real estate, on the Balearic Islands, Ibiza. He taught himself Spanish and was employed by a German Millionaire to work for 5 years as a butler.

With his employer, a Photographer and master-student of Joseph Beuys, at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, he traveled Europe and during this time he became friends with Florian Schneider, Kraftwerk, Grace Jones.

When he returned to Denmark, he started a nightclub in Copenhagen called "The Bridge" and worked with DJ management, Theater and Art. During this time Johan Nissen became lifelong friends with the Danish illustrator Thomas Warming and Documentary film director Tao Nørager

In 2007 he went for one month to Spanish Harlem, New York and got inspired by American graffiti an Pop arts, later in 2008 Nissen started a Shirt company, Nizen in Copenhagen with digital prints, limited edition, featuring his own art.^[1]

References

1. Nicolai Klingenberg (22 September 2013). "JOHAN NISSEN – BUTLEREN DER BLEV KUNSTNER" (Video) (in Danish). http://my-pleasure.dk: my-pleasure. p. 1. han er flink, festlig, kreativ og skæv på sin egen charmerende måde

• Søren H. boeskov (21 February 2008). "Bread & Butter" (Video) (in Danish). youtube.com: Apart Art Film. p. 1. Du ved... Det er hvad det er.. Det er ba'r bread and butter... VideoMarathon 2008 (Emne: Overvågning)