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A person in a white T-shirt and blue jeans paints a large, colourful abstract canvas in a bright studio. Behind them, a grid of small, vibrant abstract sketches is pinned to the white wall.

Check out Jordy van den Nieuwendijk's New York solo show, WET!

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Date
17 November 2014

Right now, illustrator-turned artist extraordinaire Jordy van den Niewendijk is probably having a nap. For the last few weeks he’s been rushing around the world getting his work together for a very exciting solo show at New York’s trendy Moiety Gallery. It’s safe to say Jordy is one of our favourite artists, and to see his work evolve aesthetically over the years yet still cling on to that trademark style is great, a little bit like watching one of those cool videos of flowers blooming in slow-mo.

Entitled WET!, this show sees Jordy move bravely away from paper and canvas to mirrors, rugs and stacked boards, opening up his idea of what constitutes a “frame.” To see Jordy move in this direction is incredibly exciting for us, and makes us wish that we were in NYC to pick up a piece to keep forever. You live there? Get off the computer and get down to the show! You may even get to meet the bespectacled wonder himself.

WET! Runs until 9 December 2014 at Moiety Gallery in New York.

A painting of a large, white apple silhouette against a background of bold blue, red, green and yellow blocks of colour. The canvas is framed by four glowing neon tubes in pink, blue, green and yellow.
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Jordy van den Nieuwendijk: WET!

An art gallery space with white walls and a grey floor. A large abstract painting in red, yellow, blue and white hangs on the wall, while a matching rug lies on the floor.
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Jordy van den Nieuwendijk: WET!

A rectangular sculpture sits on a grey floor against a white wall. The top surface features a green background with a large, abstract white shape and grey spots. The thick wooden sides are painted in blocks of yellow, red, blue and purple.
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Jordy van den Nieuwendijk: WET!

A painting of a large, abstract white shape set against a green background. The composition is framed by a red border and a yellow and red patterned base.
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Jordy van den Nieuwendijk: WET!

An abstract painting featuring bold, organic white shapes against a split background of green and orange. The composition is enclosed within a multi-coloured frame of red, green, blue and grey.
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Jordy van den Nieuwendijk: WET!

A painting of a large, white abstract figure set against a background of red, blue and pale pink blocks. Two green semi-circles sit at the base of the figure on a bright green and blue strip.
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Jordy van den Nieuwendijk: WET!

A painting of a white, abstract organic shape with grey circular spots against a green background. A bold red and black band runs across the bottom of the composition.
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Jordy van den Nieuwendijk: WET!

An abstract painting featuring bold, flat shapes in white, green, pink and black. A central white form is decorated with scattered, painterly strokes of yellow, red and blue.
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Jordy van den Nieuwendijk: WET!

An art gallery with white walls and a grey floor. Several large, colourful abstract paintings lean against the walls or lie flat on the ground.
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Jordy van den Nieuwendijk: WET!

A person stands on a skateboard in a bright studio, painting a large abstract canvas. Behind them, a grid of small, colourful paintings is pinned to the white wall.
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Jordy van den Nieuwendijk: WET!

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Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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