NILS UDO

A RT I S T / N AT U R A L I S T

WHO IS NILS UDO?

His name Nils- French and

Udo- Japanese
German/Bavarian artist
Began with painting on
traditional surfaces in 1960,
studying in Paris
Started his work with nature
in 1972
Went back to painting in
2004, living in Germany

HIS ARTWORK
Considered to be lyrical, entrancing, and
mysterious
Locations of artwork includes Europe, Japan, Israel,
India and Mexico
Each piece is created in response to the landscape and
materials around him, culturally as well
Nils-Udos landscape montages make us all the more
aware of our place in relation to nature
All of his artwork is ephemeral. Does not last long
Photographs all work for documentation
He lived through the the profound change of
awareness in regards to nature and its endangerment.

STONE-TIME-MAN
GERMANY

2001

Quartzite monolith weighing about 150 tons and fir trunks blown over in a storm

WATERHOUSE
HOLLAND

1982

Spruce trunks, birch brances, willow switches, and sod on tidal

flats

THE NEST
Earth, Stone, Birches, Grass
"I smelled the earth, the stones, the
freshly struck wood.
I built the nest walls high and
twisted the soil of the nest.
From the height of the edge of the
nest I looked down on the forest
soil,
up into the branch work of the trees
and into the sky.
I heard the singing of the birds and
felt the breath of the wind.
In the dawn I began to freeze. The
nest was not finished yet.
I thought, high above on the edge of
the nest squatting:
I build myself a house, it sinks
silently past the tops of the trees on
the forest soil,
openly to the cold night sky and
nevertheless warmly and softly,
deeply into the dark earth dug."

Luneburg Heath, Germany

THE NEST, RED CLAY

CLEMSON, SC
2005

ROOT SCULPTURE
MEXICO CITY

1995

DUNE EDGE
NAMIBIA

2001

Pampas Grand, Sand, Wind

Cliff face
rubbed green
with tree leaves

UNTITLED
I S L A N D O F C R E S , Y U G O S L AV I A
1988

Benthelm
Sandstone

NORDHORN TOWER
NORDHORN, GERMANY

2001

REFERENCES
http://www.morning-earth.org/ARTISTNATURALISTS
/
AN_Nils_Udo.html
http://greenmuseum.org/content/artist_index/artis
t_id-36.
html