About the artist

Dylan James Nikich creates large-scale abstract works that explore thresholds, collapse, and renewal. Built from layers of acrylics, pigments, sand, stone, and textured mediums, his paintings are instinctive and kinetic — guided by rhythm, vibration, and an openness to transformation.

In 2019, during a time of profound personal challenge, Dylan made a choice: to return to painting. Rather than turn to escape or distraction, he channelled life’s turbulence into art — a rebirth that transformed struggle into portals of energy, color, and reflection.

That was only the first turning point. In 2022, after another significant life event, he completed his last commission and packed down his Perth studio. It was not an ending, but a transition. Seizing the opportunity to live abroad and pursue a long-held dream, Dylan spent the following years in the UK, across Europe, Asia, and eventually in Thailand.

During this time, his practice expanded beyond the canvas — through drawing, sketching, photography, music, DJing, and immersion in global art cultures. He visited galleries and museums, connected with artists, and explored the possibility of relocating to a new city to nourish his work. Some of the pieces created in this period now reside in private collections.

When he returned to painting in late 2024, it was not a continuation but a regeneration — the second rebirth of his practice, deepened by travel, relationships, and inner change.

At the heart of Dylan’s work is a philosophy of impermanence. Light alters a canvas as much as mood; meaning shifts with time, perspective, and the lives of those who encounter it. Nothing is fixed. Each work regenerates continually, mirroring the evolving nature of existence itself.

Through this ever-changing practice, Dylan’s paintings become more than visual form. They are invitations: to reflect, to step through the threshold, and to discover something new — in the work, in oneself, and in the world beyond.