About
Designer on-air and off-air, photographer, producer, and founder of DRAWLIGHTS, Peter Nitsch has always worn many hats. But at the heart of everything that he does Nitsch is first and foremost an artist and a photographer. He was born and raised in the Upper Palatinate, in eastern Bavaria. Nitsch received his BA in communication design from the Department of Design at the Munich University of Applied Sciences (MUAS).
Influenced by his no-man’s-land childhood in the Upper Palatinate and the German skater scene of the late eighties, Nitsch’s narratives of people in dialogue with life observe individual and collective identities through a bright, clean vision—he uses social context and the (urban) landscape to explore these identities in relation to cultural and intercultural realities.
Nitsch published his first monograph Bangkok – Urban Identities in 2006. He is the recipient of numerous awards, both as designer (New York Festival and BDA, among others) and photographer (Los Angeles International Photography Award and Hasselblad Masters semifinalist, among others). He was cofounder of Europe’s first crossover skate- and snowboard magazine, Playboard, and the corporate design studio RUPA.
In 2020, Nitsch became a lifetime member of the Royal Photographic Society of Thailand.
Behind the scenes with Tuay Prown from Gencry. Photo by Saharath Ike.
Far from the traffic jams and the go-go bars, Nitsch takes us into the front rooms of the eight million ordinary Thais who are the real Bangkok: busy, chaotic-looking, organised by an impenetrable idiosyncrasy and unashamedly human.
JOHN BURDETT, upon Shophouses
Beautiful.
STEFAN SAGMEISTER, upon Shophouses
COLLECTIONS
Peter Nitsch’s works can be found in the following collections
Jenny Metaverse
Pinakothek der Moderne Munich
Municipal Museum Munich
German Embassy Bangkok
BACC – Bangkok Art and Cultural Centre
Thai Art Archives Bangkok
AAA Archive (Asia Art Archive Collection)
Art Collection His Majesty King Charles III
And in private collections around
Germany, France, England, Thailand
AWARDS
2024
1839 AWARDS
NEOW, Silver Award, photography
2020
COLOR AWARDS
2 Nominations in professional categories Fashion (1) and Portrait (1)
2019
COLOR AWARDS
4 Nominations in professional categories Fashion (1), People (2) and Portrait (1)
2018
PREMIO ENIT by ITALIEN TOURIST BOARD
BAEDEKER (Design relaunch) winner best series travel guide Italy
2012
PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERS CUP
Nominee in professional category Still Life
IF AWARDS
WORLD TRIP GOODIES, German Design Award Nominee, Communication Design
2011
PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERS CUP
Nominee in professional categories Portrait and Still Life
2009
IPA, INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
SHOPHOUSES, Honorable Mention
2008
IPA, INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
BANGKOK, 3rd place in Book in professional category
GERMAN PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
BANGKOK, Nominee
HASSELBLAD MASTERS
BANGKOK, Semi-Finalist
2003
EYES & EARS EUROPE
Halloweek, Universal Studios, Audio
EYES & EARS EUROPE
Award, ID’s, Universal Studios, Best Package
PROMAX & BDA EUROPE
Silver Medal, Shadow, Universal Studios, Best OnAir Ident-Design
2002
EYES & EARS EUROPE
Artificial Human, 13th Street, Audio
BDA INTERNATIONAL
Bronze Medal, April Movie Highlights, 13th Street, Inhouse image
2001
THE NEW YORK FESTIVAL
Gold World Medal, Masters of Thrill, 13th Street, Audio
BDA INTERNATIONAL
Bronze Medal, Masters of Thrill, 13th Street, Inhouse Image Promo
EYES & EARS OF EUROPE
Bronze Medal, Master, Award, Masters of Thrill, 13th Street, Audio
2000
BDA INTERNATIONAL
Bronze Medal, Halloween, ProSieben, Inhouse image Promo
EXHIBITIONS
Group Exhibitions
2024
Contemplating in Green, Artcrush Gallery, Ghent Festivities, Belgium
Translucent, DCENTRAL TOKYO/National Art Center Tokyo, Japan
Frozen, Dimensions, The Social Hub, Florence, Italy
2023
Girl with a plastic box, Builders Box, Galleria Perpetua, Italy
Marlene, curated by Artcrush Gallery, Times Square, New York City, USA
Pathway, The Portuguese Sea, curated by Bernardo Caria and Obscura, NYCNFT, The Lower Draw Gallery, New York City, USA
NEOW, Black Box NFT Art Festival, curated by Bryony v Shearmur, Brian Cattelle and Obscura, NYCNFT, The Lower Draw Gallery, New York City, USA
SUMO, Space55, curated by An Jong-Hyun, NFT Energy, Seoul, Korea
2022
Greed. Growth. Angst, A Screen of One’s Own curated by Clara Peh, NFT Asia x Superchief Gallery NFT, New York City, USA
2019
T/I/T/B/M, photoMÜNCHEN 19, Munich, Germany
2008
Bangkok – Urban Identities, Kulturreich Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Tango in the Big Mango, curated by Akkara Naktamna, Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok
2022
DEVELOPER TRAY, Obscura Museum within 6529 Museum District
The Line, curated by Mint Face
2007
4 x 8 m, Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
Peter Nitsch (BA)
mail@peternitsch.com
Life time member of
The Royal Photographic Society of Thailand
Image licensing
Gallery Stock, New York, USA
plainpicture, Hamburg, Germany
Gallery contact
Colonna Contemporary
4 Louella Ct
Wayne PA, 19087, USA
T +001 215 484 793 5114
info@colonnacontemporary.com
colonnacontemporary.com
