NICK ERVINCK (b. 1981) is a sculptor and New Media artist who lives and works in Lichtervelde, Belgium. He graduated in 2003 from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium. His work has been exhibited at NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, Germany; Ars Electronics, Linz, Austria; MARTa, Herford, Germany; Paul Valéry Museum, Sète, France; Fenaille Museum, Rodez, France; Laboral, Gijon, Spain; Museum Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen, Netherlands; Bozar, Brussels, Belgium; Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, Netherlands; S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium; Gallo-Roman Museum, Tongeren, Belgium; Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent, Belgium; Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels, Belgium; Museum M, Leuven, Belgium; the Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium; Middelheim Museum, Antwerp, Belgium and by the National Museum of Finland at Häme Castle, Hämeenlinna, Finland. The artist has received many prestigious prizes including the Prix Godecharle (2005), The Fortis Young Ones Award (2006), the Provincial Prize for Fine Arts West Flanders (2006) and the Rodenbach Fund Award (2008) Merit CODA Award (2013) and the Prize of the Class of the Arts of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium (2020). He has been awarded public art commissions in Ghent, Belgium; Emmen, Netherlands; Ostend, Belgium; Sotogrande, Spain; Amersfoort, Netherlands; Tielt, Belgium; Anderlecht, Belgium; Rockville, MD, U.S.A. and St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.A. and Shanghai, China.