Liang Fu, Chantal Khoury, Daniel Pitín, Nadia Waheed brings together four artists from different corners of the earth and places them in direct conversation with one another, finding commonality in form, theme, and palette. Taken together, the exhibition evokes themes of objectivity in collectivism, loss of self, and the entropy, regeneration, and relocation of memory and community. The combination of artists is emblematic of Nicodim’s emphasis on uniting diverse voices in unexpected and original presentations that foster new dialogues.

Liang Fu (b. 1993, Sichuan, China) lives and works in Paris France. He received his BFA and MFA from National Fine Arts School of Nantes in Nantes, France. Fu’s practice centers around the intricate interplay of corporeal forms, geographical landscapes, and the passage of time. Rooted in a familial legacy of antique connoisseurship, Liang Fu’s artistic vision is enriched by a deep-seeded understanding of historical aesthetics. Exhibitions include Liang Fu, Chantal Khoury, Daniel Pitin, Nadia Waheed, Nicodim, Los Angeles (2024); Echoes of the void, Hive Contemporary Art Center, Shanghai (2024, solo); X collection 202: portrait of a man, X Museum, Beijing (2024); The ballad of the children of the Czar, Galeria Nicodim, Bucharest (2024); Disembodied, curated by Ben Lee Ritchie Handler, Nicodim, Los Angeles (2024); Ash to ashes, Galeria Nicodim, Bucharest (2023, solo); Holographic realm, Hive Contemporary, Shanghai (2023); Galeria Nicodim, Bucharest: 10 years, Galeria Nicodim, Bucharest (2023); 《星体燎原》corps célestes, Nicodim, New York (2022, solo); Disembodied, curated by Ben Lee Ritchie Handler, Galeria Nicodim, Bucharest (2022); Intangible, Nicodim Upstairs, Los Angeles (2022, solo); petit beurre, Maia Muller Gallery, Paris, France (2021).

Chantal Khoury (b. 1986, New Brunswick, Canada) is of Lebanese descent and is based in Montreal. Building off scholars from the Southwest Asia and North Africa region, Khoury co-opts traditional oil painting techniques to address displacement and diaspora through a contemporary methodology, leveraging paint’s versatility through the lens of abstraction. She was recently honored with the 2023 Joe Plaskett Award in Painting, a national accolade awarded to an outstanding Canadian painter, and grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Canadian Federation of University Women, and a spot in the 2022–23 RBC Emerging Artists Network at the Power Plant Contemporary Gallery. Permanent Collections include the Royal Bank of Canada, The Art Gallery of Guelph, and the University of New Brunswick, and notable exhibitions include Plural contemporary art fair, Montreal (2023); Art Toronto (Canada’s Art Fair, 2023); Feeling without touching, Nicodim, New York (2023); I tie them loosely, Nicodim Annex, Los Angeles (2023, solo); I had the same thought, TAP Art Space, Montreal (2023, two-person exhibition); Holding echoes, Michael Gibson Gallery, London (2022, solo); Cloth and feather, Birch Contemporary, Toronto (2021, solo).

Daniel Pitín (b. 1977, Prague, Czech Republic) is a leading figure among the generation of artists to have emerged since the fall of communism in Central and Eastern Europe. Pitín creates fictional settings within his paintings by editing images from film footage from the Communist period with stills from television series from the 70s to create an open space where interplay with memory may have its stage. He received his education from the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, Czech Republic in 2001, and continues to live and work in Prague. Exhibitions include Liang Fu, Chantal Khoury, Daniel Pitín, Nadia Waheed, Nicodim, Los Angeles (2024); The ballad of the children of the Czar, Galeria Nicodim, Bucharest (2024); The newcomers association, Hunt Kastner, Prague (2024, solo); Disembodied, Nicodim, Los Angeles (2024); Time machine, Nicodim, New York (2023, solo); Galeria Nicodim, Bucharest: 10 years, Galeria Nicodim, Bucharest (2023); Sommerkino, Czech Center, Berlin (2022, solo); A race of Peeping Toms, Nicodim, Los Angeles (2020, solo). Pitín is collected by the the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Knoxville Museum of Art, and his solo institutional exhibitions include Cover Story, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (2012); and After the Fall, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill and the Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville (2011).

Nadia Waheed (b. 1992, Saudi Arabia) lives and works in Austin, TX. Her paintings juxtapose the personal and the cosmic, allowing the viewer to imagine a different universal reality, one that insists on the fundamental humanness and commonality of individuality. She graduated with a BFA in Painting & Drawing from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2015. Exhibitions include: Liang Fu, Chantal Khoury, Daniel Pitín, Nadia Waheed, Nicodim, Los Angeles (2024); The ballad of the children of the Czar, Galeria Nicodim, Bucharest (2024); Vampire::Mother, curated by Jasmine Wahi, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles (2024); A strange Icarus, Nicodim, Los Angeles (2023, solo); Maternity leave: none of women born, Nicodim in collaboration with the Green Family Foundation, Dallas (2023); Disembodied, curated by Ben Lee Ritchie Handler, Nicodim, New York (2023); Wonder Women II, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles (2022); Heavy bend, Gallery 1957, London (2022, solo); You me me you, Nicodim, Los Angeles (2022); Wonder Women, Jeffrey Deitch, New York (2022); Madeleine Bialke, M. Florine Démosthène, Sahara Longe, Nadia Waheed, Alexander Berggruen, New York (2022); Am I human yet, Arsenal Contemporary New York (2021, solo); I climb, I acktrack, I float, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami (2020, solo); Sacred vessel (pt.2), Arsenal Contemporary, New York (2020); Crossroads, Patel Gallery, Toronto (2020).