Nieves

Nieves is an independent publishing house based in Zurich, Switzerland. Founded in 2001 by Benjamin Sommerhalder, Nieves' focus is on producing artist publications and zines.
 
Zurich
 
233 titles
 
Mark Gonzales - Going to Love You
2024
English edition
forthcoming
This new body of work consists of paintings featuring heart-headed figures in various emotional states and situations that sometimes teeter between the ordinary and extraordinary. From tender amorous moments to unexpected skate scenes, the work is full of the next iteration of emotive "schmoo" characters.
Caroline Bachmann - Aube
2024
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Caroline Bachmann's dawn paintings.
Ronan Bouroullec - Lausanne
2024
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Ronan Bouroullec's daily drawings.
Nieves Notebook (2 notebooks)
2024
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Nieves Notebook produced by Moleskine is a lightweight, flexible paper companion for everyday notes and sketches.
Andreas Samuelsson - Vases
2024
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A series of watercolor images of vases by the Swedish artist, printed in risography.
Louise Bourgeois - Les Fleurs
2023
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Louise Bourgeois' flowers series, painted in gouache on paper.
Aurel Schmidt - Trash Dolls 2
2023
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Aurel Schmidt's drawings.
Jocko Weyland - Elk
2023
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The culmination of the American artist's assemblage project.
Warja Honegger-Lavater - Pictograms
2023
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
A previously unpublished collection of 60 ink pictograms by the early progenitor of the artist's book genre (new edition).
Tucker Nichols - Flowers
2023
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Tucker Nichols' flowers paintings.
Peter Piller - Spekulationen (III) - Begleiter
2023
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The third volume of the artist's book series dedicated to prehistoric cave painting mostly features photographs taken in everyday life and on trips, as well as found illustrations from scientific publications in various disciplines.
Tiger Tateishi - Cheat Sheets
2023
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A new edition of Tiger Tateishi's incredible comics sequence.
 General Idea - A Rare Gift of the Tropics
2023
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A series of viral drawings by Jorge Zontal, signed General Idea, printed in 5 color offset.
Keiichi Tanaami - Pleasure of Picasso
2023
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A selection of Tanaami's Picasso's series.
Amelie von Wulffen - Some Watercolors
2023
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In this small volume, normally-inanimate objects are brought to life by Amelie von Wulffen's paint brush, moving throughout this strange, surreal universe as if they were real people. The result is a series of darkly funny paintings that shed light on our own mundane realities.
Ronan Bouroullec - Fièvre
2023
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Ronan Bouroullec's daily drawings.
Peter Piller - Spekulationen (I) - Unbestimmte Linien
2023
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The subject of this and the following books in the Spekulationen series is Peter Piller's approach to Stone Age art and its presence in his daily life. This volume presents four hundred and nine photographs found in publications on prehistoric art.
Peter Piller - Spekulationen (II) - Zahlreiche Übergangsformen
2023
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The second volume of the artist's book series dedicated to Peter Piller's field of research of prehistoric cave painting features Piller's own drawings.
Mark Gonzales - Ready to Articulate
2023
English edition
New paintings by New York based artist Mark Gonzales—an exploration into the artist's experimentation with color theory and mood inspired by classic portraiture.
Erlend Peder Kvam - Tools of Encouragement
2023
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The inner life of objects according to Erlend Peder Kvam.
John Porcellino - The Stoneware Jug
2023
English edition
The Stoneware Jug is a collection of poem-comics by Stefan Lorenzutti (words) and John Porcellino (pictures), in which American comix legend Porcellino (King-Cat, Thoreau at Walden) "pours" the adapted poems into his pen-and-ink panels, as if into a handmade vessel. 
Henry Roy - Ibiza Memories
2022
English edition
A 30-year archive of images from Franco-Haitian artist photographer Henry Roy's many trips to the island of Ibiza.
Ettore Sottsass - Architettura Attenuata
2022
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A series of drawings by the iconic Italian designer.
Kim Gordon - Chronicles - Vol.2
2022
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Chronicles Vol. 3 combines Kim Gordon's Real Estate Paintings with staged canvases photographed by Josephine Pryde in vacant apartments and offices in and around Kriens and Lucerne. The photos, which were taken using purely analog technology, create a disturbing and enraptured atmosphere.
Giasco Bertoli - Tennis Courts IV
2022
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Tennis Courts IV completes the subject of empty, abandoned courts, one after another like a long sequence shot through different seasons and different places.
Selina Trepp - Dirty Drawings
2022
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Selina Trepp's "dirty drawings".
Nakako Hayashi - Here and There
2022
bilingual edition (English / Japanese)
The 15th issue of Nakako Hayashi's graphic journal, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the project.
Jonathan Olivares - Seeing
2022
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The connections between design, skateboarding and graffiti in the practice of the American industrial designer.
Neil Farber - 99% Darkness
2022
English edition
99% Darkness is a compilation of recent collaborative paintings and drawings, featuring the night sky. Short scattered texts take inspiration from the cold vast emptiness of space, with applied human longings and hopes.
Ronan Bouroullec - Bas-Reliefs
2022
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Ronan Bouroullec's ceramic bas-reliefs.
Andriu Deplazes - Bodies in Scattered Light
2022
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New series of paintings by the Swiss artist, that examine the role of humankind in nature and within its social fabric on a philosophical-anthropological level.
Edie Fake - The Pieces
2022
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A series of collages by Edie Fake.
Keegan McHargue - New Paintings
2022
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A series of new semi-abstract oil paintings by the American artist.
Celestino Piatti - Hamsters
2022
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This small volume features drawings created by by the famous Swiss illustrator for Basler Rabattmarke BKG Liga.
Peter Piller - Materialien (J) - Peripheriewanderungen Bremen
2022
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Peter Piller's peripheral excursions around Bremen.
Bastien Aubry - Agglorhythmus
2021
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Bastien Aubry's sculptures.
 Bastien Aubry & Dimitri Broquard - La Période Molle
2021
bilingual edition (English / French)
(last copies available!)
The iconic everyday objects, “soft” sculptures, ceramic pieces and collages by the Swiss duo.
Erlend Peder Kvam - Fiscal Cliff
2021
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The fiscal cliff according to Erlend Peder Kvam.
Tal R - Garbage Man
2021
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Tal R's collages from his eclectic collection of images and objects (artist's book).
Emma Kunz - Penta
2021
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A selection of works on paper by Swiss visionary outsider artist and healer Emma Kunz (1892-1963), close to geometric abstraction.
Stefan Marx - Max, Maria, Andi & Co. - A giant circular painting
2020
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A series of drawings revisiting the history, the landscapes and the fantasy of Tyrol in Austria (leporello).
Ingo Giezendanner - Sloppy Sleep
2020
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A series of drawings made in Paris with felt pen in small notebooks. The hours-long work on the drawings, which are all made right on the spot, displaces Giezendanner into meditation and lets him perceive the urban space in different ways.
Caro Niederer - Round Midnight
2020
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A series of still lifes and interior scenes by the Swiss artist.
Nigel Peake - Spring / Summer + Autumn / Winter (2 volume set)
2020
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currently out of stock
Nigel Peake's drawings for Japanese distillery Mitosaya.
Rafael Pérez - Centro de la tierra - Multicolor y cambiante
2020
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Rafael Pérez' sketchbook presented in this publication was created in his studio in December 1992 in Dielsdorf, Zurich, as a Christmas present for his wife Ursula. Only minor alterations to the pagination, size and dedication have been made.
Nakako Hayashi - Here and There - Collage Issue
2020
bilingual edition (English / Japanese)
The 14th issue of Nakako Hayashi's graphic journal, on the theme of collage.
Raymond Pettibon - Selected Works From 1982 To 2011
2020
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An anthology of Pettibon's drawings.
Dash Snow - Selected Works From 2001 To 2009
2020
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This Zine contains a selection of Dash Snow's critical Dada-esque collages, which range from cum-glittered tabloid covers starring Saddam Hussein to straight text pieces to sculptural works composed of items like books and skeletal fragments; and a smattering of the photographs and Polaroids that originally made Snow famous outside of street art culture, where he began writing graffiti.
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