NH DePass

New Orleans, Louisiana

Artworks shown are selected from works submitted by the artist in their grant or residency application. All works are copyright of the artist or artist’s estate.

About NH DePass

NH DePass is an artist from New Orleans, LA. His practice as a sculptor is rooted in the physical production of objects and the development of the techniques necessary to create them. Often combining graphic and object-centered elements in the form of narrative based-exhibitions, his work is geared towards installation, fiction, and storytelling. In 2014, he formed the artistic collaboration, Spider and The Bottle, producing and exhibiting large-scale installations internationally.

Program Participation

Joan Mitchell Center Residency, 2021

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By continually observing, questioning, and reexamining my environment, I am able to put forth objects that allow us to reimagine the way we see and think about things. For the past couple of years I have been keenly interested in portraiture, and more specifically, the possibility of a portrait succeeding. I found myself wondering, what could an inanimate object really convey, or depict, about something as complex as an individual?”