Born in Mainz and now based in Berlin, Nik Nowak creates sound objects that combine the aesthetic qualities of sculpture with utility or functional objects to explore urban or military phenomena at play in everyday life. Nowak earned his undergraduate degree from Berlin’s University of the Arts (UdK) in 2007, and studied under German artist Lothar Baumgarten. He is the recipient of several scholarships, including one for a sculpture course under Xiang Jing at Normal University in Shanghai, China. In recent years he has worked closely with musicians such as Chicago footwork pioneers the late DJ Rashad and DJ Spinn, and sonic polymath The Bug. His new collaborative project SCHOCKGLATZE is the result of a longstanding collaboration between artists working across the frontiers of several forms.