Nanno Simonis is a sonic and visual artist exploring artificiality, distortion, and altered perception through sound, light, and material interplay. His kinetic installations oscillate between calm and unease, creating encounters with elemental presences through movement, water, and reflection.

His practice probes the shifting nature of perception—concealed in systems that appear simple but reveal meticulous craft and complexity. By blurring the boundaries between physical and digital experience, Simonis redefines how we perceive space, rhythm, and sensory depth.

Simonis represents a new generation of designers translating material experimentation into poetic experience, expanding the scope of Dutch design toward the intangible and the sensory.

Portrait by Studio DBLY

To Water Is to Be (2023)