JOEL BARTON IS A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ARTIST BASED IN SHEFFIELD. WORKING UNDER THE NAME NAZUSK.

WITH HIS ARTISTIC ROOTS SET IN A HISTORY OF GRAFFITI LETTERING, HIS PRACTISE CONTINUES TO KEEP SHAPE, MARK MAKING AND LETTERING AT ITS CORE - ONLY NOW EVOLVING AND EXPERIMENTING WITH THESE ELEMENTS TO PRODUCE WORK RANGING FROM DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION, TO PAINTING AND PRINT.

HIS ARTWORK COMBINES COLLAGE AND PAINTING TO EXPLORE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN NATURAL LANDSCAPES AND FORGOTTEN URBAN SPACES. HE USES LAYERED TEXTURES, ORGANIC FORMS, AND INDUSTRIAL ELEMENTS TO CREATE A VISUAL LANGUAGE OF GROWTH AND DECAY. HIS PRACTICE IS INSPIRED BY GEOLOGICAL PATTERNS, ROCK FORMATIONS, AND URBAN TEXTURES SUCH AS GRAFFITI AND PEELING BILLBOARDS.

TO DISCUSS A PROJECT OR A COLLABORATION, PLEASE SAY HELLO.

— thenazusk@gmail.com

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• OUTBOUND // Galleria Objets, London - 2025

• HOLMFIRTH ART WEEK // Coopers Yard, Holmfirth - 2024

• FROM THE FOG // Dryad Works, Sheffield - 2019

• NOTHING NEVER // Gage Gallery, KIAC, Sheffield - 2017

• BRICK 2 BRICK - BRICK GALLERY OPENING SHOW // Brick Gallery - 2017

• HANDFUL OF GRAVEL // Lughole-Holt, Sheffield - 2016

• AQUALAB 1 // Dina, Sheffield - 2016

• ECROU VILLE ZINE LAUNCH & EXHIBITION // Pirate Ship, Sheffield - 2016

• DAMNED AGITATION // Dina, Sheffield - 2015

• CONNECT THE DOTS // The Grain Warehouse, Victoria Quays, Sheffield - 2013

• RED BULL CURATES: CANVAS COOLER // Leeds - 2013

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• RAIN WIND SUNSET // Brick Gallery, Sheffield - 2017-2018

ZINES / SELF PUBLISHED

• ANTI SOCIAL MEDIA - 2021

• PLS DON’T GET WEIRD - 2017

• NUT CITY - ÉCROU VILLE // Collaboration between Elliot Holbrow, Jamie Shipston & Nazusk - 2016

• PEANUTS 1/1 - 2015

• BLOÉM - 2015

• CHéRI - 2015

• DANDELIONS LONDE - 2014

• NUT CITY - KEBAB CUSTOMS // Collaboration between Elliot Holbrow & Nazusk - 2013

FEATURES

• TRIPMAG // CHERI ZINE FEATURE - 2015

• FEATURED ARTIST AND INTERVIEW // FIFTY SHADES OF SPRAY ISSUE 2 - 2015

• FIFTY SHADES OF SPRAY ISSUE 1 - 2015

• TAPE ECHO // NUT CITY FEATURE - 2013

• BOOGIE’S BLOG // NUT CITY FEATURE - 2013