Berndnaut Smilde

Berndnaut Smilde (Groningen, 1978) is a Dutch visual artist.
Early life.
Berndnaut Smilde was born in 1978 in Groningen. In 2005, Smilde graduated with a master's degree in fine art from the Frank Mohr Institute of Hanze University in Groningen.
Career.
Smilde's best known works include the series "Conditioner"; sculptures that spread an antiseptic scent throughout several rooms, and 'Unflattened', which shows an inverted rainbow.
In 2012 he created a series of self-made clouds, of which 'Nimbus II, 2012', first performed in the Lady Chapel of Hoorn, was included in London's Saatchi Gallery. He chooses locations that are old, damp, that have no air circulation. Time Magazine called this technique one of the fifty best inventions of 2012.
Awards.
Smilde won a stipend from The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts.