Deaks (b. 1987) is a British-German contemporary and multi-disciplinary artist based in Berlin. Raised in an environment that nurtured his creative expression, his evolving practice blends elements of collage and sculpture.

Deaks‘ primary work offers a curious, often humorous exploration of mundane imagery and materials. By collecting, cutting and re-arranging recognisable symbolism, patterns and materials, he creates recast compositions through arrangements of square shaped pieces. In doing so, his collages juxtapos the symmetry of cuts and transitions within the symmetry of a rounded shape.

Through re-contextualising traces of everyday human activity, Deaks breaks away familiar materials and symbols from their original contexts and intended applications. This allows for a re-examination of the ordinary, yet familiar, which ultimately reveals new perspectives and interpretations. The process of deconstruction and re-arrangement invites the viewer to engage with the previously overlooked in the presumedly unremarkable.

Working primarily with discarded and salvaged, often damaged materials, Deaks believes in re-seeing through re-assembly of the recognisable. By challenging established patterns and routines of recognition, Deaks’ collages seek to reveal the unseen within the seen.