Nothing Left to Want is Nana Wolke’s second solo show at NICOLETTI, opening on 19 September 2025.

Introduction by Maximiliane Leuschner:

Imagine an evening of hedonism and debauchery at The Savoy: champagne flows, pillows fly, baths are drawn. A trail of shoes and clothes strewn across the floor. In Nothing Left to Want, Nana Wolke shares glimpses of such an evening in a suite of six new paintings. Drawing on Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas’s stay at The Savoy between 1893 and 1895 – which ultimately led to the Irish poet’s downfall and demise –, the Ljubljana-born and New York-based artist and a group of muses – London-based artists, friends, socialites – have descended to the (formerly adjoining) rooms 362 and 361 of London’s iconic hotel on the Strand. The prompt? ‘Come in an outfit you’d be happy to be caught dead in’ – as per the artist’s instruction.

At NICOLETTI, Wolke’s paintings retrace the course of the evening. They contemplate time in different ways, whether through spending quality moments with loved ones or through filmic engagement with its ephemeral aspect. Nothing Left to Want is also an exercise in creative reciprocity and inspiration: a music score by Sander Priston – Wolke’s collaborator and muse – communes with the sensual oranges, yellows and pinks in her paintings.

Nana Wolke was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia in 1994 and lives and works in New York, USA. She holds an MFA from Goldsmiths, University of London and received BFA with honors from the Academy of Visual Arts in Ljubljana. She completed her last year of parallel study at Academy for Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana through a study exchange at Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig (class of Prof. Michael Riedel).

Wolke’s solo exhibitions include Independent, New York, with NıCOLETTı and Management, New York (2025); Liste Art Fair, with NiCOLETTi, Basel, CH (2024); Breed, Management, New York, US (2024); Wanda’s, NıCOLETTı, London, UK (2022–23); High Seat, Castor Gallery, London, UK (2022); 4:28 – 5:28 am, VIN VIN, Vienna, AU (2021); Some Girls Wander by Mistake, Fondazione Coppola, Vicenza, IT (2021); and The Naughty Corner, Stekleni Atrij Gallery, Ljubljana, Sl (2019).

Her work has been included in group exhibitions at Suprainfinit, Bucharest, RO (2025); Commune, Vienna, AU (2025); Eyes Never Sleep, New York, US (2025); Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia, SL (2024); U3 Triennial of Contemporary Art, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Sl (2024); Brigitte Mulholland, Paris, FR (2024); NıCOLETTı, London, UK (2024); Wilhelm Hallen, Berlin, DE (2023); Tube Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, ES (2023); Green Art Familly Foundation, Dallas, TX (2022); Marlborough Gallery, London, UK (2022); VIN VIN, Vienna, AU (2021); Bangkok Biennial, London, UK (2021); Kiribati National Museum and Cultural Centre, Tarawa, KI (2019); G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig, DE (2018); and Biennial of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, SI (2016).

Selected collections include M Woods, Beijing, China; SCoP – Shanghai Center of Photography, Shanghai, China; Fondazione Coppola, Vinceza, Italy.