Nicholaas Chiao

Niertismus is an idea of ​​a new global religion and ethical-philosophical teaching invented by Nicholaas Chiao. Niertismus comes from the Russian abbreviation NIERT - Scientific Institute of Electronics and Robotics. According to the artist, it is precisely such an Institute that will be the link that will transform his religion into reality. Niertismus encourages man's desire for immortality and wealth, which, according to the artist, is achievable by correcting human errors and mistakes and living a safe and harmless life for others and the planet Earth itself. Nierthismus sees reasonable creation as a path to wealth. Niertismus sees non-harm to other lives as fully feasible in a scientifically correct future. Niertismus sees future human food as free and independent of harm to animals and plants. According to the artist, future humans will be powered by solar energy as their food and wear clothing embedded with solar batteries. Clothes will either feed humans with solar electricity directly or enrich the biomaterial of food with the sun's energy, like super-nutritious milk based on water, minerals, and a biological substance capable of being non-toxic food for humans. The artist believes in ethical food production using 3D printing technology. Also, in the future, all other products, from clothes to cars and robots, will be created using 3D printing. In the future, there will be no clear division of professions; people will have similar knowledge in science, technology, design, and art. The world of the future, according to Niertismus, will be a world of wealth, intelligence, and prosperity. Virtual reality will allow long journeys and interesting role-playing games like movies, and medicine and memory control will allow persons to experience old sensations again. An individual can live the life of an all-seeing tree in a developing new world and a miniature Thumbelina who can repeatedly fly around the Earth and other planets on her wings. The development of Biology, Medicine, and Robotics will allow all this.

The virtual exhibition consists of sculptures and paintings visualized by computer means. "Order of Days" is an abstract composition consisting of 144 parts and presents a metaphor for the human life cycle. Each miniature painting symbolizes the days, months, and years in a person's life, from winter to summer, youth to old age. The paintings symbolize birthdays and days of upbringing, the period of attending school and university, and the passage of years from summer to winter in adulthood, and the two lower rows suggest a musical rhythm that symbolizes old age. "Souls of Water" is a sculptural triptych symbolizing human consumer cruelty to plant life in crops' annual harvest and consumption. Humans have adapted to consume other life forms and often do not think about causing them pain or depriving them of life. The artist's ethical position is to stop cruelty among people by improving our relationships with other life forms. "The Gates of Eden" is a sculpture consisting of a minimalist shelf rhythmically filled with books on all educational subjects, suggesting the hope that a fully educated Homo Sapiens will enter a new period in the history of our planet - mythologically predicted as the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth, will enter into an immortal life described in the Biblical myth of Eden, where Adam and Eve lived before committing the Original Sin and eating the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge, eventually going all the way to the pinnacle of all knowledge in the Universe.

The Idols of Niertismus are reminiscent of the works of YBA and Damien Hirst and continue their visual and conceptual tradition.

Nicholaas Chiao is a Belarusian-American artist mainly known for his provocative expressionist canvases and photorealistic paintings of museum interiors. Nicholaas Chiao received his art education at the Belarusian State Academy of Arts. After immigrating to America, he continued his self-education through experiments, calculations, scientific theorizing, and practical experiments.