RICHARD NIESSEN (1972) is known for his colorful posters and expressive typography, innovative identities and his collaborations with other artists. In 2007 he created the traveling overview exhibition ‘TM-City’. In 2014 he then expanded this with the book and installation ‘A Hermetic Compendium of Typographic Masonry’, and completed the monumental 2019 Building Site retrospective at Le Signe in Chaumont with three previously unreleased installations .

Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum wrote about Niessen, “By stacking and ordering typographic elements, he creates interweaving linear patterns that have virtually no equivalent anywhere else in the Dutch graphic design field.” 

Besides working in commission he initiates his autonomous projects. Niessen started ‘The Palace of Typographic Masonry’ in 2015, which brings together experiment, research, connection with other disciplines and the embedding of graphic design in a broader cultural history. 

Niessen teaches at the KABK in The Hague, conducts workshops around the world and lectures and exhibites his work widely.