Barbara Nicholls lives in the UK
Represented by Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Crosswinds Benjamin Parsons Gallery x Hannah Payne, Oxford
2022 Barbara Nicholls Windermere Jetty Museum, The Lake District
2019 Sedimentärer Fluss Städtisches Museum- Galerie im Centrum-Wesel, Germany
Barbara Nicholls The Turnpike, Leigh (ACE funded)
2018 Grosse Watercolours Turps Gallery, London
2017 Sedimentary Flow The New Art Gallery Walsall
2015 Geological Influence Clarence Mill Bollington
2013 Amalgam Tourhaus Rombergpark Dortmund Germany
Telpost Millingen ann de Rhjn Netherlands
Residue Colart London
2011 Turnaround Pavillon am Milchhof Berlin Germany
2010 And In Berlin Central Space London
Emerge AVA University of East London
2009 Beneath Berlin Milchhof Berlin Germany
2008 Borders Codes and Crossings A.P.T Gallery London (ACE funded)
2006 Darkness to Light AVA London
2005 Characters of Fire Electric Cinema & Gate Cinema London
Quarry Parfitt Gallery London UK
2002 City Movements Lyric Square, London
2001 What Passing-Bells Stockport War Memorial and Art Gallery
2000 War and Remembrance East London Gallery, London
1999 Humanscape Kings College Hospital London
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Extempore 24 Tension, London
Serial Benjamin Parsons Gallery x Hannah Payne, Oxford
2023 Our Ancestors Bloom Overground Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London
Now RWS London
2022 Barbara Nicholls New Watercolours Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London
St Nicholas Meakin + Parsons x Hannah Payne, Oxford
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral The Art Station, Saxmundham
Here We Go Ben Parsons x Hannah Payne, Oxford
2021 New Forces Knocking Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London
The Visitors Morley Gallery, London
Rhythm Adjust TM Lighting, London
Beelden Op De Kaart Kunst in Millingen The Netherlands
The Spiritual Exercises 2 Artschaplaincy.net/projects
Wavelengths: Abstraction on Paper Aleph Contemporary, London
2020 The Collectors Room JGM Gallery, London
MailArt Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, Germany
The Spiritual Exercises Artschaplaincy.net/projects
2019 Recent Acquisitions Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany
Earthworks JGM Gallery London
Testing Unit 3 London
2018 Lakebed Concordia Gallery Sydney, Australia
10 Jähringen Kunstverein Kleve Germany
Lakebed Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery NSW Australia
Testing 1>2 Unit 3 London
2016 Halve Bunder Millingen aan de Rijn, Netherlands
2015 Et in Arcadia Ego: Welchaos & Idlle Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany
2014 Flat Files Pierogi Gallery New York USA
Industry PAPER Gallery Manchester
Control ArToll Bedburg Hau Germany
Water + Colour Griffin Gallery London
2013 Afterimage Emerson Gallery Berlin Germany (co curator with Karen
Roulstone)
Fort Pannerden Doornenburg Netherlands
2012 Dok25a Düsseldorf Germany
In Front of Behind ArToll Bedburg-Hau Germany
Projektraum-bahnhof25 Kleve Germany
Specular KARST Plymouth
2010 Borderlines Artoll Bedburg-Hau Germany
2009 Chasing Flames Turn Berlin Berlin Germany
2006 Arcadia Orleans House London
2005 Anywhere in the World ICA London
Site Lines Croydon Town Centre London
2004 Tectonic Portobello Film Festival
2000 The Trench Imperial War Museum London
Conflict Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery
Siteworx Westbourne Studios London
Siteworx Bay 67 London
Religion Art & War Salon des Arts London
Last Stop Strand Underground Station. London
California State University, Northridge USA
Watts Tower Arts Centre, California USA
Self Help Graphics, California USA
Three Artists Cremer Street Gallery, London
1998 Ethereal Central Point Gallery, London
Greengate Gallery, University of East London
Contingent Lots Riverside Studios London
London Print Workshop, London
Museu de Arte Brasilerira – FAAP Sao Paolo. Brazil
Museu de Arte Do Rio Grande Do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Fundacao Cultural de Curitiba Brazil
MAC Midlands Arts Centre Birmingham
Morley Gallery. London
London Print Studio
Stichting Grfisch Atelier, Utrecht the Netherlands
The Open South London Gallery
Café Gallery Open Café Gallery London
COLLECTIONS
Public: Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, Germany
The New Art Gallery Walsall
Flat Files, New York NY
Kings College Hospital, London
Royal Watercolour Society
Private: New York, Connecticut, London, Germany, France, Iran, Italy.
ART FAIRS
With Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London:
2024 TEFAF Maastricht
Drawing Now Paris
2023 Untitled Miami
TEFAF Maastricht
Art on Paper New York
Drawing Now Paris (focus artist)
2022 Artissima, Italy. Solo Presentation curated by Irina Zucca Alessandrelli
TEFAF Maastricht
Untitled Miami
Art on Paper Brussels
Drawing Now Paris
The Eye of the Collector, London
Masterpiece, London
With Aleph Contemporary, London:
2023 The London Art Fair
With The Turnpike Leigh:
2019 Manchester Contemporary
ARTISTS AWARDS
2020 Arts Council England Individual Artist Award
2014 Arts Council England Individual Artist R&D Award
2011 Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Individual Artist Award
2009 Arts Council England Individual Artist Award
2004 West Way Development Trust Artist Award
Oppenheim John Downes Memorial Trust Artist Award
Eaton Fund for Artists Artist Award
1997 Campden Charities Artist Award
RESIDENCIES
2024 Stiftung Insel Hombroich, Guest Artist, Germany
2021 Stiftung zur Förderung zeitgenössischer Kunst Weidingen, Germany
2020 Stiftung zur Förderung zeitgenössischer Kunst Weidingen, Germany
2019 Stiftung zur Förderung zeitgenössischer Kunst Weidingen, Germany
The Turnpike Gallery, Leigh UK
2018 Stiftung zur Förderung zeitgenössischer Kunst Weidingen, Germany
2017 Stiftung zur Förderung zeitgenössischer Kunst Weidingen, Germany
2016 Stiftung zur Förderung zeitgenössischer Kunst Weidingen, Germany
2016 Mungo World Heritage Site NSW Australia
2016 Telpost. Millingen ann Rijn Netherlands
2014 Control ArTolll co organiser with Matthijs Muller Germany
2013 Telpost. Millingen ann Rijn Netherlands
2012 Winsor and Newton London UK
2012 ArToll Bedburg-Hau Germany
2010 ArToll Bedburg-Hau Germany
2009 Ateliergemeinschaft, Milchhof e.V.Berlin Germany
1994 British Council Brazil
1992 MMU (formerly Manchester Polytechnic) UK
BIBLIOGRAPHY- reviews, articles and essays
2024 Urbig, Natalie Kultrraum Rheinische Post (30.3.2024)
2023 Fryman, Arthur Drawing Now Edition Française Supplément #50 The Art Newspaper March 2023
Mallalie, Huon Drawing From Experience Country Life (22.03.23)
2020 Oscar Gazsi Laki, Christian, Kunst per Post im Museum Westdeutsche Zeitung Krefeld (20.06.20)
Kirwan-Taylor, Helen, Class and Staff The Times (11.02.20)
2019 Kruck, Johannes, Fleißende Farben folgen dem Fluss im Museum in Wesel
NRZ (29.05.19)
Ferguson, Susan, Barbara Nicholls Northern Soul (03.07.19)
Mutch, James, Artist draws inspiration from Leigh's Heritage Leigh Journal (26.05.19)
Bolivar, Juan, Earthworks Exhibition catalogue essay JGM Gallery London (13.03.19)
2018 Roulstone, Karen On Barbara Nicholls Turps Banana Edition #20
2017 Clark, Robert, The New Art Gallery Walsall Guardian Guide (05.08.17)
Averty, Jack, The New Art Gallery exhibits Monumental Watercolours by Barbara Nicholls Express and Star (14.08.17)
Roberts, Emily, Outback Icons Inspire Art The Barrier Daily Truth (24.11.17)
O'Reilly, Liz Lakebed Exhibition catalogue Broken Hill Art Gallery Australia
10 Art Exhibitions to see in August Royal Academy Magazine (01.08.17)
Nijtmans, Anne, Volgende rondje buitenkunst De Gelderlander (09.03.17)
Holman, Martin, Sedimentärer Fluss monograph
Black Dog Publishing (01.07.17)
Holman, Martin, Sedimentary Flow monograph
Black Dog Publishing (01.07.17)
2016 Wouters, Lisette, Moeder Natuur moet verder boetseren aan
kunstwerken De Gelderlander (31.08.16)
Middelkoop, Anja, Bodemmonsters op de Halve Bunder in De Rozet
Kirwan-Taylor, Helen, Bright Young Things The Sunday Telegraph (04.09.16)
Krupski, Britanny 10 artist’s to watch using watercolour
ArtPin USA (26.02.16)
2015 Holman, Martin, Et in Arcadia Ego Welchaos und Idylle Museum Kurhaus
Kleve catalogue
Frost, Heiner, Bange machen gilt nicht! Schreibkraft (10.07.15)
Matthias, Welchaos und Idylle, Rheinische Post
Gronewald, Claudia, Das Paradies ist vergiftet Neiderrhein Nachrichten
Hale, Matt, Geological Influence Bollington Live no 64
Britton, Karen, Geological Influence in Macclesfield Express
Museum Kurhaus Kleve New Acquisition. Museums Reporter Nr 18
2014 Frost, Heiner, Ein Spiegel vertrocknet Neiderhein Nachrichten (31.10.14)
Trip, Tim, Brauchen wir Kontrolle? Klever Wochenblatt (2.11.14)
2014 Middelkoop, Anja, Telpost Millingen Book
2013 Zubairi, Jamie, Water+Colour Sosogay online (24.02.13)
Michaela Nolte, After Image, UK Trifft Berlin, art review, "Kunststücke."
Tagesspiegel, Berlin, Germany. (04.08.12)
Expositie in Telpost De Rozet Amalgam Michael Lempkin
2012 Frost, Heiner Wandlung und Verwandlung im bh25Neiderhein
Nachrichten(07.03.2012)
Daams, Andreas, Nachricten aus der Zwischenwelt NRZ (02.3.2012)
Grass, Matthias Der Käfe und die Malerinnen Rheinische
Post (06.03. 2012)
In Front of Behind Catalogue ArToll
2010 Borderlines Rheinische Post
And In Berlin Catalogue essay Karen Raney
Borderlines Catalogue ArToll
2008 Suchin, Peter, Borders Codes and Crossings catalogue essay
2001 McLarnon, Oliver What Passing Bells catalogue essay
Pugh, Rachel Pieces of War Manchester Evening News
2001 10.11.01 Interview BBC Radio Manchester
2000 Teaching Art Helen Kirwan-Taylor The Financial Times
TALKS/CONVERSATIONS
2023 Patrick Heide Contemporary Art with Lise Duclaux, Maja Escher, Gözde Ilkin, Landra, chaired by curator Joana P.R. Neves
Ben Parsons x Hannah Payne, Oxford with Dr. Jennifer Johnson
2022 Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London with Matt Hale
Artissima, Italy. Artissima Voice Over and Podcast curated by
Irina Zucca Alessandrelli
Windermere Jetty Museum, Podcast conversation with James Fox
Meakin & Parsons Gallery Oxford with Jillian Knipe
2021 Morley Gallery as part of 'The Visitors' exhibition
Payne, Hannah, The Art Five Interview (10.01.21)
2020 Payne, Hannah, Aleph Contemporary
2019 The Turnpike, Leigh with Director Helen Stalker
The Turnpike, Leigh with Hannah Gaunt
2018 Turps Gallery, London with Juan Bolivar
2017 The New Art Gallery Walsall. In Conversation series with
Head of Exhibitions Deborah Robinson
2015 Museum Kurhaus Kleve with Director Prof. Harald Kunde,
curator Susanne Figner and Ilka Sulten
2013 Emerson Gallery Berlin with Matt Hale
Griffin Gallery London with Alf Loehr
2011 AVA London with Faisal Abdullah
EDUCATION
1999-06 University of East London
Doctorate in Fine Art
1996-98 University of East London
MA Fine Art
1983-86 Goldsmiths College, University of London
BA (hons) Fine Art
1982-83 Manchester Metropolitan University (formerly Manchester Polytechnic)
Foundation Studies in Art & Design
TEACHING
Current: Turps Banana, Morley College.
Past: BA Fine Art: Glasgow School of Art, Central Saint Martins, Reading University, University of Lincoln, Lancaster University, St Helens University, Oxford Brookes University, University of East London, Manchester Metropolitan University,
Sheffield Hallam University, University of Plymouth, University of Surrey,
Brunel University, Croydon College of HE, West London Institute, Morley College. MA Fine Art: University of East London. Doctorate: Brighton University.
Studios:
No 24 ACAVA 54 Blechynden Street. London W10 6RJ
Unit F4 Adlephi Mill, Grimshaw Lane, Bollington Cheshire SK10 5JB
Contact info@bnicholls.co.uk