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J.A. Nicholls

Place of birth Nottingham
Country of residence United Kingdom

The visual components in J.A. Nicholls’ paintings are presented as traces of dystopian contemporary landscapes; and the awkward gathering of mark making- fragile and heavier- handed, serve to trigger a disjointed sense of time and association. Drawn from snippets of life found in paraphernalia of sources like magazine images, forgotten life drawings, and smears of paint on studio walls, her compositions are compelling images of the struggle between the power and fragility of contemporary life.

She lives and works in London and studied at the Royal College of Art and Chelsea College of Art and Design. In 2004 her work was selected by Gary Hume for Contemporary British Painting, Hastings Museum.

Selected solo & group shows
2008 - Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
Cut n Shunt, Contemporary Art Projects, London
2007 - Have Yourself, Studio 1:1, London
Stick Stamp Fly, Gasworks, London
2006 - Art for the New Millennium, Pallant House Gallery,
Chichester; The Figure Show, Jill George Gallery, London
2005 - The Wonderful Fund Collection, Le Musee de Marrakech,
Morocco; The Lost Night, Prenelle Gallery, London; Solo
show, Tricycle Gallery, London; Lounger, Lounge Gallery,
London; Sorry, Lange Gasse 28, Augsburg, Germany.
2004 - Caution: Uneven Surfaces, Temporary Contemporary
Gallery, London; Contemporary British Painting, selected by
Gary Hume, Hastings Museum; Lexmark European Art Prize,
Air Gallery, London
2003 - Bootleg, Spitalfields Market, London; CAS Artfutures, London
2002 - Solo show, Habitat, London; Out of Your Mind, Dali Universe,
London
2001 - Late Arrivals @ King’s Cross, London
2000 - Future Map 2000, London Institute Gallery
1999 - The Last Show on Earth, Clerkenwell Arts Club, London

Curated projects
Cut n shunt, Contemporary Art Projects, London UK, 2008; Rude, New Inn Gallery, London UK, 2003

Bibliography
Benesch, Klaus & Haselstein, Ulla The Power and Politics of the Aesthetic in American Culture, Universitatsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg, Germany, 2007; Catalogue Celeste Art Prize 2007; Catalogue The Wonderful Fund Collection, 2005; Halberstam, Judith In a Queer Time and Place, NYU 2005 ;
Catalogue The Basil H Alkazzi Foundation , London 2005 ;
Pallant House Gallery Magazine No 4, September 2004
Catalogue Tower Place: A Selection of Art at Tower Place, London, 2003

Exhibitions Start Your Collection 2008!, 01.Aug - 21.Sep.08, Contemporary Art Projects, Cut n Shunt, 20.Jun - 27.Jul.08, Contemporary Art Projects, Acid Drops & Sugar Candy, 19.Nov - 18.Dec.05, Contemporary Art Projects

Events PV Cut n Shunt, 19.Jun.08, 6.30 - 8.30pm


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