"…startling sincerity and freshness
..I sense the presence of a serious artist…"
Brian Sewell, Evening Standard

 

 

Nigel Wood's paintings reflect a sensitive and meditative disposition that strives to develop the quiet intensity that pervades his work. His relationship to the surreal beauty that he finds in the wild and open moorland landscape near his home in West Wales has for many years been at the core of his work. After studying illustration at Dyfed College of Art, where he specialized in figurative painting, he began to exhibit his work widely in group and solo exhibitions. Galleries that have shown his work include: The National Portrait Gallery, The Royal College of Art, The Mall Galleries, The Martin Tinney Gallery in Cardiff, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Galerie Beim Rotenturm in Germany and The Glyn Vivien Art Gallery in Swansea.

 

Original work by Nigel Wood can be seen at:

www.nigel-wood.co.uk

 

Biography

1960

Born in Reading

1980-84

Trained in Illustration at Dyfed College of Art, Carmarthen

Exhibitions (selection)

1985

Oriel, Cardiff. Postgraduate exhibition

1986

Carmarthen Library. Solo exhibition

1987

Art in Action, Oxfordshire. Exhibition and demonstrations

1990

Fountain Fine Art, Llandeilo. Joint exhibition

1992

Galerie Beim, Rotenturm. Germany. Joint exhibition

1993 & 96

National Portrait Gallery, London. BP Portrait Awards

1993

Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. Solo exhibition

1993

Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen. Group exhibition, 'People and Beasts'

1994 -95

Royal College of Art, London and Glynn Vivian Art Gallery,
Swansea. Hunting Plc Art prizes

1994

Carmarthen Library. Open exhibition, Art West.

1995-98

Glynn Vivien Art Gallery, Swansea, Mostyn Art Gallery and
Carmarthen Library. Touring exhibition and book, Intimate Portraits

1995-96

Oriel Myrddin, Fishguard and Pembroke Dock Libraries.
Carmarthenshire Council instigated touring solo exhibition
1996 Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff. Group exhibition
1997 Edith Grove Gallery, London. Group exhibition
1997-2000 Open Studio, Solo exhibition
1997-2001 Battersea Contemporary Art Fair
1998 Marks and Spencer, London head office. Group exhibition
1998 The Mall Galleries, London. Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition
1999 Artifex Gallery, Sutton Coldfield. Solo exhibition
2000-05 Affordable Art Fair, London
2001 Henley Exhibition Centre, Joint exhibition
2004 Affordable Art Fair Sydney and Melbourne
2004-06 Nicholas Bowlby Fine Art. Group exhibition
2005-06 John Noott Galleries. Group exhibition
2006 Fountain Fine Art. Solo Exhibition
2007 Artifex Gallery. Solo Exhibition
2007 Glasgow Art Fair, represented by 'The Art Movement'
2008 The Affordable Art Fair, New York. Represented by Will's Art Warehouse
2008 The National Portrait Gallery. BP Portrait Awards finalist.
2008 Will's Art Warehouse. Group Exhibition, 'A Breath of Fresh Air'
2008 The Affordable Art Fair, London
2008 The Affordable Art Fair, Amsterdam. Represented by Quantum Contemporary Art

MEDIA: Art Review, Sunday Express, Sunday Times, Evening Standard, Western Mail, Carmarthenshire Life, Carmarthen Journal and BBC Regional TV
AWARDS: Art West Prize, 1994

 

COLLECTIONS: Carmarthenshire County Collection and numerous private collections in Britain and abroad.