Barbara Nicholls

'HYDRAULIC GRADIENT', 2016 Watercolour on Saunders Waterford

2018-20

Barbara Nicholls holds her Doctorate, Fine Art, University of East London, 2006, MA, Fine Art, University of East London, 1998 and her Honours BA, Goldsmiths College University of London, 1986. Nicholls’s work is found in various museum and public collections such as the Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany, The New Art Gallery Walsall and Kings College Hospital London as well as private collections worldwide. Nicholls has an extensive international exhibition record. Selected solo shows: Sedimentärer Fluss Städtisches Museum Galerie im Centrum-Wesel, Germany, 2019 The Turnpike Gallery, Leigh, UK, 2019 Turps Gallery, London, 2018 The New Art Gallery, Walsall, UK, 2017 Clarence Mill, Bollington, UK, 2015 Tourhaus Rombergpark Dortmund, Germany, 2013 Telpost Millingen ann de Rhjn Netherlands, 2013 Colart London, 2013 Turnaround Pavillon am Milchhof, Berlin, Germany, 2011 Central Space London, 2010 University of East London, 2010 Milchhof, Berlin Germany, 2009 A.P.T Gallery London, 2008 AVA, London, 2006; Quarry Parfitt Gallery, London, 2005 Lyric Square, London, 2002 Stockport War Memorial and Art Gallery, Stockport, UK, 2001 East London Gallery, London, 2000 Kings College Hospital London, 1999 Selected group shows: JGM Gallery, London, 2020 Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, Germany, 2020 Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany, 2019 and 2015 JGM Gallery, London, 2019 Testing Unit 3 London, 2019 and 2018 Lakebed Concordia Gallery, Sydney, Australia, 2018 Kunstverein Kleve, Germany, 2018 Lakebed Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery NSW Australia, 2018 Millingen aan de Rijn, Netherlands, 2016 Pierogi Gallery, New York, New York, 2014 Gallery Manchester, UK, 2014 Bedburg Hau, Germany, 2014 and 2010 Griffin Gallery, London, 2014 Emerson Gallery, Berlin, Germany, 2013 Fort Pannerden, Doornenburg, Netherlands, 2013 and 2012 Dok25a, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2012 Projektraum-bahnhof25, Kleve, Germany, 2012 Turn Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 2009 Orleans House London, 2006; ICA London, 2005 Croydon Town Centre, London, 2005 The Trench Imperial War Museum, London, 2000 Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, 2000 Siteworx Westbourne Studios, London, 2000 Siteworx Bay 67, London, 2000 Salon des Arts London, 2000 Strand Underground Station, London, 2000 California State University, Northridge USA, 2000 Special awards and honours include the Arts Council England Individual Artist Award, 2020; Arts Council England Individual Artist R&D Award, 2014; Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Individual Artist Award, 2011; Arts Council England Individual Artist Award, 2009; West Way Development Trust Artist Award, 2004; Oppenheim John Downes Memorial Trust Artist Award, 2004; Eaton Fund for Artists Artist Award, 2004 and the Campden Charities Artist Award, 1997. In addition Nicholls has served as an artist in residence at the Stiftung zur Förderung zeitgenössischer Kunst, Germany, 2016-2020; The Turnpike Gallery, Leigh, UK, 2019; Mungo World Heritage Site NSW, Australia, 2016; Telpost, Millingen ann Rijn, Netherlands, 2016 and 2013; Winsor and Newton London, 2012; ArToll Bedburg-Hau, Germany, 2010 and 2012; Ateliergemeinschaft, Milchhof e.V.Berlin, Germany, 2009; British Council, Brazil, 1994; and MMU (formerly Manchester Polytechnic), 1992.