Nicholas Middleton

Nicholas Middleton
Born London, England
Education Winchester School of Art
Occupation Artist, Painter
Known for John Moores Painting Prize
Website Nicholas Middleton Official

Nicholas Middleton was born in London, England in 1975, he studied at London Guildhall University 1993 - 1994 and Winchester School of Art where he was awarded a BA Honours Fine Art in 1997.[1] In 2006 he was the Visitors' Choice prizewinner at John Moores Painting Prize 24[2] and in 2010 Middleton was a Prizewinner and the Visitors' Choice Award prizewinner at John Moores Painting Prize 2010.[3] His paintings are "primarily influenced by the experience of the urban environment as a visual arena where unexpected juxtapositions occur".[4] He is a member of Contemporary British Painting.[5]

John Moores Painting Prize

Middleton has been selected for the John Moores Painting Prize on six occasions. In 2006 Middleton was the Visitors' Choice Award winner at John Moores Painting Prize 24 with a black and white photorealist painting "Scene from a Contemporary Novel" (oil on canvas, 101 x 234 cm). In 2010 he was a Prizewinner and Visitors' Choice Award prizewinner with "Protest, 1st April 2009" (oil on canvas, 117 x 203 cm) a photorealist black and white painting of a demonstration outside the Bank of England.[6][7][8][9] In 2016 Middleton's work "Figures in an Arch" was long-listed for the John Moores Painting Prize 2016.[10][11]

Selected collections

Abbot Hall Art Gallery

China Academy of Art, Hangzhou,[12]

The East Contemporary Art Collection

Falmouth Art Gallery

The Priseman Seabrook Collection of 21st Century British Painting[13]

Selected exhibitions

2016 - John Moores Painting Prize 2016, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool[10][11]

2014 - John Moores Painting Prize 2014, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool[14]

2014 - Contemporary British Painting:The Priseman Seabrook Collection, Huddersfield Art Gallery, England[3]

2014 - Towards a New Socio-Painting, Transition Gallery, London[15]

2012 - Francis Bacon to Paula Rego, Abbot Hall Gallery, Kendal, England[16]

2010 - John Moores 2010, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool[3]

2008 - Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London[17]

2007 - Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London[17]

2006 - John Moores 24, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool[2]

2004 - John Moores 23, Walker Art Gallery Liverpool[18]

References

  1. ↑ "'Protest, 1st April 2009', Nicholas Middleton - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums". www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  2. 1 2 "Prizewinners, John Moores 24 - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums". www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  3. 1 2 3 "Prizewinners, John Moores 2010 - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums". www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  4. ↑ "Quantum Contemporary Art - London - Nicholas Middleton". www.quantumart.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  5. ↑ "Nicholas Middleton | contemporary british painting". www.contemporarybritishpainting.com. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  6. ↑ Villarreal, Ignacio. "Protest Painting by Nicholas Middleton Wins Visitors' Choice". artdaily.com. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  7. ↑ "Painting prize shortlist revealed". BBC. 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  8. ↑ "'Protest, 1st April 2009', Nicholas Middleton - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums". www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  9. ↑ "Painting prize shortlist revealed". BBC. 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  10. 1 2 "Artists announced for John Moores Painting Prize 2016 – Click Liverpool | Latest Liverpool news, sport, culture and business". www.clickliverpool.com. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  11. 1 2 "Artists for the John Moores Painting Prize 2016 - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums". www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  12. ↑ Yang, C. (2017). Painting-Experiment. China Academy of Art Press. pp. 118–127. ISBN 978-7-5503-1277-7.
  13. ↑ "Priseman Seabrook Collection of 21st Century British Painting". Robert Priseman. 2014-06-10. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  14. ↑ "John Moores 2014 artist gallery - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums". www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  15. ↑ "Towards a New Socio-Painting". www.transitiongallery.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  16. ↑ Francis Bacon to Paula Rego. Lakeland Arts Trust. 2012. ISBN 978-1-906043-12-4.
  17. 1 2 "Quantum Contemporary Art - London - Nicholas Middleton". www.quantumart.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  18. ↑ "Exhibitors gallery, ordered by artists' surname, selection M-R - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums". www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
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