: Nick Powell
My work explores the relationship of paint with surface. This sometimes involves building and taking apart the painted surface on the object. I do not impose rigid themes, but I am interested in the potential of orderless marks that emerge from this process, to create something new for the viewer.
Mostly Orange
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Education

1993-95   Chichester College, A.S.T, GVNQ Art and Design: distinction.
1995-98   Cumbria College of Art, Fine Art 2:2.


Selected Exhibitions / Commissions

2005   Solo Show, The Alexander, Muswell Hill, London.
2001   Chichester Open, West Sussex 1998, 1999
2000   Street Show, The King Street Festival, Norwich.
1999   Chichester Open, West Sussex.
1999   Quay Open, Michael West Gallery, Newport, Isle Of Wight.
1998   Degree Show, Cumbria College of Art, Carlisle.
1998   Chichester Open, West Sussex.
1997   Seconds Out, Shaddon Mill Visual Arts Centre.


Awards

‘Best Painting by an artist under 26’, Chichester Open 1998, sponsored by Sothebys.


Personal Website
www.npowell.co.uk