Nicola is a painting graduate of Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Originally from Edinburgh, Nicola relocated to the North East of Scotland to complete her honours degree.
In her final year of study, Nicola was nominated for, and won the Freeland’s Painting Prize. As a result she exhibited in Primrose Hill, London during Autumn 2021. Following her graduation, a piece from her degree show collection was awarded the Robert Gordon University Heritage and Archive Collection Purchase Prize. Awarded a Kinross Scholarship by the Royal Scottish Academy, she travelled to Florence in 2022 where she continued to research and expand her current practice. In 2023 she travelled to West Australia to live and work for several months.
Nicola is also an artist for the Contemporary Six Gallery located in Manchester, UK.
Artist Education & Awards
1:1 BA (Hon) Painting Gray’s School of Art
Freeland’s Foundation Painting Prize Winner
RSA Kinross Scholar
Purchase Award from The Robert Gordon University Archive & Heritage Collection
Long Listed for the 2024 Freeland’s Fellowship at Bath School of Art
Exhibitions
‘The Winter Collection’. Contemporary Six, Manchester. Nov -Dec 2023.
‘The Winter Collection’. Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen. Nov 2022- Jan 2023.
‘Habitat’. Contemporary Six, Manchester. Feb-March 2022
‘Distilled’. Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen. October 2021.
‘Freelands Painting Prize 2021’. Primrose Hill, Camden, London. October 2021.
‘Onward’. Degree Show. Online 9th July 2021.
‘CUSP’ Fourth year Painting Interim Show. Online 14th February 2021.