Nicola Bealing

28 May to 23 June

 

Education


Educated England and Malaysia.

1984 - 87   Diploma in Fine Art, Byam Shaw School of Art, London
1983           Foundation Course, Herts College of Art and Design

Nicola Bealing has lived and worked in Cornwall for 18 years, having arrived for a planned visit of 2 months in 1988.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2006        The Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
                 Mystery Postcards, The National Portrait Gallery, London
                 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Beaux Arts, Bath
                 From the Edge, - Seven Contemporary Cornish Painters, Sherborne House, Dorset

2005        Newlyn Society of Artists at Campden Gallery, Glos. Selected by Nicholas Usherwood
                 Christmas Exhibition, Lemon Street Gallery, Truro, Cornwall
                 Identity, Great Atlantic Gallery, Falmouth, Cornwall
                 The London Art Fair, Business Design Centre(Goldfish Fine Art)
                 An Exhibition in Hampshire, Cadogan Contemporary

2004        Invited Artist - The Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries,
                 Cadogan Country, Selected gallery Artists, Hampshire
                 Summer Exhibition, Lemon Street Gallery, Truro, Cornwall    
                 Art for Interiors Escape to Cornwall, Exhibition, London
                 Critics Choice, Selected by John Russell Taylor, Newlyn Gallery, Cornwall

2003        The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
                 A View of St Ives 4, The Belgrave Gallery, St Ives Cornwall

2002        20/21,  British Art Fair (Nina Zborowska Gallery)
                 Critics Choice, Selected by Mel Gooding, Newlyn Gallery, Cornwall
                 From the Heart, Newlyn Gallery, Cornwall

2001        The Best of Contemporary Painting, Royal West of England Open Exhibition, Bristol
                 Beaux Arts Gallery, Bath (Two Person Exhibition)
                 A View of St Ives II,  The Belgrave Gallery, St Ives Cornwall

2000        The Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries, London
                 Gallery Artists, Galerie Pelar, Shelter Island, NY, USA
                 Summer Exhibition, Cadogan Contemporary, London
                 20th Selected Summer Exhibition Beaux Arts Gallery, Bath
                 A View of St Ives, The Belgrave Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall

1999        The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
                 The Hunting Art Prizes, Royal College of Art, London
                 A Painting for the 21st Century, Cadogan Contemporary, London
                 Critics Choice, Newlyn Society of Artists selected by William Packer
                 The Portrayal of Love and Betrayal, Beaux Arts, Bath

1998        The BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
                 Emergence, The Belgrave Gallery, London
                 Waterman Fine Art, London
                 The Newlyn Society of Artists at the Royal West of England Academy

1997        The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
                 Images of the Sea, Cadogan Contemporary, London
                 A Quality of Light, Peninsular Programme, Cornwall
                 Summer Exhibition, Beaux Arts, Bath

1996        The BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
                 Art `96, The Business Design Centre, London
                 Summer Exhibition, Cadogan Contemporary, London
                 The 20th Century British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London
                 Waterman Fine Art, London

1995        The Millfield Open Exhibition, Somerset
                 The BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
                 The Royal Overseas League Annual Exhibition, London
                 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
                 Artists of Fame and Promise, Beaux Arts, Bath
                 The Beatrice Royal Gallery, Hants

1994        Recent Acquisitions, Unilever House, London
                 The Spectator and Adam & Co National Painting Competition,
                 Sotheby’s, London,Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
                 The Oxford Gallery, Oxford

1993        Peninsular Journies, Coventry and Middlesex University Art Galleries
                 Cadogan Contemporary, London (Two Person Show)
                 De Marco’s Choice, Newlyn Orion Gallery, Cornwall
                 The Contemporary Art Society Annual Market
                 Montpelier Gallery, London

1992        The South West Open Exhibition, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
                 The Spectator and Adam & co National Painting Competition, The
                 Barbican, London and The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh

1991        The Millfield Open Exhibition, Somerset
                 Gallery K, London
                 Myths and Realities, Newlyn Orion Gallery, Cornwall

1990        The South West Open Exhibition, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery

1989        The Penwith Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall

1988        Sue Williams Gallery, London

Solo Exhibitions

2007        Beaux Arts, Bath

2006        The Lemon Street Gallery, Cornwall
                 Cadogan Contemporary, London

 

2004        Cadogan Contemporary, London

 

2003        Cadogan Contemporary, London

 

2002        The Old Custom House Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall
                 Cadogan Contemporary,London

 

2000        Cadogan Contemporary, London
                 The Old Custom House Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall

 

1998        Cadogan Contemporary, London
                 Wagner and Schortgen Fine Art, Luxembourg

 

1997        The Oxford Gallery, Oxford
                 Cadogan Contemporary, London

 

1996        Beaux Arts Gallery, Bath (Two Person Exhibition)

 

1995        Cadogan Contemporary, London

 

1994        Montpelier Gallery, London
                 Beaux Arts Gallery, Bath
                 Cadogan Contemporary, London

 

1993        The Oxford gallery, Oxford
                 Plymouth Arts Centre

 

1991        Christie’s Education, London

 

1990        Plymouth Arts Centre

 

1989        St Helier Galleries, Jersey, The Channel Islands


Commissions, Collections & Publications

The Jerwood Foundation, London
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London
London International Brokers
Deutsche Bank, London
The Unilever Collection, London
Millfield School, Somerset
Cliveden, Berkshire
Spanset Inter.Ag Zurich, Switzerland
The Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman
ŚInside Art, Channel 4 TV 1996 (Documentary Series with Peter Howson, Eileen Cooper
Carlton TV , August 2000)
Drawing Towards the End of the Century, Newlyn Society of Artists Publication, 1996
Artist in Focus, Art for Sale/Guardian Publication, November 1992
Gallery, Modern Painters Magazine, 1993
South West Arts Gallery Week Poster Campaign, July 1998
Featured Artist, Artists and Illustrators Magazine, March 2000
10 years of the BP Portrait Awards  - National Portrait Gallery Catalogue  2001

Awards

1999        The Meynell Fenton Prize, The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London

1995        BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery - Finalist and Commendation
                 The Millfield Open Exhibition - First Prizewinner
                 Gallery Prizewinner, The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London

1992        The South West Open Exhibition - First Prizewinner

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