Nick Fox

Born 1972, Durban, South Africa
1998-2001 PG (dip) in Painting, Royal Academy Schools, London
1992-95 BA (Hons) Fine Art, John Moores University, Liverpool
Lives in London and Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

 

Works

Solo Exhibitions

2023
‘You Make Me Feel’, FILET, London

2021
‘Longing Disco’, The Lonely Hearts Club Bar, Het Huis Bar, IMPAKT Festival, Utrecht, The Netherlands

2020
‘Publika Fenestro IX: Longing Disco’, Filet, London

2016
‘Half-life’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne

2015
‘The Longing Disco’, The Photographers’ Gallery, London
‘The Longing Disco’, Transition Gallery, London
‘Nightsong’, Angus-Hughes Gallery, London
‘Bad Seed’ (with Sean Curran), Sutton House, London

2012
‘Nightsong’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne (catalogue)

2011
‘Phantasieblume Nåchtlied’, Hå gamle prestegard, Håvegen, Norway

2010
‘Phantasieblume’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne (catalogue)

2009
‘Phantasieblume’, C4RD Centre for Recent Drawing, London

2007
‘Nectary’, Lawrence Graham Project Space, London

2006
‘Unveiled’ (with Francis Picabia), Museum of Contemporary Art, London (catalogue)
‘Nick Fox: New Paintings’, Royal Academy Schools Gallery, London (catalogue)

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025
‘Study for a Painting (Exhibition)’, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
‘Gloam’, Vivienne Roberts Projects, London

2024
’A cage went in search of a bird’, Vivienne Roberts Projects, London
‘Mirror Neurons’, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
‘Arcus Pride Art Exhibition – Newcastle 2024’, Clifford Chance, Newcastle upon Tyne
‘This Year’s Model ’24 Part 1’, studio1.1, London

2023
‘Longing Disco’, EMSΤ Cafe, part of Modern Love Festival, EMST National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
‘Creative Roots’, The World of Glass, St Helens
‘You May Find Yourself…’, FILET, London

2021
‘Pretty Ugly’, Thames-Side Studios Gallery, London

2018
‘C’est de la peinture!’, Bankley Studios & Gallery, Manchester

2017
‘Nature Morte’, Guildhall Art Gallery, London
‘Vicennial’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne

2016
‘Second Glances’, Michaela Helfrich Gallery, Berlin, Germany
‘Nature Morte’, Konsthallen Bohuslän Museum, Uddevalla, Sweden, touring to The Four Domes Pavilion, Museum of Contemporary Art, Wrocław, Poland

2015
‘Ten’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne
‘vacuum with a sparse cover of probability waves #1’, studio m_23, Berlin, Germany
‘Nature Morte’, Hå gamle prestegard, Stavanger, Norway
‘The Auction Of Desire’, Transition Gallery, London
‘Seedbank’, Sutton House, London

2014
‘A Union of Voices’, Horatio Junior, London
‘Sex Shop’, Folkestone Fringe, Folkestone, touring to Transition Gallery, London
‘In and out of windows’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne
‘Eulogy’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne
‘Between fact and fiction’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne

2013
‘Winter Show’, September, Berlin, Germany
‘Gifted’, Chart, London
‘Luminous Language’, Launch F18, New York, USA

2012
‘Day In, Day Out’, Aid & Abet, Cambridge
‘The Dorian Project’, SecondGuest, New York, USA, touring to Ana Cristea Gallery, New York, USA
‘Polemically Small’, Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham
‘Phantoms’, Angus-Hughes Gallery, London
‘Anschlüssel London/Berlin’, C4RD Centre for Recent Drawing, London

2011
‘THE FUTURE CAN WAIT presents: Polemically Small’, CHARLIE SMITH london, London
‘International Print Biennale’, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
‘Anschlüssel London/Berlin’, Fruehsorge Contemporary Drawings, Berlin, Germany
‘Mail Please’, Blyth Gallery, London
‘THE FUTURE CAN WAIT presents: Polemically Small’, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, USA

2010
‘John Moores Painting Prize’, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
‘Hand Joy’, C4RD Centre for Recent Drawing, London
‘MurmurART: an introduction’, MurmurART, London

2009
‘One Spirit Showcase’, Hines Urban Gallery (One Grafton Street), London
‘40 Artists 80 Drawings’, The Drawing Gallery, London

2008
‘Baltic Square’, Arena Gallery, Liverpool Biennial 2008, Liverpool
‘Golden Rain’, On the Edge project, curated by Michael Petry, Stavanger 2008, Egersund, Norway (catalogue)
‘’00 Nature Part 1’, Contemporary Art Projects, London

2007
‘Jerwood Contemporary Painters’, The Jerwood Space, London, touring to Bay Arts, Cardiff and The Lowry, Manchester
‘Salon 2007: New British Painting and Works on Paper’, 319 Portobello Road, London
‘New projects’, Contemporary Art Projects, London

2006
‘Salon Connexions’, Contemporary Art Projects, London
‘This Longing’ (with Nigel Ellis), The Drawing Gallery, London

2005
‘Seventeen Presents… (Ten)’, Seventeen, London
‘Lekker’, APT gallery, London
‘Crusaid: ARTRAID 2005’, Royal College of Art, London (catalogue)
‘Los Angeles Art Fair’, Western Project stand, Los Angeles, USA
‘Twisted Nerve’, Keller & Greene, Los Angeles, USA

2004
‘The Armory Show’, Raid Projects stand, New York, USA

2003
‘Vanitas’, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, USA
‘Art Futures’, Contemporary Art Society, London

2002
‘Jerwood Drawing Prize’, The Jerwood Space, London, touring to Cheltenham, London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Hull, Salford (catalogue)
‘Art Futures’, Contemporary Art Society, London

Awards and Residencies

2010
Prize winner, John Moores Painting Prize, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

2009
Research residency, National Glass Centre, Sunderland

Bibliography

2015
‘Nightsong’ (Angus-Hughes Gallery), preview, Wall Street International (New York), January

2013
‘Nightsong’, artist monograph, published by Art Editions North (Sunderland)
‘Nightsong’, preview, Robert Clark, Guardian Guide (Manchester), 12-18 January

2012
‘Nightsong’, review, NE1 Magazine (Newcastle upon Tyne), 28 Nov – 12 Dec
‘John Moores Painting Prize 2012’, article, a-n Magazine (Newcastle upon Tyne), April

2011
‘Phantasieblume Nachtlieb’, review, Eli Naesheim, Stavanger Aftenblad (Stavanger), 15 April

2010
‘Nick Fox: Phantasieblume’, artist monograph, published by Centre for Recent Drawing and Art Editions North (London and Sunderland) May
‘Phantasieblume’, preview, Robert Clark, Guardian Guide (Manchester), 8-14 May
‘Nick Fox’ (On the Cover), article, a-n Magazine (Newcastle upon Tyne), April
‘Longing Archive’, article, Sam Wonfor, Culture, The Journal (Newcastle upon Tyne), February
‘Longing Archive’, article, Marissa Carruthers, The Sunderland Echo (Sunderland), 2 February
‘Longing Archive’, article, Sam Wonfor, Metro Newspaper (London), 19 January

2009
‘Nick Fox’, Paul Stone, Axisweb, June

2007
‘Jerwood Contemporary Painters’, review, Anna Hales, a-n Magazine (Newcastle upon Tyne), April
‘Emerging Painters Show’, review, a-n Magazine (Newcastle upon Tyne), March

2006
‘Nick Fox: New Paintings’, published by MOCA London in conjunction with the Royal Academy of Arts (London)
‘Celeste Art Prize’, exhibition catalogue, published by Celeste Art Prize Ltd (London)

2002
‘Jerwood Contemporary Painters’, published by the Jerwood Foundation (London)
‘Jerwood Drawing Prize 2002’, catalogue, published by the Jerwood Foundation (London)