Talent Nigel Cox

Channels:

Art, Body, Dance, Photography, Theater, and Fashion

Genres:

Burlesque, Mind, Photo-Realism

Role:

Painter

Specialties:

Figurative paintings

Hometown:

London

Born in Newry Co. Down Ireland, Nigel Cox grew up on the edge of Dundalk, a small market town in County Louth, just below the border and was educated at Dundalk Grammar School. After graduating from Riversdale College in Liverpool he joined theTransglobe Expedition, led by Sir Ranulph Fiennes. This three-year expedition successfully achieved the first circumnavigation of the globe on land, sea and ice via North and South poles along the Greenwich Meridian and changed his life forever.

My love of large open spaces and lack of clutter is obvious in my work but I am also fascinated by detail. These opposing elements are merged in my paintings in a style which I call Photorealistic Minimalism.
My paintings provide the viewer with a glimpse beyond the clutter of everyday life, conjuring up notions of escape and peace, offering sanctuary from the
frenetic world outside.

Photo-realistic Minimalism

Photorealism, oil on linen and oil on panel

2007. 'The Purple Flower' was included in the Royal Society of Portrait Painters' Annual Exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London, UK

Events & Exhibitions 2007
GX Gallery, Denmark Hill, London, UK - Solo Show
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall galleries, London, UK - Group Show
London Art Fair, Islington, London, UK

Galleries and Exhibitions 2006
Courcoux & Courcoux, Stockbridge, Hants, Group Show
Gallery 27, Cork St, London
GX Gallery - Solo Show
Quantum Contemporary, London, UK
Tracey McNee Fine Art, Glasgow, Scotland
London Art Fair, London, UK

Galleries and Exhibitions 2005
Glasgow Art Fair 2005
GX Gallery - Solo Show – June 2005
The Laurin Gallery, Santa Margherita, Italy - August 2005
Cannes Art Fair, Cannes, France - Sept 2005
Quantum Contemporary, London, UK - Sept 2005
Tracey McNee Fine Art, Glasgow, Scotland - Oct 2005
Contemporary Art Fair, New York City, USA – Oct 2005
Dundalk Gallery, Art Ireland, Dublin, Ireland November 2005

Galleries and Exhibitions 2004
GX Gallery, London, UK
RCA – Secret Postcard Exhibition, London, UK
Dundalk Gallery, Art Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Solomon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Gormley’s Gallery, Omagh/Belfast, N. Ireland
Tracey McNee Fine Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Arthouse, Brighton, UK

Selected Galleries and Exhibitions Pre 2003
Galerie Rainbow, Hamburg, Germany
Dundalk Gallery, Dundalk, Ireland
Gaudium Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
Willie Prange Exhibition Space, Hamburg
Gallery Rec, Paris, France
Nova Insurance Gallery Hall, Hamburg, Germany
La Casa, Hamburg, Germany

Figurative paintings