Born 1954 in London, UK.
Lives and works in London and Oslo
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Maybaum Gallery, San Francisco "Urban Landscapes"
2018 Tegnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway "Studio Drawings 1991- 2018”
2017 Haugesund Kunstforening, Norway “Gallery”
2016 Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg “New Work”
2015 Aalesunds Kunstforening, Norway
2014 Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg “Paintings"
2013 Trafo Kunsthall, Norway “Bjørvika Paintings“
2012 University Gallery Newcastle, UK
2011 Kings Place Gallery, London
2011 Galerie Clairefontaine “Paintings“
2010 Bærum Kunstforening, Norway “Birch 1989- 1995“
2009 Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg “New Paintings”
2008 Gallery Henoch, New York “Composed Cities”
2007 Galerie Clairefontaine “Atrium”
2006 Gallery Aasen, Ålesund, Norway
2005 Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo, Norway "Tiers"
2004 Galleri Brandstrup "Concourse"
2003 Galleri Aasen, Ålesund
2002 University Gallery, Newcastle, UK "City Interiors"
2001 University Gallery, Newcastle
2001 Tegneforbundet, Oslo "City Interiors"
2000 England & co, London "City Paintings"
2000 Galleri 9, Kristiansand, Norway
2000 Skien Kunstforening, Norway
1999 Galleri F 15, Norway
1999 Oslo Kunstforening
1999 Buskerud Kunstnersenter
1993 Philip Graham Gallery, London
1990 Galleri Aktuell Kunst, Oslo
1989 Galleri Garmer, Göteborg, Sweden
1989 Drammen Kunstforening, Norway
1987 Bergen Kunstforening
1986 Richard Pomeroy, London
Group Exhibitions
2021 Trinity Buoy Drawing Prize 2021, London
2018 Østlandsutstilling, Kunstbanken, Hamar, Norway
2017 “Sketch”, Rabley Drawing Centre, UK
2015 The London Group Open
2013 “City Paintings”, Gallery Henoch, New York
“The Discerning Eye”, The Mall Galleries, London
Ruth Borchard self portrait exhibition, Kings Place Gallery, London
Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg
2011 Ruth Borchard self portrait exhibition, Kings Place Gallery
2010 Galleri LNM, Oslo “True Color”
2008 Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg “Portrait –Self portrait”
2007 Gallery Henoch “New Talent”
2006 Rosenberg+Kaufman Fine Art, New York "Dealer's Choice",
Art of the 20th Century, New York
England &co Gallery, London
Norske Bilder, Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo
2005 Flowers Central, London "Small Work 23"
Gallery Henoch, New York
Art Chicago, Belloc Lowndes Fine Art, Chicago
2004 Flowers Central, London “Small Work 22",
Peter Findlay Gallery, NewYork
Jill George Gallery, London
Drammens Museum, Norway " Visning"
2003 San Francisco Art Fair, Chicago Art Fair
Belloc Lowndes Fine Art, Chicago
2002 Palm Beach Art Fair
Norske Bilder, Oslo
2001 England & co, London
2000 Hunting Art Prizes, RCA, London
1999 The Mall Galleries, London "The Discerning Eye",
1996 Autumn Exhibition, Kunstnerneshus, Oslo
1994 UKS Oslo
1993 Gruzelier Modern and Fine Art, London
1992 UKS Oslo
1991 Cleveland International Drawing Biennale, England ( Prizewinner )
1990 Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1989 Pomeroy Purdy Gallery, London
1988 Brighton Polytechnic Gallery, Brighton, England
1986 Whitechapel Open
1985 Galleri Kampen, Oslo
1984 Angela Flowers Gallery, London "Small Work"
1984 Curwen Gallery, London
1983 Anne Berthoud Gallery, London "Drawings"
1982 Newcastle Polytechnic Gallery, England "Small Work",
1981 Moira Kelly Fine Art, London
1978 Istanbul Academy of Fine Arts, Turkey “New Tendencies”
Awards
2016-22 Working grant from the Arts Council of Norway
2015 Grant from the Arts Council of Norway
2014 BKV Stipend ( NBK, Norwegian Artists’ Union)
2011 Billedkunstneres Hjelpefond ( NBK, Norwegian Artists’ Union)
2001-07 Vederlagfondetsstipend ( NBK, Norwegian Artists Union)
2000 Norwegian Cultural Council award
1999 Pollock- Krasner Award, New York
1998 Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard Foundation, Oslo
1998 Vederlagfondetsstipend
1997 NBK ( Norwegian Artists Union ) Travel grant
1996 Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard
1995 Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard Travel grant
( Residency at Skandinavisk Kunstnerkollegium i Roma)
1994 Norwegian State Travel grant
1993 British Council Award
1986 Grant from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1977 Turkish Government Scholarship
Collections
2013 DnB Bank, Bjørvika, Oslo
2012 Oslo S Utvikling (OSU), Oslo
2007 AT&T, USA
2005 Statoil, Norway
2003 Dagens Naeringsliv, Oslo
2002 TV 2, Oslo
2001 Old Mutual Art Collection, London
2001 Parabola Estates, Central Square, Newcastle
2000 Skien Billedgalleri, Norway
1999 Eiendomsspar AS, Oslo
1991 Cleveland Art Gallery, UK
1989 Göteborg Konstnämd, Sweden
1989 Bohusläntinget, Sweden
1989 Scandia Göteborg
1987 Bergens Grieghallen, Norway
1984 Unilever Plc, London
Education
1986-87 State Academy of Fine Art, Oslo, Norway
1978-79 Academy of Fine Art, Istanbul, Turkey
1974-77 Camberwell School of Art, London
1973-74 Bath Academy of Art
Teaching and lecturing
2016, 08,05,94 New York Studio School, New York
2001 University of Northumbria, Newcastle,UK
2000 Oxford School of Art, England
1996-present Granum Kunstskole, Oslo, Norway
1991- 96 Mølla Kunstskole, Moss, Norway
Selected Press & Publications
1987 «The British artist as Traveller 1900-1987», Art Monthly, November 1987
1989 «Kontrollert tvetydighet» Åsmund Thorkildsen, Drammens Tidende, 01/04/1989
1989 «En britt så in i Norden», Crispin Ahlstrøm, Gøteborg Posten, 20/05/1989
1990 «Whitechapel Open», William Feaver, The Observer, 23/12/1990
1990 «Whitechapel Open», Apollo Magazine, January 1991
1991 «Cleveland International Drawing Biennale», catalogue essay by Wolfgang Schmitz, 1991
1991 «Part of the woodwork», Denzil McNeelance, The Times, 18/04/1991
1999 «Storbyens puls», Åsmund Thorkildsen, Drammen Tidende, 18/08/1999
2000 «Byen sett med malerens øyne», Atle Tveit, Fedrelandsvennen, 28/04/2000
2000 «Simon Nicholas Paintings 1997-2000», Catalogue essay by Kevin Jackson
2000 «Dynamiske og urbane bilder», Grete Hald, Tønsberg Blad, January 2000
2001 «New York og London sett med andre øyne», Gard Olav Frigstad, Aftenposten, 03/10/2001
2001 «Reality in city of imagination», David Whetstone, The Journal, 26/10/2001
2001 «Dystopi og dødsdans», Harald Flor, Dagbladet, 02/10/2001
2001 «Art Review», Deane Hodgson, Metro Life, 09/11/2001
2001 «Spirit of the times we live in», Journal Business Magazine, November 2001
2004 «Visning» Catalogue essay by Tone Lyngstad Nyaas, 2004
2004 «Concourse», catalogue essay by Kevin Jackson, March 2004
2004 Le Monde Diplomatique, March 2004, https://www.lmd.no/2004/05/simon-nicholas/
2007 «Paysages et humains», Radu Vesile, Luxemburger Wort, 13/02/2007
2007 «L´arbre qui cache la forêt», Marie-Anne Lorgé, Le Jeudi, 01/03/2007
2007 «La ville et ses citadins», Isabelle Ducreuzet, La Voix, 03/02/2007
2007 «Entre abstraction et figuration», France Clarinval, Le Quotidien, 03/02/2007
2007 «Le peintre des Spaces urbains», Anne Schmitt, Tageblatt, 10/03/2007
2008 «The Big Busy», Frances Guerin, ArtSlant, October 2008
2008 «På kunstvandring i Chelsea», Kari Brantzæg, Dagbladet, 30/11/2008
2008 «Simon Nicholas Gallery Henoch», Robert Ayers, ARTnews, December 2008
2009 «Kirchberg Paintings», Vesna Andronovic, Luxemburger Wort, 10/03/2009
2011 «Neues im Alten, Alten im Neues», Janina Strøtgen, Tageblatt, 15/02/2011
2014 «Entre peinture critique et fenêtre sur..», Grégory Cimatti, Le Quotidien, 01/04/2014