ANDREW NICHOLLS

Based in: Boorlo/Perth, Australia

Andrew Nicholls is an Australian/British artist, writer, and curator based in Perth. While primarily drawing-based, his art practice also incorporates ceramics, photography, and expansive site-based curatorial projects. He particularly draws inspiration from heritage sites and museum collections, and has coordinated group and solo residencies at numerous iconic locations including the Spode China Factory, the Freud Museum London, and the Royal Pavilion, Brighton. Nicholls has exhibited across Australia, Southeast Asia, Italy and the United Kingdom. He has curated projects for organisations including the Art Gallery of Western Australia, the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, and Object Galleries Sydney. His work is represented in collections including Artbank, the Art Gallery of Western Australia, the City of Perth, and the Kedumba Collection of Australian Drawings. The Art Gallery of Western Australia showed a major solo exhibition of his work, Hyperkulturemia, from 2018-2019.

FEATURES

Group Exhibition: TEN

Art Collective WA presents a group exhibition celebrating 10 years at Holmes à Court Gallery at Vasse Felix.

Curator’s Radar: Nathan Beard

These artists have recently garnered significant attention from curators of public galleries.

Artist Profile: Pilar Mata Dupont

Reflecting on a haunting familial past, Pilar Mata Dupont grapples with the fractured narrative of her ancestry in dark, beautiful and theatrical images.

Vicki Cullinan: The Sky Sees

Vicki Cullinan’s paintings depict munga ilkari, the southern night sky that symbolises an omniscient force in the remote communities of the APY Lands.

Tjungu Palya: The innovators

Tjungu Palya Art Centre shows us that the most amazing things can often come in the smallest packages.