Dr Nicholas Wyatt is an artist and researcher and a founder member of Cubitt, an artist-run gallery and studios in London where he works, which has gained an international reputation and receives public funding. Nicholas Wyatt graduated from Central St Martins School of Art London with a BA Hons. Degree in Fine Art ( Painting) in 1984. His tutors were David Haughton, Cecil Collins and William Turnbull. Nicholas gained his PhD in Fine Art in 2015 at Loughborough University, with the completion of his doctoral thesis, The Christian Image and Contemporary British Painting: (the communication of meaning and experience in religious paintings)(PhD supervisor Dr Malcom Barnard and Dr Anja Baumhoff). Nicholas Wyatt’s paintings, both abstract and figurative, explore how narratives of presence are communicated in painting with particular reference to the reception aesthetics of certain key examples of Baroque religious iconography. Nicholas has exhibited widely in London, the Netherlands, Germany and Italy, including Arnolfini, Bristol; Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf; Acedemia Italiana, London, Gallerie de Rijk, Netherlands, Basilica Santa Anastasia Al Palatino, Rome. He has shown work with the following artists: Peter Doig, Petra van Harte, Tacita Dean, Mariele Neudeckar, Kees Baarten, Henriette van t'Hoog, Uwe Esser, and Jan Kolata. Recent exhibitions include London Art Fair 2023 Cubitt 30 Victoria Miro Gallery, London, 2022;
Re-Rooting: Mapping 30 Years of Cubitt, Cubitt Gallery London,2022;
Art on a Postcard, Soho House, London, 2021;
The Art of Painting, Copeland Gallery, London 2021
Angels & The City, Cubitt Salon #10, Cubitt, London 2017; Basilica Santa Anastasia al Palatino, Rome, 2017; Loughborough University ( Doctoral exhibition ) ( solo show) 2014. His work can be found in private and public collections including The Vatican and Stadt Sparkasse Bank, Dusseldorf. He has curated a number of international exhibitions: Crosscurrents in the Netherlands, 1993; Sconfinamenti, Italy 1995-97; and After the Endgame - New Abstraction, the Netherlands, 2008. In 1997 he co-founded The Friedrich Society (an artist debating society on the legacy of German Romanticism in contemporary practice) with the artist and writer Simon Morley. In 2000, Nicholas co-curated the resulting Wreck of Hope exhibition at The Nunnery Gallery, Bow Arts Trust, London. He has also delivered conference papers in his area of research at The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham, Liverpool Anglican Cathedral and Loughborough University. Nicholas lives and works in London
NICHOLAS WYATT CURRICULUM VITAE
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Angels &The City, (with Petra van Harte) Cubitt (Salon#10), London
2014 Nicholas Wyatt, Loughborough University School of Arts (Doctorate)
2008 True Romance: (Uwe Esser,Karim Chaoui), Galerie Anton, The Hague
2005 Nicholas Wyatt: Showcase nl, Amsterdam
2003 Nicholas Wyatt, Kees Barten, Henriette van t’Hoog: Galerie de Rijk, The Hague
2000 Nicholas Wyatt: The Sublime. Azul Galerie, The Hague
1996 Nicholas Wyatt, Ateliers Hoherweg, Dusseldorf
1991 Hearts Desire, Knapp Gallery, Regent’s University, London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 London Art Fair 2023, Cubitt Artists, London
2022 Cubitt 30, Vortic.Art (Virtual exhibition online@vortic.art)
2022 Cubitt 30, Victoria Miro Gallery, London (Tacita Dean, Chris Ofili, Lisa Brice, Billy Childish et al)
2022 Re-Rooting: Mapping 30 Years of Cubitt, Cubitt Gallery, London
2022 The Divine Feminine, Art from Heart (online at www.artfromheart)
2021 Art on a Postcard Winter Auction. The Auction Collective, London (Hurvin Anderson et al)
2021 The Art of Painting, Copeland Gallery, London (Howard Rogers, Nelson Diplexcito, Neal Tait et al)
2017 CCR Golden Jubilee, Basilica Santa Anastasia al Palatino, Rome
2016 It’s Your Birthday. Cubitt 25th Anniversary. Darbyshire, London (Dexter Dalwood, Anne Ryan, Milly Thompson)
2013 Research as Practice. Beaconsfield Gallery, London (Sadie Murdoch, Rebecca Fortnum, Beth Harland et al)
2007 After the Endgame - New Abstraction RC de Ruimte, Amsterdam (co-curated with Henriette van t’Hoog) (Jan Maarten Voskkuil, Roland Schimmel, Henriette van t’Hoog, Jan Kolata, Uwe Esser, Petra van Harte, Ditty Ketting et al)
2006 Quantum vis, R.C. de Ruimte, Amsterdam
2004 De Rijk Gallery, The Hague (Gallery artists)
2003 De Rijk Gallery, The Hague (Summer group show)
2003 Returning Night (Lilo No. 6), Gasworks, London (Hew Locke, Danny Rolph, Frances Richardson et al)
2002 Lonely this Christmas, James Windsor Art @ i-Level, London (George Shaw, Peter Fillingham, Beth Harland, Jessica Voorsanger et al)
2000/2001 Azul Galerie, The Hague
2000 The Wreck of Hope, The Nunnery, London (co-curated with Simon Morley and Edward Chell) (Tacita Dean, David Thorpe, Mariele Neudecker, Simon Morley, Edward Chell et al)
1999 Where do you want to go today? Cubitt Gallery, London (with Petra van Harte and Gough Quinn) (Dexter Dalwood, Tomma Abts, Silke Otto-Knapp, David Harrison, Anne Ryan et al)
1997 Sconfinamenti, Academia Italiana, London.(Lorena Sireno, co-curator), (Andrew Bick, David Rhodes, Sally Lewis, Delio Gennai, Giovanni Bai et al)
1996 Die Grosse Kunstaustellung NRW, Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf
1996 The Question of Scale, Arnolfini, Bristol (Peter Doig, Vanessa Jackson, Basil Beattie, Estelle Thompson, Rosa Lee, Rebecca Fortnum, Stephen Chambers, Jeffrey Dennis et al),
1995 Sconfinamenti, Arsenale Mediceo, Commune di Pisa, Italy .(Lorena Sireno, co-curator), (Andrew Bick, David Rhodes, Sally Lewis, Delio Gennai, Giovanni Bai, Lorena Sireno et al)
1995 The Question of Scale, The Winchester Gallery & Southern Arts Touring (Arnolfini, Bristol, Gosport Museum, Hants, Evreham Gallery, Iver, Bucks. & Bedales Gallery, Bedales School, Hants.),(Curated by Vanessa Jackson, RA. Research: Prof. Rebecca Fortnum)
1993 Everything Must Go, Cubitt, London
1993 Crosscurrents, Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam (co-curator, Petra van Harte). (Andrew Bick, Helen Ireland, Andrew Carter, James Brook, Christopher Lee et al)
1993 Crosscurrents, Union Quartair, Den Haag and Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam (co-curator, Petra van Harte). (Andrew Bick, Helen Ireland, Andrew Carter, James Brook, Christopher Lee et al)
1993 Cubitt Artists, Eagle Gallery & Emma Hill Fine Art, London
1992 Work by Studio Artists, Goodsway. Cubitt Gallery, London
COLLECTIONS
CCR Collection, Palazzo San Callisto, The Vatican, Rome
Stadt Sparkasse Bank, Dusseldorf
Karsten Schubert, London
Cubitt, London
Private collections UK, Netherlands and Germany
RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
2005
Ateliers, Nassaukade, Amsterdam
2000
Prix de Rome (shortlist)
1997
Ateliers, Hammerstraat, Dusseldorf
1996
Ateliers Hoherweg, Dusseldorf
1996
London Arts Board Award (Exhibition Research)
1994
Atelier im Bahnhof, Bonn
1993
British Council Overseas Exhibition Award
CURATORIAL PRACTICE
2007
After the Endgame: New Abstraction. R C de Ruimte, Amsterdam (Funded). (Curated with Henriette van t’Hoog)
2000
The Wreck of Hope. The Nunnery, London (Funded). (Curated with Simon Morley and Edward Chell)
1997
Founded The Friedrich Society (with Simon Morley & Edward Chell). Artists debating society on the legacy of German Romanticism in British art
1997
Sconfinamenti. Accademia Italiana, London (Funding: British Council, Commune di Pisa, Accademia Italiana, Jenny Hall) (Curated with Lorena Sireno, Petra van Harte and Dr Rosa Maria Letts)
1995
Sconfinamenti. Arsenale Mediceo, Pisa (British Council funded & Commune di Pisa) (Curated with Lorena Sireno and Petra van Harte)
1993
Crosscurrents, Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam; Union Quartair, The Hague and Cubitt, London (British Council Funded). (Curated with Petra van Harte)
PUBLICATIONS, FILMS & BIBLIOGRAPHY (P denotes published writing by artist)
2023
Being a Painter. Film by Chris Eyre (Duration 11.47 mins) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNYseBHvy9w
2022
Peter Davis, St. Ives Echo. Review exhibition Crypt Gallery, St. Ives
2022
Figurative & Representational Artists’ Group (Cat) Intro. Peter Davis
2021
Inside the Artist’s Studio with Nicholas Wyatt. Film by Rosa Torr. Produced by Art on a Postcard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZAByf836jM
2021
The Art of Painting. Film by Chris Eyre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OrQnqGcCCE
2016
Cubitt 25 Years: An Artist Led History. Film by Morgan Quaintance. Premiere ICA, London
2015
The Christian Image and Contemporary British Painting (the communication of meaning and experience in religious paintings) Loughborough University Institutional Repository and British Library https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/17679 (P)
2011
Iconoclasm and Enchantment: Subversive Beauty Conference Academic paper. Association of Art Historians (conference proceedings) (Academic Research Paper delivered at Loughborough University) (P)
2010
Redeeming Images. New Voices Conference. Association of Art Historians (conference proceedings) Academic research paper delivered at Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham (Organiser: Dr Catriona Macara) (P)
2010
Redeeming Images: Contemplations of the Spiritual in Contemporary Art Conference.(Organiser: Dr. Rina Arya). (Academic Research paper delivered at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral) (P)
2010
Capitalism and the Symptom of the Sublime. Publisher Re-Visions & School of the Arts, Loughborough University (Journal paper) (P) https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/8242
2010
Capitalism and the Symptom of the Sublime:Re-Visions Conference, Loughborough University. (Organiser: Dr. Basia Slwinska) (Academic research paper delivered at Loughborough University. (P)
2007
After the Endgame – New Abstraction (Film short by Petra van Harte)
2006
Hoherweg 271 (A Decade of Residencies) (Cat)
2003
Galerie de Rijk Nicholas Wyatt (Film short by Petra van Harte) https://vimeo.com/261180926
2000
The Wreck of Hope, Michael Wilson, Art Monthly (May 2000) Review
2000
The Wreck of Hope, Stuart Croft, Artists Newsletter (May 2000) Review
2000
The Wreck of Hope, Jonathan Jones, The Guardian (23/3/2000) Review
2000
The Wreck of Hope, Simon Morley, Contemporary Visual Arts
Number 28 (Article)
2000
The Wreck of Hope, Neal Brown, Independent on Sunday (26/3/00) Review
2000
The Wreck of Hope, Izi Glover, Time Out (29/3/00) Review
1998
The Friedrich Factor, Simon Morley, Contemporary Visual Arts No.19 (Summer 1998) (Article)
1996
Grosse Kunst Austellung, Kunstpalast Museum Dusseldorf (Cat)
1996
Life/Live, (Cat) Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
1996
A Question of Scale, John McEwan. Daily Telegraph (Feb 96) Review
1995
Sconfinamenti, Commune di Pisa (Cat) Text: Antonella Capitanio
1995
A Question of Scale, Arnolfini, Bristol, Winchester Gallery & Southern Arts Touring (Cat) Text: Prof Rebecca Fortnum
1993
Crosscurrents, Cubitt Gallery, David Batchelor, Time Out Magazine, London
1993
Crosscurrents, Union Quartair, Haagse Courant, The Hague
1993
Crosscurrents, Rotterdam Dagsblad, CBK Rotterdam
1992
Between Anamnesis & Future Pending-Recent Paintings by Nicholas Wyatt, David Rhodes (Essay)
GALLERY TALKS/ HIGHER EDUCATION
2016
Cubitt 25 Years: An Artist-Led History. ICA, London (Panel Discussion hosted by Morgan Quaintance)
2010
Paintings of Nicholas Wyatt. Bath Spa University. (Talk on Practice)
2010
Redeeming Images. Loughborough University (Research Practice Presentation)
1995
The Question of Scale. The Winchester Gallery, Winchester School of Art. (Panel Discussion hosted by art critic Sasha Craddock)
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