Nikki Quarry

I have travelled extensively both as a child and an adult and I love to draw from my rustic exposure of far, remote lands to bring my art to life. I love to surf and the ocean is of great importance to me, it is my favourite subject to paint. Surrealism and the great surrealist artists, Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte have always been most influential to me since I was very young.

After completing a degree in Visual Communications, I began at the National Art School for one year. Although I love this experience, I felt I was gaining more knowledge and inspiration artistically by continuing my solo adventures abroad.

I went on to find a temporary home in Kamari on the small volcanic island of Santorini in Greece. Here I worked as a masseuse on the beach which allowed me to pursue and explore my artistic character, sometimes writing poetry and working as a caricaturist on the busy streets by night. My time in Greece spanned over 7 year-end many of my earlier paintings assume mythical undertones and dreamlike imagery.

Now, a single mother of three children, I have settled in the idyllic suburb of Avalon Beach on the northern outskirts of Sydney. I can be found most days painting in my studio in the heart of the small beachsi...

HSC at Ravenswood School For Girls, '94
degree in Visual Communications, UTS, '98

The Pittwater Artist Trail, Newport, 2021