Nigel Sharman

Nigel Sharman studied at the University of Brighton. Since leaving college in the mid 80’s, he has worked across several design fields both in the UK and in New York. While his formal artistic education took place in Brighton, he puts his real education down to ”being dragged round the galleries of West Penwith in Cornwall as a small boy by my father and introduced to work by Alfred Wallis and Ben Nicholson.” While currently living and working in London, Nigel’s roots are firmly in the South West of England, where the landscape and culture still influence his work.

Nigel uses oil paint on canvas and has particular concern for colour and composition. He paints semi-figuratively, and starts from a source such as a landscape, a harbour, boats, a still life, or a nude. Nigel is fascinated by the beauty of ordinary everyday objects and often arranges compositions of great simplicity. Through their careful placement and attention to colour relationships he seeks to create a feeling of calm. He works with limited palette of often muted colours which are built up over layers. Harbours represent both places of calm and sanctuary and the beginning of a journey. Their mouths beckon to the outside unknown. He sometimes depicts nudes in semi...

BA(Hons) Fashion Textiles, University of Brighton
MSc International Relations, LSE

2021
Blue Sky Online Exhibition - Online - Art For Cure - 29th April -29 May - Online
The Other Art Fair - Kings Cross - 1st -4th July - London
The Affordable Art Fair - Battersea - 7th – 11th July - London
The Affordable Art Fair - Singapore - TBA

2020
Nigel Sharman -19th Sept-2nd Oct - Marine House at Beer – Devon
The Big 100 Artists - Art For Cure – 7th May -6th June Online
The Affordable Art Fair - Battersea – 12th -15th March London

2019
Summer Show, Candid Arts, The Auction Collective - 3rd - 6th July - London,
The Other Art Fair-King's Cross - 4th-7th July 2019 -London
Joint Show- Nigel Sharman, - Marine House At Beer - June 22nd - July 5th - Devon
The Affordable Art Fair, Hong Kong -16th - 19th May -HK
The Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead, - 9th - 12th May - London
The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea - March 7th - 10th March - London

2018
'The Land, The Sea and The Still Life' Aubergine Art, Wimbledon 5th Oct - 2nd Nov - London
The Affordable Art Fair, Singapore -16th - 18th Nov - Singapore
'Sea Fever', Hoxton Arches, London - 11th -13th Sept -London
'Recent Works', Solo Show Town Mill Arts, Lyme Regis - 10th -16th May - Dorset
The Other Art Fair, Victoria House - 22nd-25th March -London
The Aff...