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-a...

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

EXHIBITIONS
2026
• The Affordable Art Fair / Battersea / London / 14-18h Oct
• Aubergine Art / Wimbledon/ London / 15th May -17th July
2025
• Aubergine Art / Wimbledon/ London / 21st Nov-5th Feb
• The Affordable Art Fair / Battersea / London / 15-19th Oct
• St. Ives Contemporary /St. Ives / 5th July -11th July
• The Affordable Art Fair / Hampstead / London / 4th-8th May
• Aubergine Art / Wimbledon/ London / 14th April-4th July
• Thompsons Gallery / Aldeburgh// 9thMay-23rd May
2024
• The Affordable Art Fair / Battersea / London / 10th-14th March
• The Affordable Art Fair / Hampstead / London / 4th-8th May
• Aubergine Art / Wimbledon/ London / 19h April-18h June
• St. Ives Contemporary /St. Ives / 6h July -12h July
2023
• The Affordable Art Fair / Battersea / London / 10th-14th March
• The Affordable Art Fair / Hong Kong /
• The Affordable Art Fair / Hampstead / London / 4th-8th May
• The Affordable Art Fair / Singapore / 7th – 11th Nov
2022
• The Other Art Fair / Kings Cross, London / 1st -4th July
• The Affordable Art Fair / Battersea / London / 7th – 11th July
• The Affordable Art Fair / Hong Kong / 26th-29th August
• Blue Sky Online Exhibition / Art For Cure / 29th April -29 May
2021
• Nigel Sharman / Katherine Richards / Hove / ...