Nicola Mountney

Biography
Nicola Mountney was born in London, England, where she lived and worked for many years. She has always worked in the creative arts in their many forms. After her early years spent pursuing a career in classical dance, she worked for a major London costume company, specializing in historical costume for film and television. Here she was responsible for creating and mounting many costume exhibitions in museums and historic houses throughout Europe and the USA, before  moving to Tuscany, Italy in 2006.
 
Having spent 10 years studying and instructing Tibetan Buddhist iconographic painting and teachings under a Western Thangka Master, Nicola has developed her own style of painting with a strong emphasis on precision, colour and detail, but moving away from the firm guidelines she had learned. Her frequent travels in India and Nepal whilst living in a very occidental world has led her in the direction of creating a fusion of East and West, forming the basis of her most recent work.
 
In the course of her training as a thangka painter she became interested in the often highly complex landscapes in ancient, sometimes 2000 years old thangka paintings. Taking tiny fragments of these landscapes she used them as a basis to crea...

STUDIO 38 Contemporary Art Gallery, on the occasion of the reopening of the exhibition season, is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Nicola Mountney, CROSSING NATIONS. 2014

'Naturarum' ExpArt, Bibbiena, Toscana 2015

The Aldeburgh Gallery, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, UK. August 2016 - solo exhibition

The Pond Gallery, The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk, UK. July 2017 - solo exhibition

The Hebsibah Gallery, London W6, May 2018 - solo exhibition

The Pond Gallery, The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk, UK, 26th July - 1st August 2018 - solo exhibition

Artspace Gallery, Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK, November 2018, shared exhibition with jeweller Louise Sant

The Quay Gallery, The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk, UK, shared exhibition with jeweller Louise Sant - June 2019

Bargehouse Gallery, Oxo Tower Wharf, London.
November 12th - 18th 2019 Group exhibition.

ArtSpace Gallery, Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK,
Shared exhibition with jeweller Louise Sant.
December 12th - 18th 2019

Aldeburgh Gallery, Suffolk, UK.
Shared exhibition with jeweller Louise Sant.
September 3rd - 9th 2020

2021
Earth, Mineral, Fire The Courtyard Gallery
Suffolk, UK


2022
Earth, Mineral, Fire
Ballroom Arts,
Suffolk, UK

2022
Natural Elements
Aldeburgh Gallery
Suffolk, UK

2023
Aldeburgh Ga...