Nigel Caple

Nigel was born on the Isle of Wight where he first started to explore drawing and painting. Subsequently he made painting expeditions to France, Spain, Morocco, America and Japan. He has also had several murals commissioned in Britain and one in the United States.

Between 1987 and 1990 he worked on his three year research project entitled ʻHistory of Shinjo Matsuriʼ, which culminated in a touring exhibition and lecture series that formed part of the education programme for the 'Japan Festival 1991'. Exhibition catalogue included a contribution from the psychoanalyst Marion Milner.

He has worked as a Co-ordinator for International Relations linking cultural activities between Japan and the UK. Nigel was also invited by cultural authorities in Japan to create and coordinate an exhibition. The subsequent show was entitled ‘An Exhibition of works by eight British Artists (1919-1992)’. The exhibition was held in Northern Japan in 1992.

In 1996 he helped conceive and coordinate 'Bridges' The Daiwa Foundation’s Visual Arts Touring Exhibition, which toured the UK, Europe and Japan. He also worked in association with Miles Richmond with the preliminary studies for the millennium mural project for the London South Bank University,...

Selected Education and Statement:

Certificate in Further Education Teaching (2005), City Lit, London.

University of Cambridge Examination Certificate in Japanese and Japanese studies (with distinction), Kingsway College, London (1991).

BA Honours Degree in Fine Art (1975-78), Portsmouth Polytechnic (now the University of Portsmouth) Department of Fine Art, Portsmouth.

Fine Art Foundation Pre Degree Course (1974-75), Portsmouth College of Art, Portsmouth.

While at Portsmouth Polytechnic Nigel studied with the painter Miles Richmond. After graduation he continued to be tutored by Miles at various locations in Britain and in Ronda, Spain. Miles was arguably one of David Bomberg's closest students.

Based on theses experiences Nigel continues to develop his approach to painting and drawing. This approach centres around an idea and practice that within the realms of the imagination any subject can be experienced with an openness. This open approach can allow the perceived idea of the world out there and the world within us, as apparent separate experiences, questioned and bridged with a new and vital experience. These experiences are often encoded within Nigel's paintings and drawings but given time these new sensation...

Selected Exhibitions:

2010 Group Show, Wendy J Levy Contemporary Art, Manchester.

2009 Group Show, Wendy J Levy Contemporary Art, Manchester.

2006 Group Show, 286 Gallery, London.

2001-2 Solo Show, 'The 53 Stations of the Tokaido Road', UK Tour including University of Hertfordshire Galleries, Hertfordshire (Part of 'Japan Festival 2001').

2000 Solo Show, 'Aspects of Japan', North London University, London.

1998 Solo Show, Lomax Nissen Gallery of Contemporary Art, London.

1997 Group Show, 'Oasis', 2nd International Osaka Art Show, Osaka, Japan.

1996-9 Group Show, 'Bridges', The Daiwa Foundation's Visual Arts Touring Exhibition, UK, Europe and Japan Tour.

1995 Solo Show, 'Mountains and Matsuri', The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, London.

1992 Group Show, 'An Exhibition of works by eight British Artists (1919-1992)', Shimmin Plaza Galleries, Yamagata, Japan.

1991-2 Solo Show, 'Celebrating Japan', UK Tour including The Quay Arts Centre I.W. (Part of 'Japan Festival 1991').

1990 Solo Show, 'Paintings of Shinjo Matsuri and other works', Shinjo Shimmin Plaza Galleries, Yamagata, Japan.

1988 Solo Show, 'Paintings and Drawings From Ryde Pier', UK Tour including Fortune Fine Art, London....