Nigel Smith

I was born in Kent, UK and have lived in London, Leicester and Auckland, New Zealand. I studied Graphic Design and worked as a designer for 25 years, juggling running a design practice with painting and exhibiting my art. Gradually the art has taken over from the design and I’ve been a full time artist since 2016.

Loughborough Art College, Leicestershire (graphic design Diploma)
Newham College, London (graphic design (higher national diploma)
Te Tuhi, Auckland (studied under Cruz Jimenez and Andrew Barns-Graham)
Auckland Art Gallery (studied under Max Gimblett)

Smolensky Group Exhibition Manchester 2024
Tarpey Gallery 2024
Exchange Gallery 2023 and 2024
Solo Exhibition Old Lock Up Gallery Derbyshire 2023
SELECTED FOR Loughborough OPEN 2018
SOCK Gallery, Loughborough
SELECTED FOR Cank Street Summer Open 2018
Cank Street Gallery, Leicester
Art house 2018
(open house art trail) Clarendon Park/Stoneygate, Leicester
SELECTED FOR Loughborough OPEN 2017
SOCK Gallery, Loughborough
Ellerington Gallery 2017
Leicester
Art house 2017
(open house art trail) Clarendon Park/Stoneygate, Leicester
WHERE SHALL WE CALL HOME? 2017
Depot Artsace, Devenport, Auckland, New Zealand
Estuary Award 2015 Selected finalist
Uxbridge Gallery, Howick, Auckland, NZ
‘Solo showcase’ - March 2015
Te Tuhi, Pakuranga, Auckland, NZ
WInner, oil category: Open Award 2014
Te Tuhi, Pakuranga, Auckland, NZ
Group shows:
RAW5 - NOV 2015
Studio One, Ponsonby, Auckland, NZ
Group Show – March 2014
Depot Artspace, Devonport, Auckland, NZ
Three Worlds Collide – Feb 2014
Depot Artspace, Devonport, Auckland, NZ
Strike 2 – March 2014
Depot Artspace, Devonport, Auckland, NZ
Part of a group show for Amnesty International.
Strike – Feb 2013
Museum of the Vernacular, Devonport,
Auckland, NZ
RAW2 – Dec 2012
TF Studio, Auckland, NZ
RAW – Oct 2012
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