Nigel Joyce

I was born in the UK in 1969. At years old my family moved to a place called the Isle of Wight, a small island off the South coast of England. My Father ran a large hotel in a town called Ventnor. I grew up with a lot of freedom, and a love of wild places and salt water.
As a young man, before leaving the Island to study, I’d spend most of my free time on the beaches along the Southwest coast, wind-blown, desolate, and fascinating. It was the time spent there, clambering the crumbling cliffs fossil hunting, body surfing the breakers, and lying naked on the shingle, that taught me how important it is for me get contact with nature and absorb its energy.
I studied fine art and pattern making for 4 years, first in Portsmouth, then on a degree course in the Northern city of Manchester. Over those years I added a passion for the human figure as part of what drives my work, through countless classes of life drawing. Visiting museums when I could, either in Manchester or in London gave a buzz too. I’d spend hours in the natural history museums, and still more amongst the exhibitions from the Greek and Roman classical worlds.
During my time in Manchester, I took up skiing on trips to the Italian Alps. I liked the Italian vibe; the geograp...

B.A.(Hons) degree in fine art & pattern design (1990 Manchester, U.K.).

WildArt- 2018 Torno, Lake Como, Italy.
WildArt- 2019 Saint Ambrose Basilica, Milan, Italy.
Genius Loci/Spirito e Materia-2024 Mandello del Lario, Lake Como, Italy.
Genius Loci/Spirito e Materia-until September 25', Torno, Lake Como, Italy.
Genius Loci/Spirito e Materia-September 13-26 2025, Varenna, Lake Como.