Nigel Cox

Nigel Cox grew up on the edge of a small harbour/market town - Dundalk in Ireland. In his early 20s he was a part of the Transglobe Expedition’s team who successfully circumnavigated the globe, via both poles by land, sea and ice, with Sir Ranulph Fiennes. This three year expedition to the ends or the earth has strongly influenced his life and paintings. His minimalist landscapes and solitude can certainly be attributed to this period of his life.

After many years of travel and living for long periods in Germany and Holland, Cox returned to London, UK in 1989 and has made it his permanent home.

With a love of solitude, developing thought provoking narratives and in capturing fleeting moments in the life of a solitary figures, Cox’s work draws influences from a multitude of inspirations, from the Dutch Masters to the Surrealists, the landscapes of the Transglobe Expedition and modern culture, with an appreciation for a refined technique that invokes the past but with a contemporary edge.

Cox was a previous finalist in the prestigious Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, and has exhibited with the Royal Institute of Oil Painters 2010, 2015 and The Discerning Eye Prize. Based in London, UK he shows internationally with recent group and solo exhibitions in London, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Mykonos, Italy, Germany, Austria and Ireland.


Exhibitions

Prizes and Awards selections

2015 - The Royal Institute of Oil Painters Exhibition, Mall Galleries, Pall Mall, London, UK
2015 - ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, Pall Mall, London, UK
2015 - Art Gemini Exhibition, Menier Gallery, London, UK,
2012 - The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition, Mall Galleries, Pall Mall, London, UK
2011 - London Lives Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London, UK,
2010 - The Royal Institute of Oil painters Exhibition, Mall Galleries, Pall Mall, London, UK
2010 - Silver Award, London Lives Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London, UK
2010 - The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition, Mall Galleries, Pall Mall, London, UK
2009 - The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition, Mall Galleries, Pall Mall, London, UK
2008 - The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition, Mall Galleries, Pall Mall, London, UK
2007 - The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition, Mall Galleries, Pall Mall, London, UK

Solo Exhibitions

2016 - Galerie Hegemann Gallery, Munich, Germany (With sculptor Michael Pickl) 14 Oct - 21 Nov 2016
2014 - Oblivious, Coates & Scarry, 8 Duke Street, Mayfair, London, UK
2011 - GX Gallery, Denmark Hill, London, UK
2010 - GX Gallery, Denmark Hill, London, UK
2009 - GX Gallery, Denmark Hill, London, UK
2008 - GX Gallery, Denmark Hill, London, UK
2007 - GX Gallery, Denmark Hill, London, UK
2006 - GX Gallery, Denmark Hill, London, UK
2006 - (Dual exhibition) Gallery 27, Cork St, London, UK
2005 - GX Gallery, Denmark Hill, London, UK
2004 - GX Gallery, Denmark Hill, London, UK

Group Exhibitions

2017 - Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, USA - 7th to 28th January 2017
2016 - CONTEXT Art Miami, Miami, USA with Corey Helford Gallery
2016 - Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2016 - Gormleys Fine Art, Dublin 2, Ireland
2015 - Gallery ELL,War on Terror, New York
2015 - Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece,
2015 - Barbara Stanley Gallery, 27 Connaught Street, London UK
2014 - Quantum Contemporary Art, Art Wynwood, Miami, Florida
2014 - Galerie Lindengrün, Vienna, Austria
2013 - Sanguine, Elisabeth Weinstock and Coates & Scarry, LA, California
2013 - Coates & Scarry, Philadelphia Street Gallery, Bristol, UK
2013 - Stroke Urban Art Fair, Coates & Scarry, Munich, Germany
2013 - Quantum Contemporary Art, London, UK
2013 - Trailblazers, Above Second Gallery/Coates & Scarry, Hong Kong
2012 - Coates & Scarry, 12 Perry Road, Bristol, UK
2012 - Quantum Contemporary Art, London, UK
2012 - Coates & Scarry Roving Gallery - Art Melbourne, Australia
2012 - Rarity Gallery Summer Salon Show, Mykonos, Greece
2012 - Galerie Lindengrün, Vienna, Austria
2011 - Quantum Contemporary Art, London, UK
2011 - Art London, Design Centre, Islington, London, UK
2010 - Clifford Chance Pride Exhibition, Clifford Chance Building, Canary Wharf, London
2010 - Quantum Contemporary Art, London, UK
2010 - London Art Fair, Design Centre, Islington, London, UK
2009 - Quantum Contemporary Art, London, UK
2009 - Tracey McNee Fine Art, Glasgow, Scotland
2009 - London Art Fair, Design Centre, Islington, London, UK
2008 - Courcoux & Courcoux Summer Exhibition – group Show
2008 - The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London, UK - Group Show
2008 - Quantum Contemporary Art, London, UK
2008 - Tracey McNee Fine Art, Glasgow, Scotland
2008 - London Art Fair, Design Centre, Islington, London, UK
2007 - Quantum Contemporary Art, London, UK
2007 - Tracey McNee Fine Art, Glasgow, Scotland
2007 - London Art Fair, Design Centre, Islington, London, UK
2007 - Courcoux & Courcoux, Stockbridge, Hants, UK
2006 - Gallery 27, Cork St, London, UK
2006 - Quantum Contemporary Art, London, UK
2006 - Tracey McNee Fine Art, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
2006 - London Art Fair, Design Centre, Islington, London, UK
2006 - Courcoux & Courcoux, Stockbridge, Hants, UK
2005 - The Laurin Gallery, Santa Margherita, Italy
2005 - Cannes Art Fair, Cannes, France
2005 - Quantum Contemporary Art, London, UK
2005 - Tracey McNee Fine Art, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
2005 - Contemporary Art Fair, New York City, USA
2004 - RCA – Secret Postcard Exhibition, Royal College of Arts, London, UK
2004 - Solomon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2004 - Gormley’s Gallery, Omagh/Belfast, N. Ireland
2004 - Tracey McNee Fine Art, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
2004 - Arthouse, Brighton, UK


International Art Fairs

Nigel has exhibited extensively at international art fairs including:


CONTEXT Art Miami, Miami, USA with Corey Helford Gallery 2016
London Art Fair 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
Art Wynwood, Miami, USA 2014
Art London
AHAF Hong Kong
Art Palm Beach USA
Art Melbourne
Houston Fine Art Fair
Chelsea Art Fair
Art Hamptons
Toronto International Art Fair
20/21st Century International
AAF Singapore
Art Brussels
Art Amsterdam