"New Line Continued" 2018
Oil on canvas
77' x 101' inches / 196 x 257 cm
Nigel Cox
London based artists Nigel Cox grew up in Dundalk, Co Louth, Ireland, a small market town in County Louth. After graduating from Riversdale College of Technology in Liverpool he joined the Transglobe Expedition, led by Sir Ranulph Fiennes. This three-year expedition successfully achieved the first circumnavigation of the globe on land, sea and ice via North and South poles along the Greenwich Meridian.
During the expedition Nigel would be at sea, on an ice cap or in some remote location for months on end. Spending large amounts of time alone, surrounded by the staggering beauty of vast and often barren spaces had a profound affect and the essence of this experience strongly influenced his painting.
For many years after the expedition Nigel lived abroad, painting watercolours and oils, exhibiting and undertaking private commissions. Now living in London, he paints on linen or panel, building up thin layers of oil paint and glazes to develop depth and detail.
His love of large open spaces and lack of clutter is obvious but he is also fascinated by detail. These opposing elements are merged confidently in his paintings providing the viewer with a glimpse beyond the clutter of everyday life, conjuring up notions of escape and peace, offering sanctuary from the frenetic world outside.
The figures are alone but not lonely; searching but not anxious, anticipating yet calm. They have an inner peace and strength and are at one with their surroundings. The paintings reflect solitude, tranquillity and confidence, giving every day scenes an unexpected and surreal feeling while keeping them within the real world.
His work today reflects the many facets of ‘his’ London from Business People and Tourists to Street Performers and the Homeless. Whatever the subject matter the essence of the paintings remains constant, calm and confident.
Galleries and Exhibitions 2014
Coates & Scarry, Gallery 8, Duke Street, London SW1Y 6BN from 10 – 22 Nov 2014
Quantum Contemporary Art, Art Wynwood, Miami, Florida, Group Show
Galerie Lindengrün, Vienna, Austria. Group Show
Galleries and Exhibitions 2013
Sanguine, Coates and Scarry & Elizabeth Weinstock, Los Angeles, USA, Group Show
Galerie Lindengrün, Vienna, Austria. Group Show
Coates & Scarry, Philadelphia Street Gallery, Bristol, UK, Group Show
Stroke Urban Art Fair (Coates & Scarry), Munich Germany, Group Show
Quantum Contemporary Art, London, UK. Group Show
Trailblazers, Above Second Gallery/Coates & Scarry, Hongkong, Group Show
Galleries and Exhibitions 2012
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, UK. Group Show
Coates and Scarry, Group Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia, Group Show
Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece, Group Show
Clifford Chance Pride Exhibition, Clifford Chance Building, Canary Wharf, London, UK. Group Show
Quantum Contemporary Art, London, UK. Group Show
Galerie Lindengrün, Vienna, Austria. Group Show
Galleries and Exhibitions 2011
London Lives Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London, UK, Group Show
GX Gallery, London, UK , Solo Show
Quantum Contemporary Art, London, UK , Group Show
Art London, Design Centre, Islington, London, UK, Group Show
Galleries and Exhibitions 2010
The Royal Institute of Oil painters Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, UK
London Lives exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London. Awarded Silver Prize
Clifford Chance Pride Exhibition, Clifford Chance Building, Canary Wharf, London
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2010, Mall Galleries, London, UK
Quantum Contemporary Art, London, UK
GX Gallery, London, UK
Art London, Design Centre, Islington, London, UK
Galleries and Exhibitions 2009
GX Gallery, London, UK, Solo Show,
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, UK
Quantum Contemporary Art, London, UK
Tracey McNee Fine Art, Glasgow, Scotland
London Art Fair, Islington, London, UK
Galleries and Exhibitions 2008
Courcoux & Courcoux Summer Exhibition – group Show
GX Gallery, Denmark Hill, London, UK - Solo Show, 5/7/08 – 17/7/08
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London, UK - Group Show
Quantum Contemporary Art, London, UK
Tracey McNee Fine Art, Glasgow, Scotland
London Art Fair, Islington, London, UK
Galleries and Exhibitions 2007
GX Gallery, Denmark Hill, London, UK - Solo Show
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London, UK - Group Show
Quantum Contemporary Art, London, UK
Tracey McNee Fine Art, Glasgow, Scotland
London Art Fair, Islington, London, UK
Courcoux & Courcoux, Stockbridge, Hants, UK
Galleries and Exhibitions 2006
Courcoux & Courcoux, Stockbridge, Hants, Group Show
Gallery 27, Cork St, London
GX Gallery - Solo Show
Quantum Contemporary Art, London, UK
Tracey McNee Fine Art, Glasgow, Scotland
London Art Fair, London, UK
Galleries and Exhibitions 2005
Glasgow Art Fair 2005
GX Gallery - Solo Show – June 2005
The Laurin Gallery, Santa Margherita, Italy - August 2005
Cannes Art Fair, Cannes, France - Sept 2005
Quantum Contemporary Art, London, UK - Sept 2005
Tracey McNee Fine Art, Glasgow, Scotland - Oct 2005
Contemporary Art Fair, New York City, USA – Oct 2005
Dundalk Gallery, Art Ireland, Dublin, Ireland November 2005
Galleries and Exhibitions 2004
GX Gallery, London, UK
RCA – Secret Postcard Exhibition, London, UK
Dundalk Gallery, Art Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Solomon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Gormley’s Gallery, Omagh/Belfast, N. Ireland
Tracey McNee Fine Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Arthouse, Brighton, UK
Art Fairs
London Art Fair
Art Palm Beach USA
Houston Fine Art Fair
Chelsea Art Fair
Art Hamptons
20/21st Century International
Singapore AAF
Toronto International Art Fair
Art Ireland
Art Brussels
Glasgow Art Fair
Edinburgh Art Fair
AAF London
AAF Amsterdam
AAF New York
AAF Singapore