Australian artist, Nicole Southworth grew up in Sydney on the beaches and waterways of the Sutherland Shire and Sydney and developed a love of visual art as a young child.
Since 1992, at the age of 19, Nicole has exhibited in prominent Sydney galleries. Nicole held her first solo exhibition at the age of 21 in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, and has had many sell-out solo exhibitions since, including one in Hazelhurst cottage. Her works are held in private and corporate collections in Australia and internationally.
Artist Statement
“I am predominantly a landscape oil painter, enjoying bush and coastal scenes. My landscapes are influenced by many past and present Australian landscape artists, as well as the impressionist and post-impressionist movements. I am concerned with the use of colour, light and movement in our unique Australian landscape – often the natural landscape but just as often with glimpses of the presence of urbanisation within the landscape. I feel my work falls within the realm of representation, gestural mark making and colourist painting. I am constantly inspired by this great city, and am always searching for inspiration in the little inlets, bays and on the headlands which are in abundance in Sydney. Such a colourful and fascinating city to attempt to interpret on canvas.” – Nicole Southworth
Artist CV
Selected Exhibitions
1992: Group Exhibition at Edgecliff Art Gallery
1993: Solo exhibition at Edgecliff Art Gallery
1995: Solo show at Pepperwood Gallery in Toronto, Canada.
1995: Finalist in the Nassegewayer Art Prize, Toronto Canada.
1996: Solo exhibition at Valerie Cohen Gallery, Paddington
1997 – Solo exhibition at Hazelhurst Regional Gallery
1997 – Solo exhibition at Rydges Hotel, Cronulla
1997/98: Advanced Painting short courses at National Art School 1998 – Solo exhibition at Gallery 101, Cronulla
2002 – Winner – Contemporary Prize – Sans Souci Art Show 2002 – Pop up solo show at Miranda Westfield
2013 – Winner – Figurative Price Oyster Bay Art Show
2015 – Solo exhibition at Cronulla Art Gallery, Cronulla
2017 – Solo exhibition at Articles Gallery, Stanwell Park.
2020 – Solo exhibition at artists home, with 35 small works
2022 – Solo exhibition at artists home with 45 works
Educations
1992: Associate Diploma of Graphic Design (Arts), Randwick TAFE
1997/98: Advanced Painting short courses at National Art School
2017 – 2020 Short course Masterclasses in Painting at Presbyterian Ladies College under Rachel Milne, Matilda Michell and Becky Gibson
