Approved: 16.08.2006

Nick Clark

Artist, Teacher

Approved: 16.08.2006

Painting: I am interested in the idea of how working with more traditional concerns and media - abstract painting... on a canvas... hung on a wall... (some sort of) aesthetic decision making... an awareness of the history of painting (including current practice) - can open up a critical space in an orthodoxy of expanded practices. Criticality can be directed (as always) to painting itself, it's status as A/art - is it art/is it anti-art/does it even matter...?

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Artist Statement

Painting: I am interested in the idea of how working with more traditional concerns and media - abstract painting... on a canvas... hung on a wall... (some sort of) aesthetic decision making... an awareness of the history of painting (including current practice) - can open up a critical space in an orthodoxy of expanded practices. Criticality can be directed (as always) to painting itself, it's status as A/art - is it art/is it anti-art/does it even matter...?

At present, I tend towards still being bothered to do it.

Any titles are there for means of identification; there is no intention for a title to suggest any 'meaning', although a viewer could always do this...

When working, I am concerned with issues, such as, brush size and hand/arm movement in relation to the size of the area I am working on and whether I want to actually look at the things I make.

CV & Education

QUALIFICATIONS &TRAINING

2001-03: MA Fine Art, University of Northumbria

1991-93: Postgraduate Art Scholarship, Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest

1986-87: PGCE Art, Secondary Education, Exeter University

1981-84: BA Fine Art, Manchester Polytechnic

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009: Recent Paintings, eh15, Jewel & Esk Valley College, Edinburgh

2005: 100% Genuine Acrylic, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Back of House/Level 2

2002: Cluny Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne

1998: Surface Noise, Newcastle upon Tyne

1997: New Paintings, Newcastle Arts Centre, Newcastle Upon Tyne

1996: X-Site Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne

1995: Red Herring, Newcastle upon Tyne

1994: FMK Gallery, Budapest

1993: Vizivarosi Gallery, Budapest

1992: Bayeux Tapestry, Folyamat Gallery, Budapest

1990: Exeter and Devon Arts Centre

1989: Exeter University

1987: Exeter and Devon Arts Centre

1986: Coffee Corridor Gallery, Department of Fine Art, Newcastle University

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024: Colour, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield

2006: Defence, Feist space, Pimlico, London

2005: Cultural Landscapes - Trace, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle University

2005: Studio Artists, Mushroom Works, Newcastle Upon Tyne

2003: MA Fine Art, Final Show, University of Northumbria

2003: WERC, Waygood Gallery, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne

2002: Gold Gallery, Edinburgh

1999: Decima Gallery, London

1999: VANE: Trace - Nick Clark, James Petrucci, 2 Jesmond Road West, Newcastle Upon Tyne

1998: Middlesbrough Open 98, Cleveland Gallery

1998: New Perceptions, London Art House, Diorama, London

1997: Red Herring, Newcastle upon Tyne

1996: Fusion, Waygood Gallery, Newcastle

1993: Tondo, Jozsefvarosi Gallery, Budapest

1992: Space-images, Budapest III Gallery, Budapest

1992: British Embassy, Budapest

1990: New Art in Exeter, Spacex Gallery

1988: Dovecot Arts Centre, Stockton-on-Tees

1987: New Art in Exeter, Spacex Gallery

1985: TACG, Washington Arts Centre, Tyne and Wear

1985: TACG, Mordern Tower, Newcastle Upon Tyne

1984: BA Fine Art Degree Show, Manchester Polytechnic

1984: Manchester Polytechnic Fine Art students, Hacienda Club, Manchester

1982: Manchester Academy, City Art Gallery 

WORKSHOPS

2006: Collage workshop for 7-11 year olds, Mushroom Works, Newcastle Upon Tyne

2004: Assistant Producer and Director - film project with Y12 Media/Art students, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead

TEACHING

2017-present: Drawing Tutor/Artist, 1st Year Architecture, Newcastle University

2003: Visiting Lecturer, Fine Art MA, University of Northumbria

2003-present: Art Teacher (PT), Gosforth High School/Academy, Newcastle Upon Tyne

2003: Figure Drawing Tutor - Y12 Art, Whitley Bay High School, Tyne & Wear

2003: Art Lecturer (PT), Art Foundation - Life Drawing/Visual Studies, North Tyneside College, Tyne & Wear

1999-2001: Art Teacher, Gosforth High School 

1998: Art Lecturer (PT), Art Foundation - Fine Art, South Tyneside College, South Shields, Tyne & Wear

1996-99: Art Teacher (PT), High Tunstall Secondary School, Hartlepool

1993-96: Art Lecturer (PT), Art Foundation, BTEC Art - Life Drawing/Visual Studies, North Tyneside College, Tyne & Wear

WORK

2002-05: Crew (PT), Baltic Centre For Contemporary Art, Gateshead

1985-86: Craftworker - ceramic floor tiles and mosaics, Newcastle Arts Centre