Nick Archer
Nick Archer conjures haunting dreamscapes where cinematic surrealism collides with art historical echoes—his layered paintings unravel a metaphysical longing for lost innocence and fractured connections to the natural world.
Nick Archer is a British painter working with a distinct and emotive layering process. His paintings evoke a complex and cultured exploration and investigation into the possibilities of landscape painting in an increasingly urbanised and disinherited culture. Through his work he has come to find that the more we are removed from it the deeper into our psyche it goes.
Archer studied at the Royal Academy Schools in London. He has won several awards including the Hunting Art Prize, commendation at the BP Portrait Award and the Figure Painting Award at the ‘Discerning Eye’. His work is held in private, corporate and public collections around the world including the future satellite of the Hermitage Museum in Moscow.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
National Portrait Gallery (London), the Wandsworth Museum (London). In 201. He had a solo exhibition at the Maison de la Culture (Metz, France) and had a solo show at the Hastings Museum (East Sussex). Nick curated ‘Time, memory and landscape’ a group exhibition at Long and Ryle, highlighting evolution in contemporary landscape painting. In 2019 he had a solo booth presentation of his work at ‘Untitled’ art fair in San Francisco with New York gallery Christine Park gallery.
EDUCATION:
Royal Academy Schools in London (1996-1999), he won several awards, including 1st at the ‘Hunting Art Prize’, commendation at the ‘BP Portrait Award’ and the Figure Painting Award at the ‘Discerning Eye’.
Archer lives and works in East Sussex, England.
“Colour is often a driving force. I studied colour theory whilst a student and I often use complimentary colour to create the atmosphere that I am searching for. Also a balance between accidental paint marks and marks that I have control over. I want the paintings to feel as if nature has played a part in their creation.”
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