Biography

Nick Johnson
website: www.nickjohnsonstudio.com
instagram: nickjohnsonstudio
email: nickjohnsonstudio@gmail.com

Nick Johnson, born 1965, is a contemporary painter based in South Devon, England. His paintings have been shown across the UK and in the USA, where he lived from 1999-2004.

BFA, Painting and Printmaking, Winchester School of Art, 1988.
PGCE, Bretton Hall, University of Leeds, 1995.

Recent Exhibitions

2025/2026
Winter Salon 2025, Artemis Collective, Manor Street Galleries, Plymouth, Dec 6 – Jan 13 2026.

The Errant Collaborators (a play within a play), MIRROR, Arts University
Plymouth, October 24 – December 17 2025.

Vice Versa, Terrace Gallery, London. May 7 – June 1, 2025.

2024/2025
Winter Group Show, Linden Hall Studio, Deal, Kent. Dec 3, 2024 – Jan 31, 2025.

2024
Colour, Open Gallery, Halifax, West Yorkshire. October 16 – Nov 2, 2024.

2021
ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London. November 12 - 21, 2021.

A World Away, A Thought Apart,Gallery Petite, Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York. June 26th - July 24th 2021.

#paintingonporch,57W57ARTS / Sue Ravitz - 15 April 2021. Publication - PAINTING ON PORCH, A Covid Project, July 2020 - May 2021.

2020
Abstract Week, 23.11.2020 / 29.11.2020- Online group exhibition curated by Alessandro Stein Diary

Competitions/Open Exhibitions

2021
ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London. 12 - 21 November.
2010
Dover Prize Biennial Art Competition 2010, Darlington Arts Centre, County Durham.
2008
Royal Watercolour Society / Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Bankside Gallery, London.
Lynn Painter-Stainers, Invitational Touring Exhibition, Saint Clair Gallery, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA.
2007
Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize Exhibition, Painters Hall, London.
ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London.
1997
Cleveland Gallery Contemporary Open, Middlesbrough, Prize Winner, Selected by William Tillyer.
1996
Journal Land and Seascapes Open, Northumbria University Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Solo Exhibitions

2008
Finestra Gallery, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria.

Selected Group Exhibitions, 2007 - 2019

Whitespace Gallery, Totnes, Devon
Brownston Gallery, Modbury, Devon.
T.A.A.G. Gallery, Teignmouth, Devon.
Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk, North Yorkshire.
Mouncey Fine Art, Barnard Castle, County Durham.
Red Barn Gallery, Melkinthorpe, Cumbria.
Art for Youth, North, Topcliffe, North Yorkshire.
Old Courthouse Gallery, Ambleside, Cumbria.
Godfrey and Watt, Harrogate, North Yorkshire.
Bianco Nero Gallery, Stokesley, North Yorkshire.