nicky hodge
N I G H T T I M E WO R D S L E A K OUT
“In creating these new works, Nicky Hodge started from the premise that they would be a series of black-on-black paintings. Employing her usual method of working across several paintings at once, she saturates each raw canvas in watery acrylic, sometimes
rubbing this away to expose the surface further, before layering it with sweeps of minimal, guttural marks. Relying on instinct and spontaneity, these muted and monochromatic paintings depend on first touch and, as such, the final results are unpredictable and
surprising. Each work is contained within its frame, while at the same time, the brushstrokes conversing together between the four edges suggest a desire for flight; there’s a reliable consistency that holds the series together. As individual paintings, each speaks within its
code – a singular language of gestures and layers – alluding to past experiences and harbouring deceptive colour combinations. Quite what they communicate translates through one’s own emotional,
rather than intellectual self.”
Please email for a full catalogue of artwork by the artist at gallery@richeldisfineart.com
New collection of artworks launched - please contact the gallery for full details.
S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S
2021 Horse Gossip, Bobinska Brownlee, London
2021 Nicky Hodge, #08, Abstract/Abstraction magazine (online)
2018 Low Plains Drifter, No Format Gallery, London
2016 Only a moon to soup her, Jeannie Avent Gallery, London
2010 Multistorey, Nunhead Surgery, London
2005 Small Wonder, Seven Seven Contemporary Art, London
2001 Plot on the Landscape, Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, London
GRO U P E X H I B I T I O N S
2022
Two person show with Michael Kaul, Harts Lane Gallery, London (upcoming July)
Three person show, with Gwenyth Fugard and Dom Gray, Yorkton Workshops, London (upcoming May)
Binary 2, curated by Karl Bielik & Jonathan Powell, Terrace Gallery (upcoming March)
Exh 08, Floor magazine (online, upcoming March)
Mind - be here, present / be here now, curated by Athene Greig and Georgie White Winter, Kingshill House, Dursley, Gloucestershire
2021
Notes for a landscape, curated by Kate Scrivener, millimetre 02, Kingsgate Project Space, London
A Tiny Bit Of Fire, curated by Robyn Graham, Warbling Collective, Fitzrovia Gallery, London
Pulp, curated by Jason Tessier, Florence Trust, London
Ethereal Reality, JB Art Gallery (online)
Nothing’s gonna change my world, curated by raumwww, gr-und, Wedding, Berlin, Germany
Studio Confetti, curated by Karl Bielik, Terrace Gallery, London
2020
Binary, curated by Karl Bielik & Jonathan Powell, Shift Gallery, Cardiff, Wales
Women + Health Lockdown Art exhibition (online)
Long winter show, The Art Gallery, Abergavenny, Wales
Way Out, curated by Ludovic Dervillez, La Grange Gallery, Cernay-les-Reims, France
25 Years, curated by Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, London (online)
Fuzzy Objects (with Janet Currier and Jane Millar), San Mei Gallery, London
New Doggerland, curated by Jane Millar, Thamesside Gallery, London
2019
Six Days in December, curated by Martin Gayford, Thamesside Gallery, London
A Tapered Teardrop, curated by Karl Bielik, Terrace Gallery, Leyton, London
Of Course I Haven’t Forgotten, Warbling Collective, 155A Artists Space, London
We Only Have Fun On Certain Days, Warbling Collective, Stour Space, London
2018
Winter Group Show, Linden Hall Studio, Deal, Kent
SFSA Painting Open 2018, No Format Gallery, Deptford, London
Let Me Know Before You Arrive, Warbling Collective, 145 Bethnal Green Rd, London
The Barren Slope, curated by Tom Elliott, Safehouse 1, Peckham, London
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
Exceptional, Collyer Bristow Graduate Exhibition, Holborn, London
Tomorrow’s Daydream, AMP Gallery, Meeting House Lane, London
2017
Osman’s Xmas Bazaar, Studio 1.1, Shoreditch, London
Painting Open 2017, Second Floor Studios, No Format Gallery, London
APT Open Studios guest artist, Creekside, Deptford, London
Small World, Manifest, PS Mirabel, Manchester
Creekside Open selected by Alison Wilding, APT Gallery, London
1992–2016
Zeitgeist Summer Show, Bond House, New Cross, London
Suppose an Eyes event, Alpha Nova Futura, Berlin and Chelsea College of Art, London
Marks of Intent (with Helen Booth), The Art Gallery, Abergavenny, Wales
Small Memories, The Art Gallery, Abergavenny, Wales and Caxton Contemporary, Whitstable, Kent
Close at Hand (co-curated with Gavin Maughfling), Contemporary Art Projects, London
Start Your Collection, Contemporary Art Projects, London
Talkshow, Lounge, Dalston, London
Deptford X, Open Astra House, New Cross, London
Pride In The House, Lauderdale House, Highgate, London
Sense and Nonsense, Danielle Arnaud, London
Picturesque, Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle
Artfutures, Contemporary Art Society, London
Deptford X, London
Artfutures, Contemporary Art Society, London
Round the Garden, Museum of Garden History, London
Bittersweet, Danielle Arnaud, London
Glass Border (co-curated with Nicky Coutts) Danielle Arnaud, London
Reclaiming the Madonna, Usher Gallery, Lincoln; toured to London & Cardiff
Landschaft, woods near Buchenwald, Weimar, Germany
T R A I N I N G
2013–2015 Post graduate diploma in Fine Art (merit), Goldsmiths College
1992–1993 Advanced Fine Art, Central St Martin’s
1985–1992 BA Hons Fine Art & Critical Studies (2:1), Central St Martin’s
1984–1985 Lina Garnade Foundation course, Southwark, London
