I was born in Pembroke, Wales in 1958 and grew up in the Mumbles near Swansea, before studying painting at Chelsea School of Art and Bath Academy of Art, better known as Corsham. During the 80s I was Howard Hodgkin’s studio assistant, whilst also running my studio in London.
In the early 90s I made my first solo shows in London, since when I have exhibited in numerous galleries across Europe, from Brussels to Berlin and Barcelona and from Munich to Milan, Paris and London. I have been shortlisted for the John Moore’s painting prize and was artist in residence to the city of Munich.
Having moved to Ireland in the early 90s I moved to Biarritz in 2002 and then to Amsterdam in 2016. More recently I have become increasingly interested in photography – in both its reportage and plastic forms.
My work has followed a trajectory from the idea of painting being mostly about matter, a visual ‘thing’ and how you see it, to include narrative which is the primary function of photography. Currently I am attempting to braid these two threads, object and subject, together.
Exhibitions
Lorenzelli Arte, ‘Red’
Yoo Appartments, London, UK
Stephen Lacey Gallery, London, UK. Gallery Artists Group Show II
Musée de Guéthary, Biarritz, France
Stephen Lacey Gallery, London, UK. ‘Gallery Artists I’
Stephen Lacey Gallery, London. ‘Pure Paint’
Walker Gallery, Liverpool, UK. ‘Moores ‘97’
Barbican Centre, London, UK. ‘Crosscurrents’
Barcelona Art Fair, Barcelona, Spain
Chateau de Sacy, Paris, France, ‘London Exotics’
Blue Gallery, London, UK. ‘Totems and Pianos’ (solo)
‘Adam McEwan, Wilma Johnson, Nick Gammon’
Catalogues
‘Where’s Dora?’, catalogue essay by Olga Gambari, translation Miriam Hurley and Claudia Ricci (pub. Mar & Partners, Turin) 2007
Catalogue essay by Jean François Larralde, ‘Le jardin paradisiaque de la chambre verte’, Musée de Guéthary 2006
‘Oceans and Other Paintings’, catalogue essay by Mel Gooding, ‘Following the Drift: On the Paintings of Nick Gammon’, 1999 (pub. Stephen Lacey Gallery, ISBN 1902734 017)
Bibliography
‘Where’s Dora?’ by Olga Gambari, translation Miriam Hurley and Claudia Ricci, catalogue essay for ‘Where’s Dora’ (pub. Mar & Partners, Turin) 2007
La Stampa, ‘Un Caleidoscopio Ispirato del Surf’, January 26 2007, Lisa Parola. Segno N° 211, Jan - Feb 2007
‘Le jardin paradisiaque de la chambre verte’, Jean François Larralde, Musée de Guéthary 2006
Sud Ouest, ‘L’ouverture au patrimoine’, Phillippe Hemmert, 10 May 2006. Le Journal, May 2006
‘Peintres Jusqu’a Bout de l’Ocean’, Revista Magazine, July / August 2004
Evening Standard, ‘Oceans and Other Paintings’, February 1999
Sunday Telegraph, ‘Nick Gammon’, John McEwen, February 21 1999
‘Following the Drift: On the Paintings of Nick Gammon’, Mel Gooding, 1999 (pub. Stephen Lacey Gallery, ISBN 1902734 017)
Esquire, ‘The Wet Look: The Obsessive Surf Artists Who Brush With Death’, Louisa Buck, February 1999
Elle Decoration, July 1999
Süddeutsche Zeitung, ‘Die Ruhe des Ozeans’, Anna Goebels, January 30 1998
John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 20 (ISBN 0906367905), 1997
Sunday Telegraph, ‘Free Range is Better Than Battery’, John McEwen, November 9 1997
Independent on Sunday, ‘Cool for Hamsters’, Tim Hilton, November 23 1997
Financial Times, ‘Colourful Statements of Intent’, William Packer, July 23 1996
Sunday Telegraph, ‘Cross Currents’, John McEwen, July 28 1996
Welt am Sonntag, ‘Ein Eldorado für Liebhaber junger Kunst’, Ulrike Grünewald, August 11 1996
Art Monthly, ‘Hard Edge’, Mel Gooding, March 1996
Daily Telegraph, Laura Stewart, April 24 1995
Time Out, ‘Nick Gammon’, David Lillington, March 17 - 24 1993
Sunday Telegraph, ‘Robert Gober and Other New Shows’, John McEwen, March 28 1993
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