Nicholas Middleton


Nicholas Middleton was born in London, England in 1975, he studied at London Guildhall University 1993 - 1994 and Winchester School of Art where he was awarded a BA Honours Fine Art in 1997. In 2006 he was the Visitors' Choice prizewinner at John Moores Painting Prize 24 and in 2010 Middleton was a Prizewinner and the Visitors' Choice Award prizewinner at John Moores Painting Prize 2010. His paintings are "primarily influenced by the experience of the urban environment as a visual arena where unexpected juxtapositions occur". He is a member of Contemporary British Painting.

John Moores Painting Prize

Middleton has been selected for the John Moores Painting Prize on six occasions. In 2006 Middleton was the Visitors' Choice Award winner at John Moores Painting Prize 24 with a black and white photorealist painting "Scene from a Contemporary Novel". In 2010 he was a Prizewinner and Visitors' Choice Award prizewinner with "Protest, 1st April 2009" a photorealist black and white painting of a demonstration outside the Bank of England. In 2016 Middleton's work "Figures in an Arch" was long-listed for the John Moores Painting Prize 2016.

Selected collections

Abbot Hall Art Gallery
China Academy of Art, Hangzhou,
The East Contemporary Art Collection
Falmouth Art Gallery
The Priseman Seabrook Collection of 21st Century British Painting

Selected exhibitions

2016 - John Moores Painting Prize 2016, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
2014 - John Moores Painting Prize 2014, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
2014 - Contemporary British Painting:The Priseman Seabrook Collection, Huddersfield Art Gallery, England
2014 - Towards a New Socio-Painting, Transition Gallery, London
2012 - Francis Bacon to Paula Rego, Abbot Hall Gallery, Kendal, England
2010 - John Moores 2010, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
2008 - Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
2007 - Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
2006 - John Moores 24, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
2004 - John Moores 23, Walker Art Gallery Liverpool