NICOLA BEALING
Born 1963
Educated England and Malaysia.
1984-87 Byam Shaw School of Art, London
1983 Foundation Course, Herts College of Art and Design

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Selected Group Shows 1998 - 2008 include:
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London (2007, + 1995,'97,'99,'03 + invited artist, 2004)
The Campaign to Protect Rural England, Anniversary Exhibition/Auction, Bonhams, London
The BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
The Hunting Art Prizes, Royal College of Art, London
'The Best of Contemporary Painting' The Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Regular NSA Exhibitions including 'Lineage', 'The Drawing Show' and 'Critic's Choice' (1999,2002,'04,'05)

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2007 Beaux Arts Gallery, Bath (+1996,1994)
2006 Cadogan Contemporary, London (+2004, 2003,2002,20001998,1997,1995)
The Lemon Street Gallery, Truro, Cornwall
1998 Wagner and Schortgen Fine Art,Luxembourg
1997 The Oxford Gallery, Oxford (+1993)
1994 The Montpelier Gallery, London
1993 Plymouth Arts Centre (+1990)
1991 Christie’s Education, London
1989 St Helier Galleries, Jersey, The Channel Islands

COMMISSIONS AND COLLECTIONS
The Jerwood Foundation, London
The Unilever Collection,London,
London International Brokers
Deutsche Bank, London
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London
Cliveden Hotel, Berkshire
Hampshire County Council
Millfield School, Somerset
Spanset Inter.Ag, Zurich, Switzerland
The Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman

PUBLICATIONS AND TV
‘10 Years of the BP Portrait Awards’ National Portrait Gallery Publication
Featured Artist, Artists and illustrators Magazine, March 2000
‘Drawing Towards the End of the Century’ Newlyn Society of Artists Publication, 1996
Feature Article, Bath City Magazine, May 2007
Review, Metro Magazine, May 2007
‘Interviews - Artists’ (Recordings from CV/Visual Arts Research Archive 1988-96) NP James - Blackwell Publishing
‘Gallery’ Modern Painters Magazine,1993
Poster and Catalogue, The Hunting Art Prizes, 1999
‘Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in Hampshire’, The Public Catalogue Foundation Publication
‘Inside Art’ Channel 4 TV 1996 (Documentary Series with Peter Howson, Eileen Cooper, -Carlton TV)

AWARDS
2007 Selector’s Award / Bridgeman Art Library Prize, Royal West of England
1999 Meynell Fenton Prize, The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
1995 BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London, Shortlisted Prizewinner
1995 The Millfield Open Exhibition, First Prizewinner
1995 Gallery Prizewinner; The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
1992 The South West Open Exhibition, First Prizewinner