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Website: www.nickycalverart.co.uk
Instagram: https://instagram.com/nicky_calver_art
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Visual Arts Association – Premium Member, Preferred VAA Artist Status - Mentorship Programme (Accountability Circle)
Ginger Cook’s Academy of Fine Art (Online, USA)
Wokingham Art Society
Crowthorne & Sandhurst Art Society
To gain gallery representation, group gallery exhibitions and to get my work seen by public, gallerists, curators and collectors by expanding my audience in as many ways as possible.
Open Calls
2026
Guildford Festival of the Arts
Outside In.org / David Zwirner Gallery – Unseen. Until Now!
BEERS London - Group Exhibition
Green & Stone Summer Exhibition
Henley Festival – Rise by Henley Art Festival Emerging Artist Prize
Oreofe Gallery – Summer Show 2026 (Pop Up Exhibition) - 3 x Paintings Selected
Dalloz Contemporary Gallery – Floral Artist Exhibition
New Futures Programme at the Other Art Fair
2025
Green & Stone Summer Exhibition 2025
Open Gallery, Halifax – Botanical & Floral Group Exhibition - 2 x paintings selected
NEAC (New English Art Club) Annual Exhibition
Markets & Fairs
2026
Henley on Thames Craft Fair - June, July, Aug
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Gallery and Gallery Pop-Up Exhibitions
2026
Oreofe Gallery Summer Show 2026 (POP-UP Exhibition) Woodstock, Oxfordshire
Oreofe Gallery - Bodies in Bloom & August Collected Exhibition (POP-UP Exhibition) Woodstock, Oxfordshire
2026
Wokingham Art Society 69th Summer Exhibition
Crowthorne & Sandhurst Art Society – Spring & Autumn Exhibition
Crowthorne & Sandhurst Art Society – Autumn and Spring Exhibition
Wokingham Art Society – 68th Annual Summer Exhibition
2024
Crowthorne & Sandhurst Art Society – Autumn and Spring Exhibition
Wokingham Art Society – 67th Annual Summer Exhibition
2023
Crowthorne & Sandhurst Art Society – Autumn and Spring Exhibition
Wokingham Art Society – 66th Annual Summer Exhibition
2022
Crowthorne & Sandhurst Art Society – Autumn Exhibitions
Competitions Entered
2026
·VAA Artist of the Year Award (AOTY)
VAA Visual Art Open (VAO)
RBA Annual Exhibition – Royal Society of British Artists·
Behind the Art (BTA)
Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year – Series 12
Jackson’s Art Prize
The RISE Henley Emerging Artist Prize
Cass Art Prize
LGC/Theo Paphitis Art Prize
Women in Art Prize
ING Discerning Eye
VAA Art100 Prize
2025
Sky Arts – Landscape Artist of the Year
Royal Academy of Arts – Summer Exhibition
Jackson’s Art Prize:
John Moore Painting Prize & Lady Grantchester Painting Prize
Visual Art Association – Visual Artist of the Year Award:
Longlisted Artist - Certificate of Achievement
Women in Art – Emerging Artist Prize
Cass Art Prize
London Graphics Centre – LGC/Theo Paphitis Art Prize
ING Discerning Eye Competition
VAA Art500 International:
Shortlisted - Won VAA Preferred Artist Status, CEO Rise 4 week course with VAA, Certificate of Achievement.
WINNER - Inclusion in the VAA Art100 International Book Printed Edition - Being published at the end of 2026, Certificate of Achievement
2024
Cass Art Prize:
Visual Arts Association’s Visual Art Open Competition:
Longlisted - Certificate of Achievement
Annual Women in Art Emerging Artist Prize:
Longlisted, Landscapes Category
London Graphic Centre & Theo Paphitis Art Prize:
2023
Sky Landscape Artist of the Year
Visual Arts Association’s Visual Art Open Competition,
Longlisted - Certificate of Achievement
2022
British Art Open – Artists Illustrated Magazine
My paintings are quiet invitations to pause and reflect on the extraordinary within the ordinary. Born in colonial Zambia and shaped by life in South Africa and the UK, I bring a global perspective to my work—one that is rooted in memory, migration, and the search for belonging.
As a self-taught artist working in acrylics, I am drawn to scenes where light transforms the familiar: a sunlit village pathway, the gentle ritual of hanging laundry, the hush of dusk settling over a winter landscape, or the joy of hidden corners in nature. These moments, often overlooked, become sanctuaries—spaces where resilience, beauty, and meaning quietly endure.
Nature’s persistence, the poetry of daily routines, and the interplay of colour, light and atmosphere, are central to my practice. Each painting is an exploration of how light and memory shape our experience of place and time. I strive to create work that evokes nostalgia and tranquillity, inviting viewers to reflect on their own stories and the subtle grace woven into everyday life.
Ultimately, my art is a celebration of resilience—of people, of nature, and of the rituals that anchor us. Through my paintings, I hope to offer moments of calm, connection, and wonder in a world that moves too quickly.
Awards and Achievements
VAA Artist of the Year Award (AOTY) - Longlisted Artist
VAA Visual Art Open (VAO) 2026 - Longlisted Artist
FINALIST -VAA Art100 International Art Prize 2025
My art and a blurb about me will be published in the VAA Art100 International Printed Edition Book. Due out end 2026
Shortlisted – VAA Art500 Art Prize 2025
VAA Artist of the Year (AOTY) 2025 – Longlisted Artist
VAA Visual Art Open (VAO) 2024 - Longlisted
Annual Women in Art Emerging Artist Prize 2024 - Longlisted (Landscapes Category)
VAA Visual Art Open (VAO) 2023 - Longlisted