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Website: www.nickycalverart.co.uk
Instagram: https://instagram.com/nicky_calver_art
Facebook: Nicola Calver
Visual Arts Association – Premium Member, Preferred VAA Artist
Ginger Cook’s Academy of Fine Art – Purple Member (Online, USA, 5 years)
Wokingham Art Society
Crowthorne & Sandhurst Art Society
To gain gallery representation, group gallery exhibitions and to get my work seen by gallerists, curators and collectors by expanding my audience in as many ways as possible.
Open Calls & Selections (Latest First)
2025: Green & Stone Summer Exhibition
2025: NEAC (New English Art Club) Annual Exhibition
2025: Open Gallery, Halifax – Botanical & Floral Art Group Exhibition : Two paintings selected
2025
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 Exhibition Notable Experience : photographed with Mayor of Bracknell and “Sossusvlei Dead End Marsh, An Experiment in the Golden Mean”
2026
RBA Annual Exhibition
Visual Artists Association Visual Art Open
Visual Artists Association Artist of the Year
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 notice 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 primarily 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. 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 tranquility, 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.