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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
Parker Harris – Art Ladder
Ginger Cook’s Academy of Fine Art – Purple Member (Online, USA, 5 years)
Wokingham Art Society
Crowthorne & Sandhurst Art Society
Continuing to develop a body of work
Goal: To gain gallery representation, group gallery exhibitions and to get my work seen by gallerists, curators and collectors by expanding my audience and making the transition to professional artist from my current emerging artist status.
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
Visual Artists Association Visual Art Open
Sky Arts – Landscape Artist of the Year
Visual Artists Association Artist of the Year
2025
Sky Arts – Landscape Artist of the Year:
Invited to be a Wild Card
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
VAA Art100 International:
Winner - Won a short course of my choice with VAA, Inclusion in the the VAA Art100 International Industry Book, Printed Edition, Publishing end 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:
Invited to be a Wild Card Artist
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 color 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.