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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 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 gallerists, curators and collectors by expanding my audience in as many ways as possible.
Open Calls
2026
Open Call - BEERS London - Group Exhibition
· Open Call – Oreofe Gallery – Summer Show 2026 - 2 x Paintings Selected
· Open Call – 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 Art Group Exhibition - 2 x paintings selected
Markets & Fairs
· Henley Craft Market – May 2026
Open Calls/Selections (Latest First)
2026 Open Call – Oreofe Gallery – Summer Show 2026 - Two Paintings Selected
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
2026
Crowthorne & Sandhurst Art Society – Spring Exhibition
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
· VAA Artist of the Year Award Art100 (AOTY)
· VAA Open (VAO) 2026
· RBA Annual Exhibition – Royal Society of British Artists, London
· Behind the Art (BTA) 2026
· Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year – Series 12
· Jackson’s Art Prize 2026
· The RISE Henley Emerging Artist Prize 2026
· Cass Art Prize 2026
London Graphic Centre/Theo Paphitis Art Prize 2026
· Hogarth Open Art Prize 2026
· Women in Art – Emerging Artist Prize 2026
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 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 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
· Finalist – VAA Art100 ArtPrize 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
VAA Artist of the Year 2025 – Longlisted Artist
Visual Arts Association’s Visual Art Open Competition 2024
o Longlisted
Annual Women in Art Emerging Artist Prize 2024
o Longlisted (Landscapes Category)
· Visual Arts Association’s Visual Art Open Competition 2023
o Longlisted