Rory Nugent’s enclosed fragments represent the elemental beauty of land, sea and sky capturing the abstract serenity and simplicity of nature.He works in oil on canvas, wood & slate. The work reflects the insularity of the artist in the landscape. Each image depicts the landscape as a wild entity in itself, unhumanised, sublime and untamed. He has shown his work in numerous successful group exhibitions, from Cork Street, The Barbican Centre & The Royal Academy. Born in England in 1971, Rory trained at the Royal College of Art and he lives and works in Devon.
Group Exhibitions
1994 Mount House Gallery Marlborough
1995 St. Michael’s Hospice Appeal, Basingstoke
1995 William Morris Appeal, Stroud
1995 “Painting”, Concourse Gallery, Barbican Centre
1996 Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre
1996 Royal College of Art Centenary painting show
1996 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
1997 “Recent Graduates”, Will’s ArtWarehouse
1997 Network AD, Candid Gallery
1997 The Countryside Movement Exhibition, Gallery 27
1997 Young Artists Exhibition, Christies, Kings Street, London
1998 Ripe for Development, London
1999 The Air Gallery, London
1999 Third Person Singular, Walton Contemporary Art
1999 Lifestyle, Edinborough
1999 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries
1999 Kingsbridge Art, London
2000 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
2001 Basil Street Basement, Basil Street, London
2001 Bartley Dray Gallery, London
2001 Affordable Art Fair, Bath
2001 Lennox Gallery, London
2001 The Contemporary Collector, London
2002 Art for Life, Christies, London
2002 Affordable Art Fair, London
2002 Lennox Gallery, London
2002 New Grafton Gallery, London
2003 Art for Life, Christies, London
2003 Horizons,Ainscough Gallery, London
2003 New Grafton Gallery, London
2003 Singer and Friedlander, Mall Galleries, London
2003 Singer and Friedlander, Manchester Town Hall, Manchester
2003 Cricket Fine Art, London
2003 London Property, London
2003 Roman Black Gallery, London
2004 Dunster show flats, Chelsea, London
2004 Art for Life, Christies, London
2004 New Grafton Gallery, London
2004 Affordable Art Fair, London
2004 Red Cross Exhibition, Hampshire
2005 Art for Life, Christies, London
2005 Summer Opening, Goathurst House, Somerset
2006 Art for Life, Christies, London
2009 Small Paintings: Coro Foss Fine Art, London
2011 'Triptych', Dulverton, Somerset
2012 Arkadia Dunster, Somerset
2012 'Triptych', Dulverton, Somerset
2013 'Triptych', Dulverton, Somerset
2017 Room at the End, Little Toller
Duo Exhibitions
2005 New Paintings, Coningsby Gallery, London
2006 New Landscapes, Coningsby Gallery, London Solo Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
1998 Recent Paintings, Camberwell Gallery, London
2003 Seascapes, Unicorn Gallery, London
2005 New Watercolours, InteriorsBis, London
2009 The Air Gallery, London
2011 The Air Gallery, London
2013 The Gallery, Dover Street, London
2015 Studio 657, 657 Fulham Road, London
2017 Dulverton Guild Hall, Dulverton
2017 Studio 657, 657 Fulham Road, London
Awards
1996 European Society of Anaesthesiologists Prize
Permanent Collections
1996 The National Bank of Abu Dhabi, London
2001 Expeditus, Shoreditch, London
2001 Marina Hotel, Fowey, Cornwall
2006 Old House at Home Restaurant, Hampshire
2006 Combe Sydenham Syndicate, Somerset
2007 Bel-ami Gallery, Honiton, Devon
2011 Hartnoll Hotel, Bolham, Devon
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