{"id":2,"date":"2013-09-21T18:35:21","date_gmt":"2013-09-21T18:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicoleporter.co.uk\/artist\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-11-26T10:41:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T10:41:42","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/nicoleporter.co.uk\/artist\/about-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-886 size-medium alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/nicoleporter.co.uk\/artist\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/D6C17EBD-41D6-4DA9-A3E4-20730D10BE23-800x448.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nicoleporter.co.uk\/artist\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/D6C17EBD-41D6-4DA9-A3E4-20730D10BE23-800x448.jpg 800w, http:\/\/nicoleporter.co.uk\/artist\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/D6C17EBD-41D6-4DA9-A3E4-20730D10BE23-1140x638.jpg 1140w, http:\/\/nicoleporter.co.uk\/artist\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/D6C17EBD-41D6-4DA9-A3E4-20730D10BE23-768x430.jpg 768w, http:\/\/nicoleporter.co.uk\/artist\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/D6C17EBD-41D6-4DA9-A3E4-20730D10BE23-1536x860.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/nicoleporter.co.uk\/artist\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/D6C17EBD-41D6-4DA9-A3E4-20730D10BE23-2048x1146.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n<h1>Biography<\/h1>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tablecellwidth\" valign=\"top\"><strong>1986<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0 \u00a0 Born in Aberdeen, Scotland.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>2004 <\/strong>to<strong> 2008<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0 \u00a0 Gained a First Class Honours Degree in Fine Art from Duncan of Jordanstone \u00a0 \u00a0 College of Art and Design, Dundee, Scotland.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>2008 <\/strong>to<strong> 2009<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0 \u00a0 Lived and worked in Norway. Studio apprentice to Odd Nerdrum in his international artists community.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">Summer<strong> 2009<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0 \u00a0 Lived and worked in Paris. Studio apprentice to Odd Nerdrum in his Paris studio.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">Autumn<strong> 2009<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0 \u00a0 Lived and worked in New York. Studio apprentice to Steven Assael in his New \u00a0 \u00a0 York studio. Studied at the Arts Students League in New York with Frank \u00a0 \u00a0 Porcu, Michael Grimaldi and Costa Vavagiaski.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>2014 <\/strong>to<strong> 2015<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0 \u00a0 Gained a Masters of Fine Art with Distinction in Contextualised Practice from Gray&#8217;s School of Art, Aberdeen, Scotland.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>2010 <\/strong>to<strong> Present<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0 \u00a0 Living and working in Aberdeen, Scotland as the resident artist at The Nicole Porter Gallery. Engage Tutor at Grays School of Art.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h1>Selected Awards<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Work selected for the Royal Collection.<\/li>\n<li>Gold Teachers Award from the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers.<\/li>\n<li>Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grants.<\/li>\n<li>Farqhuar Reid Trust Art Prize.<\/li>\n<li>The David Gordon Memorial Trust Award at the Royal Scottish Academy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Selected Exhibitions<b><\/b><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Gordon Contemporaries at Aberdeen Art Gallery.<\/li>\n<li>Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.<\/li>\n<li>Aberdeen Artists Society at Aberdeen Art Gallery.<\/li>\n<li>Scottish Drawing Exhibition.<\/li>\n<li>Aspect Art Prize.<\/li>\n<li>The London Art Fair.<\/li>\n<li>Kjell Raugland Billedkunstner in Norway.<\/li>\n<li>Kjell Strand Galleriet in Norway.<\/li>\n<li>Det Gule Galleriet in Norway.<\/li>\n<li>Figurative Art Prize Exhibition, Boundary Gallery in London.<\/li>\n<li>Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh.<\/li>\n<li>Royal Society of Portrait Painters Self-Portraiture Exhibition in London.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography 1986 \u00a0 \u00a0 Born in Aberdeen, Scotland. 2004 to 2008 \u00a0 \u00a0 Gained a First Class Honours Degree in Fine Art from Duncan of Jordanstone \u00a0 \u00a0 College of Art and Design, Dundee, Scotland. 2008 to 2009 \u00a0 \u00a0 Lived and worked in Norway. 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