Nicola Farquhar
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Nicola Farquhar | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1972 (age 53–54) |
| Education | Elam School of Fine Art |
| Known for | Painting |
Nicola Farquhar (born 1972) is a New Zealand artist.
Farquhar was born 1972 in Hamilton, New Zealand.[1] She graduated from the Elam School of Fine Art in 2009 with an MFA.[2] She is currently based in Auckland.[3]
Farquhar is a painter, she works primarily in oils on linen. Her paintings often use rich and vibrant colours and she explores traditional portraiture through experimentation with colour, space, and science fiction elements.[4][2] Through her use of human and botanical forms her works question relationships to the natural work.[5] Although women are usually the subjects of her paintings, they are not based on or named after real people.[3]
Farquhar has exhibited in both solo and grow shows in New Zealand, Australia, and Hong Kong. Notable exhibitions include:
- Discoveries, Art Basel, Hong Kong (2014)[6]
- Method and Gesture, Utopian Slumps, Melbourne (2013)[7]
- New Revised Edition, City Gallery, Wellington (2013)[8]
- Porous Moonlight, Papakura Art Gallery (2013)[9]
- Necessary Distraction: A Painting Show, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki (2015), with Saskia Leek, Julian Hooper, Stella Corkery, Kirstin Carlin, and James Cousins[10]
Farquhar is represented by the Hopkinson Mossman gallery in Auckland[4] and has exhibited with them for over five years.[11]
Work by Farquhar is held in the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.[5]
