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Biography
Perth-based, independent visual artist Nigel Laxton has been working from his studio at the Heathcote Cultural precinct since 2015. He obtained the studio after graduating from Curtin University with a Masters’ degree in 2014. Prior to that Nigel had a successful and innovative career as a Materials Scientist/Engineer and he is named as an inventor on over a dozen international patents relating to aerospace and wave energy applications.
 
Nigel is inspired by contemporary, ambiguous artworks and this is the main focus of his work. He explores the materiality of various mediums, often with site related concepts, and works with both oil and acrylic paints, sand and pigments. During a short period as a printmaker he exhibited artworks in both the Australian Print Triennial and the Fremantle Print Award.
 
Shortly after graduating he was commissioned to produce an artwork for the Luciano Benetton collection, Italy and received the Clyde and Co. art award. He has since had two solo exhibitions, one group exhibition, been a finalist in numerous local and interstate curated art awards and had work displayed digitally at MoMA New York, USA.


Solo Exhibitions
2020  Aggregate                                                                   Kamilė Gallery, Cathedral Square, Perth, WA
2018  Sound & Silence                                                         Earlywork gallery, Fremantle, WA
​2017  Ambiguous Romanticism                                            Contemporary Art Spaces Mandurah (CASM), Mandurah, WA

Exhibitions and Awards
2020  HCP - in an era of isolation                                         Heathcote Gallery, Applecross, WA
2019  FAC Print Award (Finalist)                                           Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA
2019  SCENE Exhibition (Invitation)                                     Nyisztor Studio, Melville - Palmyra, WA
2019  Swan River Print Studio Summer Exhibition               Earlywork gallery, Fremantle, WA
2018  Galvanise (Artsource members exhibition)                 The Old Customs House, Fremantle,WA
2018  Australian Print Triennial (Finalist)                              The Art Vault, Mildura, Victoria, Australia
2018  BAM Art Prize (Finalist)                                               Thomgallery, Byron Bay, NSW
​2018  'In the Studio' (Invitation)                                             MoMA, New York, USA
2017  City of Busselton Art Award (Finalist)                          ArtGeo Gallery, Busselton, WA
​2017  Claremont Art Award (Finalist)                                    Town of Claremont, Western Australia
​2017  Ellenbrook Open Art Award                                         Ellenbrook Arts, Western Australia
2017  Help the Homeless Art Auction (Invitation)                  Fremantle Town Hall, WA (Soroptimist International of Fremantle Annual Event)
2016  Fleurieu Food and Wine Art Prize (Finalist)                 McLaren Vale, South Australia
2016   Help the Homeless Art Auction (Invitation)                 Fremantle Town Hall, WA (Soroptimist International of Fremantle Annual Event)
2016   Contemporary Art Awards (Finalist)                            Online Exhibition, Brisbane, Queensland, (Finalist)
2015   City of Busselton Art Award (Finalist)                         ArtGeo Gallery, Busselton, WA
2015   City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder Art prize                             Kalgoorlie, WA
2015   Clyde & Co. Art Project                                               Prize, exhibition and mentoring
2014   Graduate Exhibition                                                    SoDA, Curtin University, WA
2013   FloorPlan202                                                               Kurb Gallery, Northbridge, WA
2013   FAC Student Exhibition                                               The Moores Building, Fremantle, WA
2009   Visions of Vincent (Photography)                                City of Vincent, WA, (Highly Commended)

Publications
2018      Australian Print Triennial, Print Award Finalists, La Trobe University, 31 Oct - 4 Nov 2018, ISBN 978-0-9944662-0-4
​2016      Finalist Exhibition, Contemporary Art Awards, Brisbane, Australia, 2016
2016      Looking Down Under: Contemporary Artists from Australia, Imago Mundi Luciano Benetton Collection, Fabrica, Italy, 2016

Collections
Luciano Benetton Collection, Italy
​Wirrin Foundation, Australia
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