STATEMENT
Nicky Hodge’s current work occupies a completely abstract territory. She mainly works in acrylic on unprimed canvas, working directly and spontaneously without reference to anything specific in the real world. Some of the paintings that emerge out of the process are saturated in watery acrylic that gets poured on and then rubbed away to further expose the surface. Other works are more layered, using subtle colour and sweeps of minimal gestural marks. All of these muted and mainly monochromatic paintings rely on touch and are indicative of a practice that has developed counter to the more extravagant narrative of expressionism.
Further still are paintings that have incorporated materials recycled from her own discarded paintings. The surfaces of these collage works are quiet and spare, relying on the subtle texture created by different materials such as filler, spray, ink or a heavier weight canvas. As no two works are particularly similar, often difference becomes a defining factor with works sitting together in contrasting pairs or small groups of varying size. Steeped in an allusive and unsystematic approach, the works draw upon memory and experience and sit somewhere between joyful playfulness and minimalist restraint.
Nicky Hodge lives and works in London. She has exhibited her paintings, drawings and multimedia works widely over the past 25 years. In 2021 Horse Gossip, a solo show, opened at Bobinska Brownlee in London. In the same year, she was selected for several group exhibitions including Notes for a landscape at Kingsgate Project Space and A Tiny Bit of Fire curated by Warbling Collective. In 2022 she exhibited with Gwenyth Fugard and Dom Gray at Yorkton Workshops and had a two person show with the German abstract artist Michael Kaul at Hart’s Lane Gallery in August. Her collection of ten paintings, Nighttime words leak out, was presented online by Richeldis Fine Art.
TEXTS, PRESS, CATALOGUES
Nighttime words leak out exhibition catalogue ︎
Richeldis Fine Art / gallery@richeldisfineart.com
Horse Gossip publication
Texts by Nicky Coutts, Jenna Collins, Alan Shipway, Roxy Walsh and Libby Anson. 2021
Design by Park Studios.
Available by email: nickyhodge4@gmail.com
Glassy Gluck ︎
Text by Nicky Coutts, 2021
Interview with Art Presence ︎
Nicky Hodge artist interview no 17, published 10.11.20
CV ︎
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Nighttime words leak out, Richeldis Fine Art (online)
2021 Horse Gossip, Bobinska Brownlee, London
2018 Low Plains Drifter, No Format Gallery, London
2016 Only a moon to soup her, Jeannie Avent Gallery, London
2010 Multistorey, Nunhead Surgery, London
2005 Small Wonder, Seven Seven Contemporary Art, London
2001 Plot on the Landscape, Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, London
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Wundertüte, two person show with Michael Kaul, Harts Lane Gallery, London
Something Tender, three person show, with Gwenyth Fugard and Dom Gray, Yorkton Workshops, London
Binary 2, curated by Karl Bielik & Jonathan Powell, Terrace Gallery
Exh 08, Floor magazine (online)
Mind - be here, present / be here now, curated by Athene Greig and Georgie White Winter, Kingshill House, Dursley, Gloucestershire
2021
Notes for a landscape, curated by Kate Scrivener, millimetre 02, Kingsgate Project Space, London
A Tiny Bit Of Fire, curated by Robyn Graham, Warbling Collective, 139 Whitfield St, London
Pulp, curated by Jason Tessier, Florence Trust, London
Ethereal Reality, JB Art Gallery (online)
Nothing’s gonna change my world, curated by raumwww, gr-und, Wedding, Berlin, Germany
Studio Confetti, curated by Karl Bielik, Terrace Gallery, London
2020
Binary, curated by Karl Bielik & Jonathan Powell, Shift Gallery, Cardiff, Wales
Women + Health Lockdown Art exhibition (online)
Long winter show, The Art Gallery, Abergavenny, Wales
Way Out, curated by Ludovic Dervillez, La Grange Gallery, Cernay-les-Reims, France
25 Years, curated by Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, London (online)
Fuzzy Objects (with Janet Currier and Jane Millar), San Mei Gallery, London
New Doggerland, curated by Jane Millar, Thamesside Gallery, London
2019
Six Days in December, curated by Martin Gayford, Thamesside Gallery, London
A Tapered Teardrop, curated by Karl Bielik, Terrace Gallery, Leyton, London
Of Course I Haven't Forgotten, Warbling Collective, 155A Artists Space, London
We Only Have Fun On Certain Days, Warbling Collective, Stour Space, London
2018
Winter Group Show, Linden Hall Studio, Deal, Kent
SFSA Painting Open 2018, No Format Gallery, Deptford, London
Let Me Know Before You Arrive, Warbling Collective, 145 Bethnal Green Rd, London
The Barren Slope, curated by Tom Elliott, Safehouse 1, Peckham, London
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Piccadilly, London
Exceptional, Collyer Bristow Graduate Exhibition, Holborn, London
Tomorrow's Daydream, AMP Gallery, Meeting House Lane, London
2017
Osman’s Xmas Bazaar, Studio 1.1, Shoreditch, London
Painting Open 2017, Second Floor Studios, No Format Gallery, London
APT Open Studios guest artist, Creekside, Deptford, London
Small World, Manifest, PS Mirabel, Manchester
Creekside Open selected by Alison Wilding, APT Gallery, London
1992–2016
Zeitgeist Summer Show, Bond House, New Cross, London
Suppose an Eyes event, Alpha Nova Futura, Berlin and Chelsea College of Art, London
Marks of Intent (with Helen Booth), The Art Gallery, Abergavenny, Wales
Small Memories, The Art Gallery, Abergavenny, Wales and Caxton Contemporary, Whitstable, Kent
Close at Hand (co-curated with Gavin Maughfling), Contemporary Art Projects, London
Start Your Collection, Contemporary Art Projects, London
Talkshow, Lounge, Dalston, London
Deptford X, Open Astra House, New Cross, London
Pride In The House, Lauderdale House, Highgate, London
Sense and Nonsense, Danielle Arnaud, London
Picturesque, Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle
Artfutures, Contemporary Art Society, London
Deptford X, London
Artfutures, Contemporary Art Society, London
Round the Garden, Museum of Garden History, London
Bittersweet, Danielle Arnaud, London
Glass Border (co-curated with Nicky Coutts) Danielle Arnaud, London
Reclaiming the Madonna, Usher Gallery, Lincoln; toured to London & Cardiff
Landschaft, woods near Buchenwald, Weimar, Germany
TRAINING
2013–2015 Post graduate diploma in Fine Art (merit), Goldsmiths College
1992–1993 Advanced Fine Art, Central St Martin’s
1985–1992 BA Hons Fine Art & Critical Studies (2:1), Central St Martin’s
1984–1985 Lina Garnade Foundation course, Southwark, London
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