Bio
Nick Ivins was born in 1966 in Pembury, Kent. In 2026 he received his MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art, and was offered his first solo exhibition at the Newlyn Gallery, Cornwall, in 2025. He currently lives and works in London and Lyme Bay, Dorset.
I am an observer of wealth at leisure. My oil paintings, ostensibly about the indulgent pleasures of paint and painting, reveal the hidden laissez-faire: a sun-bleached Aegean pool, a languid lunch, private view at an art gallery, or society revelries. Works negotiate a line between satirical critiques of privilege and excess, and simple acquiescence. Whilst subjects may be performing for the viewer, it is an art of seduction that lures us into their world. Meanwhile, the artist’s role in the production of luxury collectibles cannot be denied: the canvases themselves becoming objects of transaction, to be hunted and collected.
Education
2026 MA in Painting, Royal College of Art, London.
Exhibitions
Solo
2025 Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall
Group
2026 MA Painting ‘26 - Royal College of Art, London
2026 Outsiders Arts Club - The Handbag Factory, London
2026 Salon 0502 - The Old Waiting Room, London
2025 Postcards From The Artist Studio - Split - Both Gallery, London
2025 Striding Edge - Unprimed Collective - The Department Store, London
2025 Time to Time - Unprimed Collective - Safehouse 1&2, London
2025 Split 2 - Cross Street Arts, Wigan, Greater Manchester
2025 Shifting Sands - CCA Galleries International, Jersey
2025 Split - Hypha Studios X The Dispensary, London
2025 If Heaven Falls - The Lido Stores, Margate, Kent
2024 Ugly Boat Show - Gun Brewery, East Sussex
2024 All In - Fresh Salad Art (online)
2024 Unprimed at The Department Store, London
2024 The Lido Open, Margate, Kent (jurors included Vincent Hawkins)
2024 Open About Identity - East Quay, Watchet, Somerset (jurors included Alice Workman)
2024 Lick - Safehouse 1, London
2023 Country Fair - Umbrella Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales
2023 Gaucho Ninja - The Table Hay, Hay-On-Wye, Powys, Wales
2023 Do Not Swallow - Safehouse 1&2, London
2023 Summer Art Car Boot Fair - Black Swan Arts, frome, Somerset
2023 Town House Open - Town House Spitalfields, London
2023 Mud, for you - The Fitzrovia gallery, London
2021 Lost & Found - Vacant Museum (online)
2021 Big Small Summer Open - Small House Gallery (online)
2021 The World’s Shittest Exhibition - Uncovered Collective (online)
2020 Umbrella Open - Umbrella Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales
Press & Publications
2026 Victoria Woodcock, ‘How to start an art collection’, The Financial Times, 20th August
2026 The Last Bite, The Dodo - Issue #4
2025 Fresh Salad, Crunch Zine
2021 Ros Byam Shaw, ‘A seaside home that is the base for the multifaceted creative life of its owners’, House and Garden, 17 February
Artist’s Talks
2026 Outsiders Arts Club