Julia Nicholson was born in the south of England in 1944. She studied at the Slade School 1962-7 gaining a six week landscape painting scholarship in 1964.
1969-70 She worked in a S.P.A.C.E studio in St Katherine's docks (old warehouses) and exhibited twice at the Royal Academy Diploma Galleries and also in a Grafton Street gallery and at the South London art gallery.
Most of the 70's were taken up with having 2 children and teaching and in 1980 the family moved to a small Aberdeenshire farm.
Serious painting began again in 1986 with living subject matter all around. The immediacy of the landscape, animals and the whole way of life became very important; including people when they were any.
In 1998 she became a gallery artist with Hanover Fine Art, Dundas Street, Edinburgh; exhibiting 3 or 4 times a year.This has just become an online gallery at www.hanoverfinearts.co.uk
In 2003 she had a large exhibition in Holland for 6 weeks. There were also commissions including a double portrait and a family portrait.
In 2006: she had a large 2-man exhibition at Duff House, Banff. [ part of the National Galleries of Scotland ], and a 6-man exhibition at Kinblethmont House, Arbroath.
Julia has shown work in 6 Aberdeenshire galleries and participated in 4 'North East Open Studios' at the Wyeness Hall in Inverurie.
2010: she is exhibiting at the COAST festival at the end of May in the Duff House marquee.
My work has always involved interactions between people, animals and places. At present I am working mainly with people.
