{{Short description|British painter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Nancy Cadogan''' (born 1979) is a British figurative painter. Her work ranges from still life to landscape and portrait.<ref name="ArtBastion">{{cite web|last1=Art|first1=Bastion|title=Nancy Cadogan Biography|url=http://www.artbastion.com/nancy-bio|website=Art Bastion|accessdate=20 October 2016}}</ref>
She has had solo exhibitions internationally, including at Saatchi Gallery, London in 2019 and Keats-Shelley House, Rome in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gusto {{!}} Keats-Shelley House |url=https://ksh.roma.it/news/gusto |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=ksh.roma.it}}</ref> Based on footfall (3,329 per day), Nancy Cadogan's solo show ''Mind Zero'' at the Saatchi Gallery was one of the top 100 exhibitions in the world in 2019.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Sharpe, E |author2=Da Silva, J |date=April 2020 |title=Art's most popular… Exhibition and museum viewing figures 2019 |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/analysis/art-s-most-popular-here-are-2019-s-most-visited-shows-and-museums |journal=The Art Newspaper |volume=XXIX |issue=322 |accessdate=9 September 2020}}</ref>
In 2022, she was invited as Artist in Residence at the British Ambassador’s Residence in Paris.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/lp4y_england/p/CzBhwSctuB7/?next=https://www.instagram.com/p/B4NEMHvhz_M/liked_by/?__coig_login=1&img_index=1 |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref> Her latest project, ‘The Lost Trees’, explores our relationship with trees, time, and the natural world.
In 2024, she was invited by the [https://www.torredelleartibellagio.it/ Torre delle Arti, Bellagio], to showcase a body of work inspired by Lake Como, titled 'Stanza'. Director of the Ingram Collection, [https://www.jobaring.com/ Jo Baring] has described these works as "a poetic dialogue with the viewer, inviting us into a space of contemplation through the eloquence of her painterly prose.”
==Life and career==
Cadogan's childhood included stints in Crete and Cyprus with her father.<ref>{{cite web|title=Archaelology - Classics|url=http://classics.uc.edu/index.php/aboutthedepartment/archinclassics|website=University of Cincinnati|accessdate=20 October 2016}}</ref> Her family later moved back to UK. Cadogan attended Oxford High School followed by City and Guilds of London Art School before graduating from Canterbury Christ Church University with a degree in Fine Art Painting in 2002. She moved to New York shortly after, sharing a studio in the Starrett-Lehigh Building with artist Franco Ciarlo.
She had sell-out solo shows<ref name="Tatler">{{cite journal |date=April 2008 |title=Top 20 New Brit Talents |journal=Tatler |volume=303 |issue=4}}</ref> at Frost & Reed, New York in 2005 and 2006, the former featuring “a series of dramatic paintings depicting the vast Utah landscapes.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Bostick|first1=Corey Lee|journal=New York Gallery Guide|title=Gallery Guide|date=December 2005|page=81|ref=NYGallery Guide}}</ref>” In 2008 Cadogan returned to the UK and followed her early success with another solo show at Sladmore Contemporary, London.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nancy Cadogan|url=http://www.sladmore.com/NANCY-CADOGAN-DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=47&tabindex=46&eventid=1538|website=Sladmore Contemporary|accessdate=20 October 2016}}</ref> With breaks for motherhood, she continues to paint from her studio in Northamptonshire and most recently featured in shows with Art Bastion. Miami, in Miami and Southampton, US and The Blue Edition<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gordon|first1=Kate|title=London's art scene is buzzing this November|url=http://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/home-garden/interiors/design-news/from-the-royal-academy-to-the-white-cube-via-the-new-design-museum-london-s-art-scene-is-buzzing-a106311.html|website=Evening Standard|date=21 November 2016 |accessdate=11 January 2017}}</ref> in London. She was named one of 'Top 20 New British Art Talents' by Tatler magazine in 2008, describing her as "the new Paula Rego".<ref name="Tatler" />
In 2017, she was one of 93 women artists chosen to exhibit their work in The Ned, London, in its permanent Vault 100 exhibition highlighting the disparity between women and men CEOs.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Maxwell|first1=Kate|title=Is this London's Hottest New Hotel Ever?|url=http://www.cntraveller.com/recommended/hotels/the-ned-london-hotel|website=CN Traveller|publisher=Conde Nast|accessdate=15 May 2017}}</ref>
==Artistic style== Much of her earlier work focused on portrait and landscapes, and "demonstrate[s] a skillful and purposeful use of colour, balanced with planes and spaces that draw your eye out into large vistas.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kos Earle|first1=Nico|title=Nietzche's Eternal Return And The Work Of...|url=http://blog.artlyst.com/the-artists-statement/art-bastion-in-the-hamptons-a-curatorial-talk-on-nietzsches-eternal-return-and-the-work-of-andrea-hamilton-edwina-sandys-emma-levine-nancy-cadogan-deborah-tarr/|website=ArtLyst|accessdate=20 October 2016|ref=artlyst}}</ref>"
In more recent work, which can be seen on Artsy<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cadogan|first1=Nancy|title=Nancy Cadogan on Artsy|url=https://www.artsy.net/artist/nancy-cadogan|website=Artsy|accessdate=15 May 2017}}</ref> and Art Sales Index, Nancy turns to the concepts of stillness and place, both in the sense of a still life and the various emotional connotations held semantically. Her works are deceptively simple but require deep reading. She has stated, "I am interested in stillness, not only in the sense of a still life and how that tradition explores the passing of time, but actual physical stillness.<ref name="ArtBastion"/>" Critics have also noted her strong use of colour, particularly blues.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Postel-Vinay|first1=Flor|title=La nouvelle exposition à Miami d'Art Bastion: Sens of Space|url=http://myfrenchcity.com/floride/sortir-floride/musees-et-expositions-floride/galerie-art-bastion-met-lavant-garde-londonienne-a-lhonneur-nouvelle-exposition-a-miami/|website=My French City|accessdate=20 October 2016}}</ref>
Cadogan's subject matter has included Morocco, Utah and Lake Como. In recent work Cadogan has focused on still lives, the imagination of lone women, and trees in 'The Lost Trees'. In one sense, the works are typical of the still life genre and record a sense of time passing. In another, they reflect on the concept of stillness more widely, as a rare condition within our hyper-networked contemporary reality, and instead celebrate quiet reflection. As Cadogan has stated, ‘The book – the actual physical paper bound object full of words – is a treasure in this modern era. A book contains an entire universe you can only bring to life in your imagination, if you agree to give it time. It is a tribute to privacy, an honouring of the interior life.'<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nancycadogan.com/project/still-reading/|title=Still Reading {{!}} Nancy Cadogan|website=www.nancycadogan.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-04-30}}</ref>
In recent works, Cadogan has chosen to focus on large-scale pieces reflecting the beauty of the everyday and the inner life of the mind. Saatchi Gallery Director Philippa Adams stated, “Nancy’s works delightfully capture the sensation of being lost in one’s own thoughts. Their joyful exuberance brings a moment of reflection and calm in today’s uncertain world.” <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.londonartnews.co.uk/nancy-cadogan-mind-zero/|title=Nancy Cadogan Mind Zero|website=www.londonartnews.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-04}}</ref>
==Selected exhibitions==
*2002 Graduation Show, Mall Galleries, London *2003 Gallery 47, London *2005 ''Recent Paintings: Utah Landscapes''. Frost and Reed Gallery, NYC *2004 ''Recent Paintings: Morocco''. Frost and Reed Gallery, NYC *2005 Solo Show, Sextant Inc., NYC *2006 ''Grand Beginnings''. GrandyArt, Arndean Gallery, London *2007 Group Show, GrandyArt, Smithfield Gallery, London *2008 ''Recent Paintings''. Sladmore Contemporary, London *2011 Art for Charity Auction, Christie’s, Milan *2011 21st Chelsea Antiquarian Book Fair, London *2016 ''A Sense of Place''. Art Bastion, Miami *2016 Art Southampton 2016, Miami *2016 ''The Blue Edition,'' 68 Kinnerton Street, London<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gordon|first1=Kate|title=From the Royal Academy to the White Cube via the new Design Museum:London's art scene is buzzing|url=http://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/home-garden/interiors/design-news/from-the-royal-academy-to-the-white-cube-via-the-new-design-museum-london-s-art-scene-is-buzzing-a106311.html|website=Evening Standard Homes & Property|publisher=Evening Standard|accessdate=22 February 2017}}</ref> *2017 ''Still Reading'', Shapero Modern/Sladmore Contemporary, London<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artweek.com/events/united-kingdom/art-exhibition/london/nancy-cadogan-martin-jennings-still-reading|title=Nancy Cadogan & Martin Jennings: Still Reading|website=ART WEEK|date=7 November 2017 |language=en|access-date=2018-04-30}}</ref> *2019 ''Mind Zero'', Saatchi Gallery, London<ref>{{cite web |title=Nancy Cadogan, Mind Zero |url=https://www.saatchigallery.com/art/mind_zero.php |website=Saatchi Gallery |publisher=Saatchi Group |accessdate=5 September 2019}}</ref> *2020 ''Wall of Small'', Lyndsey Ingram Gallery, London<ref>{{cite web |title=Why well-connected artist Nancy Cadogan's new exhibition is a must see |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/nancy-cadogan-exhibition-lyndsey-ingram-gallery |website=Tatler.com |date=6 February 2020 |publisher=Conde Nast}}</ref> *2020 ''Art from the Heart - NHS'', Zuleika Gallery, London *2020 ''What we See'', Gillian Jason Gallery, London<ref>{{cite web |title=EXHIBITION: WHAT WE SEE EMERGING ARTISTS EXPLORING IDENTITY |url=https://www.gillianjason.com/latest/what-we-see-8bm3j |website=Gillian Jason Gallery |publisher=Gillian Jason |access-date=27 April 2021}}</ref> *2020-2021 ''Gusto'', Keats-Shelley House, Rome<ref>{{cite web |title=Gusto Extended until 21 May 2021 |url=https://ksh.roma.it/events/gusto-exhibition-extended-until-31-may-2021 |website=KSH |publisher=Keats-Shelley House |access-date=27 April 2021}}</ref> *2021 ''All The Good Things'', The Cadogan, A Belmond Hotel, London<ref>{{cite web |title=From Dame Elisabeth Frink at Messums Wiltshire to Rodin at the Tate Modern, these are the exhibitions that are too good to miss this autumn |url=https://www.tatler.com/gallery/2021-best-art-exhibitions-of-year |website=www.tatler.com |date=8 September 2021 |publisher=Cande Nast |access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref> *2022 Eye of the Collector, London *2022 The Still Point, Gillian Jason Gallery, London <ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-01 |title=The Still Point: Paintings by Nancy Cadogan that celebrate the joyfulness of solitude |url=https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/the-still-point/ |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=Creative Boom |language=en}}</ref> *2023 LAPADA, Gillian Jason Gallery, London <ref>{{Cite web |title=Nancy Cadogan |url=https://www.gillianjason.com/artists/61-nancy-cadogan/ |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=Gillian Jason Gallery |language=en}}</ref> *2023 The Beaumont London Commission, Atelier Zuleika, London <ref>{{Cite web |title=Nancy Cadogan Exhibitions |url=https://zuleikagallery.com/nancy-cadogan-exhibitions/ |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=Zuleika Gallery |language=en}}</ref> *2023 British Art: Then and Now, Dorfold Zuleika Gallery, London <ref>{{Cite web |title=Curated at Dorfold Hall: British Art then and now - Overview |url=https://zuleikagallery.com/curated-at-dorfold/ |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=Zuleika Gallery |language=en}}</ref> *2023 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London <ref>{{Cite web |title=759 - HOT TEA, COOL DAY by Nancy Cadogan |url=https://se.royalacademy.org.uk/2023/artworks/nancy-cadogan/759 |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=se.royalacademy.org.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref> *2024 LOVE /lʌv/, Loughran Gallery, London <ref>{{Cite web |title=LOVE /lʌv/ - Overview |url=https://www.loughrangallery.co.uk/exhibitions/43-love-lv/overview/ |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=Loughran Gallery |language=en}}</ref> *2024 Stanza, Torre delle Arti, Bellagio <ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-23 |title=Nancy Cadogan Returns to Lake Como with 'Stanza'—A Reflective Journey Through Art at Torre delle Arti Bellagio - Travel And Tour World |url=https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/nancy-cadogan-returns-to-lake-como-with-stanza-a-reflective-journey-through-art-at-torre-delle-arti-bellagio/ |access-date=2024-05-17 |language=en-US}}</ref> *2025 [https://airmail.news/arts-intel/events/nancy-cadogan-the-lost-trees 'The Lost Trees'] at the Garden Museum, London
==Family== thumb|right|''Dickens And The Card Players'', 2008, Nancy Cadogan Cadogan is the daughter of the archaeologist Gerald Cadogan, known for his work on the Myrtos Pyrgos Minoan site on Crete and the Maroni Vournes<ref>{{cite web|last1=Thomas|first1=Kiely|title=Key Archaeological Sites in the Maroni Area|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/ancient_cyprus_british_museum/maroni/archaeological_sites/maroni-vournes.aspx|website=British Museum|accessdate=27 October 2016|ref=British Museum}}</ref> site on Cyprus.
Cadogan married Edward Benjamin Newton Guinness of the Guinness family in Como in 2006 and has legally taken his surname.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kirchgaessner |first=Stephanie |date=2015-05-08 |title=Guinness scion investigated after Italian boat accident |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/08/guinness-scion-investigated-boat-accident-lake-como |access-date=2024-02-06 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> They have three children and lives in Northamptonshire.
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