# Nicholas Middleton > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nicholas_Middleton > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nicholas_Middleton.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Middleton > Source revision: 1344501175 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Nicholas Middleton** (born 1975 in London, England) is an English artist. He studied at the [London Guildhall University](/source/London_Guildhall_University) 1993. In 1994, at the [Winchester School of Art](/source/Winchester_School_of_Art) where he was awarded a BA Honours Fine Art in 1997.[1] In 2006 he was the Visitors' Choice prizewinner at [John Moores Painting Prize](/source/John_Moores_Painting_Prize) 24[2] and in 2010 Middleton was a Prizewinner and the Visitors' Choice Award prizewinner at [John Moores Painting Prize](/source/John_Moores_Painting_Prize) 2010.[3] His paintings are "primarily influenced by the experience of the urban environment as a visual arena where unexpected juxtapositions occur".[4] He is a member of [Contemporary British Painting](/source/Contemporary_British_Painting).[5] ## John Moores Painting Prize Middleton has been selected for the John Moores Painting Prize on six occasions. In 2006 Middleton was the Visitors' Choice Award winner at [John Moores Painting Prize](/source/John_Moores_Painting_Prize) 24 with a black and white photorealist painting "Scene from a Contemporary Novel" (oil on canvas, 101 x 234 cm). In 2010 he was a Prizewinner and Visitors' Choice Award prizewinner with "Protest, 1st April 2009" (oil on canvas, 117 x 203 cm) a photorealist black and white painting of a demonstration outside the Bank of England.[6][7][8][9] In 2016 Middleton's work "Figures in an Arch" was long-listed for the John Moores Painting Prize 2016.[10][11] ## Selected collections - Abbot Hall Art Gallery - [China Academy of Art](/source/China_Academy_of_Art), [Hangzhou](/source/Hangzhou),[12] - The East Contemporary Art Collection - [Falmouth Art Gallery](/source/Falmouth_Art_Gallery) - [The Priseman Seabrook Collection](/source/The_Priseman_Seabrook_Collection) of 21st Century British Painting[13] ## Selected exhibitions 2016 - John Moores Painting Prize 2016, [Walker Art Gallery](/source/Walker_Art_Gallery), Liverpool[10][11] 2014 - John Moores Painting Prize 2014, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool[14] 2014 - Contemporary British Painting:The Priseman Seabrook Collection*,* [Huddersfield Art Gallery](/source/Huddersfield_Art_Gallery), England[3] 2014 - Towards a New Socio-Painting, Transition Gallery, London[15] 2012 - Francis Bacon to [Paula Rego](/source/Paula_Rego), Abbot Hall Gallery, Kendal, England[16] 2010 - John Moores 2010, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool[3] 2008 - Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London[4] 2007 - Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London[4] 2006 - John Moores 24, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool[2] 2004 - John Moores 23, Walker Art Gallery Liverpool[17] ## References 1. ["'Protest, 1st April 2009', Nicholas Middleton - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums"](http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/johnmoores/recent-exhibitions/jm2010/prizewinners/middleton.aspx). *www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk*. Retrieved 2016-05-30. 1. ["Prizewinners, John Moores 24 - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums"](http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/johnmoores/recent-exhibitions/24/prizewinners/index.aspx). *www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk*. Retrieved 2016-05-30. 1. ["Prizewinners, John Moores 2010 - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums"](http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/johnmoores/recent-exhibitions/jm2010/prizewinners/index.aspx). *www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk*. Retrieved 2016-05-30. 1. ["Quantum Contemporary Art - London - Nicholas Middleton"](http://www.quantumart.co.uk/artists/nicholas-middleton.html). *www.quantumart.co.uk*. Retrieved 2016-05-30. 1. ["Nicholas Middleton | contemporary british painting"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160624110923/http://www.contemporarybritishpainting.com/wordpress/?page_id=2639). *www.contemporarybritishpainting.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.contemporarybritishpainting.com/wordpress/?page_id=2639) on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-30. 1. Villarreal, Ignacio. ["Protest Painting by Nicholas Middleton Wins Visitors' Choice"](http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=42925&int_modo=2#.V5XCQbiU3IU). *artdaily.com*. Retrieved 2016-07-25. 1. ["Painting prize shortlist revealed"](https://news.bbc.co.uk/local/liverpool/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8743000/8743738.stm). *BBC*. 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2016-07-25. 1. ["'Protest, 1st April 2009', Nicholas Middleton - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums"](http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/johnmoores/recent-exhibitions/jm2010/prizewinners/middleton.aspx). *www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk*. Retrieved 2016-05-30. 1. ["Painting prize shortlist revealed"](https://news.bbc.co.uk/local/liverpool/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8743000/8743738.stm). *BBC*. 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2016-05-30. 1. ["Artists announced for John Moores Painting Prize 2016 – Click Liverpool | Latest Liverpool news, sport, culture and business"](http://www.clickliverpool.com/news/2324-artists-announced-for-john-moores-painting-prize-2016/). *www.clickliverpool.com*. Retrieved 2016-07-25. 1. ["Artists for the John Moores Painting Prize 2016 - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums"](http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/johnmoores/jm2016/artist-list.aspx). *www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk*. Retrieved 2016-07-25. 1. Yang, C. (2017). *Painting-Experiment*. China Academy of Art Press. pp. 118–127. ISBN 978-7-5503-1277-7. 1. ["Priseman Seabrook Collection of 21st Century British Painting"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160616090802/http://www.robert-priseman.com/museum-collections/priseman-seabrook-collection-21st-century-british-painting/). *Robert Priseman*. 2014-06-10. Archived from [the original](http://www.robert-priseman.com/museum-collections/priseman-seabrook-collection-21st-century-british-painting/) on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-30. 1. ["John Moores 2014 artist gallery - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums"](http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/johnmoores/jm2014/gallery/index.aspx). *www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk*. Retrieved 2016-05-30. 1. ["Towards a New Socio-Painting"](http://www.transitiongallery.co.uk/htmlpages/towardsanewsocio-painting.html). *www.transitiongallery.co.uk*. Retrieved 2016-05-30. 1. *Francis Bacon to Paula Rego*. Lakeland Arts Trust. 2012. ISBN 978-1-906043-12-4. 1. ["Exhibitors gallery, ordered by artists' surname, selection M-R - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums"](http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/johnmoores/recent-exhibitions/23/exhibitors/exhibitors4.aspx). *www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk*. Retrieved 2016-05-30. ## External links - [Nicholas Middleton Official](http://www.nicholasmiddleton.co.uk/) - [Priseman Seabrook Collection](https://web.archive.org/web/20160616090802/http://www.robert-priseman.com/museum-collections/priseman-seabrook-collection-21st-century-british-painting/) - [Contemporary British Painting](http://www.contemporarybritishpainting.com/wordpress/?page_id=2639/) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Nicholas Middleton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Middleton) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Middleton?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). 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