ABOUT
NICOLE ANTRAS - BA (Hons) MA Fine Art, PTLLS, CTLLS
Working from my studio in Faversham, Kent, I use drawing, painting, printmaking and sometimes 3D techniques in my work. I most often work with charcoal, pastels, graphite and an eraser for drawings, and oils and water based paints in painted pieces. Etching and Lithography were an important part of my early printmaking practice; I currently focus on dry point engravings and Lino cut techniques.
As part of my practice I also run regular workshops for people to experience, learn and develop their drawing skills and printmaking techniques.
My work is motivated by an interest in nature, mythology, spirituality and psychology. Recent works have explored the sense of self and aspects of the Inner Child as a process of self-understanding and development.
I look to bring a connection with the outer, natural world and to an individual's inner world and their true self.
CV/Exhibitions
1983 - 1984 Art Foundation, Maidstone College of Art
1984 - 1987 BA(Hons) Fine Art Staffordshire University
2018 - 2020 MA Fine Art, University for the Creative Arts, Caterbury
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021 - Featured Artist Interim Arts Art Gallery
2020 - MA Degree Show - Online exhibition
2016 - June - Retrospective Exhibition The King's Hall, Herne Bay, Kent
2013 - An exhibition of paintings, prints and sculpture. Peter Blake Gallery, Dartford
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 -
- Autumn Show 19th October - 2nd November, Lilford Framing & Gallery, Canterbury
- Collective15 - EKOH 12/13th. 19/20th, 26/27th October, Creek Creative Studios
- The Beat - 9th - 19th October, Sevenoaks Kalaidascope Gallery/Online - Artlymix, Echo Studios, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Under the Rainbow Spring Exhibition 6th April - 12th May, Bluewater
- Adisham Arts Festival 5th & 6th April Holy Innocents Church, Adisham
- Winter Show 30 January - 11 February Creek Creative Gallery, Faversham
2023
- Winter Show 9 December - 9 January 2024 Halpern Gallery, Chatham
- Autumn Show 21 October - 4 November Lilford Framing & Gallery, Canterbury
- East Kent Open Houses - 14/15th, 21/22nd, 28/29th October - Creek Creative Studos
- Rochester Art Fair 6 - 8 October The Corn Exchange, Rochester
- Summer Exhibition 28 July - 29 August Halpern Gallery, Chatham
- InASpace Pop-up Art Exhibition Group Show 28 May - 11 June Whitstable
- Print, Print, Print Group Show 2-14 May Creek Creative Gallery, Faversham
- Ten Works by Ten Artists An Exhibition of Postcard sized Drawings 18 - 30 April Creek Creative Gallery, Faversham
- SCAR 8 - 29 April, The House of Smalls, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
2022
- 'Corresponding Narratives' - the threads that connect us, 25th October - 6th November Creek Creative Gallery, Faversham
- East Kent Open Houses - 8/9th, 15/16th, 22/23rd October
- The Everyday Exhibition - June - Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield
- Drawing Exhibition - June - Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield
- 100 x 100 Bobcat Gallery online exhibition
- The Sequested Prize - Self-portrait competition (Short Listed) online exhibition
- SPECTRUM Creek Creative Gallery, Faversham
2021
- 100 Sketch for Survival - Conservation Collection 2021
- Call & Response Art Trail Exhibition, St Augustine’s Centre, Brighton
- Lacuna Festivals - Distance 2021 - online exhibition
- Artists Residency, The Old Shop, Oare - June - Novemebr 2021
- Dickens 150 Print Exhibition, Rochester Art Gallery, Rochester, Kent - Manchester 2020 Quay Street Gallery - online exhibition
2020
- Fusion Arts Online Exhibition 6th Annual Leaves and Petals Art Competition
- The Museum of You Exhibition The Beaney, Canterbury - Out of Isolation
- University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury
- Stigma 2020 - online exhibition Art & mental health Cocreate Arts & Health
- MA Students Fine Art Show Works by Ali Lees, Melanie Jordan & Nicole Antras Creek Creative Studios, Faversham
2019
- I make art about …. UCA MA Fine Art students & Alumni, Joseph Wales Gallery, Margate - The Journey Open exhibition - Group Exhibition, Upper Gallery, Creek Creative Studios, Faversham
2017 & 2018
Creek Creative Open Exhibition Creek Creative Art & Design Studios, Faversham
1988 - 2010
Resident Scenic Artist/Props maker at The Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre, Crayford
1987
- "Many of them Died on the Voyage" Bloomsbury Galleries, University of London Institute of Education. An exhibition of contemporary prints by BA Hons Fine Art Printmakers of North Staffordshire Polytechnic.
- North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary Print Show North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary
1986
- North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary Print Show North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary