Nicole Antras BA (Hons), MA FINE ART , PTLLS, CTLLS
A Fine Artist working in drawing, painting and printmaking mediums from my studio in Faversham, Kent, my work is based on nature, connection and psychoanalytical themes. 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.
My work has been part of exhibitions locally & nationally and I have pieces in
private collections in the UK, Europe and the USA.
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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, Canterbury
Following my BA studies, alongside my own art practice, I worked in educational, social care and workplace settings running art sessions, teaching and supporting people with disabilities to develop their creativity.
Currently, in addition to my continuing art practice, I support young adults in mainstream education with their creative studies as well as running workshops for adults who want to develop their drawing and printmaking skills.
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Exhibitions
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 ​
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​Group Exhibitions
2025
Unfrozen 2025, 25 June - 12 July - Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks
Club Membership Exhibition, 7th - 29th June, Creek Creative Studios, Faversham
Spring 2025 Open Exhibition - 11th - 30th March - Creek Creative Studios, Faversham
Art for All Workshops Exhibition - 25th February - 9th March - Creek Creative Studios, Faversham
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 - November 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
2010 - 2016
Freelance Art Tutor/Art session Facilitator in Health, Community and Educational settings.
Freelance Artist
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
Atelier Antras Studio Z1 12, Creek Creative Studios, 1 Abbey Street, Faversham, Kent. ME13 7BE