Nicola Farquhar

Nicola Farquhar
Born	1972 (age 52–53) Hamilton, New Zealand
Nationality	New Zealand
Education	Elam School of Fine Art
Known for	Painting

Nicola Farquhar (born 1972) is a New Zealand artist.

Farquhar was born 1972 in Hamilton, New Zealand.[1] She graduated from the Elam School of Fine Art in 2009 with an MFA.[2] She is currently based in Auckland.[3]

Farquhar is a painter, she works primarily in oils on linen. Her paintings often use rich and vibrant colours and she explores traditional portraiture through experimentation with colour, space, and science fiction elements.[4][2] Through her use of human and botanical forms her works question relationships to the natural work.[5] Although women are usually the subjects of her paintings, they are not based on or named after real people.[3]

Farquhar has exhibited in both solo and grow shows in New Zealand, Australia, and Hong Kong. Notable exhibitions include:

• Discoveries, Art Basel, Hong Kong (2014)[6]
• Method and Gesture, Utopian Slumps, Melbourne (2013)[7]
• New Revised Edition, City Gallery, Wellington (2013)[8]
• Porous Moonlight, Papakura Art Gallery (2013)[9]
• Necessary Distraction: A Painting Show, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki (2015), with Saskia Leek, Julian Hooper, Stella Corkery, Kirstin Carlin, and James Cousins[10]

Farquhar is represented by the Hopkinson Mossman gallery in Auckland[4] and has exhibited with them for over five years.[11]

Work by Farquhar is held in the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.[5]

References

1. "Nicola Farquhar". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
2. "Nicola Farquhar". Ocula. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
3. Wynne Jones, Victoria. "Nicola Farquhar | In Conversation". Crane Brothers. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
4. "Nicola Farquhar". Hopkinson Mossman. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
5. "Theralar". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
6. Villarreal, Ignacio. "Art Basel Hong Kong Discoveries Prize winner announced: Nadia Kaabi-Linke wins 25,000 USD prize". Art Daily. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
7. "Utopian Slumps". Utopian Slumps. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
8. "New Revised Edition: Nick Austin, Andrew Barber, Nicola Farquhar, John Ward Knox". City Gallery Wellington. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
9. "Nicola Farquhar and Renee So". Artists Alliance. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
10. "Necessary Distraction: A Painting Show". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
11. "Faces to watch: Nicola Farquhar". Urbis Magazine. Retrieved 27 November 2017.

Further reading

Artist files for Nicola Farquhar are held at:

• Angela Morton Collection, Takapuna Library [1]
• E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki [2]
• Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena [3]

Also see:

• Just Breathe: Introducing Nicola Farquhar, Anthony Byrt (2012-13) in Art New Zealand

External links

• Official website