1972 Born Belfast
1990-1991 Manchester Metropolitan University
Foundation Art and Design
1991-1994 Leeds Metropolitan University
BA(Hons)Degree Fine Art
Lives and works on the North Coast of Co Antrim
Selected Exhibitions
2012 Mullan gallery Belfast Summer Exhibition
2011 'Monuments'- Solo Exhibition Hart Gallery London
Summer Exhibition- Hart Gallery Lomdon
2010 RUA Exhibition- Ulster Museum Belfast
Summer Exhibition- Gordon Gallery Derry
Summer Exhibition- The Wilde Gallery Limepark, Armoy
Christmas Exhibition- Cavehill Gallery Belfast
Christmas Exhibition- Hart Gallery London
Christmas Exhibition- Hart Gallery Nottingham
2009 'Land Lies in Water' solo exhibition- Hart Gallery London
Summer Exhibition- Hart Gallery London
The Christmas Exhibition- Cavehill Gallery Belfast
2008 RUA Exhibition- Titanic Drawing Rooms Belfast
The Christmas Exhibition- Cavehill Gallery Belfast
Mixed Exhibition- Hart Gallery London
2007 RUA Exhibition- Ormeau Baths Gallery Belfast
Christmas Exhibition- Cavehill Gallery Belfast
Christmas Exhibition- Hart Gallery London
2006 'Harbour Series' solo exhibition- Wilde Gallery Limepark Armoy
Christmas Exhibition- Cavehill Gallery Belfast
Christmas Exhibition- Hart Gallery London
2005 Group Show- Hart Gallery London
Christmas Exhibition- Hart Gallery London
2004 Group Show- The Townhouse Gallery Belfast
2003 'Harbour Series' solo exhibition- Hart Gallery London
2002 Twentieth Century British Art Fair- Royal College of Art London
Christmas Exhibition- Hart Gallery London
Christmas Exhibition- Hart Gallery Nottingham
Mixed Exhibition- Hart Gallery Cornwall
2001 Mixed Exhibition- Hart Gallery London
Hart Gallery Artists at Phillips- Leeds
Twentieth Century British Art Fair- Royal College of Art London
2000 Solo Exhibition- Hart Gallery London
'Art 2000'- Business Design Centre London
1999 'Three Young Painters' -Hart Gallery London
Twentieth Century British Art Fair- London
1998 Christmas Exhibition- Hart Gallery London
Prizewinners Exhibition in association with the Edna Lumb Trust- Dean Clough Galleries Halifax
Whitechapel Open Studios- London
1997 'Nicola Nemec and Julia Davenne'- The Tricycle Gallery London
1996 'Talents'- Studio Three Gallery London
'Stratocuising'- Raw Gallery London
Whitechapel Open Studios- London
1995 'SPACE Award Exhibition'- Raw Gallery London
'Art International'- Studio Three Gallery London
1994 'Fresh Art '94'- Business Design Centre London
Awards
2009 Arts Council of Northern Ireland Award
1994 Edna Lumb Travel Prize
SPACE studio award London (one year tenure)
Selected Bibliography
2009 Professor Michael Parker, 'Liminal Visions: The Art of Nicola Nemec'
2008 Dr Susan Liggett, 'Psychological Resonance and its Relationship to Site in the work of five Contemporary Painters'
2007 Professor Michael Parker, 'Northern Irish Literature 1956-2006: The Imprint of History' Introduction, Palgrave Macmillan
1995 Hayden Reynolds, Art Review, July
1994 Tara Mills, Irish News 29.8.94
1994 Tara Mills, Irish News 23.4.94
1994 Yorkshire Evening Post 23.4.94
Other
'Artist of the Month' feature in association with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland
BBC Newsline feature, Rosie Billingham, October 2000
BBC Radio Ulster, Arts Extra, October 2000
Mullan Gallery www.mullangallery.com