Biography
Nick Pont graduated with a BFA from the University of Newcastle in 2013 and now lives in Urunga, Bellingen Shire, Gumbaynggirr Country. Between 2013 and 2018 Pont was based in Sydney and held multiple exhibitions influenced by local folk lore, the Australian desert, and expeditions to Asia.
Since relocating in 2018, Nick’s work has become meditation and always involves a connection to his surroundings and nature. His narrative based work references literature and art historical while shifting between themes of utopianism, introspection and transcendence. Nick’s trajectory is to continue shifting, growing, exploring, to continue finding himself in places he did not seek.
Pont has been included in numerous residencies and prizes including the Art Park/ Linnaeus Byron Bay residency, the Fishers Ghost Prize, Muswellbrook Art Prize, Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, and the Waverley Prize. His work is held in private collections across Australia, Asia, Europe and North America.
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b. 1987. Currently based in the Bellingen Shire.
Education
2013 – 2015
· Studied Drawing under Dr David Middlebrook
2010 – 2013
· Bachelor of Fine Art, University of Newcastle
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022
· Existential, Saint Cloche, Sydney
2018
· Utopian Dialogue, Kunstverein Gallery, Sydney
2017
· Ideals and Other Stories, The New Standard Gallery, Sydney
2016
· Ideals, Sheffer Gallery, Sydney
2014
· People & The Landscape, Bondi Pavilion, Sydney
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
· Northern Exposure 8, Glasshouse, Port Macquarie (upcoming)
2023
· About Us, Saint Cloche, Sydney
2022
· Coast to Coast, Saint Cloche, Sydney
2021
· Inaugural Group Show, Arcadia Street Gallery, Noosa
· Grotto, Saint Cloche, Sydney
2019
· Rude Assembly III, Burton Project Space, Sydney
2018
· Canvas & Paper, The New Standard Gallery, Sydney
2017
· Painter’s Painters, The New Standard Gallery, Sydney
2015
· Drawing: A Fundamental Liberation 5, Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
2014
· Small images – Grand Visions 40 x 40, Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
Residencies & Prizes
2020
· Finalist – Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Art Centre
2019
· Finalist – Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Art Centre
· Finalist – Waverley Art Prize, Bondi
2018
· Finalist – Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery
· Finalist – BAM Art Prize, Thom Gallery, Byron Bay
2015
· Art Park Artists Residency, Linnaeus Estate, Byron Bay
2013
· Watt Space Artist in Residence, Newcastle