Artist's Talk by Nick Bodimeade

About

Zimmer Stewart first showed Nick Bodimade's work in 2004, their second year, with an exhibition called 'Dogs, Trucks and Sheds'. Since then he regularly had solo exhibtions  and partcipated in group exhibitions at their Arundel gallery.

The discussion will cover Nick's work over the last twenty years including the current Herd series, his process and his teaching. There will be an opportunity to ask questions and join the conversation.

Nick Bodimeade has extensive teaching and advisory experience at a number of UK art colleges at Foundation, HND, BA and MA levels: Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College; University College Chichester; Canterbury Christchurch University College; Amersham & Wycombe College; Northbrook College, Worthing & North Oxfordshire College of Art and Design, Banbury and most recently at West Dean Collage of Art where his courses look at figuration to abstraction.

Nick Bodimeade says “The two main strands of my teaching are - firstly, developing the individual students' creativity and secondly, putting practical art practice in a contemporary and historical context. I feel the ideal studio is like a laboratory, an experimental place where ideas can be explored and observations made and always with the possibility of an extraordinary discovery."

Piers Ottey of the Mill Studio said “I have admired Nick Bodimeade’s work for many years. He is a serious painter with integrity, his work has a power and a presence not equaled by many” 

James Stewart, Zimmer Stewart founder, said “In our anniversary year it is great to be able to exhibit an artist who we know well, and who is now established not just in Sussex and the UK, but internationally too. I feel like I have been on my own journey of discovery seeing his work develop and evolve over the last 20 years. It has been an invaluable education!”

As Julian Bell wrote “Nick Bodimeade seems incapable of producing art that is less than handsomely made” he continued “The journey that these images reflect is ongoing. This is an art that is deepening in its game.”