Nick Goss

Nick Goss, a London-based painter, draws continuous inspiration from his vibrant city, which remains his primary muse alongside its intricate layers of art history. Seamlessly blending these influences into his impressions of the immediate sur[1]roundings, Goss finds particular inspiration from a local Pool Bar in Peckham, South London, where he used to live and regularly pass by. His paintings often feature layered washes of color and fragmented imagery, that give a sense of ambiguity and transience. Drawing inspiration from urban landscapes, interiors, and historical references, Goss creates scenes that feel both familiar and distant. He completed a Master of Fine Art at the Royal Academy and a BA from the Slade School of Fine Art in London.

Goss has exhibited internationally, and is recognized for his contemplative, narrative-driven style. Exhibitions include the Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London (2023) and Strata, Sammlung Lenikus, Vienna (2012). His work is included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum, New York, USA; the Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; Pallant House, London, UK.

Born 1981 in Bristol, UK 
Lives and works in London 


Selected solo exhibitions

2025
Stations, Matthew Brown, New York, USA

2024
Isle of Thanet, Perrotin, Paris, France

2023
Smickel Inn, Balcony of Europe, Ingleby, Edinburgh, UK 

2022
The Undercurrents, Matthew Brown, Los Angeles, USA
Mud Angels, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton, UK

2021
Margaritas at the Mall, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin

2020
Nine Mile Burn, Josh Lilley, London, UK

2019
Morley’s Mirror, Pallant House, Chichester, UK

2018
Dolphin Express, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin

2017
De Ramp, Josh Lilley, London, UK

2016
Bluing, Simon Preston Gallery, New York, USA

2015
Green Lanes, Josh Lilley, London, UK

2013
Like Pineapples In A Greenhouse, Simon Preston Gallery, New York, USA

2012
Tin Drum, Josh Lilley, London, UK

2011
Herz Man Sky, Simon Preston Gallery, New York, USA

2010
Veverka, Josh Lilley, London, UK

2006
Paths in the Snow. New paintings by Nick Goss, Image Contemporary Art Gallery, Arezzo, Italy 

Selected group exhibitions

2025
Wings of a Butterfly, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, UK

2023
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
IMAGINE YOU ARE DRIVING, Susanna Orlando Gallery, Pietrasanta, Italy 
Days Like These, DE LEÓN, Bath, UK
The Painted Room, curated by Caroline Walker, GRIMM, Amsterdam

2021
Dear John, Adams & Ollman, Portland, USA

2020
Homage a Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany

2019
10-year exhibition, Josh Lilley, London, UK
Preparing for What, Josh Lilley, London, UK

2017
Group Show 2017, Tannery Arts, London, UK
Currents, Lin & Lin Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Botánica, Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, USA
A New Kitchen Sink, Josh Lilley, London, UK

2016
Rhythm & Depiction, Centre for Recent Drawing, London, UK
A Place of Our Time, Palazzo Capris, Turin, Italy
Water Biscuit, Josh Lilley, London, UK
What are we gonna paint?, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Bread and Jam IV: Modern Mirror, 52 Whitbread Road, London, UK

2015
Tutti Frutti, Turps Gallery, London, UK

2014
Inaugural Exhibition, Sherrick and Paul, Nashville, USA
A Union of Voices, Horatio Jr Gallery, London, UK
Painting about Painting, Simmons & Simmons, London, UK
Here There and Something In between (Project 1), Horatio Jr Gallery, London, UK
Tan Lines, The Drawing Room, London, UK
Colony Room, Simon Preston Gallery, New York, USA
4 Painters, 10 Works, Josh lilley, London, UK
Beyond The Process, Sammlung Lenikus, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria

2013
Chapter, Austin Forum, London, UK
Drawing Biennial, The Drawing Room, London, UK
Forward Thinking, Horatio Jr Gallery, Rotherhithe, London, UK
Beastly Hall, Hall Place and Gardens, Kent, UK

2012

Strata, Sammlung Lenikus, Vienna
Never Ever Ever Land, Anna Kustera, New York, USA
Forward Thinking, Island Queen, London and Scotland
Needle in a Cloud, FOLD Gallery, London, UK

2011
Friendship of the Peoples, Simon Oldfield Gallery, London, UK
Two-person presentation (with Junior Boakye-Yiadom) Hong Kong International 11
Primitive Accumulation, Fold Gallery, London, UK

2010
Gifted, Josh Lilley Gallery, London, UK
Newspeak: British Art Now, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Ghosts, Luce Gallery, Turin, Italy
Dull as I am, I Hope to Live by these Lines, Simon Preston Gallery, New York, USA
Nick and Phil Goss, Centre for Recent Drawing, London, UK
Jerwood Contemporary Painters, Jerwood Space, London, & national tour

2009
Four New Sensations, A Foundation, London, UK
Daily Miracles, Josh Lilley Gallery, London, UK

2008
Saatchi Online at Concrete and Glass Festival, Beach Blanket Babylon, London, UK
Falling out of the Apple Tree, Wilde Gallery, BerlinThrough a Glass, Darkly, Kenny
Schachter ROVE, London Premiums 2008, Selected work for Royal Academy Schools Interim Show

2007
The Islanders, Nettie Horn Gallery, London, UK

2006
Art Below Zero, Westbourne Studios, London, UK
England’s Dreaming
, British Landscape Painting, 7 Bedford Row, London, UK

2005
Morpho Eugenia, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, San Marino

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