Janie Nicoll is a Glasgow based visual artist who originally trained in Drawing & Painting at Edinburgh College of Art, where she gained a gained a first class honours degree; and subsequently went on to gain a Master of Fine Art (MFA) from Glasgow School of Art. Throughout her career as an artist, she has regularly received awards and bursaries including the Richard Ford Award from the Royal Academy, London to study at the Prado, Madrid; the John Kinross Award from the Royal Scottish Academy to visit Florence; a British Council Scholarship to study at the Budapest Academy of Fine Art; a British Council exchange to Self Help Graphics in Los Angeles.
She generally works across a range of media, including collage, printmaking, installation, photography, film, digital imaging, and assemblage.
Janie has exhibited nationally and internationally, including at Glasgow International 2018 with In Kind Project.
Recent residencies include a Glasgow Life Artists Exchanges to Marseille and Turin; a Creative Lab at CCA, Glasgow, and a Counterflows Collaborative Residency with German sound artist, Annette Krebs; a Rough Mix Creative Lab Residency, at Tramway, for Magnetic North Theatre Company; a Protest and Propaganda Artists Lab, Metal, Liverpool. She has been Artist in Residence for Borders Book Festival and at Callendar House, Falkirk amongst many others. Most recently she was Artist in Residence for Hillhead Ward for Glasgow Life, in collaboration with Woodlands Community Garden.
Janie is currently on the Board of Directors of Glasgow Independent Studios. She is a former President of Scottish Artists Union (2014-17) and until recently worked part-time as Campaigns and Projects Manager for SAU. She was a Trustee for Engage, the National Organisation for Gallery Education, where she was also on Engage Scotland Development Group, and a Rep for Freelancers on Engage Council.
Social media links:
www.instagram.com/janie.nicoll/
www.instagram.com/airhillheadward/
She generally works across a range of media, including collage, printmaking, installation, photography, film, digital imaging, and assemblage.
Janie has exhibited nationally and internationally, including at Glasgow International 2018 with In Kind Project.
Recent residencies include a Glasgow Life Artists Exchanges to Marseille and Turin; a Creative Lab at CCA, Glasgow, and a Counterflows Collaborative Residency with German sound artist, Annette Krebs; a Rough Mix Creative Lab Residency, at Tramway, for Magnetic North Theatre Company; a Protest and Propaganda Artists Lab, Metal, Liverpool. She has been Artist in Residence for Borders Book Festival and at Callendar House, Falkirk amongst many others. Most recently she was Artist in Residence for Hillhead Ward for Glasgow Life, in collaboration with Woodlands Community Garden.
Janie is currently on the Board of Directors of Glasgow Independent Studios. She is a former President of Scottish Artists Union (2014-17) and until recently worked part-time as Campaigns and Projects Manager for SAU. She was a Trustee for Engage, the National Organisation for Gallery Education, where she was also on Engage Scotland Development Group, and a Rep for Freelancers on Engage Council.
Social media links:
www.instagram.com/janie.nicoll/
www.instagram.com/airhillheadward/
