Hello and welcome to my website, I hope you enjoy your time here.

My name is Nicolas Chen and I am a professional painter based in Melbourne, Australia.

Though I’m primarily an oil painter, I also use a variety of other media such as watercolour, gouache, dry media and digital.

I like to explore all kinds of genres of painting including still life, portraiture and landscape. Often mixing multiple genres together.

Through my painting, I hope to share and celebrate life in all its shapes and colours.

Thank you for looking

Media / Press

https://artedit.com.au/artist-profile/nicolas-chen/

https://marketscreener.com/quote/stock/PERPETUAL-LIMITED-6491812/news/Perpetual-announces-recipients-of-the-2018-A-M-E-Bale-Travelling-Scholarship-and-Art-Prize-27677070/

https://www.gleneira.vic.gov.au/our-city/arts-and-culture/galleries-and-visual-art/ame-bale-travelling-scholarship-and-art-prize/2018-winners-ame-bale-travelling-scholarship-and-art-prize

https://julianashtonartschool.com.au/2018/12/congratulations-to-alumni-nicolas-chen-colleen-stapleton-and-byron-copland-and-all-finalists-in-the-ame-bale/

Education

2018 Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne, Australia

2011 - 2014 Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy

2007 - 2010 Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney, Australia

Awards / Achievements

2022 Rick Amor Self-portrait Prize, People’s Choice Award

2022 The Doyles, Finalist

2022 Lethbridge 20000, Finalist

2020 Lethbridge 20000, Finalist

2019 Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Finalist

2018 A.M.E Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize, Major Award recipient

2018 Victorian Artist Society, Portrait Exhibition, Highly Commended

2018 Cambridge Studio Gallery, "Who is looking at you?" Portrait Prize, Finalist

2015 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Semi-finalist

2015 Cliftons art prize, Melbourne, Australia, Finalist

2014 A.M.E Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize, Finalist

2014 Fourth year prize recipient, Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy

2014 Diploma of Fine Art, Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy

2013 Studio Assistant Teaching Scholarship, Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy

2010 Diploma of Fine Art, Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney, Australia

2009 Julian Ashton Art School, Full time Scholarship, Sydney, Australia

2008 Joshua Smith Drawing Prize, Sydney, Australia