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Nick Bodimeade
Nick trained at Worthing and Wolverhampton art colleges, has taught at many UK schools, colleges and universties at all levels up to MA. He exhibits with St Annes Galleries, Lewes. Zimmer Stewart Gallery, Arundel and the Porthminster Gallery, St Ives. Nick's work is held in many public and private collections including, The Contemporary Art Society, The Landmark Trust and the Government Art Collection. He is a Trustee of Fabrica, Brighton's leading Contemporary Art Gallery.
"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."