Nancy Cadogan Explained

Nancy Guinness (born 1979) is a British figurative painter. Her work ranges from still life to landscape and portrait.[1]

She has had solo exhibitions internationally, including at Saatchi Gallery, London in 2019 and Keats-Shelley House, Rome in 2020.[2] Based on footfall (3,329 per day), Nancy Cadogan's solo show Mind Zero at the Saatchi Gallery was one of the top 100 exhibitions in the world in 2019.[3]

In 2022, she was invited as Artist in Residence at the British Ambassador’s Residence in Paris.[4] Her latest project, ‘The Lost Trees’, explores our relationship with trees, time, and the natural world.

In 2024, she was invited by the Torre delle Arti, Bellagio, to showcase a body of work inspired by Lake Como, titled 'Stanza'. Director of the Ingram Collection, Jo Baring has described these works as "a poetic dialogue with the viewer, inviting us into a space of contemplation through the eloquence of her painterly prose.”

Life and career

Cadogan's childhood included stints in Crete and Cyprus with her father.[5] Her family later moved back to UK. Cadogan attended Oxford High School followed by City and Guilds of London Art School before graduating from Canterbury Christ Church University with a degree in Fine Art Painting in 2002. She moved to New York shortly after, sharing a studio in the Starrett-Lehigh Building with artist Franco Ciarlo.

She had sell-out solo shows[6] at Frost & Reed, New York in 2005 and 2006, the former featuring “a series of dramatic paintings depicting the vast Utah landscapes.[7] ”In 2008 Cadogan returned to the UK and followed her early success with another solo show at Sladmore Contemporary, London.[8] With breaks for motherhood, she continues to paint from her studio in Northamptonshire and most recently featured in shows with Art Bastion. Miami, in Miami and Southampton, US and The Blue Edition[9] in London. She was named one of 'Top 20 New British Art Talents' by Tatler magazine in 2008, describing her as "the new Paula Rego".

In 2017, she was one of 93 women artists chosen to exhibit their work in The Ned, London, in its permanent Vault 100 exhibition highlighting the disparity between women and men CEOs.[10]

Artistic style

Much of her earlier work focused on portrait and landscapes, and "demonstrate[s] a skillful and purposeful use of colour, balanced with planes and spaces that draw your eye out into large vistas.[11] "

In more recent work, which can be seen on Artsy[12] and Art Sales Index, Nancy turns to the concepts of stillness and place, both in the sense of a still life and the various emotional connotations held semantically. Her works are deceptively simple but require deep reading. She has stated, "I am interested in stillness, not only in the sense of a still life and how that tradition explores the passing of time, but actual physical stillness.[1] " Critics have also noted her strong use of colour, particularly blues.[13]

Cadogan's subject matter has included Morocco, Utah and Lake Como. In recent work Cadogan has focused on still lives, almost exclusively books. In one sense, the works are typical of the still life genre and record a sense of time passing. In another, they reflect on the concept of stillness more widely, as a rare condition within our hyper-networked contemporary reality, and instead celebrate quiet reflection. As Cadogan has stated, ‘The book – the actual physical paper bound object full of words – is a treasure in this modern era. A book contains an entire universe you can only bring to life in your imagination, if you agree to give it time. It is a tribute to privacy, an honouring of the interior life.'[14]

In recent works Cadogan has chosen to focus on large-scale pieces reflecting the beauty of the every day and the inner life of the mind. Saatchi Gallery Director Philippa Adams stated, “Nancy’s works delightfully capture the sensation of being lost in one’s own thoughts. Their joyful exuberance brings a moment of reflection and calm in today’s uncertain world.” [15]

Selected exhibitions

Family

Cadogan is the daughter of the archaeologist Gerald Cadogan, known for his work on the Myrtos Pyrgos Minoan site on Crete and the Maroni Vournes[30] site on Cyprus.

Cadogan married Edward Benjamin Newton Guinness of the Guinness family in Como in 2006 and has legally taken his surname.[31] They have three children and lives in Northamptonshire.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Art. Bastion. Nancy Cadogan Biography. Art Bastion. 20 October 2016.
  2. Web site: Gusto Keats-Shelley House . 2024-05-17 . ksh.roma.it.
  3. Sharpe, E . Da Silva, J . April 2020 . Art's most popular… Exhibition and museum viewing figures 2019 . The Art Newspaper . XXIX . 322 . 9 September 2020.
  4. Web site: Instagram . 2024-05-17 . www.instagram.com.
  5. Web site: Archaelology - Classics. University of Cincinnati. 20 October 2016.
  6. April 2008 . Top 20 New Brit Talents . Tatler . 303 . 4.
  7. Bostick. Corey Lee. New York Gallery Guide. Gallery Guide. December 2005. 81. NYGallery Guide.
  8. Web site: Nancy Cadogan. Sladmore Contemporary. 20 October 2016.
  9. Web site: Gordon. Kate. London's art scene is buzzing this November. Evening Standard. 21 November 2016 . 11 January 2017.
  10. Web site: Maxwell. Kate. Is this London's Hottest New Hotel Ever?. CN Traveller. Conde Nast. 15 May 2017.
  11. Web site: Kos Earle. Nico. Nietzche's Eternal Return And The Work Of.... ArtLyst. 20 October 2016. artlyst.
  12. Web site: Cadogan. Nancy. Nancy Cadogan on Artsy. Artsy. 15 May 2017.
  13. Web site: Postel-Vinay. Flor. La nouvelle exposition à Miami d'Art Bastion: Sens of Space. My French City. 20 October 2016.
  14. Web site: Still Reading Nancy Cadogan. www.nancycadogan.com. en-GB. 2018-04-30.
  15. Web site: Nancy Cadogan Mind Zero. www.londonartnews.co.uk. en-GB. 2019-09-04.
  16. Web site: Gordon. Kate. From the Royal Academy to the White Cube via the new Design Museum:London's art scene is buzzing. Evening Standard Homes & Property. Evening Standard. 22 February 2017.
  17. Web site: Nancy Cadogan & Martin Jennings: Still Reading. ART WEEK. 7 November 2017 . en. 2018-04-30.
  18. Web site: Nancy Cadogan, Mind Zero . Saatchi Gallery . Saatchi Group . 5 September 2019.
  19. Web site: Why well-connected artist Nancy Cadogan's new exhibition is a must see . Tatler.com . 6 February 2020 . Conde Nast.
  20. Web site: EXHIBITION: WHAT WE SEE EMERGING ARTISTS EXPLORING IDENTITY . Gillian Jason Gallery . Gillian Jason . 27 April 2021.
  21. Web site: Gusto Extended until 21 May 2021 . KSH . Keats-Shelley House . 27 April 2021.
  22. Web site: From Dame Elisabeth Frink at Messums Wiltshire to Rodin at the Tate Modern, these are the exhibitions that are too good to miss this autumn . www.tatler.com . 8 September 2021 . Cande Nast . 17 December 2021.
  23. Web site: 2022-06-01 . The Still Point: Paintings by Nancy Cadogan that celebrate the joyfulness of solitude . 2024-05-17 . Creative Boom . en.
  24. Web site: Nancy Cadogan . 2024-05-17 . Gillian Jason Gallery . en.
  25. Web site: Nancy Cadogan Exhibitions . 2024-05-17 . Zuleika Gallery . en.
  26. Web site: Curated at Dorfold Hall: British Art then and now - Overview . 2024-05-17 . Zuleika Gallery . en.
  27. Web site: 759 - HOT TEA, COOL DAY by Nancy Cadogan . 2024-05-17 . se.royalacademy.org.uk . en-GB.
  28. Web site: LOVE /lʌv/ - Overview . 2024-05-17 . Loughran Gallery . en.
  29. Web site: 2024-04-23 . Nancy Cadogan Returns to Lake Como with 'Stanza'—A Reflective Journey Through Art at Torre delle Arti Bellagio - Travel And Tour World . 2024-05-17 . en-US.
  30. Web site: Thomas. Kiely. Key Archaeological Sites in the Maroni Area. British Museum. 27 October 2016. British Museum.
  31. News: Kirchgaessner . Stephanie . 2015-05-08 . Guinness scion investigated after Italian boat accident . 2024-02-06 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.

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