Born in 1981
Lives and works in London, United Kingdom
Nick Goss’ work captures moments of fleeting reality, where subjects seem to escape their own temporality. His paintings blend memory, nostalgia, and a subtle sense of mystery, creating scenes that are both familiar and otherworldly. He is particularly drawn to transit zones and spaces where fleeting human traces tell stories.
Starting from collages of archival images and silkscreen prints, Goss builds layered canvases where fragments evolve into landscapes. His scenes / imageries are influenced by directors such as Quentin Tarantino, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Wim Wenders, compressing time and framing scenes with a narrative tension.
education
2009
- MA Fine Art, Royal Academy Schools
2006
- BA Fine Art, Slade School of Fine Art
solo shows
2025
- Nick Goss: Stations, Matthew Brown, New York, USA
2024
- Isle of Thanet, Perrotin Paris, France
2023
- Smickel Inn, Balcony of Europe, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh
2022
- The Undercurrents, Matthew Brown, Los Angeles
- Mud Angels, Thelma Hubert, Devon
2021
- Margaritas at The Mall, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
2020
-Nine Mile Burn, Josh Lilley, London
2019
- Morley’s Mirror, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
2018
- Dolphin Express, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
2017
- De Ramp, Josh Lilley, London
2016
- Bluing, Simon Preston Gallery, New York
2015
- Green Lanes, Josh Lilley, London
2013
- Like Pineapples In A Greenhouse, Simon Preston Gallery, New York
2012
- Tin Drum, Josh Lilley, London
2011
- Herz Man Sky, Simon Preston Gallery, New York
2010
- Veverka, Josh Lilley, London
2006
- Paths in the Snow. New paintings by Nick Goss, Image Contemporary Art Gallery, Arezzo
group shows
2025
- One thing touches another, Maya Frodeman Gallery, Jackson, USA
- SUMMER, Frestonian Gallery & Anomie Publishing, London, UK
- Art for Your Ocean, WWF and Artwise Curators, Sotheby’s, London, UK
- Wings of a Butterfly, Ingleby, Edinburgh, UK
- Old Vessels, News Spirits, Massimo De Carlo, Milano, Italy
2024
- PROGRAM, Matthew Brown, New York, USA
- Drawing Biennial 2024, Drawing Room, London, UK
2023
- Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
- IMAGINE YOU ARE DRIVING, Susanna Orlando Gallery, Pietrasanta
- Days Like These, DE LEÓN, Bath
2021
- Dear John, Adams & Ollman, Portland
2020
- Hommage A Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
2019
- Rainforest Action Network Exhibition, Eccleston Project Space, London
- Stains on a Decade, Josh Lilley, London
- Preparing for What, Josh Lilley, London
2017
- Botánica, Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
- Group Show 2017, Tannery Arts, London
- Currents, Lin & Lin Gallery, Taipei
- A New Kitchen Sink, Josh Lilley, London
2016
- Rhythm & Depiction, Centre for Recent Drawing, London
- A Place of Our Time, Palazzo Capris, Turin
- Water Biscuit, Josh Lilley, London
- What are we gonna paint?, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam
- Bread and Jam IV: Modern Mirror, 52 Whitbread Road, London
2015
- Tutti Frutti, Turps Gallery, London
2014
- Inaugural Exhibition, Sherrick and Paul, Nashville
- A Union of Voices, Horatio Jr Gallery, London
- Painting about Painting, Simmons & Simmons, London
- Here There and Something In between (Project 1), Horatio Jr Gallery, London
- Tan Lines, The Drawing Room, London
- Colony Room, Simon Preston Gallery, New York
- 4 Painters, 10 Works, Josh Lilley, London
- Beyond The Process, Sammlung Lenikus, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck
2013
- Chapter, Austin Forum, London
- Drawing Biennial, The Drawing Room, London
- Forward Thinking, Horatio Jr Gallery, London
- Beastly Hall, Hall Place and Gardens, Kent
2012
- Strata, Sammlung Lenikus, Vienna
- Never Ever Ever Land, Anna Kustera, New York
- Forward Thinking, Island Queen, London
- Needle in a Cloud, FOLD Gallery, London
2011
- Friendship of the Peoples, Simon Oldfield Gallery, London
- Two person presentation (with Junior Boakye-Yiadom) Hong Kong International 11
- Primitive Accumulation, Fold Gallery, London
2010
- Gifted, Josh Lilley Gallery, London
- Newspeak: British Art Now, Saatchi Gallery, London
- Ghosts, Luce Gallery, Turin
- Dull as I am, I Hope to Live by these Lines, Simon Preston Gallery, New York
- Nick and Phil Goss, Centre for Recent Drawing, London
- Jerwood Contemporary Painters, Jerwood Space, London, & national tour
2009
- Four New Sensations, A Foundation, London
- Daily Miracles, Josh Lilley Gallery, London
2008
- Saatchi Online at Concrete and Glass Festival, Beach Blanket Babylon, London
- Robert Dowling, Tim Ellis, Nick Goss, Michael Pybus, Jia Jia Wang, Alexandre Pollazzon Ltd, London
- 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
2006
- Art Below Zero, Westbourne Studios, London
- England’s Dreaming, British Landscape Painting, 7 Bedford Row, London
2005
Morpho Eugenia, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, San Marino
public collections
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Dallas Museum of Art
- Victoria & Albert Museum, London
- Zabludowicz Collection, London
- Pallant House, West Sussex
- Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland
- Marciano Art Foundation Los Angeles
- Arts Council Collection, UK
- Aïshti Foundation