Trevor nickolls biography

Trevor Nickolls was born in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1949. He first exhibited as a student and gained a Diploma of Fine Art from the South Australian School of Art in 1972. One of his teachers was the printmaker Franz Kempf. In 1978 he undertook a diploma in education which enabled him to work as a school art teacher.

Trevor Nickolls (Profile) — Adrian Newstead (OAM)

In 1979, when undertaking postgraduate studies at the Victorian College of the Arts he met the Papunya artist Dinny Nolan. He later described this as a turning point in his art, and in his life as Nolan mentored him in gaining an understanding of the directions his art could take. The following year, after graduating with a postgraduate diploma of painting, he was appointed an education officer.

This meant that he was able to travel through the Northern Territory, meeting artists and coming to see how modern the ancient techniques could appear to be.
His own art changed to incorporate his new understanding of a changing tradition of Aboriginal art.
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