Nigel Packham

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Self-portrait 2019 in Empelder Straße 1

Nigel Packham (born June 2, 1951 in Pembury (England)) is an English artist, painter and lecturer.

Life

Packham maintains his studio in the listed building Empelder Strasse 1 in Hanover-Badenstedt

Nigel Packam was born in 1951 to a carpenter and grew up in a small English town. From 1962 to 1969 he attended Lewes County Grammar School for Boys . He then completed an undergraduate degree in fine art at Hammersmith College of Art in London from 1969 to 1971 . After working as a “computer operator” from 1972, he moved to the Lower Saxony state capital Hanover .

From 1978 to 1985 Packham studied at the Braunschweig University of Art (HBK), and attended the courses with Professor Karl Schulz for graphics . In the meantime, from 1980 to 1985, he himself did a teaching position at the HBK, from 1980 also worked as a lecturer for adult education at Workshop Hannover eV and led various projects, including at the Hanover Zoo and for Fluxus .

After graduating, Packham began working as a freelance artist. From 1989 to 2009 he was a member of the studio community at Block 16. In April 2005, Packham was also elected chairman of the Federal Visual Artists Group in Hanover, which he headed until 2011.

For example, Packham teaches acrylic painting in the Raschplatz Pavilion . His applied techniques also include pen drawings and prints, as well as handmade posters.

After Packheim temporarily had his artistic headquarters at Empelder Straße 96 , in the premises of the former Fuchswerke , his " Atelier am Denkmal" can now be found in the Hanoverian district of Badenstedt at Empelder Straße 1 , in a listed residential building from the late 19th century.

Exhibitions and participations (selection)

Web links

Commons : Nigel Packham  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e o. V .: Packham, Nigel in the database of Niedersächsische Personen (new entry required) of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxony State Library in the version of March 13, 2012, last accessed on April 5, 2019
  2. ↑ a b c d Leaflet Nigel's Best on the page of Galerie E-Damm 13 [undated], last accessed on April 5, 2019
  3. ↑ a b c d Compare the homepage nigeldeutsch.de , last accessed on April 5, 2019
  4. ↑ Rolf Häcker: formerly Fuchswerke / factory in transition on the page fuchswerke.de [ undated ], last accessed on April 5, 2019
  5. ^ Ilse Rüttgerodt-Riechmann: Badenstedt. In: Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany , architectural monuments in Lower Saxony, City of Hanover (DTBD), part 2, vol. 10.2, ed. by Hans-Herbert Möller , Lower Saxony State Administration Office - Institute for Monument Preservation , Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Braunschweig 1985, ISBN 3-528-06208-8 , p. 159; as well as Badenstedt in the addendum : List of architectural monuments acc. § 4 ( NDSchG ) (except for architectural monuments of the archaeological monument preservation), status: July 1, 1985, City of Hanover , Lower Saxony State Administration Office - publications by the Institute for Monument Preservation , p. 25
  6. ↑ a b c d e f Elizabeth Schwiontek (Red.): KunstKonturen - KünstlerProfile. Past and present of the BBK Lower Saxony , ed. from the Association of Visual Artists for Lower Saxony , Hanover: BBK Lower Saxony, 1998, ISBN 978-3-00-002800-7 and ISBN 3-00-002800-5 , p. 371
personal data
SURNAME Packham, Nigel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English artist, lives and works in Hanover
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Pembury