biography

Nicholas Truscott was born in Bendigo in 1971 and began his art career at an early age in a realistic, traditional style in the medium of watercolour.

He received a Bachelor of Fine Art in 1994 from LaTrobe University, Bendigo majoring in Painting and Drawing. It was at this point that his work began to attract acclaim with the University when they purchased one of his works for their own collection.

Throughout the following years Nicholas’ style began to change and move in the direction of close-up studies of realistic subjects. Nicholas has obtained inspiration from a wide range of subject matters from many different countries abroad.

Nicholas has been awarded numerous prizes for his works in exhibitions, including First Prize for “Works on Paper” (Bendigo Art Gallery), First Prize at the Otis Foundation Exhibition in Bendigo and, more recently, the Bronze Medal at the Camberwell Rotary Art Show 2006. He has contributed several articles to the Australian Artist Magazine and has conducted many workshops through Continuing Adult Education in Bendigo teaching students in the watercolour medium.

His works continue to hang in collections throughout Australia and overseas and he has had numerous exhibitions. These include:

1994 Lossimouth Gallery, Point Lonsdale
1997 Maryborough Regional Art Gallery
1997-2001 Easter Exhibitions, Lane Works Art Gallery, Bendigo
2001 QDOS Fine Arts, Lorne
2001 “Federation Centre for the Arts”, Bundoora Homestead (joint exhibition)
2002 Without Pier Gallery
2002-2003 Art Affairs Gallery
2004 fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
2007 Manyung Gallery
2008 Kew Gallery
2010 Kew Gallery