Nicholas Pope

Nicholas Pope (26 February 1949 – 23 March 2026) was a British and Australian artist. He studied at the Bath Academy of Art (1970–73).

Life and career Pope was born in Sydney on 26 February 1949. His work from the 1970s has a powerful abstract quality that is softened by his use of natural materials, chalk and wood. His most important early shows included solo exhibitions at the Garage Gallery in London (1976), the Anthony Stokes Gallery (1979), and the Art & Project Gallery in Amsterdam (1979). In 1980, Pope represented Britain at the XXXIX Venice Biennale, and in 1981, he traveled to Zimbabwe as a British Council Cultural Visitor.

The first comprehensive monograph of Pope's work was published by Ridinghouse in 2013. This title features sculptures and drawings by Pope from the 1970s to present, along with texts by Tate Britain Director Penelope Curtis, Christopher Townsend and Andrew Sabin.

He lived and worked in Herefordshire.