Nicola Farquhar

Nicola Farquhar (born 1972) is a New Zealand artist.

Farquhar was born 1972 in Hamilton, New Zealand. She graduated from the Elam School of Fine Art in 2009 with an MFA. She is currently based in Auckland. Although women are usually the subjects of her paintings, they are not based on or named after real people.

Farquhar has exhibited in both solo and grow shows in New Zealand, Australia, and Hong Kong. Notable exhibitions include: Discoveries, Art Basel, Hong Kong (2014) Method and Gesture, Utopian Slumps, Melbourne (2013) New Revised Edition, City Gallery, Wellington (2013) Porous Moonlight, Papakura Art Gallery (2013) Necessary Distraction: A Painting Show, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki (2015), with Saskia Leek, Julian Hooper, Stella Corkery, Kirstin Carlin, and James Cousins Farquhar is represented by the Hopkinson Mossman gallery in Auckland

Work by Farquhar is held in the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.