Painting live at Childwickbury Arts Fair 2022
oil on board
Exhibited at Lakeside Arts Centre, University of Nottingham Summer 2022
oil on board
Exhibited at Lakeside Arts Centre, University of Nottingham Summer 2022
"I have been exploring various methods of mark making and media over the last 10 years. I currently work in oils on board or plywood but archive paintings can be viewed in the PAINTINGS section. My paintings represent a continuation of location drawings from my sketchbooks. These images are usually figures observed from places like cafes and pubs. Often a single figure will be an amalgamation of several - people sometimes don't give me much time to draw them."
Exhibitions and Events 2025:
Event:
HUMAN: a show at the Nottingham Society of Artists with 6 artists
24th to 30th of November 2025
(Times to be announced)
Nottingham Society of Artists, 71 - 73 Friar Lane, Nottingham, NG1 6DH
nottinghamartists.org.uk/nsa-main/index.php
Event:
Melbourne Festival Art & Architecture Trail 2025
Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st September
10am to 5pm both days
Venue: The One Off, 55 Derby Road, Melbourne, Derbyshire DE73 8FE
Melbourne, Derbyshire
Event:
Wirksorth Festival Art Trail 2025
13th and 14th September
10am to 5pm both days
Venue: Wellspring Church, Wirksworth, Derbyshire, DE4 4DS
Wirksworth Festival Website
Event:
ABC Art Trail 2025
6th and 7th September
Venue: Brookland Drive, NG9 4BD
Beeston, Nottingham
ABC Website
Event:
Lady Bay Arts Trail 2025
17th and 18th May 2025
100 Holme Road, Lady Bay, Notts
Lady Bay Website
Event:
HUMAN: a show at the Nottingham Society of Artists with 6 artists
24th to 30th of November 2025
(Times to be announced)
Nottingham Society of Artists, 71 - 73 Friar Lane, Nottingham, NG1 6DH
nottinghamartists.org.uk/nsa-main/index.php
Event:
Melbourne Festival Art & Architecture Trail 2025
Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st September
10am to 5pm both days
Venue: The One Off, 55 Derby Road, Melbourne, Derbyshire DE73 8FE
Melbourne, Derbyshire
Event:
Wirksorth Festival Art Trail 2025
13th and 14th September
10am to 5pm both days
Venue: Wellspring Church, Wirksworth, Derbyshire, DE4 4DS
Wirksworth Festival Website
Event:
ABC Art Trail 2025
6th and 7th September
Venue: Brookland Drive, NG9 4BD
Beeston, Nottingham
ABC Website
Event:
Lady Bay Arts Trail 2025
17th and 18th May 2025
100 Holme Road, Lady Bay, Notts
Lady Bay Website
Oliver Lovley is an artist living and working in Nottingham, England. Past exhibitions of his paintings include The National Portrait Gallery in London and the Djanogly Gallery at Nottingham Lakeside Centre.
Film by Parisian Polo Club
Exhibitions:
Creative Melbourne Gallery - INTROSPECTION - Derbyshire 2025
Mandell's Gallery - SOCIETY OF GRAPHIC FINE ART - Norwich 2024
Creative Melbourne Gallery - STREET LIFE - Derbyshire 2023
Lakeside Arts Centre - DH Lawrence Pavillion Wallner Gallery - SOLO EXHIBITON - Nottingham 2022
Blue Owl Art - RECONNECT - Exhibition by Oliver Lovley & Carolyn J Roberts - Lincolnshire 2022
Tarpey Gallery - TARPEY OPEN - Castle Donington 2021 and 2022
SGFA - UNLOCKED - Mall Galleries, London 2021 & 2022
Djanogly Gallery - CONTEMPORARY ART AUCTION - Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham 2019
Bankside Gallery and RBSA - SGFA TOURING CENTENARY - Birmingham and London 2019
Lime Tree Gallery - EVERY KIND OF PEOPLE - Bristol 2019
Bankside Gallery - SOCIETY OF GRAPHIC FINE ART BIENNIAL - London 2017
The Menier Gallery - DRAW OPEN EXHIBITIONS SGFA - London 2016 - 2019
Gallery 6, Newark, Notts. - DARK RE-FORMING SHAPES (SOLO EXHIBTION) - Newark 2017
Shortlisted for 2nd round - The BP Portrait Award - London 2016
Shortlisted for 2nd round Lynn Painter Stainers Prize - London 2015
The Mall Galleries - ING DISCERNING EYE - London 2014
The National Portrait Gallery - BP PORTRAIT AWARD - London 2002
Live Shows:
Wirksworth Arts Festival, Derbyshire 2016, 2023 and 2024
Craft Fair Contemporary, Nottingham Contemporary 2023 and 2024
Melbourne Arts Festival, Derbyshire 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Art in Action, Waterperry, Oxfordshire 2014, 2015 & 2016
Childwickbury Arts Fair, St. Albans 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 & 2022
Lady Bay Arts, Nottingham, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2025
The Dark Arts Fair, Nottingham 2022 & 2023
Windsor Contemporary Art Fair 2017
Bath Art Fair, Norton St Philip, Bath 2017
Patchings Art Festival, Nottinghamshire 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2017
Art in the Gardens, Sheffield 2016 & 2017
Reading Contemporary Art Fair 2014
Print:
One Hundred Years: The Society of Graphic Fine Art - 2018
Dark Re-forming Shapes - self-published 2017
Unconscious Patterns - self-published 2016
500 Portraits - BP Portrait Award first published by
the National Portrait Gallery London 2011, republished 2015
Residencies and Qualifications:
Shortlisted for Theatre Royal Nottingham Wall Mural Project 2022
Elected full member (SGFA) of The Society of Graphic Fine Art, London 2017
Donation of painting ‘Internal Walls’ to The Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham University 2017
Highly commended award at Art in the Gardens, Sheffield 2016
Artist in Residence at The Malt Cross Henderson Gallery, Nottingham during 2015
BA (Hons) Illustration & Visual Communication - Loughborough University, 2001
Creative Melbourne Gallery - INTROSPECTION - Derbyshire 2025
Mandell's Gallery - SOCIETY OF GRAPHIC FINE ART - Norwich 2024
Creative Melbourne Gallery - STREET LIFE - Derbyshire 2023
Lakeside Arts Centre - DH Lawrence Pavillion Wallner Gallery - SOLO EXHIBITON - Nottingham 2022
Blue Owl Art - RECONNECT - Exhibition by Oliver Lovley & Carolyn J Roberts - Lincolnshire 2022
Tarpey Gallery - TARPEY OPEN - Castle Donington 2021 and 2022
SGFA - UNLOCKED - Mall Galleries, London 2021 & 2022
Djanogly Gallery - CONTEMPORARY ART AUCTION - Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham 2019
Bankside Gallery and RBSA - SGFA TOURING CENTENARY - Birmingham and London 2019
Lime Tree Gallery - EVERY KIND OF PEOPLE - Bristol 2019
Bankside Gallery - SOCIETY OF GRAPHIC FINE ART BIENNIAL - London 2017
The Menier Gallery - DRAW OPEN EXHIBITIONS SGFA - London 2016 - 2019
Gallery 6, Newark, Notts. - DARK RE-FORMING SHAPES (SOLO EXHIBTION) - Newark 2017
Shortlisted for 2nd round - The BP Portrait Award - London 2016
Shortlisted for 2nd round Lynn Painter Stainers Prize - London 2015
The Mall Galleries - ING DISCERNING EYE - London 2014
The National Portrait Gallery - BP PORTRAIT AWARD - London 2002
Live Shows:
Wirksworth Arts Festival, Derbyshire 2016, 2023 and 2024
Craft Fair Contemporary, Nottingham Contemporary 2023 and 2024
Melbourne Arts Festival, Derbyshire 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Art in Action, Waterperry, Oxfordshire 2014, 2015 & 2016
Childwickbury Arts Fair, St. Albans 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 & 2022
Lady Bay Arts, Nottingham, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2025
The Dark Arts Fair, Nottingham 2022 & 2023
Windsor Contemporary Art Fair 2017
Bath Art Fair, Norton St Philip, Bath 2017
Patchings Art Festival, Nottinghamshire 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2017
Art in the Gardens, Sheffield 2016 & 2017
Reading Contemporary Art Fair 2014
Print:
One Hundred Years: The Society of Graphic Fine Art - 2018
Dark Re-forming Shapes - self-published 2017
Unconscious Patterns - self-published 2016
500 Portraits - BP Portrait Award first published by
the National Portrait Gallery London 2011, republished 2015
Residencies and Qualifications:
Shortlisted for Theatre Royal Nottingham Wall Mural Project 2022
Elected full member (SGFA) of The Society of Graphic Fine Art, London 2017
Donation of painting ‘Internal Walls’ to The Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham University 2017
Highly commended award at Art in the Gardens, Sheffield 2016
Artist in Residence at The Malt Cross Henderson Gallery, Nottingham during 2015
BA (Hons) Illustration & Visual Communication - Loughborough University, 2001
Drawing On Location in Nottinghamshire