About Nigel Ingram

Nigel Ingram (ATC, MA, PhD) studied Fine Arts at the West Sussex College of Art and later worked with Ronald Dunlop (RA) and attended the Royal Academy Schools (1966). In 1967 he won a Chettle Scholarship to study and work at the University of Paris, and completed a thesis on the work of Cezanne. He gained a post-Graduate Teacher's Certificate at the University of Sussex in 1969 and taught in West Sussex and at the Weald Comprehensive School, Billingshurst, where he was Head of Art for a number of years. He was awarded an MA.(Ed.) at the University of Southampton 1975) with a dissertation on Creativity and Intelligence, followed by a PhD in Experimental Psychology on Visual Perception (1983). He has published various papers and book chapters on Visual Perception (1980-1989).

Nigel has taught in Hampshire and West Sussex and painted in Hampshire, West Sussex and abroad for many years. At the age of eighteen he held his first major exhibition at Arundel Priory (1962), sponsored by the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and later exhibited in Paris and at Kangol House, London (1965-1980). More recently he has exhibited at The 1st Floor Gallery, Romsey (1999), at Chilworth Manor, Southampton (1993, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005) and at Furzey Gardens (2006). Paintings are held by Jacques Spreiregen (Paris and Nice) and other collectors in England and continental Europe.

Nigel has completed a number of commissioned designs for stained glass windows, including a design for a Jubilee Window to commemorate the 450th Anniversary of the foundation of King Edward VI School, Southampton, depicting the historical development of the School. HRH Prince Edward, The Earl of Wessex, CVO, unveiled the Window on 4th June 2003. Nigel has also recently completed a design for a Jubilee Triptych Stained Glass Window for Peter Symonds College, Winchester. This Window is being built in Reims, in the Atelier Simon Marq, now run by Benoft Marq and his wife, Stephanie. The Studio is particularly well known for building the Chagall Window in Chichester Cathedral and the magnificent Chagall Triptych in Reims Cathedral. The Atelier has also built windows for Braque, Miro and other contemporary painters.