“So much of painting is prefaced with thinking, letting the mind wander over things, and yet you cannot control what you return to, what your eye is drawn to, or what your unconscious offers up.”
– Nancy Cadogan
Nancy Cadogan is a British figurative painter living in the UK. She has been exhibiting her work globally since 2004 with shows in London, New York, Rome, Oslo and Miami. Cadogan paints from imagination and observation to explore themes of literature, time, and still moments. Her paintings invite the viewer to share her joyful appreciation of contemplative observation.
Her 2019 solo Saatchi exhibition ‘Mind Zero’ marked a bold new direction for the artist and the painting of interior and exterior worlds were described by the Evening Standard as ‘heaven on a canvas.’ ‘Footnotes’, Nancy’s follow-up exhibition for The British Art Fair, continued the artist’s bold new direction.
In 2020, The Keats-Shelley House Museum commissioned Cadogan’s first institutional show, Gusto. The artist’s paintings, steeped in poetic research were exhibited in Rome and celebrated the 200 year anniversary of the life and legacy of the poet.
Cadogan has collaborated with The Land Gardener’s for their latest book ‘Soil to Table’ which pairs her paintings with recipes from chef Lulu Cox. These paintings, from her body of work ‘All the Good Things,’ celebrate our relationship with nature, food and the landscape around us and draw attention to the important link between the health of our soils and the food we eat.
Nancy’s latest project, ‘The Lost Trees’, explores our relationship with trees, time, and the natural world. She is examining what it means to make paintings within the conversation of sustainability and was invited to the Paris Green Week held at the British Ambassador’s Residence for a live painting performance, and a Q and A with the Government Art Collection.

Selected Exhibitions
2023
TWENTY ARTISTS IN LAKE COMO
Group Exhibition, Gurr Johns, London
ROYAL ACADEMY SUMMER EXHIBITION
Group Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
ENGLISH ARTISTS ON LAKE COMO
Group Exhibition, Museo del Paesaggio, Italy
LAPADA
Group Showcase, Lapada, Gillian Jason Gallery, London
FACE TO FACE II
Group Exhibition, Gillian Jason Gallery, London
BRITISH ART: THEN AND NOW
Group Exhibition, Dorfold, Zuleika Gallery, London
EYE OF THE COLLECTOR
Group Exhibition, Eye of the Collector, Gillian Jason Gallery, London
2022
THE STILL POINT
Solo Exhibition, Gillian Jason Gallery, London
METIER LONDON COLLABORATION
Solo Presentation, Metier London, London
EYE OF THE COLLECTOR
Group Exhibition, Eye of the Collector, Gillian Jason Gallery, London
2021
ALL THE GOOD THINGS
Solo Exhibition, The Cadogan, A Belmond Hotel, London
HER DARK MATERIALS
Group Exhibition, Eye of The Huntress
2020
GUSTO
Solo Exhibition, Keats-Shelley House, ROME
WHAT WE SEE
Group Exhibition, Gillian Jason Gallery, LONDON
ART FROM THE HEART – NHS
Group Exhibition, Zuleika Gallery, LONDON
WALL OF SMALL
Group Exhibition, Lyndsey Ingram Gallery, LONDON
2019
MIND ZERO
Solo show, Saatchi Gallery, LONDON
FOOTNOTES
Solo show, British Art Fair, LONDON
BLUE
Group Show, AH Studio, LONDON
AUTUMN EXHIBITION
Auction, Astrup Fearnly Museet, OSLO
2017
STILL READING
Solo show, Shapero Rare Books & Sladmore Contemporary, LONDON
Selected Collections
The Bennett Art Collection
Residencies
British Embassy in Paris, June 2022
Metier London, October 2022