Nikola Hrga is an Australian born artist based in London, UK

EDUCATION

2022/3 City & Guilds of London Art School - MFA

2018 - 2020 Florence Academy of Art, NJ U.S - Certificate in Drawing and Painting

2017 Barcelona Academy of Art, Barcelona

TEACHING

2025 to Current - Instructor, Aristides Atelier, U.S

2018 - 2020 - Part-time Instructor, Florence Academy of Art - NJ U.S

2019 - Drawing Intensive - Florence Academy of Art - NJ U.S

HONOURS & AWARDS

2025 - Shortlist - Main Prize, The Cass Art Prize - UK

2025 - Finalist, The RP Drawing Prize (Royal Society of Portrait Painters) - UK

2023 - William Fletcher Foundation Support Grant - AUS

2018 - 2020 Student Teacher Scholarship - Florence Academy of Art - NJ U.S

2019 - Figure Drawing of the year - Florence Academy of Art - NJ U.S

2018 & 19 - Cast Drawing of the year - Florence Academy of Art - NJ U.S

2018 & 19 - Summer Workshop Scholarship - Florence Academy of Art - NJ U.S

2017 - Finalist, National Youth Portrait Prize ‘‘The Shirl’’ - Bega NSW, AUS

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

The Cass Art Prize, Copeland Gallery, London, UK, 2025

The RP (Royal Institute of Portrait Painters) Drawing Prize: Revealing the human, Hull University Art Gallery, UK, 2025

Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolors, Mall Gallery, London, UK, 2025

City & Guilds of London Art School MA Degree Show, London, UK, 2023

‘Full Palette’, Salmagundi Club, New York City, USA, 2018

‘The Shirl’ National Portrait Prize, Bega Valley Regional Gallery, AUS, 2017