Trevor Nickolls
Tightrope walking, 1979-80
Now seen as one of the fathers of the urban movement, Ngarrindjeri artist Trevor Nickolls saw himself as ‘the bridge’ between cultures and his work explored what it meant to live between two worlds. Although he didn’t see his work as overtly political, Nickolls represented the story of many Aboriginal people growing up off Country by painting his experience of displacement and its associated anxieties.
- Artist / Maker
- Trevor Nickolls (1949—2012)
- Creation Date
- 1980
- Collection
- Victorian College of the Arts Collection (VCA)
- Subjects
- Art and Design - Paintings
- Materials used
- synthetic polymer paint on canvas
- Dimensions
(H x W x D) - 1992 x 917 x 33 mm
- Credit line
- Victorian College of the Arts Collection, the University of Melbourne Gift of the artist, 1980
- Accession number
- 0000.109
- Copyright
- © Trevor Nickolls/Copyright Agency, 2025 Request Access
