Prix de Rome, The British School at Rome, 1972-74
Harkness Fellowship, School of Art, Yale University, 1976 - 1978
Howard Foundation Fellow in Fine Art, 1980 - 1981
Dean, The New York Studio School since 1988
Guggenheim Fellow in Painting, 1989
Ingram Merrill Fellow in Painting, 1993
"Graham Nickson: Recent Works", Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, 2003
"Graham Nickson," The Mayo Distinguished Visiting Artist, Tulsa University, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 2003
"Graham Nickson," Camino Real Gallery, Boca Raton, FL, 2002
"Graham Nickson: Dual Natures," Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, 2002
"Graham Nickson: Large Works on Canvas," Salander - O'Reilly Galleries Inc., New York, 2001
"Graham Nickson: Dual Natures," (Retrospective), Arkansas Art Center, New York, 2001
"Graham Nickson: Throuhg My Eyes - Recent Watercolors," The Robert and Mary Montgomery Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL, 2000
"Graham Nickson: Exits and Entries: WaterColors," Salander - O'Reilly Galleries Inc., New York, 2000
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA (travelling exhibition), 2000
"Graham Nickson: Small Works", Camino Real Gallery, Boca Raton,
FL, 1999
"Graham Nickson: Small Works", Salander O'Reilly Galleries, Inc.
New York, NY, 1998
"Graham Nickson: :Paintings", Salander O'Reilly Galleries, Inc.
New York, NY, 1997
"Graham Nickson, Drawings 1975-1996", Glenn Horowitz Gallery,
East Hampton, NY, 1996
"Graham Nickson, Recent Paintings and Drawings", Camino Real
Gallery, Boca Raton, FL, 1996
"Graham Nickson, Paintings and Drawings, Camino Real Gallery,
Boca Raton, FL, 1995
"Graham Nickson, Paintings and Drawings, Adelaide Central Gallery,
Australia, 1995
"Graham Nickson, Paintings and Drawings, Salander O'Reilly Galleries
Inc. New York, NY, 1994
"Graham Nickson: Drawing Installation", Robert Morrison Gallery, New
York, NY, 1994
"Graham Nickson", Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North
Carolina at Greensboro, 1991
"Graham Nickson", Salander O'Reilly Galleries, New York, NY, 1991
"Graham Nickson," Camino Real Gallery, Boca Raton, FL, 1990
"Graham Nickson," Riva Yarez Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, 1989
"Graham Nickson: Paintings and Drawings," Northern Center for Contemporary Art, Sunderland. Traveled to Albermarle Gallery, London; Warwick Arts Center; Arts Council for Northern Ireland; Galerie Kluuvi, Helsinki
"Graham Nickson," Dart gallery, Chicago, IL, 1987
"Graham Nickson," John Berggruen Gallery, San Fransisco, CA, 1984
"Graham Nickson: Recent Paintings," Hirschl and Adler Modern, New York, NY, 1983
"Graham Nickson: Large Works on Paper," Susan Caldwell Inc., New York, 1982
"Graham Nickson: Paintings and Drawings," Susan Caldwell, Inc., New York, 1982
"Graham Nickson: Drawing Into Color," William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 1982
"Graham Nickson: Paintings and Drawings," Susan Caldwell, Inc., NY, 1980
"The Bather Series: Works on Paper," Gallery 2, Syracuse, NY, 1979

"Works on Paper,' Alpha Gallery, Boston, 2003 - 2004
"Master Workshop Exhibition", Drawing Center Benfit, 2002
"Long Island: Morning, Noon & Night", Long Island Museum, 2002
"Inaugural Show", Arkansas Art Center, Qualita Fine Art, Las Vegas,
NV, 1999
"Drawing", Western North Carolina University, 1999
"Green Woods and Crystal Waters, The American Landscape Tradition",
Phillbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, Travelled to: Ringling Museum of
of Art, Sarasota, FL, Davenport Museum of Art, IA, 1999
"Bathers", The New York Studio School, Annual Benfit Exhibition, NY, 1998
"Anniverary Show, Camino Real Gallery, Boca Raton, FL, 1998
"Powerful Expressions: Recent American Drawings, Arkansas Art Center,
Little Rock, AK, 1998
"American Art Today: Images from Abroad, curated by Dahlia Morgan,
The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, FL, 1996
"By the Sea", Lizan-Tops Gallery, East Hampton, New York, 1996
"Powerful Expressions: Recent American Drawings", National Academy
of Design, New York, 1996
"Recent Drawings", Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York, NY, 1996
48th Annual Purchase Exhibition, American Academy of the Arts and
Letters, New York, 1996
"Sun and Sea: Paintings of Summer," Lizan-Tops Gallery, East Hampton, NY, 1995
"47th Annual Academy Purchase Exhibition," American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY, 1995
"Second Annual Landscape Exhibition," Lizan-Tops Exhibition, East Hampton, NY, 1995
"Landscape Not Landscape," Camino Real Gallery, Boca Raton, FL, 1994
"Art on Paper, 30th Annual National Drawing Invitational," The Weatherspoon Gallery, Greensboro, NC, 1994
"Making Connections: Approaches to Space in Drawing," Maier Museum of Art, Randolph-Macon Women's College, Lynchburg, VA, 1993
"Sea Fever," Judy Kay and Associates, San Fransisco, CA, 1993
"The Inaugural Exhibition," The Painting Center, New York, NY, 1993
"Black and White is Beautiful," Camino Real Gallery, Boca Raton, FL, 1993
"Dealer's Choice," selected works from the Art Dealers Association of South Florida, New World School of Arts, Miami, FL, 1993
"In the Mind's Eye: Myth, Memory, and Symbol," First Street Gallery, 1992 - 1993
"National Drawing Invitational," Arkansas Art Center, 1992
American Realism and Figurative Art: 1955," The Myagi Museum of Art, Myagi, Japan. Travelled to: Sogo Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan; The Tokushima Modern Art Museum, Tokushima, Japan; The Museum of Modern Art, Shiba, Otsu, Japan; Kochi Prefectural Museum of Folk Art, Kochi, Japan; 1991 - 1992
"Figurative Paintings," Salandar O'Reilly Galleries, Inc., New York, 1991
"Drawings," Proctor Art Center, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 1991
"Drawings" Additions to the Collection," Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, 1991
"In the Mind's Eye," Forum Gallery, NY, 1991
"Graham Nickson/Paul Resika: Inaugural Exhibition," Salandar O'Reilly Galleries, Inc., NY, 1990
"Landscape: A Travelogue Painted from Memory, Imagination or Reality," Ruth Seigal Gallery, NY, 1989
"New Aquisitions," John Berggruen Gallery, San Fransisco, CA, 1990
"New Space," Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, 1988
"Motion and Arrested Motion: Contemporary Figurative Painting," Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, 1987
"A Painterly Approach," Northern Center for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, England, 1986
"Short Stories," One Penn Plaza, NY, 1986
"Ten from the Drawing Center," Paine Webber, NY, 1986
"Japonisme: Japanese Reflections in Western Art," Northern Center for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, England, 1986
"The Female Nude," Di Laurenti Gallery, New York, 1986
"Telling Art," Sherry French Gallery, NY, 1986
"Large Drawings," Independent Curator, Inc., 1985
"Summer Pleasures," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, NY, 1985
"The Drawing Center Show," Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY, 1985
"Contemporary American Drawings from a Private Collection," Joseph I. Lubin House Gallery, NY, 1985
"Drawings, Drawings, Drawings," Forum Gallery, NY, 1984
"Bathers," Coe Kerr Gallery, NY, 1984
"New York, New York," Newcastle Polytechnic Gallery, England, 1983 - 1984
"New Drawings in America," The Drawing Center, NY
"30 Works - 18 Artists - 6 Galleries - 1 Alma Mater," Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, 1982
"Collector's Gallery XVI," Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, TX, 1982
"Thirty Painters - New Aquisitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art," NY, 1982
"Summer," Vanderwoude Tannenbaum Galery, NY, 1982
"Aspects of Realism," David Settles Gallery, Houston, TX, 1982
"British Artists in New York," Snug Harbor Art Center, Staten Island, NY, 1982
"Previously Unseen," The Drawing Center, NY, 1979
"Englische Landschaftesmaleri," British Council, 1977 - 1978
"Third International Drawing Biennial," Cleveland, UK, 1977 - 1979
"Mostra del Arts Inglese Oggi," The British Academy in Rome, 1973 - 1974
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK
Albright-Knox Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Amalgamated Engineering Union, England
Amerada Hess Corporation, New York
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York
American Express Company, New York
William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut
The British School of Rome, Italy
Davis Museum, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
JPMorgan Chase, New York
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Middlesborough Museum and Art Gallery, England
Neuberger Museum, State University of New York at Purchase
The Nutfield Foundation, England
Pacific Bell, Los Angeles
Prudential Insurance Company, Newark, New Jersey
The Royal College of Art, London
Benjamin Rush Company, New York
Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, San Francisco
Somerset Education Committee, England
Southeast Banking Corporation, Miami
The Villa Romana, Florence, Italy.

"Art at Weatherspoon," Greensboro News, Sept. 22, 1991
Arthur, Alan G. "Spirit of Place: Contemporary Landscape Painting of the American Tradition," (Little, Brown, and Co., 1989) p. 139-140
Arthur, John. "Green Woods and Crystal Waters, The American Landscape Tradition," Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
Ayers, Robert. "New Drawing in American," Artscribe, London, Jan. 1983
Baker, Sally. "British Artists in New York," Sung Harbor Art Center, Staten Island, NY
Beck, Martha and Marie Keller. "New Drawing in America," The Drawing Center, NY
Boxer, Sarah. "Midsummer Madness in Charcoal and Pastel," The New York Times, July 12, 1998, section 2
Braff, Pyllis. Review. "Second Annual L.I. Landscape, Especially Portraits," The New York Times, Dec. 16, 1990, Section 2, p. 47, 49
Brenson, Michael. "A British Invasion of Paintings, Especially Portraits," The New York Times, Dec. 16, 1990, section 2, p. 47, 49
Brozen, Ken. Arts Review. July 1983 (review)
Bruner-Orr, Louise. Toledo Blade, Toledo, OH, Aug. (review)
Campell, Lawrence. "Graham Nickson at Salandar O'Reilly," Art in America, March 1991, p. 114 (review)
Cohen, David. "Marathon Man," Modern Painters, Spring 1999
Cohen, David. "Graham Nickson at Salandar O'Reilly," www.artcritical.com, April 23, 2001
Cohen, David. "Graham Nickson Watercolors," Salandar O'Reilly Galleries
Cooper, Harry, "Graham Nickson; Dual Natures," Frye Art Museum - "Bathers at Work"
Dahl, Renee. Review, "Light and Shadow: The Changing Seasons," Lizan-Tops Gallery, East Hampton, NY, East Hampton Independent, Oct. 18, 1995
Flam, Jack D. "Graham Nickson: Drawing into Color," William Benson Museum of Art, Storrs, CT
Flam, Jack D. "Graham Nickson: Paintings and Drawings," Susan Caldwell Gallery, NY
Flam, Jack D. "Powerful Expression," National Academy of Design, NY
Flam, Renee D. "Graham Nickson and Chromatic Figuration," Arts, Oct. 1980, p. 148 - 151
Forge, Andrew. "Graham Nickson: Drawing 1975 - 1996," Glenn Horowitz Bookseller Inc.
Forge, Andrew and Harry Cooper. "Dual Natures," Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, University of Washington
Forge, Andrew, Jack Flam and Robert McDaniel. "Graham Nickson: Paintings and Drawings," Northern Center for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, England
French - Frazier, Nina. "New York WInterset," Arts International, Jan./Feb. 1981, p. 142 - 144
"Focusing on Urban Studies," Reidesville, NC, newspaper, Sept. 4, 1991 (review)
Fyfe, Joe. "Graham Nickson at Salandar O'Reilly," Art in America, Sept. 2001
Gamerman, Amy. "Studio Marathon: What You Saw Is What You Draw," The Wallstreet Journal, July 28, 1992
Glueck, Grace. "Downtown: Trends in American Drawing," The New York Times, Jan. 15, 1982
Hoffeld, Jeffrey, "Graham Nickson: Recent Watercolors," Von Leibig Art Center, Naples, FL
Holzman, Eric. Cover Magazine, Summer 1991 (review)
Hulburt, Roger. "Concentrated Color," Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL, March 25, 1992
Hulburt, Roger. "Footprints in the Sand: Graham Nickson's Paintings," Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL, March 11, 1990
Kessler, Jeffrey. "The Female Nude: 10 Contemporary Painters," Di Laurenti, NY
Knipe, Tony. "Japonisme, Japanese Reflections in Western Art," Northern Center for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK
Kramer, Hilton. "Graham Nickson: Drawing and Paintings," Adelaine Central Gallery, Australia
Lovell, Charles M. "30th Annual Drawing Invitational," Art on Paper Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro, NC
Maxwell, Douglas F. "Landscape Not Landscape," Camino Real Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
Newman, Sasha. "Graham Nickson," Hirsch and Adler Modern, NY
Newman, Sasha. "Graham Nickson: Revent Work," Riva Yarez Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Schwartz, Dr. Michael. "Englische Landschaftmalerie," West Germany, Karlsrube
Solomon, Elke. "Large Paintings," Independent Curators, Inc., NY