Nancy Cadogan (born 1979) is a British figurative painter. Her work ranges from still life to landscape and portrait.
She has had solo exhibitions internationally, including at Saatchi Gallery, London in 2019 and Keats-Shelley House, Rome in 2020. Based on footfall (3,329 per day), Nancy Cadogan's solo show Mind Zero at the Saatchi Gallery was one of the top 100 exhibitions in the world in 2019.
In 2022, she was invited as Artist in Residence at the British Ambassador’s Residence in Paris. Her latest project, ‘The Lost Trees’, explores our relationship with trees, time, and the natural world.
In 2024, she was invited by the Torre delle Arti, Bellagio, to showcase a body of work inspired by Lake Como, titled 'Stanza'. Director of the Ingram Collection, Jo Baring has described these works as "a poetic dialogue with the viewer, inviting us into a space of contemplation through the eloquence of her painterly prose.”
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Life and career
Cadogan's childhood included stints in Crete and Cyprus with her father. Her family later moved back to UK. Cadogan attended Oxford High School followed by City and Guilds of London Art School before graduating from Canterbury Christ Church University with a degree in Fine Art Painting in 2002. She moved to New York shortly after, sharing a studio in the Starrett-Lehigh Building with artist Franco Ciarlo.