(1970 - )
Nigel Hurlstone (born 1970) lives and works in North Wales. Following an MA (distinction) in Textiles, he was one of the first graduates to be awarded a PhD with practice by Manchester Metropolitan University in 2000. He has worked simultaneously as an artist, writer and senior lecturer for the past 20 years, and in 2014 established a studio in Ffynnongroyw, North Wales.
Hurlstone addresses how art can be used in spaces of specific cultural and historical significance to challenge cultural norms and encourage dialogue. He has worked with international institutions, such as the Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington DC, as well as community-based groups, museums and galleries in the UK, to present alternative narratives through art-based interventions. Recent work illuminating issues and inequalities in Health and Social Care has been shown at Collect (Saatchi Gallery, 2019), and as part of the National Gallery Masterpiece Tour in 2022. Currently, he is working on a substantial body of work supported by the Arts Council of Wales that employs stitched artefacts and storytelling to offer insight into the challenge and inequality of chronic illness and end-of-life care.
