Nadeem Chughtai Biography

History & Background

Born in Epsom, England in 1973, Nadeem Chughtai started to draw at a very early age. Art soon became Nadeem’s favourite subject at school. “ I remember my teacher, Ms. Slack showing me an image in order to inspire me when deciding on my ‘A’ level final piece. The atmosphere and mood created in that piece had a very strong influence on all the work I produce to this day."

Nadeem Chughtai went on to do a Foundation course at Epsom School of Art and Design, followed by an Illustration course at Northbrook College in Worthing.

In the summer of 1997 Nadeem got some work experience at Pinewood Studios, in the art department of ‘The Avengers’ feature film.

From 1999, Nadeem worked for the next five years as an
apprentice scenic artist - producing realistic scenery
backdrops on many big budget feature films, including:

Alexander
Love Actually
The Bourne Supremacy
Stage Beauty
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Johnny English
About A Boy
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
James Bond - Die Another Day

Nadeem moved into his first studio in Dec 2003.
“ I then began producing my own paintings. I exhibited a few times and my work got a good response."

In July 2005 Nadeem Chughtai won the New Artists Competition at the Birmingham NEC, after which he signed a deal with leading contemporary art publishers Washington Green.

photo by Elly Clarke

Ideas & Inspirations

“ I am a keen observer of everyday life so my ideas are created from images I see all around. I also dig deep into thoughts, feelings and emotions that I may be experiencing at the time.

I feel that people are very similar in many ways, so expressing my feelings can often strike a chord with those who relate to the situations that I put my characters in.

The character I use was created as my tool to express what I wanted to say. It can be any one of us, it just represents the human species.”

Nadeem has always been fascinated by light – the shadows, forms, mood and atmosphere it can create.

“I hope you like my work .”