Nigel Matejcic was born in 1985 and is based in Adelaide, South Australia. His artistic journey started ten or more years ago when he joined mental health groups and exhibited his artworks.
Nigel completed his Certificate 3 in Visual Arts from TAFE in 2020. He then commenced a Degree in Contemporary Arts with UNI SA.
In 2025 and 2026, Nigel exhibited his artworks solo with Tineriba Gallery in Hahndorf, SA. He has also exhibited with CBS Bearded Dragon Gallery, The Centre for Creative Health and St. Andrews Hospital.
His artworks have been shortlisted in four art prizes – three times the Watershed Creative Prize and once in the Footscray Tertiary Art Prize.
Nigel’s chosen medium is painting in a new age style of Abstract Expressionism. Through his paintings Nigel creates the art of Being. Freedom, Peace and Acceptance are the art of Being. Freedom is found through painting ”outside the lines” – with an unsymmetrical arrangement of lines. Peace is found from present moment awareness and painting before conscious thought arises. Acceptance within the work is of life and himself – while he paints – free from judgement. Nigel creates art from his passions of spirituality, mental health and art. Expression of ”Who are you??,” is at the core of Nigel’s works. Who we are is present moment awareness and Being.
Nigel is also the author of five books. These books reflect his three passions of mental health, art and spirituality.
These books are called:
• Living With Mental Health
• Where are the Lines
• Journal of Joy
• The Art of Being Nigel
• The Dream of a Poet
Through these books and artworks, Nigel shares the message that can live well with mental health – in fact you can live from the heart, transform mental health and live the life of your dreams.
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