Nicholas B Robinson graduated from Crawford College of Art & Design, Cork with a Ba in 2001. He went on to complete a post-graduate at the Florence Academy of Art in Sweden under Swedish painter Joakim Ericsson. By 2008 he obtained an MEd from Assumption University, Bangkok followed in 2009 by a Higher Diploma in Education from NCAD. Awards include: Shortlisted for Zurich Portrait Prize National Gallery of Ireland, October 2018 – Jan 2019 Shortlisted for Hennessy Portrait Prize 2017 National Gallery of Ireland, December 2018 3rd place in Portraiture 13th Annual ARC Salon 2018, USA Finalist 12th Annual ARC Salon 2017, USA Winner FAA Best Portrait Drawing 2012-2013, Sweden. Exhibitions include Zurich Portrait Prize National Gallery of Ireland, October 2018 – Jan 2019 Royal Society of Portrait Painters (RP) Annual Exhibition 2018 Mall Galleries, London, May 2018 Hennessy Portrait Prize 2017 National Gallery of Ireland, December 2018 188th RHA Annual Exhibition Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, May-August 2018 187th RHA Annual Exhibition Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, May-August 2017.