Tom Nicholson is an Australian contemporary artist whose work explores the past through imagery and textual narrative. Drawing on his background in drawing, Nicholson’s practice maps history through mediums as varied as sculpture, installation, assemblage and video. In 2018 Nicholson exhibited as part of the 21st Biennale of Sydney and in 2008 he was awarded second prize in the Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture. Major solo and group shows have included Drawings and Correspondences, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (2018); Cartoons for Joseph Selleny, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (2014); Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria (2013); and Word, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Sydney (2009); as well as international exhibitions in Berlin, Brussels and Shanghai. Represented by Milani Gallery, Nicholson is also a member of Ocular Lab and a Lecturer in Drawing at Monash Art, Design and Architecture (MADA), Monash University.