STUART SEMPLE

STUART SEMPLE presents NANCYBOY DECADE 1999 – 2009

An exhibition that presents the life an times of a pioneering British creative whose witty, pop-inspired paintings caught the zeitgeist and whose influence can still be seen today.

Canvases and works on paper have been brought together by collectors from all over the world in this unique celebration initiated by Nancyboy’s fans and supporters.

10 years after the first Nancyboy works appeared on eBay, a retrospective is being organised  to celebrate Nancyboy’s legacy and provide an opportunity to introduce his work to the community it inspired. This retrospective will be created by his collectors from all over the world putting together over 100 works spanning from the 90′s to the naughties for the first time.

Nancyboy burst onto the scene in the 90′s selling over 3000 works exclusively over an early
inception of the internet to collectors worldwide, hungry for more of his vibrant 80s infused

artworks. This work spawned many impersonators and blew open exposure to other artists with a similar youthful vibrancy, pre-empting what became termed ‘Urban Art’.

Nancyboy, however was living in a quiet seaside town unaware of the storm that was to come.

Nancy’s images were very immediate and visual and spoke to people even though the identity of the artist was unknown, and with the phenomenon of eBay and art sold over the internet in its infancy, even more excitement and mystery around these works was created. Nancyboy could be seen as one of the pioneers of social networking and one of the first artists selling original artworks on eBay,hence, becoming one of the first artist to talk directly to his public, breaking down the barriers of the conventional white walled gallery.

The exhibition has been curated by, Klaus Bruecker, an art collector and Liat Chen, an art producer in, fashion and subculture projects and exhibitions.