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NICK BANTOCK PROFILE
Education:
Schooled in England.
BA in Fine Art (painting).
Books:
Nick has authored 25 books, 11 of which have appeared on the best seller
lists, including 3 books on the NYT top ten at one time. One of his titles
stayed on the NYT list for over two years. His books have been translated
into 13 languages. Over 5 million sold worldwide.
Art:
Paintings, drawings, sculptures, collages and prints exhibited in shows in
UK, France and North America.
Additional Writing:
Written articles and stories for: Globe and Mail, and International travel
Magazine, US Air and various arts magazines.
Movies:
Three films optioned (none have yet seen the light of day!)
Written script outlines for two films.
Plays:
Written the stage play based on the six Griffin and Sabine books—opened in
Vancouver in 2006.
Electronic:
Won a lifetime BAFTA award (British Oscar) for the CD Rom Ceremony of
Innocence, created with Peter Gabriel’s Real World. Ceremony of Innocence
(soundtrack by Isabella Rossolini and Ben Kingsley) also won seven major
awards throughout the world. Electronic options sold for The Egyptian
Jukebox.
Other Graphics:
He created artwork for over 300 book covers (including works by Roth and
Updike), He’s designed theater posters for the London plays of Tom
Stoppard and Alec Guiness. Illustrated media campaigns for Save the
Children Fund and Volvo, articles for science, arts and entertainment
magazines and album covers for music companies. Created banners for the
Vancouver city streets and postcards for US state tourist boards, designed
greetings cards, Sanoma wine labels, company logos and graphics. Also
assisted VW (Berlin) conceive part of their internet site.
Public Speaking:
For fifteen years he’s spoken and read to audiences throughout North
America.
Given keynote and motivational speeches to corporations and teachers state
conferences. He has given dramatic readings on the radio and the stage and
has been interviewed many hundreds of times on TV, radio and the internet.
Teaching:
Taught in schools, art colleges and workshops including BA curriculum and
master classes at Eselen, Hollyhock and the Omega Center.
Additional Experiences:
Worked in a betting shop in the East End of London, for a charitable arts
trust, in a science fiction bookstore, a travel agent, a pub and a poster
factory.
Trained as a psychotherapist for one year. He curated a large exhibition
for a city art gallery and designed and had built a house that combined an
Indonesian temple and a Russian orthodox church with an English cricket
pavilion and a New Orleans bordello. He was once stranded at Beirut
airport exactly a week before it was bombed flat. He has acted as
consultant in the sales of both antiquarian book and stamp collections and
has his own line in rubber stamps and stamping inks.
Travel:
Traveled extensively in Europe and North America, visited Australia,
Indonesia and Persia.
Sports and Games:
Since childhood avidly played most games including, soccer, baseball,
cricket, golf, chess, pool, cribbage and poker.
Skills:
Good at math, cooking, carpentry and garage-saling. Almost competent with
a Mac. And as a father of four, he’s learned the essentials from diapers
to diplomacy.
Politics:
Left of center.
Philosophy:
Somewhere between humanitarian-skeptic and Zen- surrealist.
Preferences:
Cats over dogs. The Arsenal.
Things he can’t do:
Can’t swim, never ridden a horse, his spelling is dreadful and his singing
voice is flat as a pancake.
Interviews
Discover more about Nick Bantock's life and art in the following
interviews: The Well, where Nick discusses all sorts of things including
the new Gryphon Trilogy and the Griffin & Sabine movie; Catharton's
uncensored interview reveals Nick's off-beat sense of humor;
RubberStampMadness asks the question, "Does he or doesn't he"? And a new
interview on CNN explores Nick Bantock's illuminations of love.
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