Nigel Adams was born in London in 1966 and is a self-taught artist. During the mid-1990s, he had a breakdown and was given antidepressants which he reacted badly to. He was admitted to psychiatric wards several times and given more psychiatric drugs, eventually being sectioned under the Mental Health Act. He was diagnosed with 'bipolar affective disorder' and discharged with the expectation that he would remain medicated for the rest of his life. Nigel disputed this diagnosis, broke off from psychiatric services and stopped taking all prescribed medication. He has had no recurrence of the symptoms he experienced whilst being 'treated' and in 2019 he was correctly diagnosed as having an autism spectrum condition. These experiences have radically informed the content and direction of his work which explores themes of neuro/mental divergence, human behaviour, identity, power, psychology and more. His drawing style originated from childhood exposure to comic books. He continues to explore and map different creative methods and experiments constantly, absorbing everything he learns into a constantly evolving art practice. Instagram Link