Nick de Ville

[1][2] In an interview, de Ville stated that "I was born in a small town, rural Staffordshire, in the Midlands.

[9] The family home was Honeycroft, Bank Close, Uttoxeter, and Nick submitted a "Still Life" to the Royal Academy from there in 1963.

[11][14][15] Hamilton later listed egregious Newcastle art alumni as "Roy Ascott, Tony Carter, Nick de Ville, Rita Donagh, Noel Forster, Mali Morris, Matt Rugg, Ian Stephenson, John A. Walker and Mary Webb.

"[16] In lodgings in Newcastle, de Ville lived almost adjacent to Bryan Ferry and Tim Head in Eslington Terrace; they were two more art students in Hamilton's orbit.

[17] Graduating in 1969, de Ville took a lecturing position at Derby for two years, but also maintained links, He worked as a studio assistant to Hamilton.