Nicholas has worked in the London fine art market for over thirty years. For most of that period his focus has been on the arts from India and the Islamic world. He has worked as an auction house specialist at Sotheby’s, where he became the Head of the Islamic and Indian Art Department.
Nicholas took an MA in Islamic and Indian Art and Archaeology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and has contributed articles and entries to a number of exhibition catalogues relating to this field.