This January my newest sculptural works were showcased by Long-Sharp Gallery at Art Palm Beach and found new homes in the USA. Check out the images of the sculptures here.
Read MoreSpirit of Adventure
At the opening of the exhibition Spirit of Adventure at West Horsley Place I found my artworks neighbouring a drawing by the inspirational Royal Academician David Remfry.
Read MoreSculpture Installation at Wells Cathedral
I am very happy to have been selected as an installation artist at the Wells Art Contemporary exhibition.
Read MoreWe are all connected
The sculpture We are all connected, 2019-2022, was invited to hang in Luan Gallery in Summer 2022. For those of you who did not get to visit it, I am thrilled with these wonderful photographs by Benedict Hutchinson which really capture the atmosphere.
Read MoreThe River Series - the fluid nature of ink, tides and time
This series of artworks are part of the ‘Intersection’ body of works, a collaboration between visual artist Nicola Anthony & poet Marc Nair which explores unspoken histories in Yangon, London, and Singapore. Waterways were a feature of each city that has shaped them geographically, physically and historically.
Read MoreAudio Tour of Exhibition at The Lightbox Gallery
Latest News - Art & Migration - Summer 2020
Today on the blog I don’t think I can say it better than in the words of my press team and the Sovereign Art Foundation’s press team, so it’s over to them with an update about my artwork on very topical subject, containing heartbreaking stories, but also an incredibly positive step forward…
Read MoreA Desire for Closeness
Nicola Anthony’s first solo show in Ireland will take place as part of the First Fortnight Festival 2020.
Read MoreUNISON - MART Fire Station Gallery
I am pleased to have the opportunity to display some of my work locally during the festive season. I will be exhibiting some of my artwork at the MART Fire Station Gallery December Showcase.
Read More'The Journey of Our Parallel Lives' at The Lightbox
‘The Journey of Our Parallel Lives’ is one of three new artworks of mine which will be on display at The Lightbox in Woking, UK as part of the Royal Society of Sculptors’ exhibition: Parallel Lines: Drawing and Sculpture. The piece was made in response to Kenneth Armitage’s artwork ‘Walking Group’. It will also be exhibited alongside Armitage’s piece as well as works by other great masters such as Dame Barbara Hepworth, Sir Anthony Caro, John Behan, Michael Ayrton, Lynn Chadwick, Eduardo Paolozzi.
Read More'Saving Our Souls' at The Lightbox
‘Saving our Souls’ is one of three new artworks of mine which will be on display at The Lightbox in Woking, UK as part of the Royal Society of Sculptors’ exhibition: Parallel Lines: Drawing and Sculpture. The piece was made in response to John Behan’s work Ghost Boat. It will also be exhibited alongside Behan’s piece as well as works by other great masters such as Dame Barbara Hepworth, Sir Anthony Caro, Lynn Chadwick, Eduardo Paolozzi, Michael Ayrton, and kenneth Armitage.
Read MoreNew Voices of Ireland Series 7 - 2019
I am happy to have been selected as one of ten artists to participate in the New Voices of Ireland Series 2019. Over the coming months myself and the other selected artists will meet, collaborate and collectively shape the final show to be presented from the 14 to 20 September 2019 culminating on Culture Night 2019 in Dublin.
Read More'Maze Fragment' at The Lightbox
‘Maze Fragment’ is one of three new artworks which will be on display at The Lightbox in Woking, UK as part of the Royal Society of Sculptors’ exhibition: Parallel Lines: Drawing and Sculpture. The piece was made in response to Michael Ayrton’s sculpture ‘Maze Music’. It will also be exhibited alongside Ayrton’s piece as well as works by other great masters such as Dame Barbara Hepworth, Sir Anthony Caro, Lynn Chadwick, John Behan, Eduardo Paolozzi, and kenneth Armitage.
Read MoreGreat Soul - Field Trip Project Asia: Thailand
My artwork ‘Great Soul’ will be on display as part of the Field Trip Project Asia: Thailand exhibitions and activities at bangkok art and culture centre this April and May 2019.
Read MoreIntersection, Yangon Exhibition
Intersection was an exhibition of poetry and visual art by Singaporean poet Marc Nair and visual artist Nicola Anthony. The work maps an architecture of memory at the junction of three diverse cities: Yangon, London, and Singapore.
Read MoreSecretariat Mini-Residency and Photo-box
From this one-day residency the piece “a staircase leads to the defined place for making art” was produced. The piece was a photo-box documenting the interventions in Secretariat. The box was made by a local Yangon man in the market square and includes a site specific poem written by Marc Nair.
Read MoreRES·O·NANT: a sound installation by Mischa Kuball, with 50 invited composers & sound artists
Composed of sounds from the sunrise birdsong in Yangon, Myanmar; blessing sparrows released into a Burmese Buddhist temple; the call to prayer at Shwedagon pagoda in Myanmar, the muezzin's dawn prayer in a mosque in Singapore, and the echoes of early morning street sounds collaged together from inside various caves and cavernous spaces.
Read MoreSaung featured in Artwork Focus
Suspended in mid-air, three delicate paper sculptures strike an ethereal image with intricate shadows cast on the wall behind. Boat-like in shape, with strings attached from the body to the elegantly curved neck, Humming History, Paper Notes, and Arpeggio by artist Nicola Anthony take as their inspiration the traditional court instrument of Burma (as Myanmar was known in ancient times): the saung, a harp carved from the root of a tree and strung with silk.
Read MorePress Release: Intersection (Yangon)
Intersection is an exhibition of poetry and visual art by Singaporean poet Marc Nair and visual artist Nicola Anthony. The work maps an architecture of memory at the junction of three diverse cities: Yangon, London, and Singapore.
The exhibition is travelling to Yangon this March, and has been five years in the making. Both artists journeyed to each city to engage in field research, resulting in the initial body of work which debuted in 2017. Intersection, though, is a work in progress, and new work will be created on site at Myanm/art Gallery.
Read MorePress Release: Nicola Anthony Shortlisted for Sovereign Asian Art Prize 2018
Contemporary British artist Nicola Anthony is very honoured to have been shortlisted as one of 30 finalists for the the 2018 Sovereign Asian Art Prize – the 14th edition of this prestigious prize for mid-career contemporary artists.
The selected artwork Human Archive Project (borders are a human construction), 2017, was made using stories gathered in Singapore and South East Asia, giving insight into 20 individuals who have left their homeland and loved ones behind to work here as construction workers and domestic workers.
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