An exhibition by Nicola Anthony, United Kingdom, and Marc Nair, Singapore. 12 Jan 2017 – 11 Feb 2017. INTERSECTIONS Gallery, 34 Kandahar Street, Singapore 198892. Free Admission.
Intersection is an exhibition about an encounter between poetry and visual art through the work of poet Marc Nair and visual artist Nicola Anthony. The work maps an architecture of memory at the junction of three diverse cities: London, Singapore and Yangon.
Read MoreThank you to Singapore Art Week for listing Intersection exhibition in your lineup of events! This January, Nicola will present works in a collaborative exhibition with Singaporean poet Marc Nair at the Intersections Gallery that tackles geographies, names, stories and histories in three cities – Singapore, London and Yangon.
Read MoreDebbie Cheung interviews Nicola Anthony
To start off, how did the decision to use ping pong balls in this SEA Games project develop?
Rather than be overly literal in making sport the subject of the artwork, I decided to be a bit abstract and challenge myself to use sports equipment as sculptural material, and think about the deeper message of teams and connections within sports as a theme. I knew it would carry a meaningful message because when you get so many voices together, there is a sense of a human team, and something quite magical happens.
Read MorePictured here is another artwork commission from a new series of works - If you would like one then here's how we can create it together:
I make these pieces by asking you for three words, then I use these to create a poetic construction of 'found words' cut from books and correlating saga seeds (symbolising love and connection) in glass alchemic tubes.
Get in touch if you would like to commission one, or click here to learn more about the commissioning
This new series of seed & text artworks follows on from my previous Saga Seed Series, where I collected and hand numbered 9000 seeds from all over Singapore.
Read MoreI was thrilled to host an art & learning workshop at a Social Change in Action event this month. The whole SOCH event saw 1500 kids in attendance.
As well as a learning message for the children, I also learned a lot from the kids - a reminder that yes, art is for everyone, it can be multigenerational, it can help to change stereotypes, it has no language barrier, it works amazingly to bring you together with people you only just met, and, that art will always be a part of life: it's been around since the very beginning and will continue, to be.
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"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places." Ernest Hemingway
Last month I snipped up the Earth. Using a vintage print of the globe as seen from space, I trimmed 100s of small circles, which were then re-assembled as a hovering layer using sharp, delicate, tailors pins - and finally mounted inside a mirror-lined backpack.
Read MoreClarissa Sih and Goh Chiew Tong interview Edible Art Movement for the Nanyang Chronicle, at our ‘Cirque du Scent‘: an exhibition sponsored by NTU, Jan-March 2014. Thank you to the kind journalists and film crew at Singapore’s Nanyang Chronicle for capturing the exhibition and talking with me about the concept.
Read MoreThe Field Trip project is a travelling exhibition in Japan and Asia. The project curator Daisuke Takeya re-claimed used elementary school backpacks (Randoseru) donated through the relief efforts, which were due to be disposed of. These objects, to me, are highly charged and symbolic. I was one of the artists challenged to create a Randoseru artwork for the Field Trip exhibition and project, to be showcased next month at Shinjuku Creators Fiesta, (Tokyo, August 22 - September 7 2014) The project is set to travel throughout the disaster areas in Tohoku, some public galleries, and festival setups in Japan.
Read MoreFresh Air Sculpture exhibition, opening every day from 16 June – 7 July 2024, is a glorious
celebration of contemporary art in the beautiful setting of The Old Rectory Gardens at
Quenington in the Cotswolds.
Thank you to the Stortford Independent and journalist Sinead Corr for this wonderful profile piece celebrating my latest forays into the USA.
I am thrilled to announce that much more is in the pipeline, as Long-Sharp Gallery have announced their official representation of me in the USA.
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.
I was very happy to be invited to contribute to the Art on a Postcard auction for International Women’s Day 2024, which raises money for The Hepatitis C Trust towards its campaign to eliminate hepatitis C in the UK by the year 2030.
Have you wondered what it looks like “behind-the-scenes” when creating art? Take a look at my new short video, documenting the making of some of my recent artworks.
I am delighted to have my artwork featured in Arts and Collections.
Art Miami opened this week and I am debuting one of my larger sculptures which is installed as a public showcase with Long-Sharp gallery at Art Miami fair. I am honoured to be hanging next to some of the greats including Andy Warhol, Mel Bochner, David Spiller, Miro, Hockney and Lichtenstein.
My work as an artist has led me to be an experienced collector of ephemeral things. Installing a sculpture of 150 steel birds this month took me back to when I first began, collecting paper aeroplanes I found on the street…
A panel discussion happened on the day of the launch of Metamorphosis (my biggest artwork yet), at the Museum of Slavery in Liverpool.
