Delighted to share this interview with Phil Kennedy for BBC Radio Berkshire in which we talk about my upcoming landmark public sculpture 'The Arc'.
Read More'A map of the London Blitz' in it's new home
I was happy to receive an image of this artwork at a collectors new home from Marie at Intersections Gallery.
Read MoreLives without Borders - TransferWise features Artist and Entrepreneur Nicola Anthony
Ever since I registered my art studio as a company 4 yrs ago I have enjoyed my new identity of 'entrepreneur'. Today I am thrilled to announce that TransferWise have identified me as an international business owner with an interesting story.
Read MoreBuy Art Prints - 100% Proceeds to Charity
A few ways, large and small, that you can support the arts and disadvantaged communities during the pandemic.
Read MoreRTE News features Nicola Anthony's artwork Poetry Net shortlisted for top art prize
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 MoreArt critic Tabish Khan & the Inner Critic
This week has been a little bit tough. It is clear that lots of us have started to hear the voice of our ‘inner critic’ louder than ever. Here I share with you some tips from from art critic Tabish Khan and from psychologist Rick Hanson. What helps you to quieten the voices which try to bring you down?
Read MoreThe Irish Times listing for 'A Desire for Closeness'
The Irish Times magazine lists ‘A Desire for Closeness’ in First Fortnight Festival rundown of events
Read MoreExtra reviews First Fortnight and 'A Desire for Closeness' Exhibition
Delighted that my solo exhibition A Desire for Closeness is promoted in this review of the First Fortnight Festivals events.
Read MoreNewsnibbles' Interview - Nicola Anthony's Next Story
Very pleased to get the chance to talk to Newsnibbles again while I was a nominee for the Sovereign Asia Art Prize this year in Hong Kong!
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 MoreThe Artist as a migrant: Living life on the border
My work often tells the stories of people who live life on the border - be that the edge of a geography, an identity, or even time.
Read MoreThe Artist as a migrant: Finding migration experiences
Over the years I have created many text sculptures. These sculptures start off their lives as spoken stories, life stories, human stories.
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 MoreLookback: Solo Exhibition at Singapore Art Museum, Private view evening
In October 2017 there was a small intimate opening for supporters and collectors of Nicola Anthony’s artwork, at Singapore Art Museum. Here we look back with some of the visitor images:
To find out more about the artworks check out the video below. To see Nicola’s address during the official public opening at SAM, see the video here.
Revealing the inner worlds of people from different walks of life through stories gathered from the community, this two-part presentation at Singapore Art Museum by British artist Nicola Anthony explores the human condition and threads of commonalities despite our differences. The Human Archive Project focuses on disenfranchised communities and human stories in Singapore.
Saung 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.
Read MoreTime Flows With Endless Possibilities: A review of commissioned sculpture 'the Flow of Time'
This October, in addition to the Human Archive Project that is her solo exhibition at the Singapore Art Museum, contemporary artist Nicola Anthony had the opportunity to collaborate with fellow Yellow Ribbon Artist mentors Barry Yeow and Kim Whye Kee on a sculptural installation titled Flow of Time.
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR BIENNALE 2017: sculpture at the National Art Gallery
Great soul is a sculpture created in 2014, which has been travelling the world ever since. It has been selected as part of the Field Trip Project exhibition, at KL Biennale.
There will be an artists and curators guided tour and collaboration workshop with KLSKETCHNATION on November 25th. The Biennale will be open until 30th March 2018... so do visit if you happen to come to Malaysia!
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