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Nicola Anthony - Painter / Sculptor / Community Artist (Cheshunt)

Contact Nicola Anthony

email: Nicola@nicolaAnthony.co.uk

Web pages: www.NicolaAnthony.co.uk

Artist’s Statement:
My most recent work concerns collection of biological images and an assemblage of identities. My work is textured, intricate & multilayered, often involving light and transparent sections. It is delicately sculpted from collections of objects sounds & patterns. From these I build up complex and intricate pieces. I am inspired by the way that objects, things, colours, shapes & patterns interact to produce a response in the viewer: A visual experience can be transformed synaesthetically to a physical feeling, the senses can be aroused, or through the processes of memory & cultural identity the artwork can inspire an emotional response. Sometimes the components or materials simply seem to have a particular 'quality'. I take these components, be they a colour, a pattern, a sugarcube, a material, a shard of glass, an eyelash or a snowflake, and put them together in a way which emphasises & augments their essence.

Awards and prizes:
AstraZeneca First Prize Commission Winner 2006.

Commissions:
* Apr 2008 - Interactive sculpture, commissioned by Random Monkey Theatre Company, Brighton;
* 2007 - Customers United - Corporate artworks due for presentation 2008;
* 2001 - Commissioned to design and create four large stained glass windows at Goffs School & Language College, Cheshunt, Herts.

Exhibitions:
22nd May 2008: Group Exhibition, Condid Gallery, Angel Islington, London;
Jan-Jun 08: A Cat may look at a King, touring exhibition with the Bakers Dozen Artist Collective;
25th May-10th Jun 07: Nicola Anthony, Solo Exhibition, Stubbs Rich, Bath;
7th-12th Dec 07: Postcard, Surface Gallery, Nottingham;
19th-22th Oct 2007 The Affordable Art Fair; The Autumn Collection, London;
10th-13th May 2007 The Newcastle Gateshead Art Fair, Newcastle.

Qualifications and training:
2003 - 2006 Fine Art BA First Class (Hons), Loughborough University;
2003 - 2006 Creative writing BA Module, Loughborough University;
2002 - 2003 Art Foundation, Central St. Martins, London Institute;
2000 - 2002 International Baccalaureate, Goffs School and Language College.

Publications:
* May 2007 Bath Fringe Festival 2007 Visual Arts Programme - http://www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/exhibitions02.htm;
* Dec 2006 ‘Creative Sugar Space; Nicola Anthony’, Creature Mag, Issue 4, http://www.creaturemag.com/space/space5.html;
* Jun 2006 LUSAD Fine Art, 2006;
* Apr 2006 IJAYA catalogue.

Art forms used: Painting, Drawing; Glass; Sculpture; Photography.