Nicola Anthony (British, born )

Timeline

Nicola Anthony (b.1984), a British Anglo-Indian sculptor based in the UK, has created public artworks around the world from Los Angeles to Singapore. She was appointed as artist-in-residence for the UK Government in Dubai (2021-2022), and has shown work in museums internationally. One of her most noteworthy permanent sculptures was commissioned for Steven Spielberg’s USC Shoah Foundation, featuring the story of a Holocaust survivor (2018, Los Angeles).

The artist is known for her metal text sculptures. She gathers words, narratives and patterns in a variety of methods including collecting anonymous stories and confessions, inviting letters, sourcing big data from the depths of the web, and scouring traditional texts to find previously unknown subtexts. Anthony says, “I aim to give voice to important and often unspoken stories, revealing our inner worlds, exploring the tangled threads of history, roots, identity and universality which connect us all.”

Her artworld accolades include being shortlisted for the Sovereign Art Prize in 2020 for her artwork in Singapore, as well as the Sovereign Asian Art Prize in 2021 for her work on the subject of the migrant crisis. In 2019, whilst based in Dublin, she received a ‘New Voices Of Ireland’ award. Anthony has recently had 3 works acquired by Ingram Collection of British Art and has been spotlighted by SmArtify as one of 50 noteworthy female artists. Notable exhibitions include a solo exhibition at Singapore Art Museum (2017), and exhibited works at the Kuala Lumpur Biennale (2018).

Anthony is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, member of the Royal Society of Sculptors, and an alumni of Central St Martin’s (University of the Arts London) and Loughborough University.
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
Sovereign Asian Art Prize finalist 2020, Hong Kong
ING Discerning Eye finalist & judge’s preselected artist 2020, UK
New Voices Of Ireland Award, 2019, Ireland
Sovereign Art Prize finalist 2019, Hong Kong
Sovereign Asian Art Prize finalist 2018, Hong Kong
National Design Centre, 2018, Singapore
Yangon Secretariat Building, residency, 2018, Myanmar
Facebook Artist Residency, Facebook Asia HQ, 2017
NPE Art Residency, 2016, Singapore
National Open Art Competition Finalist Award, 2009, UK
Astrazeneca prizewinner, 2006, UK
NOTABLE PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
National University of Ireland, Galway (2021/2022)
Presentation Art Centre/Wexford Art Centre, Ireland (2020)
Verve Building, Villiers Street, London, UK (2020)
Aspen Jewish Chabad, Colorado (2019)
USC Shoah Foundation, Los Angeles (2018)
University of Southern California Leavey Library, Los Angeles (2019)
National Design Centre, Singapore (2018)
Facebook Headquarters Asia, Singapore (2018)
Singapore Contemporary Art Fair (temporary commission, 2017)
South East Asian Olympic Games, (Singapore, 2015)
Art Stage/Basel Art Fair Singapore (temporary commission, 2015)
Nanyang Technological University, (Singapore, 2015)
Poole Literary Festival, UK (temporary commission 2010
EDUCATION
University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins (Fine Art BTEC, 2003)
Loughborough University, UK (Fine Art BA First Class Hons, 2006

Exhibitions

2023
Selected Nicola Anthony Exhibitions in 2023:
The Magical Zone, Dublin, Ireland
Murmuration, Public sculpture unveiling, National University of Ireland (solo)
Congregation, an exhibition of trustees from the Royal Society of Sculptors
On the Edge, Espacio Gallery, group exhibition of members of the Royal Society
2022
Selected Nicola Anthony Exhibitions in 2022:
Breaking Borders, (part 2), Luan Gallery, Athlone, Ireland
Breaking Borders, (part 1), Gallery of Modern Art, Ireland
2021
Selected Nicola Anthony Exhibitions in 2021:
See Things Differently, UK Pavilion, Dubai Expo, Dubai, UAE (solo)
Rias Arc Museum of Art, Kesennuma city, Miyagi, Japan
Summer Exhibition, Royal Society of Sculptors, London, UK
2020
Selected Nicola Anthony Exhibitions in 2020:
A Desire For Closeness, Presentation Arts Centre, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, Ireland (solo)
Life On An Island, National Museum of Marine Science & Technology, Taiwan
Redressing The Balance: Women Artists From The Ingram Collection, Lightbox Museum, UK
2019
Selected Nicola Anthony Exhibitions in 2019:
The Opposite of Love is Indifference (unveiling), Aspen JCC, Colorado, USA (solo)
Parallel Lines, The Lightbox Museum, London, UK
Field Trip Project Asia, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Thailand
2018
Selected Nicola Anthony Exhibitions in 2018:
Remembering our Father’s Words (unveiling), USC Shoah Foundation, Los Angeles, USA (solo)
Intersection, Myanm/ART Gallery, Yangon, Myanmar (solo)
Resonant, Jewish Museum Berlin, Germany
2017
Selected Nicola Anthony Exhibitions in 2017:
Human Archive Project, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore (solo)
The Flow of Time, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore (solo)
Intersection, Intersections Gallery, Singapore (solo)
Kuala Lumpur Biennale, National Art Gallery, Malaysia
Temperature Communication, Oil Street Art Space, Hong Kong
Departure Edition, Japan Foundation, Jakarta, Indonesia
Field Trip Project, Aceh Tsunami Museum, Indonesia
2016
Selected Nicola Anthony Exhibitions in 2016:
Krisis, Bonington Gallery, Nottingham, UK
2015
Selected Nicola Anthony Exhibitions in 2015:
Field Trip Project, Gudang Sarinah Ekosistem, Indonesia
Field Trip Project, Vargas Museum, Manila, Philippines
Field Trip Singapore, National Institute of Education, Singapore Exparte, Singapore
Inside/Out, London, UK
2013
Selected Nicola Anthony Exhibitions in 2013:
READYMADE, Substation Gallery, Singapore
Art for youth, Royal College of Art, London
The Displaced, The Arts House, Singapore
Ambiguous Portrait of a Cunning Linguist, Ikkan Art, Singapore
Displacements, Wilkie Terrace, Singapore
2012
Selected Nicola Anthony Exhibitions in 2012:
The Alchemy of text-based Art, Bleicher Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Imprint, Serpentine Gallery Project Space, London, UK
2011
Selected Nicola Anthony Exhibitions in 2011:
London Calling, Orange County Contemporary Centre for Art, USA
2010
Selected Nicola Anthony Exhibitions in 2010:
No Soul For Sale, Tate Modern, UK
English (US)

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