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The Development Works are a set of seven artworks comprising primary materials and visual research collected, created, and considered by artist Nicola Green throughout the process of making the series In Seven Days.. (2010), a series of work inspired by Green’s unprecedented artistic access to Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign.
The Development Works compliment In Seven Days… by providing new insights into the artist's process and facilitating greater understanding of all the complex ideas and semiotics contained in the deceptively simple images. However, the exquisite curation means they may also be understood as artworks in and of themselves. Each development work is accompanied by a fully itemised digital archive, extensive documentation and research, detailed information provided by the artist, and a photographic and film archive.This work goes beyond an art exhibition, it helps to shape the message of the entire center and link the buildings together across the campus.
Great Scotland Yard, the original home of the Metropolitan Police, is one of London’s most cherished and iconic buildings. Located in the historic St James’s district in the heart of Westminster, the Grade-II listed property has been transformed into a hotel.
The new owners asked Nicola to create a series of works which would capture the fascinating history of the building. They sought her out based on her reputation for taking on ambitious projects of social-historical significance. Nicola has drawn out the most important and interesting narratives from the building's rich history, visually telling the story of Scotland Yard and creating a series of works which anchor the project. She created different pieces in different mediums and styles. Nicola also provided strategic consultancy on this project.
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Nicola’s Olympic Project was created in 2012 in honour of the Olympic Games in London. The Olympic bid, championed by Lord Sebastian Coe, was won on the ideal of a modern vibrant, multicultural, London, and the motto Inspire a Generation. Nicola was commissioned by Haringey Council and the Cultural Olympiad to create a large-scale artwork that would reflect these ideals. She facilitated workshops in London from which she created a series of portraits of twenty-four Olympic sports; dynamic representations of athletes which were inspired by the ideas and imaginings of children from diverse backgrounds.The final works champion diversity, celebrate local and national cultural life, encourage collaboration with the creative energy and imaginings of children and illustrate the ongoing power of the Olympics to inspire a new generation
Nicola is the sole inventor of the striking Quasar Frames™ that produce light without the use of power. She has developed an innovative use of Perspex, which gathers and refracts light, creating a beautiful, ambient glow that emits from the frame’s edge. The result is a dramatic statement which can transform a space, creating a striking focal point. When curated by Nicola, the Quasar Frames™ create the illusion of internal stained glass. Quasar Frames™ are available exclusively to Green’s clients, and are created working closely with highly skilled British craftspeople and accomplished master artisans.
Nicola was delighted to participate in the The World Reimagined a ground-breaking, national art education project designed to transform how we understand the Transatlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans and its impact on all of us. Her contribution - titled The World in a Water Lily, Amazonica - explores the deep-rooted connection between climate justice and racial justice.
Artists have been commissioned to create artworks using a globe as their canvas, which have been installed as sculpture trails across the country. The World in a Water Lily, Amazonica is part of the Camden and Westminster Trail, and is exhibited in the magnificent grounds of Westminster Abbey.
Nicola was commissioned by Lightbox and Altitude Films to create an iconic artwork of Princess Diana to serve as the key promotional image for the new documentary The Princess.The film is unique as it only uses first hand footage from that time, so it allows viewers to watch Diana’s life as it unfolded, but also to re-examine the story from the fresh perspective of 2022, twenty-five years after her death. Nicola created a portrait of Princess Diana that captures a different side to the recognisable paparazzi images and familiar official portraits. It is a universal, accessible, yet thought-provoking work that encapsulates her multidimensional story and the different facets of her identity.
This artwork, a repeat image, transitioning from light to dark, represents metamorphosis, it captures a moment of transition, contradictions and complexity, where her role is full of dualities but where her agency, independence and power are strikingly evident. Whilst she is celebrated for her defiance and strength, it is this combined with her fallibility and vulnerability that made people love her even more. Diana subverted and challenged the princess trope, but she also had a softness that played into it. Her empathy and connection across humanity, combined with her grace, was where her ultimate power lay. This is why Princess Diana is still a figure of such enduring appeal and inspiration today, however we may interpret her story.
Encounters is a groundbreaking project by Nicola Green in collaboration with global religious leaders.
Green spent a decade travelling the world, witnessing and chronicling developments in interfaith dialogue. From the most intimate private meetings, to the biggest global summits, from the UK to Italy, Israel, Egypt, Qatar, India, and the United States. She has had the privilege to meet with Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Zoroastrian, Sikh, Baha’i, Jain, Confucian, Humanist, Shinto, and indigenous leaders. Along the way, she won the confidence of figures including former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, Pope Francis, former Grand Mufti of Egypt Ali Gomaa, Emeritus Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and the Dalai Lama.
Green observed that these leaders were contributing to a new era in our collective history - in that they were beginning to publicly articulate their respect for other faiths without undermining the absolute truth of their own beliefs.
During this time, Green took thousands of photographs, and made countless drawings and notes, visually recording what most were unable to put into words. This resulted in Encounters, and Green is proud to be the first artist in history to depict the world’s major religions together, and without hierarchy.
Encounters is a visual exploration of difference: how do people of different beliefs, or none, communicate and reconcile their strongly held and, sometimes, opposing views? How do we think about those we consider wholly ‘other’ to ourselves, and how does this shape our own identity?
