Art on a Postcard International Women’s Day Auction - Curated by Beth Greenacre

About 

Fay Nicolson (b. 1984, Derby) is an artist based in South East London. Nicolson’s work cuts a dynamic line between performance and painting. Visual works channel the energy of performance and draw out synesthetic connections between sound, movement and image. Nicolson has a long-standing interest in the cross-disciplinary projects of the avant-garde. Historical research fuels experimental studio practice that foregrounds embodiment, staging and play. These concerns are explored within Nicolson’s images but expand beyond the art object’s bounds to include a consideration of how art works are installed and experienced in galleries, theatres and beyond. 

Education 

BA Fine Art, CSM, UAL, London, 2006 

MA Fine Art, Royal College of Art, London, 2011 

Turps Offsite Course, Turps Art School, London, 2022 

Select Exhibitions/Awards 

Solo 

SPA SONGS, Broadway Gallery, Letchworth, 2019 

Sound before Symbol, DKUK, London, 2018 

SPA SONGS, Brunel Museum, London, 2018 

I Love Your Euclidean Stance, Galileo Flow, Towards, Toronto, CA, 2016 

OVER AND OVER PURE FORM, Kunstraum, London, UK, 2016 

UN MAKE ME, Galerie Rolando Anselmi, Berlin, DE, 2015 

PLAY SENSE, Gerald Moore Gallery, London, UK, 2015 

A P E L, Almanac Projects, London, UK, 2013 

P A R E, West Lane South, London, UK, 2013 

WORK WITH MATERIAL, Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna, Austria, 2013 

BAD SIGNS, PLAZA PLAZA, London UK, 2012 

Group 

Slung over the bones of a collage, 36 Gallery and Gallery North, Newcastle, UK, 2022 

STRUCTURES, COSAR HMT, Düsseldorf, DE, 2020 

The Immeasurable, Thameside gallery, London, UK, 2019 

APARREL, Division of Labour, Manchester, UK, 2018 

Say What?, ASC Gallery, London, UK, 2016 

UEP, Addaya Centre d'Art Contemporani, Mallorca, ES, 2016 

FACE TO FACE: Artists from the Ernesto Esposito Collection, Palazzo Fruscione, Salerno, IT, 2016 

Statement about AOAP Submitted Artworks 

My works take the ancient Greek Play The Bacchae, by Euripides, as a starting point. My drawings expand on themes present within the play; such as violence, euphoria, mass hysteria, and the subversive power of dance. 

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