Nicola Atkinson.Davidson
Artist, Curator and NADFLY
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Profile
After graduating in Fine Art from Brighton University, my first exhibition of video work, was in 'Second Link', an international show at MoMA in New York. Exhibitions of paintings followed in Los Angeles. By the late 1980's I was increasingly undertaking unique projects in which the engagement in process altered people’s perceptions, of both art and life.
I have undertaken artworks in the Glasgow itself, notably 'Lost and Found' (From Govan to Springburn), and in New York, Lost Angeles, Karachi, Dublin, Havana, Bosnia & Herzegovina and across the UK. Each project aimed to be innovative, ambitious and meaningful for the participants and the public. Between 1997- 2001 I initiated and curated projects in Glasgow, through 'Bulkhead', seeking to genuinely interact with local communities and to support artists with national and international reputations in making new work and promoting art in unusual places.
In 2002 I was awarded a Nesta Fellowship to further explore my practice.
'Total Investigation' has enabled me to study public art practice
and to engage in dialogue with a wide range of people. Through undertaking
complex, project based works with communities around the world,
I have sought to contribute to the evolving practice and understanding
of public art - and its importance in redefining the role of art
in society. During this period, I am especially proud of 'Terrible
Beauty': working with immigrant families from Bosnia living in West
Bromwich, I sought, through a series of colour saturated watercolours
of root like structures, to create a new space which both recognised
their trauma while reflecting the strength of family ties - and
the hope that gives.
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Image by Stevie Jackson
