Fay Nicolson
Turps Off Site Programme, 2022
Royal College of Art, MA, 2011
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, BA Fine Art, 2006
Dithyramb, Quip & Curiosity, Cambridge, 2023
SPA SONGS, Broadway Gallery, Letchworth, 2019
TONE POEMS, Invites, London 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
Slung over the bones of a collage, 36 Gallery and Gallery North, Newcastle, UK, 2022
Resist, Terrace Gallery, London, UK, 2022
All the same age at different times, Fitzrovia Gallery, London, UK, 2022
STRUCTURES, COSAR HMT, Düsseldorf, DE, 2020
The Immeasurable, Thameside gallery, London, UK, 2019
APARREL, Division of Labour, Manchester, UK, 2018
Education, Education, Education, Learn, Learn, Learn, Division of Labour, UK, 2018
Say What?, ASC Gallery, London, UK, 2016
UEP, Addaya Centre d'Art Contemporani, Mallorca, ES, 2016
Basic Structures of, Austrian Cultural Forum, London, UK, 2016
FACE TO FACE: Artists from the Ernesto Esposito Collection, Palazzo Fruscione, Salerno, IT, 2016
The Place of the Scene, Bloc Projects, Sheffield, UK, 2015>
Madrugada: Louisa Gagliardi, Fay Nicolson, Tomorrow Gallery, NY, USA, 2015
Jacopo Miliani, Fay Nicolson, Jackson Sprague, Frutta, Rome, IT, 2015
2015 Elapse / End, MAISTERRAVALBUENA, Madrid, ES, 2015
Exquisite Collapse, blip blip blip, Leeds, UK,2015
The Decorator and the Thief (…), NGCA & Priestman Gallery, Sunderland, UK, 2015
Mostyn Open 19, Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, UK, 2015
Outpost Members' Open, (selected by Martin Westwood), Outpost, Norwich, UK,2014
ACCORDION, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London, UK, 2014
before breakfast…, Tenderpixel, London, UK, 2014
Textile Languages, Thalie Art Project, Brussels, BE, 2014
Mind Rhymes, Hidde van Seggelen Gallery, London, UK, 2013
Open Cube, Mason's Yard White Cube, London, UK, 2013
Take Me Out, Limoncello, The London Art Fair, London, UK, 2013
Things That Have Interested Me, Waterside Contemporary, London, UK, 2012
Fay Nicolson, Rob Lye, Oliver Sutherland, Cafe Oto, 2021
Twang Achoo Clang Oooff!, RTM / TACO!, London/Online, UK, 2020
Art Night 2019, Open, Walthamstow, UK, 2019
Katz Mulk, Chapter Arts Centre and Café Oto, Cardiff and London, UK, 2019
Art Education: Interesting Histories and Alternative Futures, Loughborough University, UK, 2019
Open Sound, Outpost Gallery, Norwich, UK, 2018 Soft Roc, KELDER Projects, London, UK, 2018
A COMMUNITY OF SENSATION, Jupiter Woods, London, UK, 2017
P S Y C H O P L A S T I C, Estorick Collection, London, UK, 2017
OVER AND OVER PURE FORM, Royal Institute of Art, Stockhlolm, SE, 2017
Alpha, Isis, Eden, event, Showroom, London, UK, 2017
Painting: Speech Bubbles and Atoms, ICA, London, UK, 2017
Quantum Leap, event for 24 SPACES: A CACOPHONY at Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, SE and Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, UK, 2013
Lecture Performance, Overgaden Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK, 2013
An-artist, Unlearning, David Roberts Art Foundation, London, UK, 2013
Prospectus, Chelsea College of Art, London, UK, 2012
ACE Emergency Covid Fund, 2020
a-n Artist Bursary, 2018
10th Niche Commission, The National Trust, 2016
Go and See Bursary, a-n bursary to visit and review the Venice Biennale, 2015
ACE Project Grant for PLAY SENSE, 2015
ACE Project Grant for Accidentally on Purpose, 2012
Jupiter Woods, London, 2017
Montiverdi Gallery, curated by Sarah McCrory, Sienna, 2015
Eltham College / Gerald Moore Gallery, London, UK, 2013-15
Triangle International Artist Workshop, with Gasworks and the British Council, Muscat, Oman, 2013
Interview with Elizabeth Corkery, print Club, 2019
Cura Blog, feature of solo exhibition, May 2016
Mousse Blog, feature of solo exhibition, May 2016
Mousse Blog, Feature of group exhibition, December 2015
Artnews, The Year in Galleries in New York, feature of group exhibition, December 2015
Cura, feature of group exhibition, September 2015
Dazed Digital, The most Exciting Shows to See this Summer, feature of group exhibition, July 2015
Art Forum, review of group show at Frutta, July 2015
Kaleidoscope Blog, MEET Fay Nicolson by George Vasey, May 2014
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.
As well as exhibiting in galleries internationally, Nicolson has also performed musical and dance works as a solo artist, collaborator and performer. Nicolson has taught internationally and currently lectures at Kingston School of Art. Nicolson runs online art salon Salome Salmacis. To read more about Nicolson’s practice, research and inspiration please head to the Library.
faynicolsonartist[at]gmail.com
