Nicola Atkinson Artist Beautiful Materials Design Studio
IN CONVERSATION
Nicola Atkinson in conversation with Lynsey Moyes, who is a radio producer who has created audio arts content for BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio 4 and the Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art.
MEMORY OF YOUR NOSE 1982 - 1985
Memory of your Nose was a video art partnership of Nicola Atkinson & Tom Hickmore. Memory of Your Nose was active in the early 1980’s, during which time their work was shown internationally, including at MOMA New York, The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and London’s ICA.
LOST AND FOUND 1993
Nicola Atkinson works within the community she inhabits, but her work avoids the do-gooder connotations that come with the “community art” territory. Instead, it displays a bizarre humour and a fine aesthetic quality.
WILD SHADES/VILDA LAMPSKÄRM 2008
WILD SHADES/VILDA LAMPSKÄRM was a public artwork that explored the ideas, conflicts and solutions that arise when the public want to reach a consensus on a public artwork.
CUP THOUGHTS 2009 - 2010
The starting point of CUP THOUGHTS public art work was a simple question – how do we take our coffee?
NO MANNERS 2015 - 2016
NO MANNERS began as an artistic collaboration between Nicola Atkinson and Benedikt H.Hermannsson. The instruments were individually unique porcelain bowls, that varied in size and were irregular in shape.
BEAUTIFUL MATERIALS GALLERY 2020
Nicola Atkinson, Beautiful Materials Design Studio created an imaginative new space; a Beautiful Materials Gallery, that existed in 54 homes all over the world.
MEMORY TREE & PIECES OF YOUR MEMORY 2022 -2023
A story about the MEMORY TREE & PIECES OF YOUR MEMORY a permanent sculpture in Aberdeen Union Terrace Gardens.
DRIP 2023
Taking art into the streets. Where it can become a place to share the joy of meeting new people. Bringing the art out of the shop and the gallery into people’s lives. Basharat Khan captures the public beautifully modelling Nicola Atkinson Drip scarves.
A Retrospective Selection of Nine Artworks Nicola Atkinson
MEMORY OF YOUR NOSE 1982 - 1985 - LOST AND FOUND 1993 - WILD SHADES/VILDA LAMPSKÄRM 2008- CUP THOUGHTS 2009 - 2010 - NO MANNERS 2015 - 2016 - BEAUTIFUL MATERIALS GALLERY 2020 - MEMORY TREE & PIECES OF YOUR MEMORY 2022 -2023 - DRIP 2023 - VESSELS BEAUTIFUL MATERIALS 2025