Nicola Siebert-Patel

Inspired by the human need to create something to believe in. I am drawn to ritual, repetition, and objects we have come to accept as tools to cope with life.
I have an obsession with skulls, being evidence of a physical presence and the narrative they hold.

Themes of Eastern and Yogic philosophy are often repeated in my work, as are stories and memories I hold dear. My current practice is mostly figurative or portrait painting. I also enjoy printing and sculpture where my themes are mostly conceptual, trying to find reason and meaning in materials.

MFA Wimbledon College of Art UAL (2018-2020)
Foundation School of Art, Observatory, South Africa (1991)

Oct - Nov 2024: Rose Theatre, Kingston - Kingston Artists
Open Studios
Jun – Aug 2023: Cornerhouse, Surbiton - Kingston Artists Open Studios
May – Jun 2023: Espacio Gallery – Emerging Matters
Oct 2022: Tebbs Contemporary Gallery - Monsters
Oct 2022: Cista Arts - Order, Purity, Simplicity, Spirituality
15-17 July 2022: Chelsea College of Art - 2020 Graduate Show
15-21 June 2022: Holy Art Gallery – Art on Loop, various locations around London
27-30 April 2022: Espacio Gallery, E2 – Trauma and Healing
9-12 Dec 2021: Filet Gallery, N1 - Come as You Art
Dec 2020 to date: Dogma 19 Artists Group – ongoing 4-6 weekly, each exhibition explores a new material https://www.dogma19artists.com/
(Postponed 2020) Aire Place Studio, Leeds
Emergent Vision Exhibition (Oct 2 - 4 2020): Copeland Road, Peckham
Gods, Devils and Software Engineers (Aug 20 - 30 2020): Deptford does Art, London
Online (2020): www.mfastars.co.uk
Online (2020): www.theworldtakesabreath.com
Traces (Mar 2020): The Art Space, Kingston, UK
Immurement (Nov 2019): The Crypt, Kings Cross, London
One Night Stand (2019): The Cookhouse Gallery, UAL Chelsea
Postopia (Feb 2019): The Ugly Duck, Bermondsey
Beyond Borders (Mar 2019): Battersea Arts Centre
Sparks (Feb 2...