Nicola Godden

I have been a Sculptor for over 30 years. My pieces are created in either plaster or clay and the finished article is then cast in bronze or resin.
The bulk of my work has been my private work of various sizes exhibited in galleries in the U.K, Ireland and the USA.
Over the years I have also worked on many site specific public works with property companies and other organisations. My public works include the statue of Sir Peter Scott at the Wetlands Centre in Barnes, England and the sculpture of Icarus that was commissioned for the Olympic Village in London 2012.

My work, whether it is abstract or realistic, is nearly always based on the human figure and there is usually a story behind every piece. I have always wanted to work from the human form because of the feelings and emotions it conveys.
My work has changed enormously over time and has gone through many phases. These phases have been heavily influenced by what was happening in my life.
Ideas for new work can come from anywhere. They can come from a piece of flint or bone found while out walking or from a dream, mythology or something briefly half seen while travelling somewhere.

Over the last few years I have been excited by the mythological figure of Icarus and ...

BA (Hons) Degree from W.S.C.A.D, now the University for The Creative Arts, in Farnham, Surrey England. Elected a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors in 1993.

2011-2024.
The Henley Festival, U.K. summer 2024.
Signet Contemporary Art, London. U.K. 2024
Carden Park Sculpture Garden 2024.
Amber Galleries, 2024.
The Grange Hampshire- solo exhibition.
Sculpture by the Lakes, Dorset U.K.
Curated, Mystic, CT. USA.
CCA Gallery, Jersey. Chanel Islands.
Art Parks International, Guernsey, Chanel Islands .
Hay Hill Gallery, Cork Street, London,
The Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden, Ockley.
The Cotswold Sculpture Park, Gloucestershire.
The Sculpture Park, Churt, Surrey.
Lion Street Gallery, Hay on Wye, Hay Festival.
Moncrieff Bray Gallery, Petworth, Sussex.
Imagine Gallery, Long Melford, Suffolk.
Wimbledon Fine Arts. London.
Doddington Hall Sculpture Exhibition, Lincolnshire.
Wimbledon Fine Arts, Wimbledon.
The Artful Gallery, Haslemere, Surrey.
Birtley House Sculpture Garden, Bramley, Surrey.
EDS Gallery Edinburgh, Edinburgh Art Fair.
Ardquin Fine Art, Haslemere, Surrey.
The Wykeham Gallery, Stockbridge, Wiltshire.