Contemporary British Artist, Nicola Anthony, worked collaboratively with the students at Little Artists Art Studio at The Arts House in April 2015, where she also gave a talk: ‘How to Be an Artist’. The ExtraOrdinary Idea was a live installation which was built, created and finished in one day, as a collaborative effort. In this second part of the SAVANTS Series, original works born from our emerging artists were displayed. Inspired by everything from nature to society, fantasy to reality, and contemporary to classical styles, students from 4 years old to 74 years old shared the labyrinthine creativity within their own minds.

Little Artists students then had the distinct pleasure of interacting with Nicola Anthony again in January 2017 at The Singapore Contemporary Art Show at Suntec. Her installation – The Observatory – allowed children and adults to enter a world of thoughtful voyuerism and endless poetic possibilities. You could view from both within and without, through more than 16,000 rolls of paper. It was interpreted by so many people as so many different things, and thus was one of the most talked about installations in the show. Our curious and highly imaginative kids on the Kids Art Tours loved hearing more about what they were seeing and insisting parents use a hashtag to make it viral: #observatoryart

Little Artists Art Studio then organized a Special Experience at Intersections Gallery to see the latest from Contemporary Artist, Nicola Anthony, on 1st March 2017. Gallery Owner, Marie-Pierre Mol, offered our senior students and their parents an evening with Ms. Anthony where she gave insight into her works and process of painting, sculpting and burning to get their creative minds working.

Nicola Anthony (b.1984) is a British artist living in Singapore and working internationally. Her current work is made through assemblages, weaving, or through burning into calligraphy paper using incense sticks. Born in London, she studied at University of the Arts London (CSM) and Loughborough University. She is artist in residence at the NPE Residency Programme based in Singapore. Her travelling sculpture Great Soul has been shown at the cultural platform Gudang Sarinah Ekosistem in Jakarta and is currently exhibited at the Aceh Tsunami Museum. In 2016 and 2017 her work has been showcased at Affordable Art Fair Singapore and Singapore Art Week and The Singapore Contemporary Art Show, her sculpture Nest was commissioned by the National Art Council. Nicola’s artwork is widely collected and exhibited both in the UK and around the world, through galleries, art fairs and museums. Nicola also creates public sculptures, her latest being commissioned for Marina Bay in Singapore, and Sentosa Island. Around the world Nicola has exhibited at the Serpentine Gallery Project Space (London), the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (USA), Shinjuku Creators Fiesta (Tokyo), & featured in shows around Asia and Europe. Her artwork has received sponsorship from Tate Britain and been exhibited in Tate Modern’s ‘No Soul for Sale’.