British portrait painter (born 1972)
Nicola Green (born 1972) is a British portrait painter, social historian, and public speaker. Her subjects have included the Dalai Lama, Barack Obama, and Diana, Princess of Wales.[1]
According to The Times, she has a diverse heritage that includes Ashkenazi Jewish, Russian Orthodox, and Anglican roots. She explored atheism and various other religions before ultimately returning to her Anglican faith. [2]
In 2005, Green married the Labour politician David Lammy, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tottenham since the 2000 Tottenham by-election, and is currently (2024) the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom. They have three children.[3]
Accolades for Green include twice being an exhibitor for the BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery in London, in 2006 and 2008.[4][5]
Artwork and exhibitions
In Seven Days
In 2010, Green created In Seven Days... a set of seven silk-screen prints depicting Barack Obama's 2008 presidential election campaign.[6] Green was inspired by her mixed-heritage children to record these events for the future.[7] She gained access to Obama's campaign, making six trips to events, such as his nomination at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver and Inauguration in Washington D.C.[7][8] In 2011, a set of In Seven Days... was donated to the Library of Congress; another set was placed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[9] This series has also been exhibited at Harvard Law School,[10] Walker Art Gallery[11] and Said Business School.[12]
Encounters
Encounters, a series of fifty portraits of religious leaders all with their faces and hands painted out, was shown at the church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square in 2018. Among those represented were the Pope, the Dalai Lama, Ali Gomaa, Jonathan Sacks and Justin Welby.[13] Encounters was a collaboration with Coexist House, the University of Cambridge and King's College London.[14] An accompanying book edited by Aaron Rosen, Encounters: The Art of Interfaith Dialogue, was published by Brepols.[15][16]
Other work
Green is a co-founder and trustee for Sophia Point,[17] an education and conservation charity working in Guyana.
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