Nicola Godden

BORN:
1959 in Germany to a British Army family

EARLY LIFE:
She has travelled to and lived in many countries including Kenya, Cyprus and Singapore.

EDUCATION:
Godden studied sculpture at West Surrey College of Art and Design

CAREER:
She was given her first commission through the landscape garden designer Roddy Lewellyn. The bronze was featured in his book Beautiful Backyards. She has since created many large commissions including the twice life sized Hammersmith Man figure which was unveiled by George Melly in 1987 and the Peter Scott memorial sculpture for The Wildfowl and Wetlands site at Barnes which was unveiled by David Attenborough in 2000. Her sculpture of ‘Icarus’ was recently featured at Chelsea Flower Show and on display in the Athlete’s Village of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

MEDIUMS USED IN WORK:
Bronze

SUBJECTS OF WORK: “My work is nearly always based on the human figure whether in an abstract from or in a realistic way. I have always wanted to work from the human form because of the feelings and emotions it conveys; there is usually a story behind every piece.”

Nicola Godden sculpture for sale from The Sculpture Park is detailed below: