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Nicola Green | |
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| Born | 1972 (age 52–53) |
| Nationality | English |
| Alma mater | Edinburgh College of Art |
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| Children | 3 |
| Website | nicolagreen |
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]
The daughter of Sir Malcolm Green and Julieta Preston (1943−2018), Green 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 she married the Labour politician David Lammy, who has served as Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom since 2024. They have three children. [3]
In 2010, Green created In Seven Days... a set of seven silk-screen prints depicting Barack Obama's 2008 presidential election campaign. [4] Green was inspired by her mixed-heritage children to record these events for the future. [5] 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. [5] [6] 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. [7] This series has also been exhibited at Harvard Law School, [8] Walker Art Gallery [9] and Said Business School. [10]
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 Pope Francis, the Dalai Lama, Ali Gomaa, Jonathan Sacks and Justin Welby. [11] Encounters was a collaboration with Coexist House, the University of Cambridge and King's College London. [12] An accompanying book edited by Aaron Rosen, Encounters: The Art of Interfaith Dialogue, was published by Brepols. [13] [14]
Accolades for Green include twice being an exhibitor for the BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery in London, in 2006 and 2008. [15] [16]
Green is a co-founder and trustee for Sophia Point, [17] an education and conservation charity working in Guyana.
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