Recent Projects
Creative Communities Phase 3 Artist in Residence for Hillhead Ward
I am currently undertaking an AIR for Glasgow Life in conjunction with Woodlands Community. You can follow the progress of this residency on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/airhillheadward/
A Hoarding for Provan Hall Renovation and Wayfinder Posts for Blairtummoch Park
Artivism Project for STUC Learning, Better Than Zero Campaign, and SAU, Winter /Spring 2017/18
A project combining art with activism to allow a means of expression for the frustrations of young workers, with an exhibition of the resulting artworks to be created mid March 2018.
Greening Woodlands for Woodlands Community Garden and WCDT, Glasgow; embedding creativity in my own community; making banners and sign artworks in collaboration with the local community, pupils from Hillhead High School and Elderly Day Care users of the Fred Paton Centre. http://www.woodlandscommunitygarden.org.uk
Record Store Showcase for Radiophrenia Radio, broadcasting live from CCA, Glasgow; November 2017 http://radiophrenia.scot/november-17th/
Sound collage relating to recent 'Record Store' exhibitions at Monorail, Glasgow; Avalanche Edinburgh and Seventeen Gallery and Look Again Festival, Aberdeen. Listen to the sound files here https://soundcloud.com/janie-nicoll/radiophrenia-12trackspodcastfinalx
RECENT COMMISSIONS
Commission for the Island of Lewis; Mapping the Arteries commission: for An Lanntair, Stornaway, Lewis, Outer Hebrides now located at 'The Carry Bus Shelter, Glen Bhaltos/Loch Maivaig, Uig, Lewis. This artwork was recently featured in an article in the Guardian newspaper https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/jun/28/scotlands-rocky-road-a-journey-to-the-edge-of-lewis-a-photo-essay or you can read more about this project here Artworks 2016.
Currently
Trustee for Engage : Special Interest Rep. for Freelancers, Engage Council and Engage Scotland Development Board. engage.org
Executive member of SAU (Scottish Artists Union) www.artistsunion.scot
Former President of SAU (September 2014-September 2017)
Paying Artists Regional Advocate 2015 (Glasgow) http://www.payingartists.org.uk/signup/
Recent Exhibitions
2018 “Flim Flam 2, Another Fine Mess” curated by John Ayscough, Queen Street, Edinburgh
“40/40 Vision, 40 years of Wasps Studios, Kirkudbright Galleries.
“Interregnum”, Soil Gallery, Seattle, USA
2017 ‘Record Store’, Seventeen Gallery, Aberdeen, part of Look Again Festival.
'Balancing Act' at Plymouth School for the Arts, for Plymouth Art Weekender October 2016.
'Still Futures 3' at Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh, May/June 2016
'Departure' @ Interview Room11, Ocean Terminal, Leith, Edinburgh, December '15
'The Art of Scotland's Political Awakening' at Glasgow Kelvin College, December 15.
Sluice Art Fair, London with IR11 Gallery, October 2015.
Marseille Open Studios Weekend, October 2015.
Queens Park Railway Club, (QPRC) music publication volume 2 http://www.queensparkrailwayclub.co.uk/presentprojects.html
Turin Exchange exhibition with AccaAtelier at the Briggait, Glasgow, September 2015.
Acca Atelier, Turin, WASPs Artists Exchange, June '15.
‘Time for Change Art Project’, Tent Gallery, Edinburgh University, June’15.
'East End Transmissions', the Pipe Factory, Glasgow: Publication east end transmissions
'Bowled Over' a group show @ Willowbank Bowling Club, Glasgow, May '15 http://www.glasgowopenhouse.co.uk.
"Bowling Club" Film commission for Glasgow 2014, watch 'Bowling Club' on Vimeo.
Publication - 'Inspired by Independence’ http://www.word-power.co.uk/books/inspired-by-independence-I9780992739218/
"Rough Edit" Solo Exhibition, InteviewRoom 11, Edinburgh Art Festival '14. Catalogue available here
Recent Interviews https://vimeo.com/90310853 https://vimeo.com/92228801
Creative Communities Phase 3 Artist in Residence for Hillhead Ward
I am currently undertaking an AIR for Glasgow Life in conjunction with Woodlands Community. You can follow the progress of this residency on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/airhillheadward/
A Hoarding for Provan Hall Renovation and Wayfinder Posts for Blairtummoch Park
Artivism Project for STUC Learning, Better Than Zero Campaign, and SAU, Winter /Spring 2017/18
A project combining art with activism to allow a means of expression for the frustrations of young workers, with an exhibition of the resulting artworks to be created mid March 2018.
Greening Woodlands for Woodlands Community Garden and WCDT, Glasgow; embedding creativity in my own community; making banners and sign artworks in collaboration with the local community, pupils from Hillhead High School and Elderly Day Care users of the Fred Paton Centre. http://www.woodlandscommunitygarden.org.uk
Record Store Showcase for Radiophrenia Radio, broadcasting live from CCA, Glasgow; November 2017 http://radiophrenia.scot/november-17th/
Sound collage relating to recent 'Record Store' exhibitions at Monorail, Glasgow; Avalanche Edinburgh and Seventeen Gallery and Look Again Festival, Aberdeen. Listen to the sound files here https://soundcloud.com/janie-nicoll/radiophrenia-12trackspodcastfinalx
RECENT COMMISSIONS
Commission for the Island of Lewis; Mapping the Arteries commission: for An Lanntair, Stornaway, Lewis, Outer Hebrides now located at 'The Carry Bus Shelter, Glen Bhaltos/Loch Maivaig, Uig, Lewis. This artwork was recently featured in an article in the Guardian newspaper https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/jun/28/scotlands-rocky-road-a-journey-to-the-edge-of-lewis-a-photo-essay or you can read more about this project here Artworks 2016.
Currently
Trustee for Engage : Special Interest Rep. for Freelancers, Engage Council and Engage Scotland Development Board. engage.org
Executive member of SAU (Scottish Artists Union) www.artistsunion.scot
Former President of SAU (September 2014-September 2017)
Paying Artists Regional Advocate 2015 (Glasgow) http://www.payingartists.org.uk/signup/
Recent Exhibitions
2018 “Flim Flam 2, Another Fine Mess” curated by John Ayscough, Queen Street, Edinburgh
“40/40 Vision, 40 years of Wasps Studios, Kirkudbright Galleries.
“Interregnum”, Soil Gallery, Seattle, USA
2017 ‘Record Store’, Seventeen Gallery, Aberdeen, part of Look Again Festival.
'Balancing Act' at Plymouth School for the Arts, for Plymouth Art Weekender October 2016.
'Still Futures 3' at Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh, May/June 2016
'Departure' @ Interview Room11, Ocean Terminal, Leith, Edinburgh, December '15
'The Art of Scotland's Political Awakening' at Glasgow Kelvin College, December 15.
Sluice Art Fair, London with IR11 Gallery, October 2015.
Marseille Open Studios Weekend, October 2015.
Queens Park Railway Club, (QPRC) music publication volume 2 http://www.queensparkrailwayclub.co.uk/presentprojects.html
Turin Exchange exhibition with AccaAtelier at the Briggait, Glasgow, September 2015.
Acca Atelier, Turin, WASPs Artists Exchange, June '15.
‘Time for Change Art Project’, Tent Gallery, Edinburgh University, June’15.
'East End Transmissions', the Pipe Factory, Glasgow: Publication east end transmissions
'Bowled Over' a group show @ Willowbank Bowling Club, Glasgow, May '15 http://www.glasgowopenhouse.co.uk.
"Bowling Club" Film commission for Glasgow 2014, watch 'Bowling Club' on Vimeo.
Publication - 'Inspired by Independence’ http://www.word-power.co.uk/books/inspired-by-independence-I9780992739218/
"Rough Edit" Solo Exhibition, InteviewRoom 11, Edinburgh Art Festival '14. Catalogue available here
Recent Interviews https://vimeo.com/90310853 https://vimeo.com/92228801
'My Process' was recently featured on Central Station
http://thisiscentralstation.com/my-process/my-process-janie-nicoll/
News about Janie Nicoll
'FAKE GOLD RING' Sculpture has been adopted by
The Centre, Cumbernauld.
We are delighted to announce the adoption of the sculpture by Glasgow based artist Janie Nicoll, as part of The Sculpture Placement Group's Sculpture Adoption Scheme. This is an adoption service for sculptures, seeking to match works of art with new guardians.
SPG have worked with artists to identify sculptural works in long-term storage with no current future that they are happy to offer for adoption by community groups and other organisations. They have created a catalogue representing 95 sculptures by 54 different artists, which can be found on their website at
https://sculptureplacementgroup.org.uk/sculpture-adoption-scheme/
'FAKE GOLD RING' sculpture is a facsimile of a ring found by the artist, while out running in the Maryhill area of Glasgow, and plays with the notions of value, scale and context. It is a sculpture that was originally created for the exhibition ‘Meddle With The Devil’, at the Park Gallery, Falkirk as part of a year long SAC pARTners residency undertaken by the artist at Callendar House in 2008. It was subsequently exhibited in a variety of locations in Glasgow including the Vault Art Fair at The Briggait, in 2011. It has spent the rest of the time in storage in a dusty workshop in Maryhill, and was recently dismantled in order to fit into the artist's current studio in South Block. This adoption has seen the sculpture restored to its former glory, given a brand new plinth and relocated to The Centre, Cumbernauld, where we hope it will experience a new audience and a new lease of life.
SPG have worked with artists to identify sculptural works in long-term storage with no current future that they are happy to offer for adoption by community groups and other organisations. They have created a catalogue representing 95 sculptures by 54 different artists, which can be found on their website at
https://sculptureplacementgroup.org.uk/sculpture-adoption-scheme/
'FAKE GOLD RING' sculpture is a facsimile of a ring found by the artist, while out running in the Maryhill area of Glasgow, and plays with the notions of value, scale and context. It is a sculpture that was originally created for the exhibition ‘Meddle With The Devil’, at the Park Gallery, Falkirk as part of a year long SAC pARTners residency undertaken by the artist at Callendar House in 2008. It was subsequently exhibited in a variety of locations in Glasgow including the Vault Art Fair at The Briggait, in 2011. It has spent the rest of the time in storage in a dusty workshop in Maryhill, and was recently dismantled in order to fit into the artist's current studio in South Block. This adoption has seen the sculpture restored to its former glory, given a brand new plinth and relocated to The Centre, Cumbernauld, where we hope it will experience a new audience and a new lease of life.
'Greening Woodlands' project for Woodlands Community Garden, Glasgow
Woodlands Community Development Trust asked me to get involved with their "Greening West Princes Street" now called 'Greening Woodlands' project in Woodlands, the area where I live in Glasgow. This has involved making banners and signs for the planters in the street using drawings and text created by the Pupils of Hillhead High School and other members of the community. It will also include a photography project that documents gardeners in the area.
You can see a video of myself and WCDT manager Tim Cowen, talking about plans for the development of a new community hub and artists studios at the Woodlands Workspace. https://vimeo.com/175737872
Woodlands Community Development Trust asked me to get involved with their "Greening West Princes Street" now called 'Greening Woodlands' project in Woodlands, the area where I live in Glasgow. This has involved making banners and signs for the planters in the street using drawings and text created by the Pupils of Hillhead High School and other members of the community. It will also include a photography project that documents gardeners in the area.
You can see a video of myself and WCDT manager Tim Cowen, talking about plans for the development of a new community hub and artists studios at the Woodlands Workspace. https://vimeo.com/175737872
Mapping the Arteries Commission, Lewis.
'Crossing Point', Mapping the Arteries Commission for An Lanntair, Stornaway, Western Isles. Installed Uig, Lewis, Western Isles June 2016.
Presentation at the Scottish Parliament
In my role as President of Scottish Artists Union, I recently gave a presentation at the Cross Party Group on Culture at the Scottish Parliament on the current state of affairs for artists. You can video footage online here. http://www.cpgonculture.com/previous-meetings/1st-march-2016/
In my role as President of Scottish Artists Union, I recently gave a presentation at the Cross Party Group on Culture at the Scottish Parliament on the current state of affairs for artists. You can video footage online here. http://www.cpgonculture.com/previous-meetings/1st-march-2016/
June 2015
I was one of four artists invited to exhibit artworks at AccaAtelier Open Studios event in Turin as part of an Artists Exchange for WASPS Studios, Glasgow. The other Glasgow artists are Anna Lomas, Bobby Sawyers and Jack Cheetham. The piece featured above, 'Moth Eaten Anarchy', and 'Fiasco' are from the exhibition in the studio of Carlo Gloria and Jins, who kindly shared their space and showed us some great Italian hospitality. Four artists from Turin will be coming to Glasgow in October as the second leg of the exchange. We will also being invited to Marseille, in France in October for more Open Studios and to plan further exchanges. More info to follow.
May 2015
I curated an exhibition with some of my favourite artists for Open House Art Festival
http://www.glasgowopenhouse.co.uk/
'Bowled Over' an exhibition of new works made in response to the theme of Lawn Bowls, at Willowbank Bowling Club, Glasgow.
Other activities
As Paying Artists Campaign Regional Advocate for AN/ AIR, I co-organised a Cultural Hustings event with SAU (Scottish Artists Union) www.sau.org.uk,
in advance of the GE2015. http://www.payingartists.org.uk/2015/07/paying-artists-regional-advocates-raise-awareness-with-debate-discussion-and-a-giant-cake/
A trip to the Venice Biennale 2015
I was lucky enough to receive a bursary to visit Venice for the opening of the Venice Biennale, and I have written about this on a blog for a-n
https://www.a-n.co.uk/blogs/venice-a-series-of-observations-noted-on-a-mobile-phone
East End Transmissions
There is now a publication available to accompany the exhibition, which is available from Aye, Aye Books at CCA, Glasgow.
In December 2014, I did a spoken word performance for the closing event of the exhibition East End Transmissions, at the Pipe Factory, the Gallowgate, Glasgow on 6th December at 7pm. The documentation can be seen at https://vimeo.com/114445192
Check out the web page for the programme of events, including a rare screening of the film "The Bowler and the Bunnet" by Sean Connery, 1967.
'Bowling Club' a short film work on the theme of Lawn Bowls, commissioned by Glasgow Life for Festival 2014 for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, and screened at the Bandstand, Kelvingrove Park and as part of Luminate Festival can now be seen online at
https://vimeo.com/111531354
You can see images from my most recent exhibition 'Rough Edit' at Edinburgh's new artist run space InterviewRoom11, in the old Jobcentre at Lady Lawson St, just behind the Castle, part of Edinburgh Art Festival 2014.
I was part of the exhibition DISCORDIA, for Patricia Fleming Projects, at South Block, Osborne Street, Glasgow, part of GENERATION, a landmark series of exhibitions celebrating 25 years of contemporary art in Scotland. More info on the PFP blog. T-shirts can be purchased from Culture Label here (while stocks last) for £25.00 - Bargain!!
I have been interviewed twice recently for SummerhallTV firstly in the studio https://vimeo.com/90310853 and then secondly during HALLelujah! 3 exhibition.... https://vimeo.com/92228801, (with quite a bad cold!)
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After the terrible fire at Glasgow School of Art last Friday I was asked to write an article about it for the Bella Caledonia Website, you can read the article "Gutted" here.
In April I was interviewed for an article printed in the Scotsman, where I gave my response to the Creative Scotland 10 Year Plan, you can see the article here.
April 2014 During GI 2014 I was included in a downloadable online publication produced by
QPRC Music Club, you can see it here and download a copy http://www.queensparkrailwayclub.co.uk/qpmc2.htm
During April 2014 I hosted an exhibition in my flat entitled "HALLelujah! 3", a group show for Open House Art Festival, featuring the work of Douglas Morland, Krisdy Schindler, Mandy Macintosh, Elizabeth Rowe, Jim Colquhoun, Hrafnhildur Halldorsdottir (Rafla) and Janie Nicoll. You can see documentation of the exhibition here.
http://glasgowopenhouse.wordpress.com/https://www.facebook.com/glasgowopenhouse
My work has been included in "the National Review of live art", for Modern Edinburgh Film School, as part of Atelier Public #2 on 12.04.14 at GOMA, (Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow) part of GI 2014.
Some of my recent artworks have been included in a new Publication - 'Inspired by Independence: 30 Artists Imagine A Better Scotland' for National Collective & Word Power Books. Avalable to buy online here.
