Nikki Green

I draw on my cultural heritage to combine the spirit of the letter with the sense of sublime in my surrounding landscape. My work is both functional and ornamental, combining my private art practice with teaching and community arts. My underlying philosophy in all that I do is to honour love, life and connection.

I have lived and worked in Sydney and Melbourne, building my reputation as an artist and designer, specialising in Jewish Ceremonial Art. I have worked on both public and private commissions, specifically creating hand crafted marriage certificates, and artworks that celebrate the cycle of life.

I now live in Denmark, Western Australia, lecturing in Visual Art. Surrounded by a wild, rugged coastline, ancient karri forests and pulsating rivers…I have found a calm serenity and inspiration here – a deep connection with the earth and my footprints upon it. 

My fine art practice is underpinned by my love for printmaking – layering text and image and exploring the idea of the hidden and revealed. My subjects are drawn from the cross-over between the natural and built environment. My interest in the sacred and the mystical has influenced my love for ancient scripts and its organic shapes – incorporated in the palimpsest of layers in my work. From traditional to contemporary; from the literal to the abstract, my work is a quiet invitation to reflect on what is and what was..

AWARDS/PRIZES

2023 Shortlisted for Open Borders Exhibition (John Curtin Gallery, Perth)

2023 Great Southern Art Award (Winner Print Category  - Albany WA)

2022 Waverley Woollahra Print Prize (Winner - Sydney)

Exhibitions/RESIDENCiES

2023 Tracing Gondwana (Albany Town Hall, Albany)

Open Borders (John Curtin Gallery, Perth)

2022 Tracing Gondwana (Midland Junction Arts Centre, Perth)

2021 Refugium (WA Museum)

2020 Earth Cry (Butter Factory Studios, Denmark WA)

2019 Land + Lines  (Butter Factory Studios, DenmarkWA)

2018 Alternative Archive   (Vancouver Arts Center)

Periphery   (Butter Factory Studios, Denmark)

2017 Art on the Move (Home Front Touring Exhibition, WA)

Unfolding (Butter Factory Studios, Denmark WA) 

2016   Square (Albany Town Hall)

           Totem (Butter Factory Studios, Denmark WA)

           My Place + Your Place = a Better Place (Waverley Library, Sydney)

2015   In Print (Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany WA)

           HomeFront (Albany Town Hall, Albany WA)

2014   Letter Land Lore (Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne)

           Balijup Renewal (Butter Factory Studios, Denmark, WA)

2013   Let There Be Light (Bondi Pavillion, Sydney)

           Be Seated (Butter Factory Studios, Denmark, WA)

           Blossoming, Western Australia (Manhattan, NYC)

           Environmental Art Residency (Cold Spring, NY)

           East West (Butter Factory Studios, Denmark, WA)

2012   A4ART (Butter Factory Studios, Denmark, WA)

2009  Glyphs: Hidden and Forbidden (Southcoast Woodworks Gallery)

2008  Water Brave New Works #15 (Denmark Visitors Centre)

           Creative Women (Centre for Sustainable Living, Denmark)

2007  Landlines: Letter, Line and Form (Multi Faith Arts Festival)

2006  Love and Marriage (Kinross House, Melbourne)

2004  Inscribed (Australian Jewish Museum, Melbourne)

           Hamsa (Australian Jewish Museum, Melbourne)

2003  Between Darkness and Light (Carlisle Street shop windows)

2002  Reflection (Australian Galleries, Works on Paper,Sydney)

           Imagining The Body (National Art School, Sydney)

           New York Studio Show (National Art School, Sydney)

2001   Jewish Yarns (Australian Jewish Museum, Melbourne)

           Waverley Art Show (Waverley Woollahra Art Centre)

           Selected Drawings from NAS (Mary Place Gallery, Sydney)

1999   Blessed Be The Work (Australian Jewish Museum, Melbourne)

PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS 

 Central Synagogue, Sydney Twelve Tribes (glass panels)

 Masada Synagogue, Sydney Ten Commandments (Wood Carving)

Anka Property Development Metal Weaving (Sculpural wall relief)