Nicola is a critically acclaimed artist and social historian. Green has established an international reputation for her ambitious projects that can change perceptions about identity and power; exploring themes of race, religion, gender, and leadership. Green has gained unprecedented access to iconic figures from the worlds of politics, religion, and culture, including collaborations with Pope Francis, President Obama, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Dalai Lama.

Driven by her belief in the power of the visual image to communicate important human stories, Nicola Green chooses to assume the role of ‘witness’ to momentous occasions taking place across the globe. Inspired by her own mixed-heritage children and multi-faith family, she creates and preserves religious, social, and cultural heritage for future generations.

Recording these events as they happen, and investing many hours of academic and artistic research, Green builds and curates substantial archives including In Seven Days…, Encounters, Dance of Colour, House Slave Field Slave.

In 2015, Nicola Green, with ICF, co-founded the Phase I Diaspora Platform Programme; taking emerging ethnic minority UK-based artists and curators to the 56th Venice Biennale ‘All The World’s Futures’ curated by Okwui Enwezor, examining its entanglement with race, politics and power.

Following this Nicola Green co-founded and directed the Diaspora Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale, showcasing 22 artists from ethnic minority backgrounds, whose work dealt with the topic of Diaspora. The Diaspora Pavilion was created in an effort to highlight and address the lack of diversity in the arts sectors and was accompanied by a 22-month long mentorship-based programme.

In 2020, Nicola Green founded the Khadija Saye Arts Programme in memory of her mentee and friend, artist Khadija Saye – who was killed in the Grenfell Tower fire. The Khadija Saye Arts Programme addresses the issue of BAME representation in the creative industries by focusing directly on the barriers that exist, starting with the most formative years, from ages 7-18.