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Interweaving 

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Nicola Moody is an artist working primarily with textiles. Her practice is grounded in the belief that we understand the world through experience. For her, working with materials is as much a way of thinking as it is of making. It offers a way to explore ideas, relationships, and the connections between people, stories, and places.

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Weaving sits at the heart of her practice.  What is made is seen as an ongoing interaction between individual threads and their connections.  As lines of yarn loop, cross, tighten, and loosen, each interaction influences the whole. Paying close attention to these behaviours offers a way of using weaving as a metaphor to reflect on how communities and stories are shaped by experiences and relationships. Through the language of textiles, Nicola works with individuals and communities to explore stories that are often difficult to express through words alone.

 

Alongside this not-for-profit work, Nicola Moody also operates an independent artistic practice as a sole trader, creating artworks for exhibition and sale. ​

Awards and Residencies

Awards

  • 2021–2024: Full bursary, Doctorate of Fine Art, University of Hertfordshire

  • 2021: Developing Your Creative Practice, Arts Council England

  • 2019: National Lottery Project Grant, Arts Council England

  • 2019: Verulam House Fund Trust

  • 2018: Luton Arts Fund

  • 2018: Testbeds Artist Accelerator Scheme

  • 2016: AA2A Scheme

Artist in Residence

  • Oct – Dec 2018: Wardown House Museum, Luton

  • Nov 2016 – Jun 2017: University of Bedfordshire

Education

  • 2026 Doctorate in Fine Art, University of Hertfordshire – Interwoven lines: a practice-based investigation of Tim Ingold’s meshwork 

  • 2014–2016: MA Contemporary Textiles (Distinction), University of Hertfordshire – The relationship of weaving to walking, explored through practice

  • 1996–1997: PGCE Art and Design, University of Brighton

  • 1993–1996: BA (Hons) Art & Textiles, Bath College of Higher Education – First Class

  • 1992–1993: Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, Kent Institute of Art and Design

Solo / Project Exhibitions

  • 2024: Weaving Relations, University of Hertfordshire | Jul – Aug

  • 2020–2022: Tear and Repair (National Touring Exhibition)

    • Portsmouth Cathedral | 7 – 23 Jan 2020

    • Blackburn Cathedral | 31 Jan – 13 Feb 2020

    • Manchester Cathedral | 13 Feb – 13 Mar 2020

    • Rochester Cathedral | 16 Mar – 6 Apr 2020

    • Derby Cathedral | 16 – 23 Jun 2021

    • Peterborough Cathedral | 16 Aug – 17 Sep 2021

    • Liverpool Cathedral | 4 – 17 Oct 2021

    • Worcester Cathedral | 9 – 22 Nov 2021

    • Bradford Cathedral | 5 Jan – 3 Feb 2022

  • 2019: Running with Thread, Verulamium Museum, St Albans | Jan – Apr

  • 2017: Running with Thread, Wardown House, Luton | Apr – Jun

  • 2017: Taking a Stitch for a Walk, University of Bedfordshire | Jun

Selected Group Exhibitions

2021

  • The Great Lockdown, Online Exhibition | Feb, 508 Kings Road, London

  • TRANS | FORM, ArtCan Open | Oct, Cello Factory, London

2019

  • Winter Collection, Obsidian Art | 2 Nov – 31 Dec, Stoke Mandeville

  • Prism “Fragility”, RBSA | 8 – 19 Oct, Birmingham

  • Prism “Fragility”, Hoxton Arches | 29 May – 9 Jun, London

  • ArtCan Postcard Exhibition | 5 Jun, Fitzrovia Gallery, London

  • Way-Making, Gallery Steel Rooms | 23 Mar – 11 May, Brigg

  • Summer Collection, Obsidian Art | 13 Jul – 8 Sep, Stoke Mandeville

2018

  • 44 ArtWorks, 44 Hallam Street | Sept 2018 – Jan 2019

  • Cultivate, Christchurch | 22 – 23 Jun, Harpenden

  • Opening Line, Crossways Communities Gallery | 23 Jun – 19 Aug, Cambridge

  • Women Shall Inherit the Earth, Panacea Museum | 12 Jul – 26 Aug, Bedford

  • ArtCan Postcard Fundraiser | 6 Jun, Fitzrovia Gallery, London

  • Prism Textiles “Transient”, Hoxton Arches | 30 May – 10 Jun, London

  • Earth Day Online Exhibition | 22 – 29 Apr

  • Spring Collection, Obsidian Art | 6 Apr – 27 May, Stoke Mandeville

  • On Your Doorstep Too, Horsebridge Arts Centre | 11 – 24 Apr, Whitstable

  • The Tree, The Open Door | 20 Mar – 21 Apr, Berkhamsted

2017

  • Mist and Mystery, Workhouse Gallery | 7 – 25 Nov

  • What is the Point?, Camden Image Gallery, ArtCan | 7 – 15 Nov

  • Roots, Shoots and Leaves, Upstairs Gallery | 18 Jul – 5 Aug, Berkhamsted

2016–2015

  • Art and Design Gallery, University of Hertfordshire | Nov 2016

  • Framework Gallery, University of Hertfordshire | May 2016 & May 2015

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