Founded in 2021, NISO has been committed to supporting the next generation of talents as well as rediscovering the legacy of XXth Century artists whose remarkable contributions have gone unnoticed in recent times. Located in Central London, the gallery provides a dynamic platform to present solo exhibitions and intergenerational dialogues in collaboration with artists, estates, and representing galleries. 

NISO has been committed to supporting the next generation of talents as well as rediscovering the legacy (...)

SUPPORTING EMERGING ARTISTS, REDISCOVERING UNDER REPRESENTED MASTERS FROM THE XXTH CENTURY

Nicky Hodge lives and works in London. She has exhibited her paintings, drawings and multimedia works widely over the past 25 years. In 2021, Horse Gossip, a solo show, opened at Bobinska Brownlee in London. In the same year, she was selected for several group exhibitions including Notes for a landscape at Kingsgate Project Space and A Tiny Bit of Fire curated by Warbling Collective.  In 2022 she exhibited with Gwenyth Fugard and Dom Gray in Something Tender at Yorkton Workshops in May and Wundertüte, a two person show with the German abstract artist Michael Kaul, opened at Hart’s Lane Gallery in August. In the same year, her collection of ten paintings, Nighttime words leak out, was presented online by Richeldis Fine Art. In 2023 she has a work selected for the group exhibition Champs Noir at Terrace Gallery. Slip Road, a solo show with Francis Gallery in Bath, took place this year May – July 2023.

HÄNSEL + GRETEL RIUNION 2020 Acrylic on Canvas

NISO is thrilled to announce Guy Haddon Grant’s first solo exhibition with the gallery, opening on Thursday, April 25th. This marks the artist's second collaboration with the gallery following a successful two-person show, "Dust to Dust," in 2023. 

Haddon Grant’s latest collection of sculptures delves into notions of duality and hybridization, drawing inspiration from the ancient Greek mythological creature, the Chimaera. Expanding on his exploration of cloud-like totems in plaster, he introduces new elements—representational forms suggesting body parts seemingly extracted from their origins, converting the sculptures into Chimaera-like beings. 

This series signifies a revival of the artist’s enduring fascination with classical sculptural figures, a subject he studied while in Florence in 2008. It testifies of the artist’s ongoing experimentation with reconciling both abstract and classical styles into a single oeuvre. The first pivotal piece of its kind, Mother, executed in 2019 marks the genesis of this collection. Mother is to Guy Haddon Grant what Les Demoiselles d’Avignon is to Pablo Picasso: a transition. 

Haddon Grant deftly plays with textures to emphasize this dual nature. The abstract elements are richly textures, rough, grainy, and organic forms that bear the imprints of the artist’s hand and brushstrokes. In contrast, the representational aspects, evoking body parts such as hands, faces, paws, eyes, hors, are meticulously polished, boasting soft, rounded surfaces. As the beholder’s gaze navigates the rhythmic interplay of textures, the artist’s guidance becomes palpable, leading the observer through glimpses of realism amidst the turmoil and chaos of plaster. 

The forest of confrontational figures force us to ask questions: what remains of the body, when knowledge is stripped away, but matter and form ? How can we understand ourselves in relation to the passage of time, detached from historical context and function ?

Installation view of Chimaera, courtesy of NISO. 

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NISO is thrilled to announce Guy Haddon Grant’s first solo exhibition with the gallery, opening on Thursday, April 25th. This marks the artist's second collaboration with the gallery following a successful two-person show, "Dust to Dust," in 2023.

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25.04—25.05.24

25.04—25.05.24

INVITED
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Nicky Hodge

Nicky Hodge

Michael Kaul

Michael Kaul

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NISOPROJECT

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25.04—25.05.24

INVITED ARTISTS

Nicky Hodge

Nicky Hodge

Michael Kaul

Michael Kaul

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