Everlyn Nicodemus Biography

One of the strongest feminist voices to emerge from Africa in the past 30 years, Everlyn Nicodemus is an artist, writer and curator. As an artist, she produces powerful works centred on personal and cultural trauma as well as the role art can play in healing, while her research and curatorial interests focus on the history of Modern Africa Art.

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Born in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania in 1954, Nicodemus' life has been marked by movement: herself part of a moving diaspora which she documents in her writing and art making. Moving across Europe–to Sweden, France and Belgium before finally settling in the U.K.–her experience of racism and cultural trauma has prompted the creation of a unique body of work encompassing paintings, collaged 'books' and mixed-media assemblages as well as poems, using unusual materials to explore human experience, from metal nettings and sisal to textiles and found objects.

Throughout her travels, she has taken an active involvement in community life, giving voice especially to the marginalisation of women throughout history and making visible their shared traumas and experiences. Significantly, Nicodemus's investigations into trauma and violence, resulted in what is considered to be one of her most important works: Reference Scroll on Genocide, Massacres and Ethnic Cleansing (2004), a 16-metre-long scroll documenting some of the most atrocious genocides and ethnic cleansings known throughout history.

Her response to her own ordeal with PTSD and personal grief is a major factor in her work, as is her research investigating art from Africa in relation to human suffering and societal responsibility, on which she completed a PhD African Modern Art and Black Cultural Trauma from Middlesex University in 2012.

Nicodemus lives and works in Edinburgh. Her work has been included in various solo and group exhibitions, including Hacking Habitat: Art of Control, Utrecht, Holland (2016); 18th Biennale of Sydney, Australia (2012), curated by Catherine de Zegher; Bystander on Probation, The Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, UK (2007); Crossing the Void, Cultural Center Strombeek, Brussels, Belgium (2004); Displacements, University of Alicante, Spain (1997); Vessels of Silence, Kanaal Art Foundation, Kortrijk, Belgium (1992); and the solo exhibition Everlyn Nicodemus, National Museum, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. (1980).

Text courtesy Richard Saltoun Gallery.

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Lazarus Jacaranda 2 by Everlyn Nicodemus contemporary artwork painting
Everlyn Nicodemus Lazarus Jacaranda 2, 2022-2023 Oil on canvas
164.5 x 104.5 cm
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Untitled No 70 (Baudelaire and Rimbaud) by Everlyn Nicodemus contemporary artwork drawing
Everlyn Nicodemus Untitled No 70 (Baudelaire and Rimbaud), 2022 Ink, Xerox ink, felt pen, charcoal, graphite and collage on paper
45 x 32 cm
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Croix D'amour [Cross of Love] by Everlyn Nicodemus contemporary artwork painting
Everlyn Nicodemus Croix D'amour [Cross of Love], 1984 Oil on canvas
102.5 x 82.5 cm (incl frame)
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The Widow and The Shadow (set of 12) by Everlyn Nicodemus contemporary artwork works on paper, drawing
Everlyn Nicodemus The Widow and The Shadow (set of 12), 2018 Pencil, ink and charcoal on paper
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Silent Strength 14 (Carolina) by Everlyn Nicodemus contemporary artwork painting, works on paper
Everlyn Nicodemus Silent Strength 14 (Carolina), 1989 Oil on canvas
100 x 81 cm
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Silent Strength II by Everlyn Nicodemus contemporary artwork painting, works on paper
Everlyn Nicodemus Silent Strength II, 1989 Oil on canvas
150 x 200 cm
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Silent Strength no 34 by Everlyn Nicodemus contemporary artwork painting, works on paper
Everlyn Nicodemus Silent Strength no 34, 1990 Oil on canvas
70 x 80 cm
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