Nicola Singh is British-Panjabi performance artist and experimental vocalist, working between experimental new music and visual art.
She uses text, sound and improvisation to explore the formation of diasporic identity. She focuses on embodied, ritual and somatic practices, often using Yoga-philosophies to explore notions and experiences of collective healing, liberation and decolonisation.
Selected commissions include HH Art Spaces (India), Tetley Gallery (Leeds), Xarkis Festival (Cyprus), Cinenova, London & CCA, Brighton (UK), La Bonne (Spain), David Dale Gallery (Scotland), Workplace Gallery (UK), Eastside Projects (UK), Hongti Art Centre (South Korea), Jerwood Visual Arts (UK) and BALTIC (UK). She has been resident artist at Porthmeor Studios (UK), Hospitalfields House (Scotland) and Art House (UK). Her work was acquired by the Government Art Collection in 2021.
Singh is Senior Lecturer in Fine Art and Curation at Manchester Metropolitan University (UK) and has a practice-based PhD in Performance Writing from Northumbria University (2017).