Nicola Godden
BRONZE SCULPTURE | FORM & MOVEMENT | MONUMENTAL PRESENCE
Nicola Godden is a British sculptor whose work explores form, movement and emotional presence through both the human figure and abstracted organic structures. With over four decades dedicated to her practice, she has developed a distinctive sculptural language, one that captures energy in motion, whether through the extension of a winged figure or the quiet tension of a simplified, skeletal form.
Working primarily in bronze, Nicola creates sculptures that range from intimate studies to large-scale public installations. Her process is rooted in gesture and balance, allowing each piece to evolve through movement rather than rigid structure. The result is work that feels instinctive and alive, forms that shift between strength and delicacy, weight and lift.
Her figurative works are often defined by flow and elevation, with bodies that twist, reach and rise, capturing moments of transformation and release. Alongside these, her abstract “Bone Form” series draws from natural and anatomical structures, distilling shape down to its essence. These pieces carry a quieter, more contemplative presence, exploring space, absence and the underlying architecture of form.
Nicola is widely recognised for her monumental bronze Icarus I, a six-metre sculpture commissioned as part of the 2012 London Olympics, alongside significant public works installed across the UK and Ireland. Her sculptures are held in private and public collections internationally, and her practice extends across private commissions and architectural environments where scale, balance and presence are central to the work.
Nicola Godden’s sculpture carries the confidence of experience, work shaped by decades of understanding material, form and structure, grounded in bronze yet continually evolving.
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