Societies:
FANS Fellow of American Numismatic Society (1996)
FIDEM Federation Internationale de la Medaille (since 1985)
BAMS British Art Medal Society (since 1985) Council member 2004 –6
Awards and Grants :
1996 The J. Sanford Sultus Award
for Signal Achievement in the Art of the Medal,
American Numismatic Society
1996 Northern Print Studio Award, North Shields.
1996 Northern Arts Small Assistance Award
1994 Gilroy Roberts Scholarship, Art of Engraving Workshop,
Colorado Springs, American Numismatic Association.
1988-89 Royal College of Art residency sponsored by The Royal Mint
1984 Scholarship, International Medallic Workshop, Penn. State University.
Education:
2019 April Course in drawing in preparation for Icon writing with Deacon Nikita from the Prosperon School of Iconography USA at the Benedictine Institute London.
2016 Feb Restore and Connect with Rupert Sheldrake, Jonathan Horwitz, Zara Waldebäck, Stephan Harding and Jonathan Dawson at Schumacher College Dartington.
2014 Inter-species Communication with Anna Breytenbach, Findhorn.
2005 Art and Ecology, Schumacher College, Dartington Devon. Tutors: Chris Drury, Peter Randal Page, Richard Long, Susan Derges, Peter London,
1984 Scholarship, International Medallic Workshop, Penn. State University.
1980 - 83 Canterbury College of Art and Design
BA Hon. Fine Art/Sculpture
1978 - 80 Hertfordshire College of Art and Design, St.Albans :
1979 - 80 Foundation Design
1978 - 79 Design Induction Course
1978 Summer Workshop: Intaglio Glass Engraving, with Peter Driesler. Hertfordshire College of Art and Design, St Albans.
Studio Membership :
2021- Private studio, Blervie, Moray.
2007-20 Private studio, Sway, Hants.
2005-6 Grange Stables, Linlithgow, West Lothian
2003-4 Group studio, Murieston Lane, Edinburgh
1997-9 Edinburgh Print Workshop
1997-9 Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
1996 - 97 Northern Print Studio, North Shields.
1994 - 95 700 Washington Ave N., Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1994 Rossmor Building, St. Paul, Minnesota.
1990-1,3-5 Below the Surface Printmakers Atelier, Minneapolis, USA
1987 - 88 Part-time Printing, Hertfordshire College of Art and Design.
1984 - 87 Bristol Sculpture Shed, Bristol, UK (founding member).
Exhibitions: Solo
2023 North Eastern of Scotland Open Studio (NEOS), Blervie, Forres.
2017 Hampshire Open Studio, Sway.
2015 Hampshire Open Studio, Sway.
2014 Hampshire Open Studios at ArtSway, Sway.
2013 Utiseta, University of Aberdeen, at Second Sight and Prophecy Conference. Mono prints relating to drawing from dreaming by Scottish cairns.
2004 Circa Gallery, Minneapolis. Solo show.
2001 Lodges, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London Solo Show.
1999 Present, Brighton University Gallery Solo Show.
1998 Nicola Moss, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh. Solo Show.
1997 House of Trees, Simmons Gallery, London. Solo Show.
1995 A Midsummer Island Studio 314, 700 Washington Ave, Minneapolis
1994 Moon Gate, Humanities Fine Arts Center, Solo Show.
University of Minnesota, Morris. Paintings, prints, sculpture. (3-26/11)
1993 - 4 Whistling to the Moon, CIRCA Gallery, Minneapolis. Solo Show
Exhibitions: Group
2022 30x30, SSA, Edinburgh (Group show)
2010 Found Space, Arlington Arts Centre Newbury.
2008 Group Show, Arlington Arts Center, Newbury.
2005 Greywalls sculpture exhibition, The Scottish Gallery.
2004 The Royal Scottish Academy Annual exhibition
1999 Kielder commissions Queens Hall Hexham. Northumberland
1998 Public Art Commissions, Kielder Castle.
1998 Moss and McCallum, Circa Gallery, Minneapolis.
1997 The Artful Garden, Scottish Gallery, Greywalls, E.Lothian
1996 Moss and McCallum, Circa Gallery, Minneapolis
1996 Northern Print at the Hatton, University of Newcastle.
1991 Another WARM Summer, Katherine Nash Gallery,
University of Minnesota (sculpture and paintings)
1991 Below the Surface Studio Show, Minneapolis (prints)
1991 Group Show, 310 Gallery, Minneapolis (sculpture and medals)
1991 Fragile Earth, Invited Group Show
Bloomington Art Center, MN, USA.
1990 Group Show, Leighton House Gallery, London.
1988 Group Show, Hertfordshire College of Art and Design, St. Albans.
1986 10th Anniversary Artspace Exhibition, Bristol Exhibition Centre.
Exhibitions: Medallic
2023 FIDEM XXXVI Biannual International Exhibition, Florence, Italy.
2018 FIDEM XXXV Biannual International Exhibition, Ottawa, Canada.
2016 FIDEM XXXIV Biannual International Exhibition, Ghent, Belgium.
2015 BAMS medals, Baroni Gallery, London.
2014 FIDEM XXXIII Biannual International Exhibition, Sophia, Bulgaria.
2013 Medals and Small Bronzes, Sladmore Contemporary, London.
2012 FIDEM XXXII Biannual International Exhibition, Glasgow, Scotland.
2012 BAMS medals, Twenty Twenty Gallery, Much Wenlock.
2010 FIDEM XXXI Biannual International Exhibition, Tampere, Finland.
2010 BAMS medals Washington Gallery, Cardiff.
2009 Medals of Dishonour, The British Museum, London.
2007 FIDEM XXX Biannual International Exhibition, Colorado Springs, USA
2004 FIDEM XXIX Biannual International Exhibition, Seixal, Portugal.
2002 FIDEM XXVIII Biannual International Exhibition, Paris, France.
2002 Land in the Hand – medal show and workshop, Marfa, Texas.
2000 FIDEM XXVII Biannual International Exhibition, Weimar, Germany.
1998 FIDEM XXVI Biannual International Exhibition, The Hague, Netherlands.
1996 FIDEM XXV Biannual International Exhibition, Neuchatel, Switzerland.
1996 Medals by Nicola Moss, Birmingham School of Jewellery. [Solo]
1996 Marking the Moment: Medals Today, BAMS, Horsham Museum.
1996 Nicola Moss: A Retrospective, Recipient of the 1996 J. Sanford Saltus Medal Award, American Numismatic Society, New York, USA. [Solo]
1995 Small Sculpture: from Medialia, Gallery Miyazaki, Osaka, Japan.
1994 - 5 The New Medal, AMSA traveling exhibition, Opening at the Franklin Mint Museum, PA., touring to: Detroit, Indianapolis, New York City, and Colorado Springs.
1994 FIDEM XXIV Biannual International Exhibition, Budapest, Hungary.
1993 Medals by Nicola Moss, Corbridge Gallery, Northumberland. [Solo]
1993-4 The Contemporary Art Medal, BAMS Medals Traveling Exhibition:
Barbican, London; Stevenage Arts Centre; Yorkshire Museum; Sewerby Hall Museum, Bridlington.
1993 BAMS Medals, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.
1993 Western Decorative Art, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.
1992 FIDEM XXIII Biannual International Exhibition, London.
1992 In the Round, British Museum.
1992 Contemporary Art Medals, Goldsmiths Hall.
1992 Contemporary Medals, Auckland, New Zealand.
1992 Medallions 1992, Hawke's Bay Museum, New Zealand.
1991 Medallions 1991, CSA Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand.
1990 FIDEM XXII Biannual International Exhibition, Helsinki, Finland.
1990 Art Medals& Coins of the BM, Negushi Equine Museum, Japan.
1989 BAMS Exhibition, Nantwich Museum.
1988 Medals in the Making, Hertfordshire College of Art and Design
1987 FIDEM Selected Medals, Traveling Exhibition, USA.
1987 FIDEM XXI Biannual International Exhibition, Colorado Springs, USA.
1986 - 7 Contemporary British Medals, British Museum Touring Exhibition.
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge;
Hunterian Museum, Glasgow;
City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham;
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff;
British Museum, London.
1985 FIDEM XX Biannual International Exhibition, Stockholm, Sweden.
Selected Commissions:
2020 Field of the Cloth of Gold (500-year commemorative medal; silver gilt)
The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, London.
2015 RIBA President’s Medal for Research, (cast silver) winning commission competition in collaboration with Simon Beeson, Architect.
2010-11 One of six artists short listed to design and model the Olympic Victory Medals for London 2012.
2009 Jeffrey North Medal, British Numismatics Society.
2008 Mamoo medal, British Art Medal Society,
2008 Designs for a Britannia Gold Sovereign, Royal Mint (competition).
2004-5 Great Britons Award (Trophies and medals), Sponsors: Morgan Stanley with the RSA and The Daily Telegraph (Agent: Perfect Day).
2003 Moot Hill Monument for Ellon Riverside Project with Simon Beeson.
2002 Fellows Trophy, Association of Consultant Architects.
2000-1 Water of Leith Rubbings Trail, Independent Public Art, Edinburgh.
2000-1 Four Trophies, Great Northern Run, Nova International, Newcastle.
1998-9 Ondaatje Prize for Portraiture, The Royal Society of Portrait Painters.
1997-8 Kielder Keepsake, Public Art Project, Kielder, Northumberland.
1996 Oglethorpe Medal, Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
1996 Slaley Hall PGA Northumberland Challenge Trophy and medal.
1991 The Man Who Planted Trees, medal for BAMS.
1991 Turtle Island Medal, CALA Special Award (cast bronze, ribbon, box),
College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture,
University of Minnesota
1990 Year of the Horse, commemorative exhibition medal,
Negushi Equine Museum, Yokohama, Japan.
1989 Skipton Castle 900th Anniversary Medal
1988 St. Dunstan Millennium Medal (cast silver)
The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, London.
1987 Charles Darwin Medal, (struck bronze) The Society of Medallists, USA.
1987 Benefactor of the Year Medal, National Arts Collection Fund, London.
Awarded three times:
1987 Paul Getty Jr.
1988 Mrs. Vivien Duffield
1989 Sir Robert and Lady Sainsbury
1986 George and the Dragon, medal for BAMS.
1982 St. Nicholas (half-life size figure, cast bronze)
Parish Church of St. Nicholas, Leeds, Kent.
Public Collections:
Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum, London, UK.
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.
The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths London, UK.
The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.
National Numismatic Collection, The National Museum of American History,
Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC, USA.
American Numismatic Society, New York, USA.
Munzkainett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
The Royal Dutch Coin and Medal Cabinet, Leiden, Netherlands.
Negushi Equine Museum, Yokohama, Japan.
National Collection of the Peoples Republic of China.
Residencies:
1996 Dreieich (stone carving) Symposium, European Monument, Germany (two weeks)
1988 - 89 Royal College of Art, Jewelry and Metalwork Department: 12 week Medallic Workshop including setting up a small sand casting foundry with Danuta Solowiej. Visiting tutor Malcolm Appleby.
Publications:
The Medal published by the British Art Medal Trust in association with the Fédération Internationale de la Médaille: no. 6,10,11,16,17,20,22,24,26,29,30,31,34, 35,37,53,54,+
Médailles FIDEM 1985, 87, 98.
FIDEM Congress Exhibition Catalogues (in Great Britain section)
1985, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000. +
British Art Medals 1982-2002, Philip Attwood
British Art Medal Trust, London 2002
Contemporary British Medals By Mark Jones ,
British Museum Publication 1986 (page 48)
An Exhibition of Coins and Medals from The British Museum depicting Horses.
The Negishi Equine Museum in Yokohama. catalogue 1990
The New Medal, The American Medallic Sculpture Association, sponsored by The Franklin Mint. Catalogue 1994. page 20.
Crafts, the decorative and applied arts magazine
Jan/Feb 1994, page36, illustration, Cow Pat
The Art Medal: A diverse medium for expression.
23 march 1998published by Loughborough college of art and
Communicating dreams . a talk by Nicola moss
Coins Antiquities from ancient times to AD1800
ISSN 1463-9742 Jan 1999. Ancient magic New Art Frances Simmons pages 57-60 illustrations.
St George A Saint for All
ISBN978 1 78023 451 9
By Samantha Riches
Published by Reaktion Books
Published 2015
Pages 128, 132-4, illus.133, 140
The author describes and illustrates George and the Dragon medal and comments on its contemporary feminist leaning using quotes from the artist Nicola Moss.
Public Sculpture of North East England
ISBN 0-85323-635-6
by Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris
Liverpool University Press
Published 2000
Sculpture Parks In Europe, a guide to art in nature.
ISBN 3-7643-7508-6
Jimen Blazquez Abascal
Birkhauser Publishers for Architecture
English Edition Published 2006
Medals of Dishonour
Published to accompany the exhibition at the British Museum
25th June – 27th September 2009
ISBN 978 0 7141 1816 1
By Philip Attwood and Felicity Powell
The British Museum Press
Past Gallery Representation :
Circa Gallery 1637 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55403
The Scottish Gallery : 16 Dundas Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6HZ (0131 - 558 1200)
Rebecca Hossack Gallery : 35 Windmill St.London W1D 1HH (020 7436 4899)
ArtSway Gallery Shop; Station Road Sway, Lymington, Hants. SO41 6BA (01590 682260)
Beaulieu Fine Arts, Manor House, High Street, Beaulieu, Hants SO42 7YA (01590 612089)