Nicky Arscott (born 1983) is a poet and artist who lives and works near

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, Powys, Wales.

Early life and education

Nicky Arscott was born in Oxford in 1983 and grew up in Ledbury. She studied English literature at the

University of Bristol The University of Bristol is a public university, public research university in Bristol, England. It received its royal charter in 1909, although it can trace its roots to a Merchant Venturers' school founded in 1595 and University College, Br ...

(BA 2005) and creative writing at the

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, Austin, US (MA 2008).

Art

Arscott's work combines visual art and poetry, often taking the form of a 'poem comic'. Her poem comics have been published b
Poetry Wales
,

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, an
Bat City Review (USA)
Arscott has exhibited in Texas, Hereford and London, including at the

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition The Summer Exhibition is an open art exhibition held annually by the Royal Academy in Burlington House, Piccadilly in central London, England, during the months of June, July, and August. The exhibition includes paintings, prints, drawings, sc ...

, and was a winner at the

Society of Women Artists The Society of Women Artists (SWA) is a British art body dedicated to celebrating and promoting fine art created by women. It was founded as the Society of Female Artists (SFA) in 1855, offering women artists the opportunity to exhibit and sell ...

’ 150th anniversary exhibition. She wa
artist in residence at Hay Festival
in 2014. Blue_Colt

Poetry

Arscott's poetry has been published i
''Ambit''
, '' Mslexia'', ''The North'', '' The Rialto'', and her pamphlet ''Soft Mutation'' was published by Rack Press in 2015. In 2013 she received
New Writers Bursay from Literature Wales
. In a review of ''Soft Mutation'' (978-0-9931045-1-0), Éadaoín Lynch writes of Arscott's 'preoccupation with womanhood and over-sexualised femininity, and their connection to detachment and death.' Alison Brackenbury writes that 'her use of the colloquial is easy and powerful. Her poems, with no layer of artifice, can shift frighteningly in their briefest of lines.'

References

External links

Artist's profile at The Horsebox Gallery
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