Nicola Green (born 1972) is a British

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, social historian, and public speaker. Her subjects have included the

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, and Diana, Princess of Wales. In 2005, Green married the

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politician David Lammy, who has been the

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(MP) for

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since the 2000 Tottenham by-election, and is currently (2023) the Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs. They have three children. Accolades for Green include twice being an exhibitor for the BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery (London), National Portrait Gallery in London, in 2006 and 2008.

Artwork and exhibitions

''In Seven Days''

In 2010, Green created ''In Seven Days''... a set of seven silk-screen prints depicting Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama's 2008 presidential election campaign. Green was inspired by her mixed-heritage children to record these events for the future. She gained access to Obama's campaign, making six trips to events, such as his nomination at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver and First inauguration of Barack Obama, Inauguration in Washington, D.C., Washington D.C. In 2011 a set of ''In Seven Days...''was donated to the Library of Congress; another set is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This series has also been exhibited at Harvard Law School, Walker Art Gallery and Saïd Business School, Said Business School.

''Encounters''

''Encounters'', a series of fifty portraits of religious leaders all with their faces and hands painted out, was shown at the church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square in 2018. Among those represented were the Pope Francis, Pope, the 14th Dalai Lama, Dalai Lama, Ali Gomaa, Jonathan Sacks and Justin Welby. An accompanying book edited by Aaron Rosen, ''Encounters: The Art of Interfaith Dialogue'', was published by Brepols.

Other work

Green is a co-founder and trustee for Sophia Point, an education and conservation charity working in Guyana.

References

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