all girls together, and what they really, really want
commissioned by Foundation Press, Sunderland
performed at BALTIC Artists Book Fair NEWCASTLE 2016
Photo Credit: Adam Phillips
Slapping Noises
FIGURE FOUR, BALTIC 39 NEWCASTLE 2017
Photo Credit: Colin Davison
there is world sometimes
collaboration with Timothy Murray, Yunuen Rhi and Wojciech Kosma
commissioned by The NewBridge Project 2015
Photo Credit: Kuba Ryniewicz
Sexy Beach
commissioned by Modern Cultures
performance at Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, part of the 'Emotional Resources' symposium 2014
Chasing Waterfalls, with Adriana Rojas-Víquez
commissioned by BxNU BALTIC and Northumbria University
performed as part of RIFF/T, BALTIC 39, NEWCASTLE 2014
Photo Credit: 4130 Photography
perfect 36
commissioned and curated by Sarah Bayliss,
part of her group show 'Through The Gap Increasing' BALTIC 39, NEWCASTLE 2014
Photo Credit: Colin Davison
Slapping Noises
FIGURE FOUR, BALTIC 39 NEWCASTLE 2017
Photo Credit: Colin Davison
all girls together, and what they really, really want
commissioned by Foundation Press, Sunderland
performed at BALTIC Artists Book Fair NEWCASTLE 2016
Photo Credit: Adam Phillips
high density reconstituted foam
commissioned by Musee Imaginaire
performed at Northern Charter, NEWCASTLE 2013
Photo Credit: Ilana Mitchell
Your're torturing me David. Torture me so I can learn.
New Art Centre, Boston USA 2016
Photo Credit: Josefin Bengtsson

'the sounds here are bouncing around us and Susan and Anne and that object'
solo show at BALTIC 39, NEWCASTLE 2017
Photo Credit: Josefin Bengtsson
slanting, semi-cascade - with Hannah Buckley
part of 'the sounds here are bouncing around us and Susan and Anne and that object'
solo show at BALTIC 39, NEWCASTLE 2017
Photo Credit: Fiona Larkin
they go into a little room and they bang a little drum - with Harriet Plewis
part of 'the sounds here are bouncing around us and Susan and Anne and that object'
solo show at BALTIC 39, NEWCASTLE 2017
Photo Credit: Fiona Larkin
'the sounds here are bouncing around us and Susan and Anne and that object'
solo show at BALTIC 39, NEWCASTLE 2017

'the sounds here are bouncing around us and Susan and Anne and that object'
solo show at BALTIC 39, NEWCASTLE 2017

'the sounds here are bouncing around us and Susan and Anne and that object'
solo show at BALTIC 39, NEWCASTLE 2017
Photo Credit: Josefin Bengtsson
Skype reading events with Linda Stuppart, Jenny Moore, Timothy Murray and Susie Green
part of 'the sounds here are bouncing around us and Susan and Anne and that object'
solo show at BALTIC 39, NEWCASTLE 2017

Risograph Print
with Foundation Press, Sunderland (2016)


POWER GRAB - with Helen Collard
part of 'the sounds here are bouncing around us and Susan and Anne and that object'
solo show at BALTIC 39, NEWCASTLE 2017
Photo Credit: Fiona Larkin
we stand out the most when we stand out together
choreographed parade commissioned by Wunderbar Festival, NEWCASTLE 2013
Photo Credit: 4130 Photography
we stand out the most when we stand out together
choreographed parade commissioned by Wunderbar Festival, NEWCASTLE 2013
Photo Credit: 4130 Photography
In Praise of Shadows - with Rhodri Davies, Paul Dunmall, Chris Greive, Impossibility Knox, Mark Sanders, Nicola Singh and Sue Tompkins
commissioned by Wunderbar Festival, NEWCASTLE 2013
Photo Credit: 4130 Photography
In Praise of Shadows - with Rhodri Davies, Paul Dunmall, Chris Greive, Impossibility Knox, Mark Sanders, Nicola Singh and Sue Tompkins
commissioned by Wunderbar Festival, NEWCASTLE 2013
Photo Credit: 4130 Photography
In Praise of Shadows - with Rhodri Davies, Paul Dunmall, Chris Greive, Impossibility Knox, Mark Sanders, Nicola Singh and Sue Tompkins / commissioned by Wunderbar Festival, NEWCASTLE 2013 / Photo Credit: 4130 Photography
In Praise of Shadows
Photo Credit: 4130 Photography
chiffon sponge
images from a performance commissioned by LUX Scotland
crossing the line, curated by Gayle Meikle, Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, 2017
Exercise with 'the feminist reading group', organised by Nadia Hebson, Northern Charter, NEWCASTLE 2016
Photo Credit: Susie Green
Exercise with 'the feminist reading group', organised by Nadia Hebson, Northern Charter, NEWCASTLE 2016
Photo Credit: Susie Green
You're Torturing Me David. Torture Me So I Can Learn, New Art Centre, BOSTON USA, 2016
Drawings for original costume
slanting, semi-cascade - with Hannah Buckley
part of 'the sounds here are bouncing around us and Susan and Anne and that object'
solo show at BALTIC 39, NEWCASTLE 2017
Photo Credit: Fiona Larkin
Commission from BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art - performance event for FAMILY DAY (July 2017)
realised with Serena Korda, Susie Green. Heather Bonnie Reid, Rachel Aggs, Rachel Harwood, Janina Sabaliauskaite, Flora Whiteley, Hannah Kirkham and Naomi Daley
Photo Credit: Janina Sabaliauskaite
Sweet Spot (2017)
Originally commissioned through 3-Phase, supported by Jerwood Charitable Foundation, Eastside Projects and WORKPLACE. Photo: Anna Arca.


Sweet Spot (2017)
Originally commissioned through 3-Phase, supported by Jerwood Charitable Foundation, Eastside Projects and WORKPLACE. Photo: Anna Arca.


Sweet Spot (2017)
Originally commissioned through 3-Phase, supported by Jerwood Charitable Foundation, Eastside Projects and WORKPLACE. Photo: Anna Arca.


Sweet Spot Performance with Jenny Moore and Harriet Plewis (2017)
Originally commissioned through 3-Phase, supported by Jerwood Charitable Foundation, Eastside Projects and WORKPLACE. Photo © Hydar Dewachi

Photo © Hydar Dewachi

City Stir - Site-specific performance with Susie Green and Heather Bonnie Reid (2017)
Commissioned by Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury.
Photo: Janina Sabaliauskaite




Stir City - Improvised performance with Sarah Gail Brand (2017)
Commissioned by Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury.
Photo: Catrina Clayson




City Stir - Installation View (2018)
Commissioned by Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury.
Photo: Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury




I See This Feel In The Shape Of A Smile - Installation View (2018) seen here with Verity Birt's work
part of Signs | Beacons, Caustic Coastal, Salford
Photo: Caustic Coastal




I See This Feel In The Shape Of A Smile - Installation View (2018)
part of Signs | Beacons, Caustic Coastal, Salford
Photo: Caustic Coastal




Soft Body - Performance, part of solo exhibition at Hongti Art Centre, Busan - South Korea (2018)
UK/KOREA Residency for British Council/BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
Photo: Ben Jeans-Houghton




Photo © Hydar Dewachi

Photo © Hydar Dewachi

Photo © Hydar Dewachi

Photo © Hydar Dewachi

Photo © Hydar Dewachi

Photo Credit: Janina Sabaliauskaite
Photo: Janina Sabaliauskaite




Photo: Janina Sabaliauskaite




Photo: Janina Sabaliauskaite




Photo: Janina Sabaliauskaite




Photo: Janina Sabaliauskaite




Photo: Janina Sabaliauskaite




Photo: Janina Sabaliauskaite




Photo: Janina Sabaliauskaite




within reach (2018)
Workplace Gallery, Gateshead
Originally commissioned through 3-Phase, supported by Jerwood Charitable Foundation, Eastside Projects and WORKPLACE. Photo © John MacKenzie

Photo: Nicola Singh




Photo: Nicola Singh




Soft Body - Workshop, part of solo exhibition at Hongti Art Centre, Busan - South Korea (2018)
UK/KOREA Residency for British Council/BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
Photo: Nicola Singh




Sweet Spot (2017) (stills from Workshop development)
Originally commissioned through 3-Phase, supported by Jerwood Charitable Foundation, Eastside Projects and WORKPLACE. Photo: film still.


Sweet Spot (2017) (stills from Workshop development)
Originally commissioned through 3-Phase, supported by Jerwood Charitable Foundation, Eastside Projects and WORKPLACE. Photo: film still.


Sweet Spot (2017) (stills from Workshop development)
Originally commissioned through 3-Phase, supported by Jerwood Charitable Foundation, Eastside Projects and WORKPLACE. Photo: film still.


Sweet Spot (2017) (stills from Workshop development)
Originally commissioned through 3-Phase, supported by Jerwood Charitable Foundation, Eastside Projects and WORKPLACE. Photo: film still.


Sweet Spot (2017) (stills from Workshop development)
Originally commissioned through 3-Phase, supported by Jerwood Charitable Foundation, Eastside Projects and WORKPLACE. Photo: film still.


Slippery Skin (2018)
Post Paradise, Birmingham.
Photo: post paradise


Slippery Skin (2018)
Post Paradise, Birmingham.
Photo: post paradise


Slippery Skin (2018)
Post Paradise, Birmingham.
Photo: post paradise


Will Hold A (2018) collaboration with Harriet Plewis, Mutters, New Victoria Gardens, Glasgow.
Photo: Amy Holt


The dinning room of H and G's house. (2018)
Collaboration with Kate Sweeney, Phyllis Christopher and Janina Sabaliauskaite - photography, video & text.
Originally commissioned through ArtHouses. Photo: Phyllis Christopher.


The dinning room of H and G's house. (2018)
Collaboration with Kate Sweeney, Phyllis Christopher and Janina Sabaliauskaite - photography, video & text.
Originally commissioned through ArtHouses. Photo: Phyllis Christopher.


Photos: Phyllis Christopher.


Pushing Attention (2018)
Originally commissioned through 3-Phase, supported by Jerwood Charitable Foundation, Eastside Projects and WORKPLACE. Photo: Zunaira.Muzaffar


The dinning room of H and G's house. (2018)
Collaboration with Kate Sweeney, Phyllis Christopher and Janina Sabaliauskaite - photography, video & text.
Originally commissioned through ArtHouses. Photo: Phyllis Christopher.


The dinning room of H and G's house. (2018)
Collaboration with Kate Sweeney, Phyllis Christopher and Janina Sabaliauskaite - photography, video & text. (Film Still).
Originally commissioned through ArtHouses. Photo: Phyllis Christopher.


The dinning room of H and G's house. (2018)
Collaboration with Kate Sweeney, Phyllis Christopher and Janina Sabaliauskaite - photography, video & text. (Film Still).
Originally commissioned through ArtHouses. Photo: Phyllis Christopher.


Photo: Zunaira.Muzaffar


Photo: Zunaira.Muzaffar


Photo: Zunaira.Muzaffar


Photo: Zunaira.Muzaffar


'Make A Monkey Out Of Clay' (2018) clay monkeys made on Tinder Dates - prompt from Paul Klee's Teaching Notes.
IMT Gallery, London. Photo: Nicola Singh.


'Make A Monkey Out Of Clay' (2018) clay monkeys made on Tinder Dates - prompt from Paul Klee's Teaching Notes.
IMT Gallery, London. Photo: IMT Gallery.


'Make A Monkey Out Of Clay' (2018) clay monkeys made on Tinder Dates - prompt from Paul Klee's Teaching Notes.
IMT Gallery, London. Photo: IMT Gallery.


email: perform.nsingh@gmail.com / instagram: nicolasingh
Based in Newcastle upon Tyne UK.
Commission from BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art - performance event for FAMILY DAY (July 2017)
realised with Serena Korda, Susie Green. Heather Bonnie Reid, Rachel Aggs, Rachel Harwood, Janina Sabaliauskaite, Flora Whiteley, Hannah Kirkham and Naomi Daley
Photo Credit: Janina Sabaliauskaite
Sweet Spot (2017)
Originally commissioned through 3-Phase, supported by Jerwood Charitable Foundation, Eastside Projects and WORKPLACE. Photo: Anna Arca.


Sweet Spot (2017)
Originally commissioned through 3-Phase, supported by Jerwood Charitable Foundation, Eastside Projects and WORKPLACE. Photo: Anna Arca.


Photo © Hydar Dewachi

Photo © Hydar Dewachi

City Stir - Site-specific performance with Susie Green and Heather Bonnie Reid (2017)
Commissioned by Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury.
Photo: Janina Sabaliauskaite




Photo: Janina Sabaliauskaite




Soft Body - performance, part of solo exhibition at Hongti Art Centre, Busan - South Korea (2018)
UK/KOREA Residency for British Council/BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
Photo: Nicola Singh




Soft Body - performance, part of solo exhibition at Hongti Art Centre, Busan - South Korea (2018)
UK/KOREA Residency for British Council/BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
Photo: Nicola Singh




Photo © John MacKenzie

Pushing Attention (2018)
Originally commissioned through 3-Phase, supported by Jerwood Charitable Foundation, Eastside Projects and WORKPLACE. Photo: Zunaira.Muzaffar


Pushing Attention (2018)
Originally commissioned through 3-Phase, supported by Jerwood Charitable Foundation, Eastside Projects and WORKPLACE. Photo: Zunaira.Muzaffar


Pushing Attention (2018)
Originally commissioned through 3-Phase, supported by Jerwood Charitable Foundation, Eastside Projects and WORKPLACE. Photo: Zunaira.Muzaffar


Photo: Stuart Whipps.


Photo: Stuart Whipps.


Photo: Stuart Whipps.


Photo: Stuart Whipps.


Photo: Stuart Whipps.


Photo: Janina Sabaliauskaite




Stir City - solo exhibition (2017)
Commissioned by Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury.
Photo: Nicola Singh




Soft Body - performance, part of solo exhibition at Hongti Art Centre, Busan - South Korea (2018)
UK/KOREA Residency for British Council/BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
Photo: Nicola Singh




Honesty As A Weapon (2018)
Commissioned by TOTALLER for NewBridge Projects, Gateshead.
Photo: Lesley Guy.


Honesty As A Weapon (2018)
Commissioned by TOTALLER for NewBridge Projects, Gateshead.
Photo: Lesley Guy.


'The Mountain & Other Tales of She Transformed' Ongoing collaboration with Hannah Buckley
Commissioned by Yorkshire Dance, Encounters Festival at Yorkshire Dance (2019)
Photo: Sara Teresa.


'I AM YOUR FUCKING PROTEIN SHAKE' collaboration with Harriet Plewis.
PUG, Caedmon Hall, Gateshead (2019)
Photo: Chris Bishop


'Sticky Weeds' (2019) performance and film.
D6 Culture In Transit. Research Residency.
Photo: screen shot from film shot by Sarah Boutell.
Access film edit here: http://stories.d6culture.org/nicolasingh/stickyweeds/


'Love Lane' (2019) performance, film & installation.
Solo Residency, Art House Wakefield
Photo: Jules Lister



'Love Lane' (2019) performance, film & installation.
Solo Residency, Art House Wakefield
Photo: Jules Lister



'Love Lane' (2019) performance, film & installation.
Solo Residency, Art House Wakefield
Photo: Jules Lister



'In Training For The Horror' (2019) performance & film.
produced as part of a Summer Residency period, Hospitalfields (SCT)
Photo: Cicely Farrer



'In Training For The Horror' (2019) performance & film.
produced as part of a Summer Residency period, Hospitalfields (SCT)
Photo: screen shots from film by Matthew Parkin.






'NGL' (2019) performance & film.
part of 'Everything Must Go' group show, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead.
Photo: screen shot from film by Sarah Boutell.






'NGL' (2019) performance & film.
part of 'Everything Must Go' group show, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead.
Photo: screen shot from film by Sarah Boutell.






'NGL' (2019) performance & film.
part of 'Everything Must Go' group show, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead.
Photo: screen shot from film by Sarah Boutell.






'Don't look so sad' (2020)
commissioned as part of PRINT PRESENT PERFORM
The Tetley Gallery, Leeds
Photo: Jules Lister






'Don't look so sad' (2020)
commissioned as part of Pre-Ramble
David Dale Gallery, Glasgow
Photo: Isobel Lutz Smith






'POWERGRAB' (2020) film, collaboration with Helen Collard
commissioned by Projections North East 'Artists in Cinema', Tyneside Cinema
Photo: screen shot from film. Director of Photography: Emma Dalesman






'Gloomy Fantasy' (2021) performance to camera (research project)
commissioned as part of D6: Contested Desires Residency Project, Newcastle
Photo: screen of film by Lauren de Sá Naylor






'Gloomy Fantasy' (2021) performance to camera (research project)
commissioned as part of D6: Contested Desires Residency Project, Newcastle
Photo: screen of film by Lauren de Sá Naylor






[from left to right]
'Comparing forearms with Rach and Kate' (2021)
'Finding a voice by Amrit Wilson' (2021)
'Speaking Aloud' (2021)
pen, pencil and oil pastel on inkjet print-outs (27 x 19cm)

Exhibited as part of group show 'Dark Matter', Workplace Foundation, Newcastle (2021)
Image Credit: John McKenzie





'Dark Matter', Workplace Foundation, Newcastle (2021)
Image Credit: John McKenzie
'Dark Matter', Workplace Foundation, Newcastle (2021)
Image Credit: John McKenzie
'Chocolatey Faces' (film and performance) 
Porthmeor Studios Residency, St Ives (2021)
Image Credit: SHARP
'Chocolatey Faces' (film and performance) 
Porthmeor Studios Residency, St Ives (2021)
Image Credit: SHARP