Nicola Green

In 2010, Green created In Seven Days... a set of seven silk-screen prints depicting Barack Obama's presidential election campaign. [5] Green was inspired by her mixed-heritage children to record these events for the future. [6] She gained access to Obama’s campaign, making six trips to events, such as his nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Denver and Inauguration in Washington D.C. [6] No other artist has got this close to a presidential campaign in history.[7] In 2011 a set of In Seven Days...was donated to the Library of Congress; another set is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[8] This series has also been exhibited at Harvard Law School,[9] Walker Art Gallery[10] and Said Business School. [11]

Between 2008 and 2018 Green was a witness to interfaith meetings around the world to create Encounters. She attended gatherings of religious leaders including The Dalai Lama, Pope Francis, Ali Gomaa and Jonathan Sacks. [12] The resulting work Encounters, is made up of two bodies of work: a series of 12 life sized portraits made from Perspex and 30 mixed media portraits. [13]The portaits included Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Zoroastrian, Sikh, Baháʼí, Jain, African Traditional, Confucian, Humanist, Shinto and indigenous leaders. [14] Encounters was shown at the church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square.[15]

An accompanying book Encounters: The Art of Interfaith Dialogue was published by Brepols. Edited by Professor Aaron Rosen, it uses Nicola Green’s artwork to explore a variety of debates surrounding interfaith dialogue. [16] Contributors to the book include Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra, Dr. Rowan Williams, Prof. David Ford OBE and Gabrielle Rifkind. [17]