Nicola L.

Born to French parents in El Jadida, Morocco, in 1932, Nicola L. studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and spent much of her life between Paris, Brussels, Ibiza, and New York, before passing away in Los Angeles in 2018.

In recent years, her work has gained significant recognition through a solo exhibition at SculptureCenter, New York (2017), and inclusion in major group exhibitions such as “Elles”, Centre Pompidou, Paris (2009); “The Liverpool Biennial” (2014); “The World Goes Pop”, Tate Modern, London (2015); “Made in L.A. 2020: A Version”, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; “She-Bam Pow Pop Wizz! The Amazons of Pop”, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Nice (2021); “Future Bodies from a Recent Past – Sculpture, Technology, and the Body since the 1950s”, Museum Brandhorst, Munich (2022); and “HOPE”, Museion (2023).

Her work is held in the public collections of prominent institutions, including the Centre Pompidou, Paris; Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York; Design Museum Brussels; Frac Bretagne, Rennes; Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow; M HKA, Antwerp; MAMCO Genève; and Museion, among others.