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Nicola Godden ARBS, born 1960, Icarus 1 at The Olympic Village,Bronze,Signed and numbered from an edition of 3,352cm.; 138½ins high by 212cm.; 83½ins wide, Born in 1960 in Germany to a British Army family, Godden studied sculpture at West Surrey College of Art and Design. She has travelled to and lived in many countries including Kenya, Cyprus and Singapore., She was given her first commission through the landscape garden designer Roddy Lewellyn. The bronze was featured in his book Beautiful Backyards. ,Other large commissioned works include:,The twice life sized Hammersmith Man figure which was unveiled by George Melly in 1987.,The Peter Scott memorial sculpture for The Wildfowl and Wetlands site at Barnes which was unveiled by David Attenborough in 2000., She has also been commissioned to produce works for numerous private persons and public sector bodies, together with many significant pieces for large corporate clients., Work in collections:,The Vincent Fergusson Collection.,The Eric and Jean Cass Collection. ,Nene University collection.,Portraits include:,Leonard Rossiter.,Acker Bilk., Exhibitions,Solo Exhibition, The Bronze Gallery, Hartley Wintney; Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden; Wykeham Gallery, Stockbridge; The Pride of the Valley (2007); Art Parks International, Guernsey; Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast (2006); Contemporary Art Fair, Edinburgh; Phoenix Art Gallery, Hartley Wintney, Hants; Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford (2005); The McHardy Sculpture Company (2004); Royal Society of British Sculptors (2001); Art 2000 Islington (2000),