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| Graham Nicholls | |
| Birth name | Graham Nicholls |
| Born | July 30, 1975 London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Field | Artist, writer and speaker |
Graham Nicholls (born July 30, 1975 in London, England) is an installation artist, activist, and writer on extended consciousness and spirituality. He is also often quoted for his views on polyamory[1].
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Graham Nicholls was born in the Paddington district of central London. His father was a refuse collector from East London and his mother was a carer also from London. He states that much of his early life was colored by crime and social problems. [2][3]
Since the early 1990s he has developed works which explore subjects such as sensory deprivation, hypnosis, and psi abilities[4].
Nicholls had his first solo show at a gallery run by James Fuentes in New York City in July, 1999 and in 2004 developed many of his psychological ideas into an interactive virtual reality installation at London's Science Museum, much of which was based upon his life and locations from his childhood in London.[5]
Technology and science take a central role in his artistic output and, along with Stelarc, he is thought to be one of the first artists to explore live streaming performance art over the internet starting as early as 1996.[6]
Nicholls claims to have had hundreds of out of body experiences (OBEs) since the age of approximately twelve years old. These experiences led him to study many aspects of spiritual and parapsychological theory.[7] In 2009 Nicholls outlined his experiences, art and ideas relating to OBEs in an article that appeared in Kindred Spirit magazine. In the article he makes it clear that he believes science will eventually embrace experiences such as his as part of objective reality. He draws upon the ideas of Brian Josephson, Dean Radin and Rupert Sheldrake.[8]
His interest in altered states of consciousness, trance and human potential led him to set up an organisation called the Shahmai Network in 2004 to explore these areas. He is also has a forthcoming book which explores his personal spirituality[9].
As part of his enquiry into psi and human consciousness in 2009 he began working on a series of telepathy experiments in a joint project with controversial scientist Rupert Sheldrake[10].
Nicholls is openly critical of marriage and advocates free love or polyamory. He is active in the polyamory community in the UK and has spoken at polyamory day in London and is also credited by the press with founding the first dedicated polyamory website in the UK[11].
He is also involved in campaigns for animal rights and veganism and supports many aspects of the eco or green anarchist movement. His organisation the Shahmai Network were official members of the Make Poverty History campaign focused on the G8 which took place in 2005[12].
   | The Living Image VR project website - Virtual Reality Installation Art - The Living Image - Graham Nicholls - Roma Patel - Trudi Entwistle |
| | The artist's main website - Graham Nicholls - Installation Artist and Video Artist based in London and Brighton |
| | Review of the Living Image Project - Feeling Technoetic? See The Living Image At The Dana Centre | Culture24 |
| | BBC Review of the Living Image Project - BBC NEWS | Technology | New expression for virtual city |
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