{{Short description|British twin artists (born 1975)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

'''Nichola Hope''' (born 1975)<ref name="PostWales">{{cite book|first1=Peter W|last1=Jones|first2=Isabel|last2= Hitchman|publisher=Gomer Press|year=2015|title=Post War to Post Modern: A Dictionary of Artists in Wales |isbn=978-184851-8766}}</ref> is a Welsh artist. Hope was shortlisted for the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation Wildlife Artist of the Year 2020, her watercolour ''Tansy Beetle'' was awarded the Elizabeth Hosking Prize for Watercolour.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Sharon |title=Barry artist's watercolour wins Wildlife Artist of the Year 2020 competition prize |url=https://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/18477914.barry-artists-watercolour-wins-wildlife-artist-year-2020-competition-prize/ |access-date=11 March 2026 |work=Barry And District News |date=27 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref> She was awarded the RK Burt Painting Prize and has been selected for Wales Portrait I and II, Welsh Artist of the Year in 2006<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.commissionaportrait.com/artistsportfolio.asp?id=316| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061104051100/http://www.commissionaportrait.com/artistsportfolio.asp?id=316| archive-date = 2006-11-04| title = Nicola Hope |website=CommissionAPortrait.com}}</ref> and the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art.

With her twin sister, Sarah Hope, she produces visual artwork documenting the Welsh National Opera and occasionally paints and draws live.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtongallery.co.uk/artists/sarah-and-nichola-hope/|title=Sarah and Nichola Hope|publisher=Oriel Washington Gallery|accessdate=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306053737/http://www.washingtongallery.co.uk/artists/sarah-and-nichola-hope/|archive-date=6 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/local/southeastwales/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_9376000/9376738.stm|title=In pictures: Drawing Welsh National Opera|publisher=BBC South East Wales|date=16 December 2010|access-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316102030/http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/southeastwales/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_9376000/9376738.stm|archive-date=2016-03-16 }}</ref> Collectively they have worked on international projects with Monte Carlo Opera, Melbourne Opera, Tasmanian Storytelling Festival and Los Angeles St. David's Day Festival.<ref>{{cite web |date=3 June 2013 |title=LA celebrates St David's Day with Welsh festival |url=http://www.walesworldwide.org/2013/03/la-celebrates-st-davids-day-with-welsh-festival/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130311055351/http://www.walesworldwide.org/2013/03/la-celebrates-st-davids-day-with-welsh-festival/ |archive-date=11 March 2013 |access-date=3 March 2016 |work=Wales World Wide}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saatchiart.com/NicholaHope|title=Nichola Hope|work=Saatchi Art|accessdate=3 March 2016}}</ref>

Both sisters use pen, ink, and charcoal in their work, while Nichola also has a distinct use of watercolour and oils.

==Early life== Nichola and her twin sister Sarah were born in Cardiff, Wales.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |date=27 January 2011 |title=Artist twins inspired by opera |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/artist-twins-inspired-by-opera-1860867 |access-date=3 May 2022 |website=Wales Online |language=en}}</ref> She is of Welsh and Irish descent, and studied at Winchester School of Art<ref name=":0" />.

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== Further reading == * {{cite web |url=http://www.news.bbc.co.uk/local/southeastwales/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_9376000/9376738.stm/ |title=In Pictures: Drawing the Welsh National Opera |website=BBC South East Wales |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316102030/http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/southeastwales/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_9376000/9376738.stm |archive-date=2016-03-16 }}

== External links == * {{official site|http://www.nicholahope.com/}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hope, Nichola}} Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century Welsh women artists Category:21st-century Welsh women artists Category:Artists from Cardiff Category:Identical twin females Category:People from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan Category:Welsh twins Category:Welsh people of Irish descent Category:Welsh women painters Category:Alumni of Winchester School of Art