Nils Norman is an artist living in London, who has exhibited and generated projects and collaborations in museums and galleries internationally. He has completed major public art projects, including a pedestrian bridge, small playgrounds, and a landscaping project for the City of Roskilde, Denmark. He has participated in various biennials worldwide and has developed commissions for SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY; London Underground, UK; Tate Modern, UK; Loughborough University, UK; Creative Time, NYC; and the Centre d’ Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland. He is currently developing two small-scale urban farming parks in the Hague, the Netherlands, that test and question the limitations and potentialities of permaculture as a possible city-wide alternative design strategy for urban centres. He is also the lead artist for the city of Cambridge’s project to redevelop part of Trumpington, an area on the city’s southern fringe—developing play elements, street furniture, community garden, and wayfinding. He is the author of four publications: Edible Park, Nils Norman (2012), Thurrock 2015 (2004), An Architecture of Play: A Survey of London’s Adventure Playgrounds (2004), and The Contemporary Picturesque (2000). He is a Professor at the the Royal Danish Academy of Art and Design, Copenhagen, where he leads the School of Walls and Space.
