Nicholas McArthur is a visual artist based in London and Sofia, Bulgaria. He is a graduate of Central St Martins (UAL) and The Royal Collage of Art.

From the murky byways of downtrodden high streets to rubbish-strewn wastelands, Nicholas McArthur's work has led him to seek deliverance in seemingly adverse environments.

His practice brings together a variety of elements: atmospheric lighting and sound, costumes and homemade props, and salvaged materials. These elements combine to create performances, videos, and installations. His performances are often staged in public spaces and documented on film. In Mcarthur’s work Characters are floating soft toys, bloodied figures and uncanny presences, inviting the audience into an uneasy space where innocent play and trauma coexist

Similarly, McArthur's installations are also distinctively homemade, Worn furniture threadbare rugs and reclaimed materials help bridge a connection with the films, locating these physical elements in the same quotidian world depicted on the screen. Galleries and festivals in the UK and abroad have exhibited McArthur's work.

McArthur is also a lecturer at the University of Creative Arts in Farnham, as well as on the MA architecture programme at Oxford Brooks.