LONDON’S calling for a Port Glasgow artist after her work was selected for a top exhibition.

Nicole Gault is celebrating making the shortlist for the coveted HIX Award, which means her trio of ceramic sculptures will now go on display at a gallery in trendy Shoreditch.

It will be a double celebration for the 26-year-old fine art graduate as the exhibition opens on her birthday — September 22.

Nicole’s three ceramic towers, called ‘The Trinity of Adam and Steve’, will be on display until November and she will get the chance to rub shoulders with top artists.

The former St Stephen’s High pupil is thrilled to be in the running for the award, established by acclaimed chef, restaurateur and avid art fan and collector, Mark Hix.

There is a £10,000 prize up for grabs for the winner to help establish their own gallery.

Nicole said: “London is one of the places you want to make it in and there’s big names judging the award.

“It’s exciting and a good stepping stone.”

Nicole’s work explores relationships between gender, sexuality and religion with the name ‘The Trinity of Adam and Steve’ a play on Adam and Eve.

She spent around three months carefully crafting the towers by hand.

They were also recently on display in Newcastle.

Nicole, who lives in Greenock, is now looking forward to seeing her work in lights in London — her second big exhibition since graduating from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in June.

She said: “Mark Hix is best pals with Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin and there are big names involved in the judging.

“It’s great to be involved in something like this and if you get a prize out of it then even better.

“The work is about challenging traditions because ceramics itself is a very traditional art form and I’m taking it somewhere it’s never been before.

“The name is because I did my dissertation on the Bible belt in America and in one chapter a woman said ‘God made Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve’.

“I’m a fan of a play on words and stuff that gets your attention and makes you go up and take a closer look at it.”