Video artist and designer based in Toronto.
Nikole is a new media artist interested in broken narrative, surrealism, technology, and experimentation. While multidisciplinary in nature, her pieces are informed by Intersectional Feminist theory, which enriches the undertones of her work. Her new media work has been exhibited in galleries and film festivals worldwide, including its inclusion in La Truca’s Empowered Perspectives selection of female directors and the HUMANO International Human Rights Film Festival.
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
2020 Pursuing a Master of Communication and Culture
RYERSON UNIVERSITY- YORK UNIVERSITY - Toronto, ON, Canada
2018 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Integrated Media (with Distinction)
OCAD UNIVERSITY - Toronto, ON, Canada
2014 Certificate in Design Studies (with Distinction)
ALGONQUIN COLLEGE • Ottawa, ON, Canada
EXHIBITION HISTORY
2020 Internationales Digitalkunst Open Gallery • Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
2020 BigArtTO - Public Installation • Toronto, ON
2020 Coming Home - Gallery 1313 • Toronto, ON
2020 New Toronto Works - Pleasure Dome • Toronto, ON
2019 Resistance - The Dragon Academy • Toronto, ON
2019 Public Installation - Yonge and Dundas Square • Toronto, ON
2019 Soft Refractions - Xpace Cultural Centre • Toronto, ON
2018 Wand-ing at the Xpace External Space - Xpace Cultural Centre • Toronto, ON
2017 Sites of Reconstruction - Ignite Gallery • Toronto, ON
2017 Festival of the Body - The Great Hall in the Sharp Centre for Design • Toronto, ON
2016 REFLECTION - OCAD U Student Gallery • Toronto, ON
2016 POLY / PACKETS - The Great Hall in the Sharp Centre for Design • Toronto, ON
RESIDENCIES
2019 Roundtable Residency - Dragon Academy - Toronto • ON • Canada
Exhibition and Publication
2019 Animating Artist Health - Toronto Animated Image Society - Toronto • ON • Canada
Screening and artist talk
FILM FESTIVAL HISTORY - DIRECTOR
2020 Nocturne Screening: New Toronto Works
2020 New Toronto Works in Victoria - The fifty fifty arts collective • Vancouver, BC
2020 New Vancouver Works & New Toronto Works - Vivo Media Arts • Vancouver, BC
2020 Nocturne Screening: NTW - Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative • Halifax, Nova Scotia
2020 Punk Cinema Festival - Amsterdam • Netherlands
2020 FLUX Moving Image Film Festival - Oxford • England
2019 VisuElles Film Festival - Ottawa • Canada
2019 HUMANO International Human Rights Film Festival - Tijuana • México
2019 Rendezvous with Madness Festival - Toronto • Canada
2019 13th Annual TAIS Animation Showcase - Anijam - Toronto • Canada
2019 11th CMS International Children’s Film Festival (ICFF) - Lucknow • India
2018 Sommets du cinéma d’animation - Montréal • Canada
2018 Anim!Arte: 14th International Student Festival of Brazil - Rio de Janeiro • Brazil
2018 La Truca Festival Internacional de Animación - Cali • Colombia
2017 Animax Skopje Fest - Skopje • Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
2017 Sommets du cinéma d’animation - Montréal • Canada
2017 CUTOUT Contemporary Animation & Digital Art Festival- Querétaro • México
2017 Multivision 15th International Festival of Animation Arts - St.Petersburg • Russia
2017 Linoleum International Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival - Kyiv • Ukraine
2017 Anim!Arte: 13th International Student Festival of Brazil - Rio de Janeiro • Brazil
2017 Augmented Cinema Film Festival - Toronto • Canada
2017 University of Toronto Film Festival - Toronto • Canada
2016 Durham Region Film Festival (DRFF) - Oshawa • Canada
2016 University of Toronto Film Festival - Toronto • Canada
SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS
2021 SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship
2020 Canada Council for the Arts • Explore and Create grant
2019 Four Seasons Hotel Design Competition Finalist
2019 Ontario Arts Council • Exhibition grant
2017 Ross Fletcher Film/Video Scholarship
CATALOGUES, PUBLICATIONS AND EXHIBITION ANTHOLOGIES
2019 2018x2019 Volume, Xpace - Soft Refractions, pg. 9, essay by Mary Chen and Theresa Wang
2019 2018x2019 Volume, Xpace - Wand-ing, pg. 59, essay by Dana Snow
2019 RESISTANCE - Catalogue, pg. 21, Essay by Sam Roberts
2019 RESISTANCE - Publication, On Women Taking Up Space, pg. 30
2019 Soft Refractions - Catalogue, pg. 3-6, essay by Mary Chen and Theresa Wang
2016 REFLECTION - Catalogue, pg. 10
COLLECTIONS
Four Seasons Hotel - d|bar - permanent collection, seasonal display - Toronto • Canada
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2020 Graduate Assistant at Ryerson University - Knowledge Translation
2019 Creative Technology Advisor at Ryerson University
2019 Teaching Assistant at OCAD University - Capstone Thesis Project
2019 Teaching Assistant at TAIS - Outreach Program: Animation City
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2021 CADN Conference - OCAD University • Toronto
2021 Intersections Cross-sections Conference - Ryerson & York Universities • Toronto
2021 Critical Race and Media Studies Flash Symposium - Ryerson & York Universities • Toronto
2021 AHGSA Graduate Symposium - Concordia University • Montreal
2019 Digital Pedagogy Lab - Toronto • Canada
2018 Technology Enabled Seminar Showcase • Toronto
COLLECTIVES
Member of the art collective "DeBugReBoot" - Artist
Member of the video game collective "Boxed Meat Revolution"- Art Director
Member of the animation collective "RotoJam Collective" - Animator