Nikole Hidalgo McGregor is a video artist and designer based in Toronto.
Her work is characterized by its multidisciplinary nature and her eagerness for experimentation while exploring the deep relationships between aesthetics and socially aware narratives. Her mixed-media films have been exhibited in galleries and film festivals around the world, including a special inclusion in La Truca’s Empowered Perspectives selection of female directors.
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
2018 BFA in Integrated Media (with Distinction), OCAD University - Toronto, ON, Canada
2014 Certificate in Design Studies (with Distinction), Algonquin College - Ottawa, ON, Canada
Exhibition History
2019 Public Installation - Yonge and Dundas Square, Toronto, ON, Canada
2019 Soft Refractions, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
2018 Xpace External Space, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
2017 Sites of Reconstruction, Ignite Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
2017 Festival of the Body, The Great Hall in the Sharp Centre for Design, Toronto, ON, Canada
2016 REFLECTION, OCAD U Student Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
2016 POLY / PACKETS, The Great Hall in the Sharp Centre for Design, Toronto, ON, Canada
Film Festival History - Director Credit
2019 Humano Film Festival, Tijuana, Mexico
2019 Rendezvous with Madness Festival, Toronto, ON, Canada
2019 11th CMS International Children’s Film Festival (ICFF), Lucknow, India
2018 Sommets du cinéma d’animation, Montreal, Canada
2018 Anim!Arte: 14th International Student Festival of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 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, Montreal, Canada
2017 CUTOUT International 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, RJ, Brazil
2017 Augmented Cinema Film Festival, Toronto, ON, Canada
2017 OCAD U Moving Image Festival, Toronto, ON, Canada
2017 University of Toronto Film Festival, Toronto, ON, Canada
2016 Durham Region Film Festival (DRFF) Oshawa, ON, Canada
2016 University of Toronto Film Festival, Toronto, ON, Canada
Residencies
2019 Roundtable Residency - Dragon Academy in Toronto, Current resident.
2019 Animating Artist Health - Small residency at TAIS, Toronto Animated Image Society
Screening and artist talk
Screening and artist talk
Publications
2019 Soft Refractions, pg. 3 - 6, Toronto, 2019
2016 REFLECTION, First Generation Student Work, pg. 10, Toronto, 2016
Scholarships, Grants and Awards
2019 Toronto, ON, Canada
2017 Ross Fletcher Film/Video Scholarship, Toronto, ON, Canada
Other Achievements
2019 Finalist at the Four Seasons Hotel Design Competition
2017 Semi-finalist for the Adobe Design Achievement Awards
2016 Semi-finalist for the Adobe Design Achievement Awards
2015 Semi-finalist for the Adobe Design Achievement Awards
Teaching Experience
2019 Teaching Assistant at OCAD University - DPXA Capstone
2019 Teaching Assistant at TAIS - Outreach Program: Animation City