Nikole Hidalgo McGregor is a video artist and designer based in Toronto.
Nikole is a new media artist interested in broken narrative strategies and emerging technologies, and how these can intertwine with traditional practices, bridging concepts of culture, morals, and ideologies. Her work is informed by intersectional feminist theory, which enriches the political undertones of her pieces. Her new media works have been exhibited in galleries and film festivals around the world, including the inclusion in La Truca’s Empowered Perspectives selection of female directors and the HUMANO International Human Rights Film Festival.
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 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
Film Festival History - Director Credit
2019 Humano International Human Rights 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 - Toronto, ON, Canada
Exhibition and Publication
2019 Animating Artist Health - Toronto Animated Image Society - Toronto, ON, Canada
Screening and artist talk
Publications
2019 RESISTANCE - pg. 30-31, Toronto, 2019
2019 Soft Refractions - pg. 3 - 6, Toronto, 2019
2016 REFLECTION - pg. 10, Toronto, 2016
Scholarships and Grants
2017 Ross Fletcher Film/Video Scholarship, Toronto, ON, Canada
2019 Ontario Arts Council - Exhibition Grant
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 Creative Technology Advisor at Ryerson University
2019 Teaching Assistant at OCAD University - DPXA Capstone
2019 Teaching Assistant at TAIS - Outreach Program: Animation City