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
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 Coming Home - Gallery 1313 - Toronto - Canada
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 CREDIT
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 OCAD U Moving Image 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
COLLECTIONS
Four Seasons Hotel - d|bar - permanent collection, seasonal display - Toronto • Canada
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
SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS
2020 Canada Council for the Arts • Explore and Create grant - Recipient
2019 Four Seasons Hotel Design Competition - Finalist
2019 Ontario Arts Council • Exhibition grant - Recipient
2017 Ross Fletcher Film/Video Scholarship - Recipient
2017 Adobe Design Achievement Awards - Semi-finalist
2016 Adobe Design Achievement Awards - Semi-finalist
2015 Adobe Design Achievement Awards - Semi-finalist
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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
2019 On "Human-Centred Design" at the "Digital Pedagogy Lab" - Toronto • Canada
2018 On "Student Experience Design Lab" at the "Technology Enabled Seminar Showcase" -
Toronto • Canada
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