NIKKI SF

Nicole Vismara's picture
Neighborhood: Hunters Point Shipyard
Group Affiliation: Hunters Point Shipyard
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Nikki is a graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and received her Master’s Degree in Paleolithic Art from the Université Lumière in Lyon, France. She lived in France for nearly a decade and taught English & Art History at a top ranked engineering university. In addition to exhibiting overseas, Nikki has traveled extensively and did humanitarian work in West Africa.

The artist lives in San Francisco and has a studio at Hunter’s Point Shipyard, a decommissioned naval base and home to the country’s largest artist community. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for The Shipyard Trust for the Arts, the nonprofit organization for the 300+ working artists & musicians of Hunters Point Shipyard Artists. She is passionate about environmental justice and serves on the Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s Community Steering Committee for Bayview-Hunters Point/Southeast San Francisco.

Nikki’s work has been shown at Miami Art Week during Art Basel Miami Beach, the de Young Museum, Palm Springs Art Fair, Saks Fifth Avenue, as well as the 12,000 square foot digital billboard at Times Square in New York City as part of the world’s largest public art fair. She exhibits regularly in galleries and juried shows, and her work can be found in collections around the world.