Nicolina maintains a home-base in New York City's East Village and travels often, spreading her art around the world. She specializes in public art, vibrant murals, collaborative painting projects and interactive performance-art spectacles. Hearts of the World, her ongoing international art project, brings art to underprivileged children who might not otherwise have the opportunity to express themselves creatively. She is also the founder of the Free Art Society, an artist alliance dedicated to shifting the ownership of art out of walled institutions and into the everyday public realm.
Manuel Antonio is lush– a refreshing departure from dusty, hot Jaco. Except, to be honest, to me it looks like an Americanized, tropical, outdoor mall. It’s a very well done tropical mall, I’ll admit– a perfect…
May 4, 2018
Manuel Antonio is lush– a refreshing departure from dusty, hot Jaco. Except, to be honest, to me it looks like…
May 4, 2018
I was told by several people that Jaco is the place to go in all of Costa Rica. It’s the…
April 28, 2018
Every morning in Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica, a variety of colorful birds come to hang out in the tall, wiry…
April 24, 2018
In Costa Rica, I already feel more relaxed, a pressure lifted from me. The kind of pressure that, while in…
April 11, 2018
Each night here I lay awake with my mind in overdrive. Sometimes it takes me hours to fall asleep. I…
March 24, 2018
Peru! I am here! I’ve wanted to travel to this country for so long. It is one place that I’ve…
July 27, 2017
Peru! I am here! I’ve wanted to travel to this country for so long. It is one place that I’ve…
July 27, 2017
When was the last time you painted? The last time you thought about your dreams? I’d like to invite all…
July 15, 2015
During our last week in India, we were invited by Bachpan Bachao Andolan to host one last Hearts of the World…
June 26, 2015
We are back in Delhi! We’ve come full circle, having traveled over 12,000 km over the last three months. Along…
June 15, 2015
We held our largest workshop to date yesterday. 400 students at Sagar Manni High School in Sirsa, Haryana explored their…
May 26, 2015
While I was in New York this Spring I had the pleasure of painting a Hearts of the World mural…
August 21, 2014
When was the last time you painted? The last time you thought about your dreams? I’d like to invite all…
July 15, 2015
…(Continued) And then, in the midst of nebulous fear, I had a pivotal moment of clarity. I had a thought…
August 15, 2014
I was commissioned by the U.S. Embassy to paint a mural for the Instituto Chileno Norteamericano in Valparaiso, Chile. I…
January 21, 2012
Jardim Zoológico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Oh what wonders are there to behold at the Rio Zoo? My boyfriend Orien and…
June 13, 2014…Continued In this excursion my phone, despite being sealed in a plastic bag for safety, dies a watery death destroying…
June 11, 2014
Niteroi, Brazil We sit to the side of the bridge and take turns blowing up the air mattress, 20 breaths…
June 11, 2014
In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, every Saturday there is a Feira (farmers market) on Rua Paulo Barreto (see map below). In…
June 3, 2014
My love is in Brazil visiting me. His name is Orien. He is a wildly creative artist and craftsman with…
March 26, 2014
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil I’ve been back in Brazil for just a few days and let me tell you, I…
March 25, 2014
