Christina Nicola

American born in Plano, Texas
Lives and works in Miami, FL
2016 – BFA University of Central Florida.

— << Figurative Expressionism >> —

  • When I Look at My Secret Colors, I Feel Like Bursting Into Tears – acrylic, 40 x 60 in, 2023
  • I want to be Wonderful No.1 – mixed media on canvas, 48×48 in, 2022
  • I want to be Wonderful No.2 – mixed media on canvas, 36×48 in, 2022
  • I want to be Wonderful No.3 – mixed media on canvas, 30×36 in, 2022

Biography
Christina Nicola  born in Plano, Texas and now living and working in Miami. She is an expressionist figurative painter whose work depicts the fluidity of the black femme identity. Coining the term ‘afroromantic’ to describe her style, Nicola uses the phrase as a catchall for the narratives in her work that explore themes of love, lust, and longing. Nicola’s romantic paintings are portals to the artist’s fantasies, fears, and memories where her past, present, and future identities commingle.

Nicola spent her formative years in South Florida, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Studio Art from the University of Central Florida. In 2016 and began exhibiting in galleries and art fairs in Miami and New York. In 2022, Nicola’s work was featured in the exhibition Arrangements in Black at Phillips Auction followed by her inaugural institutional exhibition, I Want to Be Wonderful at the Coral Springs Museum of Art. In 2023, Nicola debuted new works in two solo exhibitions in New Jersey and New York, Tentatrice Noir and Moonlight Minx, as well as the group exhibition How Do I Look.