nykelledevivo@gmail.com / Portland, OR. USA
Education
2022 - 2025 University of California San Diego - M.F.A. in Visual Arts
2014 - 2018 San Francisco Art Institute - B.F.A. in Photography (with an emphasis on the History and Theory of Contemporary Art)
Public Acquisitions
2023 Harvard Art Museum, Permanent Collection. Cambridge, MA
2023 Sheldon Museum of Art, Permanent Collection. Lincoln, NE
2023 Medium Photo, Director’s Choice Award Purchase. San Diego, CA
2022 Portland Art Museum, Permanent Collection. Portland, OR
2022 Regional Arts and Culture Council, Oregon Artist Collection. Portland, OR
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Tha Crossroads, Blue Sky Gallery. Portland, OR
2025 Set You Free (MFA Thesis Show), University of California San Diego. La Jolla, CA
Group Exhibitions
2025 NextGen, ICA San Diego. Curated by Dr. Jordan Karney Chaim. San Diego, CA
2025 The Bathers, Candela Books + Gallery. Curated by Ashby Nickerson. Richmond, VA
2025 Context (juror's choice), Filter Photo. Curated by Shana Lopes, PhD. Chicago, IL
2025 I am sending you love from the future, Mandeville Art Gallery. Curated by Ceci Moss & Irene Georgia Tsatsos. San Diego, CA
2024 Guest Room, Der Grief. Curated by William Camargo & Nadine Henrich. Munich, Germany
2024 Studio 8 Film Festival, Balboa Theater. Curated by April Martin. San Francisco, CA
2023 Fire and Thunder, Pioneer Works. Curated by Adama Kamara. Brooklyn, NYC
2023 Imminent Existence, Photographic Center Northwest. Curated by Arnika Dawkins. Seattle, WA
2023 Size Matters, Medium Photo. Curated by C. Meier. San Diego, CA
2022 Recent Acquisitions, Portland Art Museum. Curated by Julia Dolan. Portland, OR
2022 FORECAST (juror's choice), SF Camerawork. Curated by Marcel Pardo Ariza. San Francisco, CA
2022 Representation in Relation to Race, MICA. Curated by Lia Latty. Baltimore, MD
2021 A Spirit Of Disruption, The Walter McBean. Curated by Leila Weefur. San Francisco, CA
2020 Uplift & Elevate, The Union for Contemporary Arts. Curated by Mary Lawson. Omaha, NE
2020 Unapologetic Me, Kaneko. Curated by Ang Bennett. Omaha, NE
2020 Black Love, Black Futures, South of Downtown Association. Curated by Katharine Wiese. Lincoln, NE
2019 Holding, Delaplane Gallery. Curated by Sophie Appel. San Francisco, CA
2019 Nebraska Artist Biennial, Gallery 1516. Co-curation. Omaha, NE
2018 From My Body, Kearny Street Workshop. Curated by Francis Calimlim and Dara Katrina Del Rosario. SanFrancisco, CA
2018 Pave, New Image Art Gallery. Curated by Jeffrey Cheung. Los Angeles, CA
2018 Bay Area Currents, Smith Andersen North. Curated by Stefan Kirkeby. San Anselmo, CA
2018 Green Book, Southern Exposures. Curated by Ashley Stull Meyers. San Francisco,CA
2017 Anti-Oppression Art, New Parish. Curated by Ben Jones. Lincoln, NE
Fellowships / Awards
2023 Silver List, Silver Eye Center
2023 Lenscratch Student Prize (2nd Place), Lenscatch
2022 Google, Inaugural Google Image Equity Fellow
2022 Photolucida, Critical Mass Top 50
Publications
2025 MUSÉE Magazine. By Amy Wei. Los Angeles, CA
2025 Season of the Sower. Published by Level Ground. Edited by yétúndé olagbaju. Los Angeles, CA
2024 Lensratch. Interview by Drew Leventhal. Lenscatch, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Bayside Revisited (Vol. 2). By Cassidy Gabriel Martinez. The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
2023 Aperture Magazine. Interview by Cassidy Paul. New York, NY
2023 Skew Magazine (Issue no. 04). Edited by Reneice Charles. Los Angeles, CA
2022 Fraction Magazine (Issue no. 161). Edited by Bree Lamb. Albuquerque, NM
2021 Aint-Bad (Issue no. 15), interview by Sean Manuel. Savannah, GA
2020 Foglifter (Volume 5 Issue no. 1). Cover. Edited by Miah Jeffra. San Francisco, CA
2017 Sacred and Profane (Volume 8). Edited by Linda Connor. p. 46-54
2016 Foglifter (Volume 1 Issue no. 1). Edited by Miah Jeffra. p. 79-86.
Curated Exhibitions
2018 Keep the Family Close, Diego Rivera Gallery. San Francisco, CA
Artist Talks
2025 Blue Sky Gallery. Facilitated by C. Meier. Portland, OR
2024 SF Artist Alumni. Facilitated by April Martin. Oakland, CA
2023 Los Angeles Center of Photography. Facilitated by Aline Smithson. Los Angeles, CA
2023 UC San Diego. Facilitated by William Camargo. La Jolla, CA
2022 SF Camerawork. Facilitated by Ra Malika Imhotep. San Francisco, CA
2022 Stanford University. Facilitated by Kari Orvick. Stanford, CA
Related Experience
2022 - 2025 Teachers Assistant, University of California San Diego. La Jolla, CA
2023 Artist Residency Panel Reviewer, Level Ground Residency. Los Angeles, CA
2017 - 2023 Professional Assistant, Wesaam Al-Badry / Nina Robinson / April Martin / Carlos Ortiz.
San Francisco, CA
2021 - 2022 Print Technician, Valaurum Inc. Portland, OR
2015 - 2018 Studio Technician, Digital Imaging Studio & Digital Dark Room. San Francisco, CA
2018 Mentor, First Exposures. San Francisco, CA
