Nico Cathcart

Nico is a painter and muralist hailing from Toronto, Ontario, and currently living in Richmond, VA. She strives to discuss Intersectionality and climate change in her highly-colorful realistic works which often include local flora and fauna as well as the female form. The artist is in the process of going deaf, relying on a combination of hearing aids, lip reading, ASL, and CC Aps to communicate. She often includes birds in her work as a nod to her disability.

A veteran of the past 3 RVA Street Art Festivals, and International Invitational Wall/Therapy, she has murals across the country. Her work has been shown at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture, and the Hermitage Museum in Norfolk, as well as galleries across the continent. In 2020, Nico was honored as an Agent of Change for her use of activism in her art by the Virginia Museum of History and Culture, and was the recipient of the 1708 Gallery Space grant. You can also find Nico discussing her work in the Emmy-nominated documentary Mending Walls, available through PBS nationwide.