Nicole Dixon

Rooted in Oakland, California, Nicole Dixon earned her BA in Studio Art from Spelman College in 2002. Her creative journey as a practicing artist spans nearly three decades, bridging both coasts with exhibitions in the Bay Area, Atlanta, Miami, and Washington, D.C. As a dedicated educator, her practice touches both youth and adults, carrying her art instruction as far as the Kalahari Desert.

In her work as an arts administrator, she has curated an exhibition at Oakland’s Joyce Gordon Gallery, organized nearly a dozen solo shows, and served as lead juror for a national visual arts competition. Her leadership extends to managing community engagement programs for multiple exhibitions, including a workshop series for San Francisco’s The Black Woman Is God organization. Since 2010, she has designed and facilitated monthly and seasonal family art projects for the Museum of the African Diaspora, engaging hundreds of visitors across generations in creative practice.

Serving as artist-in-residence with Chromatic Black, an interdisciplinary collective based in Washington, D.C., she created a mobile art exhibition to foster community enrichment around their Ida B. Wells docuseries. She also developed discussion and screening guides for a Fannie Lou Hamer short film throughout their Oscar shortlist campaign.

Grounded in the belief that artistic expression, education, and liberation are intrinsically connected, she has taught full-time in the classroom since 2005. She served for a decade on the Board of Directors for her non-profit Montessori preschool, helping guide its million-dollar initiative for program expansion. As product coordinator for KnowThySelf Inc., she creates liberatory curriculum materials designed to nurture positive self-concepts and cultural empowerment.

Ultimately, Dixon weaves her talents as an artist, educator, and administrator into personal and public acts of bridge-building, community healing, and transformative social change.