‘Rebel’ by Nico Cathcart

Nico Cathcart is a Deaf/Hard of Hearing painter and muralist hailing from Toronto, Ontario, and currently living in Richmond, Virginia. Her work creates highly-realistic, socially informed intersectional activations on both walls and canvas. An experienced mural painter, she has worked on walls across the country. You can find her paintings in the permanent collection of the Virginia Museum of history and culture, and her work has been shown at the Hermitage Museum, The Contemporary Arts Network, ABV Gallery, Modern Eden, 111 Minna, Blockfort, Chicago Truborn, and WowXWow. In 2020, Nico was honored as an Agent of Change for her use of activism in art by the VMHC, and in 2023 her work “Age and Grace” won a National Mural Award. You can find Nico discussing her work in the emmy-winning documentary Mending Walls, as well as a TEDTalk about her work, and disability. Nico recently worked to curate, and take part in the national campaign, Artists 4 ERA in support of the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. In 2023, Nico was named one of the Top 40 Artists to Watch by Culture Candy and Up Street Art Magazine. Recently Nicos work has been published in Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, and she was highlighted as one of 50 influential women muralists in the book “Street Art by Women”.