Nationality

Brazil

Education

2000 BFA Film and Video, University of São Paulo

Solo Exhibition (selection)

2010 Actus, Centro Universitário Maria Antônia, São Paulo, Brazil

2010 Kika Nicolela, curated by Adrianne Little, Atrium Gallery, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, US

2009 Distant Affinities, Titanik Gallery, Turku, Finland

2009 Kika Nicolela: Selected Videos, curated by Jan Kather, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, US

2007 Windmaker, Sesc Vila Mariana, São Paulo, Brazil

2006 Face a Face, Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

2004 Flux, Capela do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil

Group Exhibition (selection)

2010 This is Uncomfortable: Relational Dissonance in Recent Video, curated by Gabrielle Moser, Gallery TPW, Toronto, Canada

2010 Art Show Cannes, curated by Camilo Carrara, Cannes, France

2010 Caged Bird Sings, curated by Kate Weir, Crypt Gallery, London, UK

2010 RED: The Gendered Color in Frames, curated by Evelin Stermitz, Photon Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2010 Neighbors, Rondo Studios, Graz, Austria

2010 Woman Artists: An Invitational Show, curated by Jan Kather, George Waters Gallery, Elmira, US

2010 Wonderland: ações e paradoxos, curated by Pamela Prado, São Paulo Cultural Center, São Paulo, Brazil

2009 New Filmmakers Series, curated by Randall Scott, Randall Scott Gallery, New York, US

2009 Manipulated Image: the Moving Still, curated by Alysse Stepanian, Santa Fe, US

2009 Infiltration, curated by Dirnei Prates and Nelton Pellenz, Usina Do Gasometro, Porto Alegre, Brazil

2009 Berlin International Directors Lounge, Gallery Scala, Berlin, Germany

2009 37th Contemporary Art Salon of Santo André, Santo André, Brazil

2009 Water Preserves, curated by Jan Kather, State Of The Art Gallery, Ithaca, US

2008 Container Art SP, curated by Cao Guimarães and Lucas Bambozzi, Villa-Lobos Park, Sao Paulo, Brazil

2008 Loop Diverse, curated by Joaquin Barriendos, Galeria Dels Àngels, Barcelona, Spain

2007 Recortar e Colar | Crtl_C + Crtl_V, curated by Juliana Monachesi, Sesc Pompéia, São Paulo, Brazil

2007 Situ/Ação: Videos de Viagem, curated by Paula Alzugaray, Paço Das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil

2007 Space Invaders, curated by Hugo Ares, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Canada

2007 MIX, 3LD Art & Technology Center, New York, US

2006 Situ/Ação: Aspectos do Documentário Contemporâneo, curated by Paula Alzugaray, Vermelho Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil

2006 Videometry Video as a Mesuring Device in Contemporary Brazilian Art, curated by Paula Alzugaray, Galeria Dels Àngels, Barcelona, Spain

2005 Ocupação, Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil

2005 Povos de São Paulo, curated by Iatã Cannabrava, Point Ephémère, Paris, France

2004 Lord Palace Hotel Interventions, curated by Cauê Alves, Juliana Monachesi and Paula Alzugaray, Lord Palace Hotel, São Paulo, Brazil

Award (selection)

2009 Best Videoart, A Corto di Donne Short Film Festival, Naples, Italy

2009 Best Video, One Minute Festival, Brazil

2007 Best Video, Videoformes New Media & Video Art Festival, Clermont-Ferrand, France

2006 Production Grant, São Paulo Arts Council, São Paulo, Brazil

2006 Production Grant, Recife’s Art Week, Recife, Brazil

2006 Best Documentary Feature, Cineport Festival, Lagos, Portugal

2006 Best Feature Film, CineEsquemaNovo Festival de Cinema, Porto Alegre, Brazil

2006 Best Experimental Documentary, Sopot Independent Film Festival, Sopot, Poland

Residency

2010 Obras em Construção, Casa das Caldeiras, São Paulo, Brazil

2010 Gyeonggi Creation Center, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

2010 Rondo Studios, Graz, Austria

2009 Sumu Residency, Turku, Finland

Biennial

2009 Kunst Film Biennale, Cologne, Germany

2007 Supermarket of Art International Biennial, Warsow, Poland

2005 Kunst Film Biennale, Cologne, Germany

Other projects and activities

2008-2010 Curator and coordinator of the Exquisite Corpse Video Project

Participated of over 100 festival screenings in 30 different countries