about

freelance book designer and visual artist with a background in architecture based in Basel, Switzerland

primarily working with paper: books, printed matter, mixed media drawing, silkscreen printing, analog and digital photography, zines

open to collaborative projects, commissions, and
freelance work
︎︎︎ nicole.salnikov@gmail.com

recent exhibitions (2024)
two solitudes 
Duo exhibition with Nicolas Coia
im Schaufenster 
Basel, Switzerland
September 2024

Experiments
Group exhibition
Photobastei
Zürich, Switzerland
May 2024

Conversations / Conversazioni
Group exhibition
Gallery of Art, Temple University Rome
Rome, Italy
March 2024

work experience
2023–current: freelance designer and visual artist
2014, 2017–2020: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson in Philadelphia
2016: Kreider + O’Leary in London
2015: Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi in Philadelphia

education
2020–2022
Master of Arts in Visual Communication and Iconic Research
Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst HGK, FHNW
Basel, Switzerland

2010–2014
Bachelor of Science in Architecture
Tyler School of Art, Temple University
Philadelphia, PA, USA

artist residency
2022: ÖRES in Örö, Finland with Michelle Bezik
2018: Can Serrat in El Bruc, Spain with Michelle Bezik

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