Hi there! I’m Nicole “Niky” Bonino. I’m Italian, raised between Carmagnola and Torino, but I now live and work in the United States (Charlottesville), where I’m a college professor of Spanish and Italian at the University of Virginia. I teach anythign between visual studies, languages, literature, and artistic meditational practices. 

My research focuses on ARTivism, and the ways artists challenge historical erasure through photography, film, performance, and other creative practices.

I’ve never been particularly interested in keeping scholarship confined to a desk, which is why I created Global ARTivism, a collaborative project that brings artists, students, universities, and local communities into conversation through exhibitions, artistic residencies, workshops, and a growing digital repository.

You can usually find me traveling, making art and enjoying it, or simply connecting with people, nature, and dogs.