Nichole Shinn is a multi-disciplinary artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York. She was born and raised in Austin, Texas and earned her BFA in Painting/Ceramics from Pratt Institute in 2014. After graduation she worked for 2 1/2 years as a studio assistant for Takashi Murakami aiding in production of large-scale silkscreen and painted works in his New York and Tokyo studios. Since leaving his studio, Nichole pursues her art full-time and freelances as an illustrator. In addition, she is a co-founder of and director with TXTbooks, an artist book publishing studio focused on affordable Risograph editions. She has her artist books held at the Whitney Museum Library, The RISD Library, the New York Public Library, and on sale at Printed Matter NYC (among others.)