Based in Brooklyn, NY, Nicole has a BA in Studio Art (photography
concentration) and Philosophy from
Lake
Forest College and has studied educational multimedia development
at Harvard University. Committed to producing projects that are
not only stimulating to the senses, but also socially conscious,
she has done sound, lights, sets and video projections for various
performance, theater, concert and fashion show productions throughout
India including Goa, Mumbai, and New Delhi, as well as here in
States: New York City, New England, Pensylvania, Chicago, and
Black Rock City. She has been photographing pubic gatherings (music
/ art festivals, spiritual gatherings, leftist social/environmental
conferences and protests) since 1997 and worked for the
Associated
Press during the 2000 Presidential Debates in Boston. Since its inception, Nicole has contributed to not only the development of Projectile Arts as a non-profit arts organization and collaborating artist network, but also the production of various
Projectile Arts projects and events.
Both
independently as well as in collaboration with Projectile Arts,
her video and photo work has been exhibited and published throughout
the United States and India.
Currently while making a living as a freelance web designer and a multimedia
teacher at
Hook Productions, Nicole is preparing for her third
trip to the Kumbh Mela in India. There she will continue her documentation
of Sadhvi (ascetic Hindu holy women) Sanskar (initiation) into
Juna Akhara and further develop the project she started at the
2004 Maha Kumbh Mela in Ujjain:
Photo
Khichiye, Ascetics with Cameras.
meanwhile, she's been dabbling in producing electronic music...
aare suno!
- Nicole Jaquis,
Creative Engineer 