Nicky Ni

Nicky Ni graduated with an M.A. degree in Art History and Arts Administration from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). Additionally, she holds a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering and French from Northwestern University. She has a general research interest in new media and moving-image art forms, with a particular focus on computer-based art that involves real-time simulation. Her secondary interest is in the reception of contemporary Chinese art in a global context. Ni is co-founder of LITHIUM, a Chicago-based gallery dedicated to time-based art, and is currently working with an all-female team to rebrand LITHIUM into TNL (aka. The Neu Lithium), a completely online platform that reports on and supports new media art. Ni has worked as Curatorial Assistant at Conversations at the Edge and as Graduate Distribution Assistant at Video Data Bank. Nicky Ni is originally from Beijing, China.