Nicole Combeau (b. Miami, FL) is a Colombian-American artist, educator, and cultural worker whose work explores memory, matrilineal relationships, and the intergenerational transmission of stories. Drawing from personal history and the collective experiences of Latin and Caribbean diasporas, her photographic practice centers vulnerability, belonging, and presence. Through photography, community engagement, and education, she honors women elders and immigrant communities.
Her work has been shared through exhibitions and public activations at the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, Miami International Airport, Tunnel Projects, the Art and Culture Center/Hollywood, and the Whitney Center for the Arts. Her ongoing series Grandmother’s Delicate Armor was awarded The Ellies Creator Award and continues to grow as a visual and oral history project centered on first-generation women and their grandmothers.
Nicole’s educational work is deeply connected to her artmaking, using art as a tool for connection, memory, and community building. She has developed and facilitated programs through institutions such as the Pérez Art Museum Miami, O, Miami, The Wolfsonian–FIU, Vizcaya Museums and Gardens, the Healing and Justice Center, and Arts for Learning. Her work has been supported by Oolite Arts, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, and The Miami Foundation.
She is currently an artist-in-residence at the Bakehouse Art Complex in Miami.
Nicole is available for collaborations, commissions, and public programming inquiries.
Contact: nicolecombeau@gmail.com