meet the artist

Olivia explores the effect that the external world - and the expectations it implies - has on the internal worlds of women and how they view themselves. Dealing with topics such as growing up catholic, deep-rooted fears of losing purity, and hypersexualization, Nikolidakis confronts the everyday anxieties that have become prerequisites of womanhood.

Working chiefly with bold colors and immersively large canvases, her work demands the viewers attention. Through placing grossly exaggerated characters in untethered and ambiguous environments, she asserts that her paintings are severely detached from any tangible world, and instead are visual snippets of the psyches of women.

Along with her strides in fine arts, Olivia also works as a graphic designer for the gender equity advocacy organization, the ruth project.