NICO WHEADON is a New York-based writer, curator and creative consultant. She holds an MA in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship from Goldsmith's College, University of London, and a BA in Art Semiotics and Literary Arts from Brown University.

Between 2006 and 2010, Nico worked as Curatorial Assistant at The Studio Museum in Harlem, Curatorial Director at Rush Arts Gallery, and guest-curated exhibitions at P.P.O.W. Gallery, Scope International Art Fair, The Roger Smith Hotel, Verge Emerging Art Fair and The Catalina Hotel.

During this time, she also contributed to exhibition catalogues and artist's books, and published essays, features and reviews as a contributing writer at Studio Magazine, NuktaArt: Contemporary Art Magazine of Pakistan, and ArtVoices Magazine. For this work, she was invited to guest-lecture at Pratt Institute, Howard University and Cooper Union, and served on artist selection panels at Fashion Center BID and Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop.