nico wheadon

nico wheadon is an independent art advisor, curator, educator, and writer and is founder and principal of bldg fund, LLC. She is currently a visiting critic at the Yale School of Art and adjunct professor at Hartford Art School, and serves on the board of governors at the National Academy of Design and The Arts Council of Greater New Haven. In recent posts, nico served as an adjunct assistant professor at Brown University and Barnard College (2017-2021); Inaugural Executive Director of NXTHVN (2019-2020); Inaugural Director of Public Programs and Community Engagement at the Studio Museum in Harlem (2014-2019); Curatorial Director of Rush Arts Gallery (2007-2010); and Curatorial Assistant at The Studio Museum in Harlem (2006-2007). nico holds an MA in Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship from Goldsmiths, University of London (2011), and a BA in Art-Semiotics from Brown University (2006).