About
Nicholas Rispoli is a mixed-media artist, editorial strategist, and arts educator. He holds an MFA in figurative sculpture, and his practice spans drawing, collaging, writing, and other unclassifiable forms.
Alongside his studio work, Nicholas has led creative teams and editorial strategy across digital and print media. He was part of the original crew that launched Netflix Jr. Magazine in April 2022, which later evolved into Netflix Family Magazine. He currently oversees editorial, content, and production for this print and digital publication, serving Netflix’s Kids & Family audience.
Before that, Nicholas launched community arts initiatives in both institutional and independent settings, curating exhibitions and developing arts education programs in New York. He also served as Assistant Artistic Director of the New York State Summer School of the Arts (NYSSSA), a statewide summer intensive for high school artists.
His projects have received support from the Brooklyn Arts Council and he has collaborated internationally as an artist-in-residence with HANGAR – Center of Artistic Research in Lisbon, Portugal, and La Escuela de Diseño de Altos de Chavón in the Dominican Republic. He has taught art at Pace University, Marymount Manhattan College – Bedford Hills Women's Prison Program, the New York Academy of Art, and New York State Summer School of the Arts. He has conducted sculpture workshops for the Museum of Art and Design in New York and Manhattanville University.
Nicholas’s drawings have often been described as "idiosyncratic," though he still can’t decide whether that's a compliment or a total dis. He continues to make them anyhow.