Hi~ I’m Nic(o)/le…
A contemplative sea creature making my way through life on land.
I’m a poet, improvisational musician, and oracular artist. My life extends across many geographies and crafts as I weave Art with Earth with Spirit.
I walk the path of Sacred Artist:
Attention as devotion. Playfulness mixed with poise. Intentional improvisation. Earthly embodiment. Unconditional Love.
Through my art and collaborations I aim to bring the mystical into material form, to show the magic in the mundane, and to illuminate the Divine.
Curriculum Vitae
Nico Gargiulo is an interdisciplinary artist, facilitator, and consultant dedicated to fostering creative and cultural renewal rooted in right relationship with the Earth. Her artistic practice and strategic process are animated by her belief that robust imagination and ecological consciousness are essential tools for liberatory change. Grounded in contemplative practices such as dreamwork and meditation, she is devoted to restoring connection within the self, between communities, and with the living Earth.
Nico offers courses, workshops, private consultation, and speaking engagements on topics ranging from creative process to systems design to collective transformation. Her consultancy framework, Strategic Transmutation, supports individuals and organizations in moving from misalignment or creative paralysis into clarity, coherence, and embodied possibility. She brings both structure and soul to her work, drawing on her background in education, nonprofit leadership, grassroots organizing, and expressive arts facilitation.
Work Experience
Nico Gargoyl LLC // Artist, Facilitator, Consultant // USA // 2025-Present
KAZIMI // Tour Manager // USA // 2025-Present
The Church of Living and Dying // Founding Board Secretary // Bolinas, CA // 2025-Present
3 Dots Downtown // Director of Community Arts Programming, Curator + Consultant // State College, PA // 2023-Present
Beluga Croon // Founder, Expressive Arts Facilitator // State College, PA // 2020-2024
Mosaiceye Collective // Expressive Arts Facilitator, Coordinator // San Jose, CA & Virtual // 2022-2024
Our Sacred Rhythm // Somatic Facilitator, Administrative Assistant, Marketing Manager // Oakland, CA & Virtual // 2021
Feminist Wellness // Somatic Facilitator, Administrative Assistant, Marketing Manager // New York, NY & Virtual // 2021
Ridgelines Language Arts // Founding Board President, Teaching Artist // State College, PA // 2017-2019
Numina Craft // Founder, Curator, Artist // State College, PA // 2011-2019
State College Area High School // Social Studies Teacher, Feminism Club Advisor, LGBTQIA+ Club Advisor // State College, PA // 2016-2018
The Music Underground // Event Production & Manager // State College, PA // 2011-2015
Exhibitions / Residencies / Publications
Sacred Artist Residency at Kripalu // Stockbridge, MA // 2023-Present
The Pirate Room Artist Residency // Bolinas, CA // 2025
“mist upon sea” // Wild Roof Journal, Issue #29 // 2025
“Visions from the Imaginal Realm” // Moon Times Digest, Publication 61 // 2024
Blood Lines (Group Exhibitions) // State College, PA // 2023 + 2024
Rhoneymeade Fest (Group Exhibitions) // Centre Hall, PA // 2023 + 2024
Cafe Lemont (Solo Exhibitions) // State College, PA // 2019 + 2022
Sundress Academy Writer’s Residency // Knoxville, TN // 2020
Green Drake Gallery (Group Exhibition) // Millheim, PA // 2019
West Street Schoolhouse Artist Residency // Aaronsburg, PA // 2018 + 2019
Service + Community Engagement
Dream Lodge with Ayesha Ophelia // Speaker and Dream Poet // Virtual // 2024
Wellness in the Wild // Embodied Vocalization Facilitator // Centre County, PA // 2024
Gorinto Productions Listening Series // Somatic Meditation Facilitator // State College, PA // 2023 + 2024
Aaronsburg Civic Club Summer Art Camp // Counselor // Aaronsburg, PA // 2023
Rhoneymeade Summer E(art)h Camp // Counselor // Centre Hall, PA // 2023
Stormbreak Foster Youth // Songwriting Workshop Facilitator // State College, PA // 2017-2019
Aaronsburg Fall Festival // Volunteer // Aaronsburg, PA // 2017 + 2018
Del Mar Academy // Teacher’s Aid // Nosara, Costa Rica // 2009
Education + Trainings
B.S. Secondary Education, Human Geography // The Pennsylvania State University // 2017
ORACULAR + HEALING ARTS TRAININGS
Dream School // This Jungian Life // 2024
Acutonics Level I: Sound Gates to Meridian Harmonics // Donna Nesteruk // 2024
Acutonics Level II: Higher Harmonics and the Inner Nature of Tone // Donna Nesteruk // 2024
The Art of Individuation: The Other Side // The Centre for Applied Jungian Studies // 2024
SOCIAL JUSTICE LEADERSHIP TRAININGS
Anti-Racism Coaching // Louiza Doran // 2020-2022
DOPO Reproductive Justice Doula Training // Zachi Brown & Carly Manes // 2021
Queer Competency Training // Terra Anderson // 2021
Feminist Wellness Training // Victoria Albina // 2020-2021