Trained in Fine Arts through Studio Arts programs at North Island College and Concordia University, with a Master’s degree in Creative Arts Therapies, Nicole Crouch brings a rare blend of artistic mastery and human insight to her creative practice. A Certified Canadian Counsellor and Clinical Supervisor (CCC, CCS), Nicole explores the intersections of art, healing, and community through both personal and collaborative work.

Painting seriously since 1995, Nicole grew up learning from her father—an art teacher—and quickly developed a drive to carve out her own artistic voice. Her creative journey has spanned over two decades and multiple disciplines, including more than five years in experimental theatre and the facilitation of dozens of community arts projects. A passionate advocate for murals and public art, Nicole believes in the power of shared creativity to build connection and enhance community wellbeing.

Her work has been exhibited in the Comox Valley and Campbell River art galleries, as well as across Montréal through seven years of group shows and collaborative productions. Whether painting at home, outdoors, or alongside others in public spaces, Nicole sees art as a way to communicate truth, empathy, and shared experience:

“I can say things that people might not want to hear in a way that might help it not hurt so much to have to know — as well as say things with art that help people feel seen and heard without my having to say a word.”Nicole draws inspiration from a wide range of artists and thinkers—from Helen Frankenthaler, Emily Carr, and Kent Monkman to Frida Kahlo, Leonora Carrington, Shary Boyle, Sonny Assu, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, and many of the young Indigenous, queer, female, and non-binary artists shaping the contemporary art landscape. Her work bridges past and present—always in conversation with justice, beauty, and belonging.