NICO STUDIED FILMMAKING IN COLLEGE, AND THEN DECIDED TO JOIN THE FAMILY BUSINESS TO WORK WITH HIS FATHER.
FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS, HE HAND-CARVED, PAINTED AND GOLD LEAFED COMMERCIAL WOOD SIGNS.

AFTER EXPERIMENTING AND PERFECTING HIS ARTISTIC TECHNIQUE THROUGH GRAVESTONE ETCHING, BRONZE FACE CASTING AND “OLD FASHION” GRAPHIC DESIGN, NICO DECIDED TO TAKE HIS CAREER IN A NEW DIRECTION AND BECAME
A FREELANCE COMIC BOOK ARTIST. HIS WORK INCLUDING 8 COMIC BOOKS AND A GRAPHIC NOVEL, WAS PUBLISHED BY FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS OVER A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS...

NICO LATER WORKED AT STARNET COMMUNICATIONS INT. FOR FOUR YEARS AS AN ONLINE COMIC STRIP ARTIST.

NICO ALSO WORKED 4 YEARS AT ELECTRONIC ARTS CANADA, PRODUCING GRAPHIC DESIGN CONCEPT ART AND MOTION
GRAPHICS. HE WAS INVOLVED WITH “MVP BASEBALL” 2003-04, “SSX 3 & 4”, “FIGHT NIGHT” 2004 AND THE CONCEPT TEAM.

He currently works at Ubisoft Vancouver producing graphic design, game front-end concepts and animation.