nicole gervacio is an interdisciplinary artist based in occupied Ohlone territory, known as Huichin, commonly known as Oakland, California. her ancestors come from the Bisayan islands and Luzon in the archipelago known as the philippines.​​inspired by bodies and memory her work explores identity, permanence versus impermanence, and is often driven by a fear of forgetting – a response to the colonization, silencing, and invisiblization of their communities as well as many others under U.S. imperialism. nicole aims to heal the cultural & historical amnesia we inherited from the ongoing violence of colonialism that harms people, beings, and land and has us facing multiple crises today. when nicole create art they are informed & inspired by a complex & nuanced symbiosis of relatives that make her distinctly who she is – the islands her ancestors come from, the stolen lands she lives on, the sand & oceans between and all the beings these waters connect, the spectrums of all that came before her, currently nourish her, and who she gives back to daily – in an intuitive collaboration between concepts, feelings, mediums, and materials. the responsibility & purpose of being an artist is a dance she navigates by keeping ancestors and future generations in mind.nicole is an active participant and collaborator with the grassroots adult freedom school Liberation Spring and co-founded the cultural production group We Rise. both continue to deepen her work as an artist and activist.