About

Nicole Theus is a Washington, D.C. based abstract artist from Oakland, California, working across painting, monoprint, and mixed media.

Her work explores color, texture, memory, and emotional movement through layered compositions that balance intuition with restraint. Influenced by abstraction, printmaking, and material experimentation, her practice centers gesture, atmosphere, and the tension between structure and release.

Drawing from both personal experience and broader emotional landscapes, Theus creates work that invites reflection, presence, and interpretation. Her practice is rooted in process, experimentation, and the belief that abstraction can hold both feeling and ambiguity simultaneously.