Nickola Pottinger is an artist born in Jamaica, West Indies. Raised in Brooklyn, she went on to earn her BFA from The Cooper Union in 2008. Recent group exhibitions include MoMA PS1 Greater New York, PPOW, Nicola Vassell, Chapter NY, Sargent’s Daughters, New Museum, and CANADA, New York, NY; Ortega y Gasset Projects and Swivel Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, NY; Rebecca Camacho, San Francisco, CA; Cooper Cole, Toronto, CN; Galerie Julien Cadet, Paris, FR; and the Galveston Artist Residency, TX. Previous solo exhibitions include The Aldrich Museum in Ridgefield, CT; Mrs. Gallery, Maspeth,NY ; Parker Gallery, Los Angeles; Deanna Evans Projects, New York and The Armory Show, New York, NY. She had her first solo exhibition with Mrs. in January 2024 (reviewed by the New York Times) which was preceded by a solo presentation at Art Basel Miami Beach, 2023. The artist continues to live and work in Brooklyn, NY. She has been working with the Mrs. since 2022 and has been represented since 2025.