Nicolas Gracey is an Artist/Illustrator/Designer/Concept Artist with several years of experience working in the areas of art and design.

He was born in Lima, Peru. Since his early childhood, he felt art to be an integral part of his life. His formal art education began at 11 with a private art teacher. At age of 14 he began studying painting and drawing at the Art Museum of Lima.

Later, as a teenager, Nico pursued studies under Austrian-Peruvian artist Adolfo Winternitz, founder and chairman of the Art School of the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Perú. In 1992 he began to study Industrial Design at this school. After a year of design studies, Nico was torn between his love for design and his passion for art. So he consulted Professor Adolfo Winternitz, who advised Nico to follow what he knew to be Nico’s passion: art. He heeded the advice and changed his major to art. In 1995 he traveled to Mexico City to study art for a year at the Universidad Autonoma de Mexico. In 1999 he was awarded a scholarship to study art at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia, USA, where he received his degree in Fine Arts in 2001.

Varied life experiences and diverse work opportunities, have made him a resourceful artist, with skill and knowledge in fields ranging from traditional art in several medias to digital design. Presently Nicolas Gracey lives in United States (Atlanta, GA), where he works as an artist, illustrator, designer & concept artist.

His artworks are in private collections in Peru, Mexico and The United States.

"If asked to say how I perceive my artworks, I would say that I see them as mirrors reflecting life in unconventional ways. Each work represents a passage in life, exploring feelings, dreams, desires, sins, regrets—in short, the various aspirations and difficulties that human beings experience in their everyday life and in their spiritual existence.

I base my artworks on real events and personal experiences. I try to tell these stories through personal contemplation, with a mixture of figurative images, symbolism, lines and abstract shapes.

By combining abstract shapes, lines and shadows, I strive to create a mood within which the main artistic plot may unfold. I seek to invite a viewer’s consciousness to roam free, interpreting an artwork in his/her own way. Yet I provide figurative images and symbolism to provide viewers realistic parameters to guide them to discover and embrace the main idea or content of a work. In the end, though, I believe that each piece of art does not have a specific significance, for its import can change with the thoughts and beliefs of each particular viewer."

“Art is a thin line that unifies the existence of a conscience reality with the experiences learned from our judgments.”—Nicolas Gracey