Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine July 2017 | Page 291

Nico Thomas “ Artist, Grenada As an emerging artist, I believe that art is a replication of the inner soul and the reality of being able to reproduce that inner soul is the essence of a peaceful and calm human being. This relationship I believe, is also the essence to the maintenance of a harmonized world. Having proven to be talented in the field of art and having a profound interest and desire to make a contribution in that field, I was appointed art teacher of Grenada’s St. David’s Catholic Secondary School in 2007. My insatiable appetite to express myself through art could not be contained so I began to seek opportunities to further develop myself in this field. An opportunity presented itself in 2010. I was the sole Grenadian recipient of a one year academic scholarship to Indonesia. After completing the one year non- degree art program, I then enrolled as a full degree student at the Indonesia Institute of the Arts, Padang Panjang where I completed a Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts. In 2014 I entered the Masters Degree Program of Indonesia Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta. Two years later under the guidance of Dr. M. Dwi Marianto, MFA, I graduated with a Masters Degree in Creative Art and Art Research. Contact : [email protected]