Nikolina Šimunović rođena je 1978. godine u Dubrovniku.Maturirala je 1997. godine - smjer slikarski dizajner u Umjetničkoj školi Luke Sorkočevića.2003. godine diplomirala je na Akademiji likovnih umjetnosti u Zagrebu u klasi prof. Zlatka Kesera, smjer slikarstvo.2004. godine postaje članicom HDLU-a.Osim slikarstva, aktivno stvara u nizu ostalih likovnih područja, tehnika i medija i to na području ilustracija, interijera i likovnogoblikovanja raznih predmeta (skulptura, namještaja, rasvjetnih tijela). Pedagoškim radom bavi se od 2005. godine kao profesorica likovne kulture u OŠ grofa Janka Draškovića u Zagrebu. Od 2006. godine radi kao stručni suradnik u Centru za psihološko savjetovanje, edukaciju i istraživanje Sirius.Radila je kao voditeljica vježbi iz Likovne kulture na Učiteljskom fakultetu Sveučilišta u Zagrebu i kao voditeljica kiparske radionice na Pučkom otvorenom učilištu u Zagrebu. Njezini se radovi mogu pronaći u privatnim kolekcijama u Hrvatskoj i inozemstvu i fundusima muzeja i zbirki.1999. godine dodijeljena joj je Rektorova nagrada.
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Nikolina Šimunović was born on September 9th, 1978 in Dubrovnik, Croatia. She graduated from Luka Sorkočević Art School of Dubrovnik (secondary education) in 1997 majoring in fine art and design. She went on to study art at the Fine Arts Academy in Zagreb where she graduated in the class of 2003. She has been a member of the Croatian Association of Artists since 2004. In addition to painting, she has also been using a number of other art forms, techniques, and media, applying them in illustrations, interior design and constructing various objects (such as sculptures, furniture, lighting fixtures etc.). In collaboration with painter Ana Barbić Katičić, she has founded an art studio called Niana dedicated to interior design. They design and redesign furniture and other home decor furniture.Since 2005, she has been working as an art teacher at the grof Janko Drašković elementary school in Zagreb.In 2006, she started working as an expert associate at Sirius, center for psychological counseling, educational training and research. For a time, she worked as a workshop leader (teacher) giving lessons in Fine Arts practices at the faculty of teacher education University of Zagreb. In addition, she also worked as a workshop leader/teacher at PUO Zagreb- Open University in sculpture workshops.Her works can be found in private collections all over the world, as well as in various museums in Croatia.