Nicki Fitz-Gerald

Illustrator, iPhone & iPad artist, author and educator Nicki Fitz-Gerald has always found the world around her a constant inspiration for her art. When the iPhone became her chief creative tool back in 2009, Nicki suddenly found she was not only able to effortlessly document the amazing world around her but by utilising the many apps available, she could also create and share her own unique vision of the world through the creation of her textured and painterly collages which incorporated experimental photography. Over the past 10 years, Nicki has produced an incredible portfolio of work with her semi-abstract and often humorous compositions, attracting much attention – her work is often featured in Contemporary Collage magazine. She has won several digital art awards, co-authored the popular book The Art of iPhone Photography, and is founder of iPhoneographyCentral.com, a website dedicated to sharing ideas and techniques for creating mixed-media art on the iPad and iPhone. Nicki’s career started as an illustrator working in mixed-media and collage using, ink, paint, paper and pencils. She has illustrated book covers, national magazines and household brands in the UK. After first experimenting with the first iPhone she became more and more interested in the power and simplicity of digital art and once the iPad can along she realised the potential for artistic expression that it brought to creative people everywhere. Nicki became a pioneer in smartphone image capture and advanced mobile art creation techniques which led to Nicki hosting the long-running online iPhoneography series for AdoramaTV. A highly talented instructor, Nicki has also taught creative iPhone workshops internationally, including a workshops in London, Ireland and Los Angles where she taught artists, journalists and content creators from around the world. She has created 7 digital online art courses covering topics from experimental photography to digital collage and mixed-media on iPhone and iPad which can be purchased at MyPhotoArtisticLife.com Nicki also writes six times a year for the highly acclaimed creative Mobile Photography magazine Mobiography. She will be juror for the National Association of Digital Artist (NADA) exhibition Pixels in October 2023 and was also a top juror for the Mobile Photography Awards, 2019 (the world’s longest running international competition for creative mobile photography & art). Her second book “Digital Collage with Procreate – Creating Beautiful Mixed-Media on your iPad” published by Rocky Nook is available now for pre-order. The ebook is available for immediate download. Nicki is currently working on a new digital art course which will be available next year (2024). All of Nicki's digital art courses can be previewed on her website iPhoneographyCentral.com