Nicole Leth is a multidisciplinary artist and writer who makes work rooted in connection, softness, and care. Her practice includes fine art, public installations, writing, and one-of-a-kind garments. Her paintings live in art museums, while her public work appears in places people do not expect. Billboards above highways, quilts left in public parks, anonymous love letters sent through the mail. Her work has been experienced by more than 150 million people worldwide, including over 600 billboards and air banners, with placements as visible as Times Square.

Nicole began her creative career in fashion, designing clothing collections and building storefronts for nearly a decade. That background continues to shape her studio practice today, where craft, material, and physical presence matter deeply. Her work is not only meant to be looked at, but felt. It honors intimacy, memory, and the full emotional range of being alive.

Her paintings and textile-based works often pair poetic text with childlike imagery. This approach comes from a desire to reclaim joy and safety from a childhood she never fully had. Through themes of grief, healing, and resilience, she creates space for others to feel seen, softened, and held.

Nicole has created public artworks for cities across the United States, including Los Angeles, Palm Springs, Miami, and Buena Vista, Arkansas. In 2020, she received a Bronze OBIE Award for her global public art project.

Since 2019, she has run a free postcard project rooted in anonymity and care, mailing handwritten postcards featuring her artwork and writing to people around the world. Nearly 200,000 postcards have been sent. While the project has evolved, its impact continues to ripple outward.

Her work, including The Affirmation Quilts Project co-created with her husband Luke Haynes, explores the intersection of public art, healing, and human connection. Her projects have been featured by The Washington Post, NPR, The LA Times, The Today Show, and others.

Across installations, fashion, and fine art, Nicole’s work returns to the same quiet intention. To remind people that joy and healing can exist in unexpected places, and that their presence matters.