Nicoll-Hellen M.

Founder, Director & Editor-in-Chief, Artesane Studio Magazine
Location: EU


🎓 Academic Background 

1. Interdisciplinary Studies: Philosophy, Art, and Cognition

  • Specialization: Philosophy of Art, Culture, and Cognition (PACC)

  • Focus: Aesthetics, art critique, psychological and theological implications of artistic expression, political theory, and historiography.

  • Method: Interdisciplinary inquiry integrating philosophy, cultural studies, and empirical psychology.

2. Western Fine Art Conservation & Curation

  • Focus: Art historical preservation, exhibition strategy, and cultural heritage management.

  • Short description: A practice-oriented program bridging traditional conservation with digital curation and public engagement.

3. Political Science & International Relations

  • Specialization: National Security, STS Communication & Digital Diplomacy

  • Topics: Strategic defense, cyberwarfare, European security, science/tech policy communication.


💼 Professional Experience

2017–Present

Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Artesane Studio Magazine

  • Led all aspects of editorial strategy, content curation, research, branding, and audience development.

  • Developed original essays and thematic issues on aesthetics, theology, philosophy, and cultural critique.

  • Managed interdisciplinary guest collaborations, peer review processes, and partnerships with institutions.

  • Designed visual identities and narrative-driven experiences aligning luxury branding with cultural integrity.


📚 Selected Publications in Print Media 

– Formatorii de opinie și asasinarea gândirii libere, OltArt Magazine, No. 52, July 2025. Link



🏆 Recognitions & Awards

  • GGA Director Romania & Brand Ambassador, Global Goodwill Ambassadors (2017)

  • Featured by platforms and institutions across EU/USA for contributions to visual culture and philosophical critique.


📈 Impact & Reach

  • Readership: 400,000+ organic readers across platforms (USA, EU, UAE, IS).

  • Average engagement: >30 min/session; 62,747 unique visitors (2024)

  • Metrics verified via analytics dashboards; excerpts available upon request.


🧠 Skills

  • Writing & Philosophical Essayism (87 endorsements – Frank T. Kryza)

  • Cultural PR & Editorial Strategy (86 – Richard DiPilla)

  • Luxury Branding & Visual Identity Design (80 – Anthony J. James)


🗣️ Languages

  • English, Romanian: Native/Bilingual

  • French: Medium professional proficiency

  • Spanish, Italian: Limited working

  • German: Elementary

  • Classical languages:  Familiar (Latin, Greek, Hebrew etc.)


LinkedIn link.


🧭 Editorial Philosophy (Fragment, see full on website)

A philosophy rooted in authenticity, creative risk, and interdisciplinary storytelling. Inspired by Aristotelian ethics and autoethnographic methods. Visual identity is treated semiotically, with fine art photography and symbolic curation as narrative engines. Emphasis on kairos and conceptual design.


🎨 Visual Identity & Graphic Design

  • Coherent integration of form and function across web, print, and branding projects.

  • Notable projects include: digital curation layouts, exhibition materials, identity kits for partner institutions.


Portfolio available upon request.


NOTE

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Latest Publications 

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Este o trăsătură definitorie a civilizațiilor în declin să confunde titlul cu vocația, erudiția simulată — cu gândirea vie, și zgomotul mimetic — cu forța creatoare. Nu ar trebui să ne mire, așadar, motivul pentru care "în climatul epocal al postmodernității târzii, tirania nu mai are chipul recognoscibil al despotului clasic, nici nu se exercită...

A ballad from lives unnumbered seeps through the osseous fabric,
an aquarium of time where thought-swimmers drift beneath newborn memories.
My blue flower — that ineffable cipher — burns in liturgical silence,
its vapours breathing galaxies into the atrium of becoming.

Suntem martorii unei prăbușiri lente, dar sigure, a limbajului politic. Cuvintele odinioară instrumente ale numitei clarități morale au devenit proiecții oarbe, manevrate adesea de cei care, sub masca liberalismului occidental, întrețin logica totalitarismului semantic, acest absolutism barbar, pseudointelectual. Aici diviziunile ideologice nu mai...