about

“I paint the people, places, and things that are part of my life because this is a way for me to affirm them, myself, and the time, space, and reality we share.”

Nicholas Halko is an award-winning painter who has exhibited in solo and group shows primarily in Connecticut and New York. His paintings are included in several public collections including: the Slader Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT, the University of Connecticut-Medical Center, Farmington, CT, Parson’s Center, Milford, CT, and the city of Leon, Nicaragua, as well as in private collections in the U.S. and abroad. 

Mr. Halko received his MFA from the Hartford Art School/University of Hartford, Hartford, CT, where he studied with the artist Steven Brown, and was awarded a merit scholarship and teaching assistantship. He also studied painting and drawing at the Art Students League of New York, NY, where he received the Stuart Klonis Merit Scholarship and was class monitor, for his principal instructor, Richard Goetz.

In the early 1980’s he studied with the noted painter, teacher, and protégé of Charles Hawthorne, Henry Henche, at the Cape School of Art, Provincetown, MA, and with the painter and author Charles Movalli in Cape Ann, MA. 

As an Academic, Mr. Halko is a Professor of Art and Founder of the Studio Art/Graphic Design Associate Degree program at Gateway Community College in New Haven, CT, where he has been teaching since 1993.