upon graduating from sheridan college's illustration program, i immediately misplaced my degree. it was last seen in a stack of reciepts and terrible drawings. i currently live in a flaking four story walkup in toronto with my roommate, the next big thing. i have a penchant for drawing the most disgusting scenarios imaginable, but am perfectly willing to draw nice, wholesome pictures for you if you're willing to fork over a little dough.

clients: the globe and mail, sheridan college, nirvana the band the show, the rage, kessleskramer, rethink media, spitfist, matrix magazine, kid icarus, broken pencil magazine, openfile

shows: nexgen-ronin gallery, square foot-AWOL gallery, s.o.s-project165, the birds and the bees-jerome jenner gallery, pictures at an exhibition-tranzac lounge, memories of enemies-steam whistle brewers, G40-art whino gallery, smiling antimatter-steam whistle brewers

conventions: toronto comic arts festival 2010,2011, fanexpo 2008,2009,2011, canzine 2009-2011, erotic arts and crafts fair 2010, wizard world comic con 2011

features: the national post, the toronto sun, meathaus, the daily cross-hatch, broken pencil magazine, digital kontent, tdot comics, hey oscar wilde, lithium magazine, picturebookreport.com, NOW, the toronto star, oculoid, open book toronto, torontoist

published works: "the woman with two coyntes" the graphic cannon #1 by seven stories press

testimonials:
"...her children are scarred for life, and they haven't even left her ovaries yet."
-britt wilson

"'illustrator' vicki nero spent years refining and shaping her drafting skills before falling ass backwards into a style consisting of scribbling on paint. do these scribbles have their foundations deeply rooted in well thought out conceptual solutions? no. they are drawings of animals with dicks. yet, inspite all of these facts, they're still the coolest drawings, the most bad ass paintings and dare i say some of the freshest illustration going. well done vicki, a true talent, inspite all the odds."
-peter thomas patrick ryan

"i can't prove it, but i'm pretty sure she's stalking me. i keep finding crumpled drawings of old people fornicating around my house."
-phil mcandrew

"working with vicki nerino is like taking a taxi ride in a foreign country where you don't speak the local patois. you hurtle down unfamiliar alleys with a seemingly crazy driver at the wheel, wondering if you've made a rash decision to not get there on foot. suddenly you realize the driver speaks english too, is a wealth of arcane knowledge within this weird land you're traveling through, and you arrive at your destination by a route you never would have found in a boring tourist guide. taxi !!!!!!"
-kathryn adams


"...she is not afraid to show what life is really all about: sex, cynicysm and decay."
-ale diaz

"vicki is an arcientist. part artist, part scientist. she's always testing what works and doesn't work, never satisfied until a solid drawing is produced, which usually involves, her great sense of humor and deep knowledge of awkward situations, mixed with solid drafts-(wo)man-ship, catching compositions and touches of color in all the right places."
-josiah gordon

"hey missy, if you have any rude stuff on your website, you should clean it up. you don't want perspective buyers/employers seeing this stuff."
-mom