Tara Nicholson explores ecological activism through a more-than-human lens within her photography, installation and writing. Her research teases at the tensions between art and science and has focused on extinction and permafrost studies. She has exhibited and attended residencies and conferences across Canada and internationally, while receiving funding from the Social Science & Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the British Columbia Arts Council and the Canada Council of the Arts. 

Tara recently completed her Digital Arts and Humanities PhD at UBC Okanagan, which documented palaeontology fieldwork and Arctic rewilding, while questioning de-extinction and biobanks as recognized forms of conservation. She has several published journal articles and catalogues and has taught at the University of Victoria since 2014.