CJ Nye grew up surrounded by photography and traditional arts of the world brought home by her mother, Susan McCartney, who, having studied under Richard Avedon, Walter Rosenblum, and Alexey Brodovitch, traveled widely for such clients as British Airways, Time, Glamour, The Economist, Caravan, and Travel and Leisure. Equally influential, Caroline’s father, Albert Nye, once assistant to William Helburn, was a superb amateur photographer and master of the black and white print. CJ found her own medium at eleven years old when given oil paints for the first time in school. 

Cutting her teeth in communications at Ten in One Gallery in Chelsea, CJ went on to build public relations protocols from the ground up at the NYC branch of the international non-profit Himalayan Institute. She has spearheaded publicity for a 74 artist collective through two art fairs and one salon show, massaged disjointed collateral into content for two Webby-award-winning L'Oréal websites, and supported the mission and programming of the Gracie Mansion Conservancy as Pro Bono Social Media Manager in coordination with artists, galleries, museums, the NYPL, NYC Parks Department, Penguin Random House, and the NYC Mayor’s Office.

Creating bridges to culture with her boots on the ground, CJ has welcomed and familiarized guests to museum collections and programming as the Hilla Rebay Graduate Intern for Adult Interpretive Programs at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, as MoMA Film and Ford Family Programs Volunteer at the Museum of Modern Art, at the shops of the Morgan Library and Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

CJ currently assists artist Betty Tompkins and is Manager of Visitor Services at the Noble Maritime Collection. She holds a BA from the School of Visual Arts, and MA in Arts Administration with an emphasis on arts marketing from Teachers College, Columbia University, and she is always interested in learning about new cultural communications projects.