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 served 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, and as Manager of Visitor Experience at the Noble Maritime Collection. She currently assists artist Betty Tompkins.

CJ holds a BA in Fine Art from the School of Visual Arts and an MA in Arts Administration, with an emphasis on arts marketing and barriers to participation, from Teachers College, Columbia University. Her work spans art, communications, digital content, and creative operations. With a longstanding interest in psychology and how people respond to ideas, she is exploring the intersection of creative strategy, behavioral marketing, and culture.