Nikki Petroni pursued postgraduate studies in Art History at University College London (UCL). She completed a Ph.D. in Maltese Modern art at the University of Malta in 2019 under the supervision of Prof. Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci. Nikki is a visiting lecturer in Modern and Contemporary art at the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Malta and is the Education and Development Executive at Arts Council Malta. She is part of the curatorial committee of the APS Mdina Cathedral Contemporary Art Biennale and was Coordinator of the Strada Stretta Concept (Valletta Cultural Agency).