Murals are taking over DC-area restaurants; The Washingtonian, March 2024
Life & Work with Nico Amortegui; Voyage Magazine, July 2023
How residents are working with artists..; WFAE.org, April 2023
Charlotte Rising: How the city’s creative culture is coming into its own; Lonely Planet, April 2022
Fine Art For All, 2021 Artists Who Inspire; QC Exclusive Magazine, Issue No.79, Fall 2021
A Portrait of Defying the Odds; QC Exclusive Magazine, Issue No.78, Late Summer 2021
The Ugliest Building to the Prettiest, an Art-forward apartment building; The Charlotte Observer, May 2021
Virtual Art Gallery: Nico Amortegui, WCCB Charlotte; Feb 2021
Nico Amortegui creates paintings, ceramics, & now puppets; The Charlotte Observer, Featured Artist; Nov 2019
Nico Amortegui Connects Through Art; Pride Magazine, July 2019
Charlotte Douglas airport renovates Concourse B; The Charlotte Observer, June 2019
2019 ASC Creative Renewal Fellowship Recipient, April 2019
WVAC Spring Exhibition: ‘Unity Through Art’, Feb 14, 2019
My Friends Do Cool Sh*t!; Youtube channel episode, Aug 2018
WSOC-TV/TV64/TELEMUNDO interview ~ Latino profiles for Hispanic Heritage Month; airing October 2018 & 2019
Among 5 artists selected for Art Installations at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, April 2018
On the Charlotte Mural Tour; The Charlotte Observer, Aug 2017
My City Magazine, featured article, Charlotte NC; May 2017
Anacostia Community Museum Blog, Dec 2016
Nico Amortegui practices the art of surrender; Triad City Beat, Featured Artist article, May 2016
Charlotte Magazine online, New Art Friday article, March 2016
Conexiones Series: Exchanges Across Cultures with Art; Levine Museum of the New South, Charlotte; Aug 2015
Fun in Charlotte, Aug 2015
Muralista hispano pintó a la ciudad, Featured Article; Hola Noticias, regional Spanish-language newspaper; May 2015
ArtsNow / artsnownc.com review for Contemporary South show, Visual Art Exchange Raleigh, Jan 2015
Peripheral ARTeries Art Review July 2014, featured spread.
NPR Art Beat with Lauren Landau, WAMU American University Radio, April 2014
Mural mention and pictured (pgs. 97 & 162) in Capital Beer, A Heady History of Brewing by Garrett Peck, published by American Palate, February 2014
Washington Post, Article mention for artwork at Right Proper Brewery, "Why It Stands Out"; Washington DC, Jan 2014
Washington Post, Article mention for work on display at Right Proper Brewery; Washington DC, Dec 2013
PoPville online magazine, Article mention for brick wall mural at Right Proper Brewery; Washington DC, Nov 2013
Superstition, Arizona State University on-line literary magazine, Issue 10, Featured Artist Article; Dec 2013
Charlotte Observer Neighborhood Magazine, Featured Artist Article; March 2013
HOLA Spanish-language Magazine, Featured Artist Article; April 2013
FOUR Magazine, Vol. 3, Featured Artist Article; Fall 2013
“Yet, standing in front of his murals gives you an experience that is distinctly Amortegui: a controlled cacophony of cultures, experiences, and his own, singular viewpoint.” - Andy Smith, Camp North End Contributor
"Dominating the front half of the (VAE) show is a large paper sculpture titled “El Músico” by Nico Amortegui. The sculpture is a Dubuffet-like assemblage of a pied piper figure painted in raw outlines and twisting, elongated limbs. Bold in both scale and media application, it’s bravura in painted cardboard." - Artsnow.com, Dec 2014
"Nico Amortegui is no Basquiat. His neo-expressionist paintings are lyrically composed with a distinct South American flair. He imbues his canvases with a sense of spirituality. He captures love and strength even in the weakest moments of life." - Art Talk for UGallery, April 2012.
CD Cover Art for Oxford American Magazine (left) & El Músico, cardboard sculpture (pictured right)
